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Earlier this week we showed you Khan Academy , an app which enables students to learn through a library of almost 4000 videos. Today, we’re showing you Corinth , the original interactive education app which lets you discover plant microbiology in a completely new way. This fun yet insightful app allows...

Originally posted on the UK Faculty Connection blog .     Updating your game for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 with GameMaker: Studio™ is easy Want to learn more? Check out the getting started resources below. Windows 8 How to get Windows 8 Windows 8 Platform Overview Setup GameMaker: Studio...

This week we’re going to be showing you some of our favourite Windows 8 apps for education. First up is Khan Academy , a great app which gives you free resources to learn almost anything. Perfect for teachers and students alike, the Khan Academy app has a library of over 3800 videos across a vast range...

Students use apps every day of their lives on their smartphones, tablets and PCs, yet many would never consider using them to aid their learning. The Windows store has an ever-growing selection of education apps for Windows 8 and Windows phone, all of which could enhance your students’ learning by helping...

By Simon May One of a series of videos I’m working on that show how deployment works for modern apps , Windows Store apps, Windows 8 apps, Windows RT apps or Appx packages – whatever you like to call them. There are a few ways that you can deploy these types of apps to Windows 8 and Windows RT devices...

Originally posted by Carlos I. James Gutierrez With the upcoming launch of Microsoft’s Surface Pro across 21 markets, customers can more easily edit, collaborate, and get things done from one device that they use from home, the office, and while on the road. As these new computing scenarios bring potential...

Check out Max Holden from Collabco at UCISA, telling us about the fantastic Windows 8 app for education – MyDay. Collabco MyDay Windows 8 app from Microsoft Education UK

Guest post by our freelance education writer, Gerald Haigh One of my missions at BETT 2013 was to find out how people were using Windows 8,  Windows 8 devices and tablets in education. So when I bumped into a party of people from Saltash.net Community School and picked up the news that they were...

Guest post from Gerald Haigh . Gerald is a freelance writer who regularly writes for the Microsoft UK Education Blogs. My recent short visit to Royal Wootton Bassett Academy produced several memorable moments. For example, I had my first Christmas dinner of the year – turkey and all the trimmings followed...

Guest post from Gerald Haigh . Gerald is a freelance writer who regularly writes for the Microsoft UK education blogs. This term I’ve been looking at the arrival of Windows 8 in education. The story for most institutions, as you’d expect, is that it’s early days. As 2012 comes to an end, a school, typically...

Guest post by Sean O’Shea With the upcoming Windows 8 launch happening tomorrow (Friday 26th October), I recently did a keynote speech at an event with one of our partners. We had a great turn out including head teachers, deputy head teachers and ICT leads from primary and secondary schools. It was overwhelming...

If you are using Windows XP and Office 2003 in your school, college or university, we wanted to make you aware that the support for this will end in April 2014. Microsoft plans to end support for Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 in 2014, and that will affect your education institution if you are using...

Originally posted by Ray Fleming A month ago I wrote about a dozen new Windows 8 devices – laptops, tablets and All-In-Ones running Windows 8 and Windows RT – that were being previewed before the big day on 26th October when Windows 8 is officially released. It means that as a education...

I originally wrote about Windows 8 apps for education a few weeks ago . And since last time, that I've installed some more apps, so here's my additional recommended education apps for Windows 8: Mathrathon Windows Store link for Mathrathon It's a simple maths game – you're shown...

Guest post by Lee Stott Are you ready for Windows 8 and the Cloud? Millions of people around the world use Windows every day.  With Windows 8 Live tiles on the Windows Start screen, display information from your website and service and turn your app into a real time awareness engine - even when...

By Joe Belfiore Three years ago I was lucky to join the Windows Phone team at a time when we were “resetting” our approach to mobile operating system software. We made big changes to our design, our approach to partners, and our platform. The result was Windows Phone 7. Now it’s time to start telling...

Ok so we know this is a bit of a lengthy blog post! But it’s well worth a read to find out about the new Windows 8 user experience, along with some great Windows user interface history. Originally posted by Building Windows 8 This blog often focuses on the bits and features and less on the “philosophy...

Its now been a month since the Windows 8 Consumer Preview was made available (time flies!). Since its launch, it has been great to see all the feedback from members of the education community and beyond about their experience of the new OS to date. David Pogue's comments, from the New York Times , are...