Educators

Leaving a familiar education setting and moving to a new grade or campus is a common back-to-school challenge.

With back to school coming in much of the world, we wanted to make sure that educators have the tools they need to be successful, whether they are working in a hybrid learning environment, remote learning, or in person.

As we head toward a new school year that will be largely remote or hybrid, educators are faced with new challenges: creating safe and healthy learning environments and designing welcoming, engaging experiences that are accessible for all students.

The world has changed over the past six months, including our education environments. As many schools shift to the “new normal” of remote and hybrid learning, basic classroom protocols have turned upside-down.

A new school year is upon us, and so are Microsoft Teams updates that will make learning even more collaborative, engaging, and secure.

As schools around the world prepare for Back to School and transition to remote, hybrid, and in-person learning models, educators are using Minecraft: Education Edition to keep learners connected and engaged.

This spring, students and schools around the world took part in the 2020 Minecraft Education Challenge, engaging in local competitions to develop solutions for the world’s most pressing issues. This story comes to us from Joy Mentzing from the Xbox Germany, Austria, and Switzerland team.

Calling all educators! Are you looking for free tools, technologies, and inspiration to improve your remote, in-person, or hybrid classroom? Need advice for how to better connect with students and promote engagement in all learning environments?

Today I have the pleasure of announcing the winners of the Imagine Cup Junior 2020 AI for Good Challenge.

2020 has been wild. COVID-19 has reached all corners of the world, impacting and interrupting the way educators teach, students learn, parents support learners, and how we lead our daily lives.

As schools prepare for the new academic year just weeks away, hybrid learning environments are becoming the way forward. Equipping educators with the right tools and strategies to easily transition to teaching both online and face-to-face will help them be successful in their journey.

Preparing for an uncertain back-to-school environment can be unsettling but Microsoft Education is by your side, working to ensure that educators around the world have the tools they need to make their online or in-person classrooms a welcoming place for all students—regardless of ability or