![]() ![]() The new Chemistry update for Minecraft: Education Edition includes this compound creator and an element constructor. On the other hand, cheap Chromebooks aren't there either. While the new durable, Celeron-based Lenovo 100e only costs $190, making the price approachable for schools' volume buys, it's not powerful enough to run mixed reality, which is one of the big pushes we're seeing in education. The highlights include a Lenovo 100e laptop starting at $190, an awesome looking Chemistry update for Minecraft: Education Edition and a 10 percent academic discount on HoloLens (still only in developer kits) through May 31, 2018. With the latest hardware announcements, Paulus said, “I would say we’re at critical mass now” in countering Google.This week at the Bett show in London, Microsoft made its first education announcements for 2018. Recent market research has shown that while Windows is relatively strong in other countries, inexpensive Chromebooks with Google’s free G Suite for Education are dominant in the U.S., accounting for more than half of new computing device shipments into schools. Paulus said this last is important as Microsoft works to counter Google’s influence in K-12 classrooms. Classroom devices. Four new sub-$300 Windows 10 devices from Lenovo and JP (the latter better known in international markets), two of them under $200, are being announced at Bett to add to more than 40 different school-friendly devices available for Windows that start at $189.Free teacher training, in-person or virtual, will be available on how to use Microsoft tech in the classroom after schools purchase certain Microsoft 365 Education software licenses, not including the still-free version of Office 365 Education. Office 365. Microsoft says dictation is coming to Office in February so students can write with their voice, and OneNote Class Notebook pages can be locked by teachers after they provide students with feedback (which Microsoft said is the top teacher request).(Image: Microsoft)Īmong the many other Microsoft education announcements tied to the Bett event: Education publisher Pearson envisions HoloLens chemistry. In addition, Microsoft says curriculum for Windows Mixed Reality and HoloLens headsets will be released by educational publisher Pearson starting in March, and Microsoft has a new mixed reality curriculum partnership with WGBH and NASA’s “Bringing the University of America’s Classrooms” initiative. Microsoft said starting today, it’s offering academic institutions HoloLens commercial and developer models at a 10 percent discount through the end of May. “We’ve got 250 lesson plans online already in Minecraft.”Īnother area of edtech emphasis - albeit nascent, more pricey, and skewing toward older students - is virtual reality. ![]() “I think it’s super important, especially for those age group of kids for which Minecraft is an excellent hook,” Paulus said. Paulus said the continued emphasis on Minecraft is a key part Microsoft’s overall education strategy in light of interest in STEM education. Minecraft: Education Edition is also getting new Microsoft MakeCode for Minecraft computer science curricula which, similar to learn-to-code packages ScratchX and Tynker, can be used in Minecraft’s Code Builder. Building compounds in Minecraft’s new Chemistry Update. Students can move from building compounds to hands-on understanding of more difficult concepts, like stable isotopes. Jay Paulus, senior director of Windows education marketing, said, “The chemistry add-in actually adds some new kinds of components to Minecraft” including a full periodic table and a “compounding table” which is similar to Minecraft’s crafting table. The update uses game-based learning to introduce chemistry concepts. Starting in early February, a free Chemistry Update will be available to licensed users. Minecraft may be the biggest news for its legions of K-12 teacher and student fans. ![]()
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