Microsoft in Education

1. Microsoft in Education Sarah Hatcher Education Industry Manager, Australia sarahhat@microsoft.com

2. Agenda • Education trends & challenges • Our vision for education • Microsoft education solutions

3. Education Trends & Challenges “The universal desire by teachers is to get the most out of the existing time.” • Australian Council for Education Leaders, The Practicing Administrator 2004 “We want to give them back their teaching space.” • Department of Education and Children’s Services, SA

4. “Nearly 25 percent of teachers are lost to the profession within the first five years of commencement.” • Australian Council for Educational Research, Policy Briefs November 2003 • A NATIONAL TEACHER SHORTAGE • “Across Australia there is a growing teacher shortage. Unless this issue is addressed now .. we will have more classrooms without teachers and a decline in the standard of the teaching profession.” • Australian Education Union • Projections to 2006 indicate an expected shortfall of teachers generally • 2001 MCEETYA report on teacher supply & demand

5. Education Trends & Challenges A new generation of students - NetGen’ers • Gravitate toward group activity • Believe “it’s cool to be smart” • Are fascinated by new technologies • They are racially and ethnically diverse • One in five has at least one immigrant parent Neil Howe & William Strauss. 2000. Millennials Rising. Vintage Books. • New kinds of students & lifelong learners • “Today’s education system faces irrelevance unless we bridge the gap between • how students live and how they learn.” • Learning for the 21st Century

6. Education Landscape is Changing Source: ISTE National Education Technology Standards for Teachers (USA).

7. Challenges for Education CIOs • Budget constraints • Balancing security & access • Data uniformity & cleanliness • Resources & skills • Disparate systems • Demand to connect & inform stakeholder groups

8. Connect & Inform Stakeholders A Current Affair – “Secretive Schools” 13 May 2004Reporter: Scott Bevan "At the moment, we’re got a situation in Australia where there’s a quiet acceptance of keeping parents in the dark, because it’s thought it might offend the sensibilities of some children or make some children or schools feel bad," says Nelson.

9. Government & Regulatory Drivers • Deregulation of market • Governance protocols • Consistency of standards • Quality Audits (AUQA) • Accountability frameworks • HEIMS

10. The promise of technology New type of student Technologies of digitisation have potential to transform learning relationships for the better - this potential needs to be harnessed. • The State of Education – Australian Council of Deans (October 2001, Canberra) Standards & Accountability Security & Access Emerging techologies Professional development Audits Teacher shortages Financial sustainability Reform & regulation Governance Reporting & Transparency Community connection Competition (Global & Intersectoral)

11. We are committed to providing… technology tools programmes solutions that enable lifelong learners to realise their potential. About Microsoft in Education

13. What is Microsoft doing? Management & Administration Parents Students Educators Certifications IT Curriculum & Dev Tools Curriculum Materials, Lesson Plans, Teaching Tools Research Grants (MSR) Partnerships and Grants with Government Innovative Teachers Network Professional Development Licensing Donated PC’s Facilitate debate amongst education leaders Education Focused Solutions & Product Teams

14. Connected Learning Community … allows stake holders to work together, collaborate and share information so that the focus is on learning rather than technology … it’s all about the learner Make Connections Remove Limitations Create Opportunities Commercial in Confidence

15. Aidan McCarthy Learning Solutions ManagerEurope, Middle East & Africa

17. Learning Continuum Appropriate Access Generate Interest Multiple methods of instruction Portfolio Management Individualized Instructional Plan Prior Knowledge Distributed Resources Stimulating Learning Resources Gather New Information Collaborative Infrastructure Learning Communities Standardized Tool Set Observation Rich Delivery Tools Self-Directed Mechanisms Self-Directed Mechanisms Replication Professional Development Best Practice Sharing Reinforcement Support Services Peer to peer interactions Integrated Data Environment Reflection Authentic Assessment Archiving and Storage Demonstration of Learning Facilities Management Learning Blocks Instructional Implication Institutional Implication

18. Making Learning Real… Microsoft Solutions Generate Interest Prior Knowledge Gather New Information Observation Replication Reinforcement Reflection Demonstration of Learning Learning Blocks Instructional Implication Institutional Implication Solutions and Programs Education Desktop Content Management EAI Portal Communications Collaboration Secure Connected Core infrastructure LMS Professional Development Business Intelligence

19. Enabling education transformation Innovative Teaching and Learning • Integrated student services • On-demand learning opportunities • Supports mobile lifestyle • Data-driven • Personalized Connected Learning Advanced Needs Innovative educators and departments • Blended/hybrid/web enhanced courses • Active experimentation • Group and team learning • Affordable reality • Distance learning Enable pedagogical best practices Intermediate Needs Most Institutions Today • Classroom based instruction • Lecture based pedagogy • Correspondence courses Support traditional educational approaches Basic Needs Adapted From: Maslow, A. (1943). A theory of human motivation. Psychological Review, 50, 370-396

20. Learning Gateway site map: portal services Parent space Student space Administrator space My homework assignment My child’s assignment My child’s teachers Project planner My reports My teachers My calendar (child’s overlay) My calendar My child’s results My resources Team spaces My school data My child’s school events My school resources My child’s portfolio My school events My calendar My software My child’s attendance My child’s resources My results My files My budget My buddy list (contextual) My attendance Educator toolkit/workspace Accountability/performance management My buddy list (conceptual) My classes Notifications infrastructure My calendar Shared Calendaring System Asynchronous Collaboration My students Real-time (Synchronous Collaboration) Information Recording and Delivery My seating charts My software My result book Professional Development & Training Business Intelligence and Enterprise Application Integration Learning management Student information Library automation Assessment data Learning content management

21. Learning Gateway for Schools

24. Filtering Learning Resources

26. Online Collaboration – presence awareness

27. Reporting and Assessment

28. Business Intelligence – Accountability and Assessment

29. Business Intelligence – Accountability & Assessment

30. Business Intelligence – Accountability & Assessment

31. Business Intelligence – Accountability & Assessment

32. Learning Gateway – Higher education and Further Education

33. Student Web

34. Curriculum/Faculty Areas

35. MySite

36. MySite Customization

37. Integrated and Shared Calendars

38. MySite - Public Areas

39. Learning Gateway site map: Portal services Parent space Student space Administrator space My homework assignment My child’s assignment My child’s teachers Project planner My reports My teachers My calendar (child’s overlay) My calendar My child’s results My resources Team spaces My school data My child’s school events My school resources My child’s portfolio My school events My calendar My software My child’s attendance My child’s resources My results My files My budget My buddy list (contextual) My attendance Educator toolkit/workspace Accountability/performance management My buddy list (conceptual) My classes Notifications infrastructure My calendar Shared Calendaring System Asynchronous Collaboration My students Real-time (Synchronous Collaboration) Information Recording and Delivery My seating charts My software My result book Professional Development & Training Business Intelligence and Enterprise Application Integration Learning management Student information Library automation Assessment data Learning content management

40. Managed Operating Environment Portfolio Management Software Processes • Class and Student Management • Batch Management • Automation • Messaging Platform (Exchange Server) • Windows Media • SharePoint Portal Server • Class Server • Live Communication Server • Visual Studio.NET • Mappoint • Money • PictureIt • MS Reader • Office XP Pro • Visio • Publisher • Project • Encarta • FrontPage • Digital Image Suite • Acrobat Reader • Automatic setup of Server and Server software • Automatic setup of workstation and workstation software

41. Products in the near future

42. Educator and Student Toolbars

43. Encarta Reference Suite

44. “I Never try to teach my students anything… I only try to create an environment where they can learn.” Albert Einstein

45. Your Potential Our Passion