New for educators this month<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nTo Math Assistant or not to Math Assistant \u2026<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nLearning Tools<\/strong><\/a>, the set of features designed to support you and your students in reading, writing, math, and communication, now includes the ability to control Math Assistant via an on\/off switch in OneNote Class Notebooks. As previously announced at Bett<\/strong><\/a>, the flexibility to temporarily turn the Math Assistant on or off is especially useful during practice tests or assessments.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhen teachers want to turn it back on, it\u2019s just the simple click of a button! The on\/off switch is supported in OneNote Windows 10 and OneNote Online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/educational_analytics_model.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Math-Options-Alt-Image-1.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAlso new, teachers can now drag and drop the solutions and steps from Math Assistant to a OneNote page in OneNote Online. This provides students an easy reference when looking back at their work and breaking down solution steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/comment_notes_notebook.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/h4>\n\n\n\nTeams adds real-time captions<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nMicrosoft Teams<\/strong><\/a>, the digital hub that brings conversations, content, assignments and apps together in one place, now includes real-time captioning during meetings. By allowing everyone to read speaker captions in real time, meetings are made more inclusive for students or colleagues who are deaf or hard of hearing, have different levels of language proficiency, or are connecting from a noisy location. For more on this and the other great new Teams features announced at Enterprise Connect, check out our new blog here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOneNote navigation updates (based on your feedback)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nWe heard your feedback and incorporated some new elements to improve navigation in OneNote<\/strong> for Mac and OneNote for Windows 10. The updated navigation allows teachers to switch easily between notebooks, search results and recent notes using the buttons along the left-hand rail as well as use the drop-down button across the top of sections and pages to view additional notebooks. If you want to maximize your canvas, you can hide navigation by clicking the notebooks icon at the top of the left rail. Click the icon again when you need to navigate your way to another page, section or notebook. Read more<\/strong><\/a> about the new navigation or find support<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/comments_in_notebook.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nOneNote also now supports EdPuzzle<\/strong><\/a> embedded on the canvas. This allows educators who use EdPuzzle to easily integrate their video lesson into OneNote\u2014this update is supported in all versions of OneNote, except OneNote 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMinecraft adds new ways to learn while you play this Earth Day<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nA trio of updates to\u00a0Minecraft: Education Edition\u00a0<\/strong>further empowers educators like yourself to use game-based learning across a variety of curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- A Partnership with the World Wildlife Foundation
<\/strong>Minecraft Education Edition is partnering with the World Wildlife Foundation on a month-long design challenge<\/a><\/strong> focused on the theme of zero waste. Throughout the month, we\u2019re encouraging our educator community to share Flipgrid videos and social posts that feature their students\u2019 boldest, most thoughtful designs. At the end of the month, we\u2019ll publish a blog showcasing the best student submissions. Educators with Minecraft: Education Edition licenses can launch the challenge\u2019s starter world here<\/a><\/strong>. Also, check out the World Wildlife Fund\u2019s Zero Waste Toolkit<\/a><\/strong>. Starting Monday, we\u2019ll be sharing daily tips on how you can easily reduce waste via Twitter<\/a><\/strong> and Facebook<\/a><\/strong>. A special Earth Day OneNote full of ideas, activities and resources is available\u00a0here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Minecraft Math Curriculum<\/strong>
Now educators can access a full math curriculum for all grade 3 and grade 4 aligned to Common Core math standards. Featuring over 60 activities including lesson plans, rubrics, student worksheets and downloadable worlds, these curricula are designed to complement and enhance math teaching and learning. Browse our Math Subject Kit<\/strong><\/a> or download the guides<\/strong><\/a> directly (grade 3 or grade 4) for descriptions of standards alignment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n![](\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/hacking_stem_lessons.png\")
<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Hacking STEM portfolio<\/strong> for Earth Day<\/strong>
