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Another webcast with FreedomWriter Founder, Erin Gruwell - Tuesday, May 6th
01 May 09 03:25 AM | Mike_Tholfsen | 1 Comments   
For those of you who missed the first webcast, you have another chance! If you've been reading my blog, you'll remember that last summer I had the opportunity to work with Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writer Teachers . For those of you who have never Read More...
OneNote wishes you a happy Earth Day
22 April 09 04:52 PM | Mike_Tholfsen | 3 Comments   
April 22nd is Earth Day , and in celebration we've put together some great OneNote resources to help you and your schools reduce your paper usage with OneNote. I've written about this previously, including our web page on how to reduce paper/processing Read More...
Cool examples of teachers using OneNote in education
22 February 09 05:47 PM | Mike_Tholfsen | 1 Comments   
I wanted to use this entry as an opportunity to point out examples of some cool things being done with OneNote and education. These examples come from both people I've been emailing with or just blogs I've seen. Each example shows a creative use of OneNote Read More...
Get a Free Copy of OneNote 2007 - Tuesday, 1/20/09 Webinar - "Get connected and collaborate in your Classroom with OneNote"
13 January 09 06:50 PM | Mike_Tholfsen | 14 Comments   
Hi folks - after an extended paternity/holiday break with my daughter, I'm back at work and back on the blog. I hope you all had a great holiday season. Next Tuesday, (January 20th, 2009 from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm PST) Microsoft Solution Specialist Tony Franklin Read More...
12/2/08 Webinar - Creating effective communications with OneNote & Outlook
25 November 08 12:22 AM | Mike_Tholfsen | 1 Comments   
Next Tuesday, 12/2/08, I'll be doing another Teacher Tech Tuesday. This time I will be talking about both Outlook and OneNote in the context of teachers and communications. I worked on the Outlook team for 8 years so I have a reasonable background on Read More...
The OneNote 2007 Toolkit for Teachers webinar now posted for your viewing pleasure
20 November 08 04:59 PM | Mike_Tholfsen | 1 Comments   
My teacher tech talk "webinar" from last Tuesday has now posted. For those of you who were unable to attend in person, I encourage you to take a look. During this webinar, I cover all aspects of the OneNote 2007 Toolkit for Teachers , including all of Read More...
Get a free copy of OneNote 2007 - watch this Tuesday's Teacher Tech talk: OneNote 2007 Teacher Toolkit
08 November 08 05:12 PM | Mike_Tholfsen | 1 Comments   
Join me this Tuesday at 1:00 pm PST for a late lunch webinar where I'll be covering the OneNote 2007 Toolkit for Teachers . This is a great resource to help teachers get up to speed on OneNote and how it can be used as an effective education resources. Read More...
OneNote as an ePortfolio
17 October 08 03:54 AM | Mike_Tholfsen | 3 Comments   
Something I wanted to call out was a great TechLearning online article written about Forest Ridge teacher Palie Cantu and her use of OneNote as a digital ePortfolio tool. The article is titled "How to Build Better ePortfolios" I've had the honor to work Read More...
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Back to School with OneNote!
01 September 08 09:20 PM | Mike_Tholfsen | 1 Comments   
Hey folks - it's that time of year again. Reading, Riting and 'Rithmatic :-) I hope everyone has their pencils, erasers, books, lesson plans and a copy of OneNote handy! I know that many teachers and professors out there are starting to experiment with Read More...
OneNote curriculum project in Ireland
26 July 08 05:10 PM | Mike_Tholfsen | 1 Comments   
Tom Jackson of Microsoft has been working with some Irish schools on a fascinating project using OneNote to develop and distribute curriculum to students. To understand the background of the project, read his initial blog entry from February . Tom recently Read More...
OneNote 2007 Toolkit for Teachers – Part 1
15 July 08 03:44 PM | Mike_Tholfsen | 3 Comments   
Last week we launched a bunch of new OneNote education resources on the new OneNote site for educators . This site contains great resources for OneNote and teachers so make sure to bookmark it and check back regularly. I also want to give a shout-out Read More...
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New OneNote resources for teachers - Come git' em' while they're hot!
07 July 08 12:54 AM | Mike_Tholfsen | 6 Comments   
As I mentioned a few posts ago, Microsoft released a bunch of new OneNote resources for teachers at the NECC 2008 conference in San Antonio . Without further ado, I'm going to point everyone to them in this post. First, off, here is the new OneNote Teacher Read More...
Erik meets Bill, and a cross-continental OneNote Project
18 June 08 04:12 PM | Mike_Tholfsen | 3 Comments   
Erik meets Bill For those of you who read my last blog entry , you'll know that my wife and I had Erik Westrum, a innovative teacher from Drammen, Norway over to our house for dinner last week (he liked the lefse, as well as the copper river salmon:- Read More...
OneNote and Education background – how I got started with this stuff
28 May 08 03:50 PM | Mike_Tholfsen | 6 Comments   
Wow - lots of great comments for my first post. I'm glad to see the community growing already. I apologize for the break from my first entry - I was at a wedding during Memorial day weekend and have been trying to get caught up. I'll try and answer a Read More...
Welcome to the new OneNote and Education blog!
19 May 08 06:57 PM | Mike_Tholfsen | 34 Comments   
This is the inaugural entry of the new OneNote and education blog! My name is Mike Tholfsen and I am the test manager of the OneNote team and will be the primary author of this blog. Since Dan , John , David , Olya , Michael , Jeff , and Chris ( ex-OneNote Read More...

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