Hacking STEM has you covered with ready-to-use lesson plans on earth science, environmental science, chemistry and physical science. These lessons include hands-on, interdisciplinary, inquiry-driven activities like monitoring water quality from a local waterway, measuring ocean depths to map the ocean floor and designing a windmill to generate electrical power. They teach 21st<\/sup>-century technical skills like electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, software engineering and data science. You can find these and other standards-aligned Hacking STEM lesson plans at the Hacking Stem site<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nCelebrate Earth Day with new emoticons<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Learning Tools<\/strong><\/a>, the set of features designed to support you and your students in reading, writing, math, and communication, now includes the ability to control Math Assistant via an on\/off switch in OneNote Class Notebooks. As previously announced at Bett<\/strong><\/a>, the flexibility to temporarily turn the Math Assistant on or off is especially useful during practice tests or assessments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When teachers want to turn it back on, it\u2019s just the simple click of a button! The on\/off switch is supported in OneNote Windows 10 and OneNote Online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also new, teachers can now drag and drop the solutions and steps from Math Assistant to a OneNote page in OneNote Online. This provides students an easy reference when looking back at their work and breaking down solution steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Microsoft Teams<\/strong><\/a>, the digital hub that brings conversations, content, assignments and apps together in one place, now includes real-time captioning during meetings. By allowing everyone to read speaker captions in real time, meetings are made more inclusive for students or colleagues who are deaf or hard of hearing, have different levels of language proficiency, or are connecting from a noisy location. For more on this and the other great new Teams features announced at Enterprise Connect, check out our new blog here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We heard your feedback and incorporated some new elements to improve navigation in OneNote<\/strong> for Mac and OneNote for Windows 10. The updated navigation allows teachers to switch easily between notebooks, search results and recent notes using the buttons along the left-hand rail as well as use the drop-down button across the top of sections and pages to view additional notebooks. If you want to maximize your canvas, you can hide navigation by clicking the notebooks icon at the top of the left rail. Click the icon again when you need to navigate your way to another page, section or notebook. Read more<\/strong><\/a> about the new navigation or find support<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n OneNote also now supports EdPuzzle<\/strong><\/a> embedded on the canvas. This allows educators who use EdPuzzle to easily integrate their video lesson into OneNote\u2014this update is supported in all versions of OneNote, except OneNote 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A trio of updates to\u00a0Minecraft: Education Edition\u00a0<\/strong>further empowers educators like yourself to use game-based learning across a variety of curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hacking STEM portfolio<\/strong> for Earth Day<\/strong><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Teams adds real-time captions<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
OneNote navigation updates (based on your feedback)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nMinecraft adds new ways to learn while you play this Earth Day<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\n
<\/strong>Minecraft Education Edition is partnering with the World Wildlife Foundation on a month-long design challenge<\/a><\/strong> focused on the theme of zero waste. Throughout the month, we\u2019re encouraging our educator community to share Flipgrid videos and social posts that feature their students\u2019 boldest, most thoughtful designs. At the end of the month, we\u2019ll publish a blog showcasing the best student submissions. Educators with Minecraft: Education Edition licenses can launch the challenge\u2019s starter world here<\/a><\/strong>. Also, check out the World Wildlife Fund\u2019s Zero Waste Toolkit<\/a><\/strong>. Starting Monday, we\u2019ll be sharing daily tips on how you can easily reduce waste via Twitter<\/a><\/strong> and Facebook<\/a><\/strong>. A special Earth Day OneNote full of ideas, activities and resources is available\u00a0here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Now educators can access a full math curriculum for all grade 3 and grade 4 aligned to Common Core math standards. Featuring over 60 activities including lesson plans, rubrics, student worksheets and downloadable worlds, these curricula are designed to complement and enhance math teaching and learning. Browse our Math Subject Kit<\/strong><\/a> or download the guides<\/strong><\/a> directly (grade 3 or grade 4) for descriptions of standards alignment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Hacking STEM has you covered with ready-to-use lesson plans on earth science, environmental science, chemistry and physical science. These lessons include hands-on, interdisciplinary, inquiry-driven activities like monitoring water quality from a local waterway, measuring ocean depths to map the ocean floor and designing a windmill to generate electrical power. They teach 21st<\/sup>-century technical skills like electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, software engineering and data science. You can find these and other standards-aligned Hacking STEM lesson plans at the Hacking Stem site<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nCelebrate Earth Day with new emoticons<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/commented_notes_notebook.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/share_in_powerpoint.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n