By Mike Tholfsen Posted on August 26, 2020 at 7:40 am
Save teachers and students time and effort with new transcription capabilities in Word
By Mike Tholfsen
Educators and students are actively spending time and energy adapting to virtual learning while handling life at home. Our bandwidth to figure out new processes, keep track of various conversations, and digitize workflows while still aspiring to do our best work is limited and that’s why we’re excited to share that Transcribe in Word is here.
Easy transcriptions save you time, effort, and help better remember conversations
There are several scenarios where Transcribe in Word can help – in example,
For post-interview processing: From student assignments like interviewing a career role model to formal research studies, a lot of time is wasted today manually re-listening and transcribing recordings to gather quotes and annotate patterns. Students with may struggle focusing on the conversation while jotting down notes.
For making the most of feedback sessions: Students may need feedback early in their essay-writing process, but when grading comes around, it may be difficult for educators to recollect all the suggestions given from an earlier chat. On the flip side, students may be overwhelmed by all the details in verbal feedback sessions as they try their best to remember it later.
For referencing notes after meetings or video conferences: Educators may forgo jotting down notes in parent-teacher meeting to be present in the moment, but wish they had key details later.
For creating during projects: Whether it’s for extracurricular clubs or hobbies such as journalism with the school paper or making a new podcast, a lot of time can be spent working with audio and video media or manually writing up transcripts to publish.
Transcribe in Word can help you stay focused on your conversation in the moment or preserve valuable time and energy by converting speech into text.
Getting started
Make sure you’re signed into Microsoft 365 using the Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome web browser
Go to the Home tab > Dictate dropdown > Transcribe button
Select Start recording to Upload audio
Check out your new transcript with timestamps, speaker labels, audio playback, and options to add the content into the document
Tip: To make this work over a video conferencing call, just start recording in Word while no headset is used so Word can pick up the sound coming out of the device.
Conversations that are recorded or uploaded are saved to your personal OneDrive. Transcribe individually separates different speakers so it’s clear which part was said by a teacher versus a student. After the conversation, parts of the recording can be played back by clicking on timestamped audio and the transcript can be edited.
With smartphones being ubiquitous for educators and students alike, Transcribe enables upload of audio that was recorded outside of Word. Whether recorded on a phone or elsewhere, simply select the file to upload and transcribe. Transcribe supports .
The transcript will appear alongside the Word document, along with the recording which can be played back to hear how something was said, not just read what was said. Want to send or work with an entire transcript? Simply click “add all to document” and the full transcript will be laid out in Word.
Here is a detailed video showing the entire scenario, step by step:
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Transcribe in Word is available in Word for the web for all Microsoft 365 subscribers. Currently, only transcribing audio into English (EN-US) is supported. Transcribe in Office mobile will be coming by the end of the year. For more detailed steps see: Transcribe in Word
When COVID-19 disrupted traditional classroom instruction and forced system and school leaders, IT professionals, educators, faculty, and students to pivot to remote learning, it also prompted re-examining education more broadly. We know from the whitepaper “The Class of 2030 and Life Ready Learning” that today’s students will need a high level of cognitive skills like problem solving, critical thinking, and creativity. And social-emotional skills have become even more important in remote and hybrid settings and require solutions that integrate pedagogy and technology accessibly and cohesively.
In “Education Reimagined: the Future of Learning,” the experts from New Pedagogies for Deep Learning suggest that there are three phases that learning institutions are navigating to move education systems to a successful and sustainable hybrid model: Disruption, Transition, and Reimagining.
The Three Phases of Reimagining Education
By now, many schools and universities have worked their way through the initial disruption and have been adapting to online learning for several months. As the next school year begins, there is new data showing some best practices for supporting smooth transitions for students and teachers.
Today, we’re pleased to share a new whitepaper, “Disruptions and Opportunities: Lessons from the spring of 2020,” commissioned by Microsoft in collaboration with Manchester Street Research. The report surveyed 400 K-12 educators and 381 IT professionals in the United States to understand their perspectives about the transition experience, the technology used for remote learning, the quality of student engagement, the assessment of learning outcomes, and more. This research focused on K-12 teachers, IT professionals, and the added challenges of keeping younger students engaged in learning online. Some key insights from the study are:
Microsoft Teams encourages student engagement and facilitates learning assessment
One of the most challenging aspects for teachers when moving online was how their relationships with students changed when meeting only on screens. For remote learning to be effective and sustainable, technologies that encourage meaningful engagement and interaction, with features that help teachers evaluate student progress, are critical. The study found that Microsoft Teams users were 29% more likely than those who didn’t use Teams to describe most of their students as highly engaged. Also, Teams users were on average 23% more likely than those who didn’t use Teams to say they feel confident in their ability to assess learning outcomes while teaching remotely.
Microsoft Teams provides a collaboration lifeline for teachers
Teachers who developed a community of support among colleagues reported that this support was critical for them in developing confidence in remote teaching and learning, trying new things, discovering best practices, and solving problems. Educators in the survey who used Microsoft technology, especially those who used Teams, were 42% more likely to collaborate with their peers than those who used Google Classroom.
A clear strategy integrating technology & pedagogy is critical in hybrid learning
Expecting teachers to select from a multitude of technologies burdens them with the added responsibility of learning and assessing different technology platforms. When leaders provide clarity and direction by selecting a single set of online learning technologies, rooted in the key pedagogical approaches, teachers can get up to speed faster and have more time to focus on teaching. The data shows that for remote learning, too many options can actually cause negative outcomes. One of the study respondents, K-12 teacher Yolanda M., noted that when it came to her students, “I have noticed the difficulty for a lot of the kids is all the different platforms that the teachers have in relaying information to them. That has been really difficult for students and for parents.”
Looking back at the last school year, it’s clear that transitioning to remote learning at scale was a monumental task. And it’s been most successful when pedagogy and technology are adapted to work together to encourage collaboration, engagement, and quality learning outcomes.
It’s inspiring to see the efforts of so many dedicated education leaders, teachers, and IT professionals as they define a new era of learning: one that’s open-walled, student-centered, and unlimited by time or space. As the next academic year gets underway, it’s clear that we’re still in a transitional period and that schools and education systems are still determining the best path forward. While there are still challenges to address, we can see that when pedagogy is coupled with scalable technology for online and hybrid learning, it can help drive enhanced learning outcomes, increase well-being, and create a more fulfilling experience for teachers and students.
For a deeper dive into the findings, visit Microsoft Education’s hybrid learning page and download the complete whitepaper.
As we head toward a new school year that will be largely remote or hybrid, educators are faced with new challenges: creating safe and healthy learning environments and designing welcoming, engaging experiences that are accessible for all students. Like graduations at the end of the year, new student orientation is an especially important experience that connects students, faculty, and administrators and sets the tone for the year.
Institutions from K-12 schools through universities plan events that often take place over the course of several days to help new students feel comfortable, show them what makes their school unique, and connect them to others. And beyond the fun and camaraderie they create, orientation events are often some of the best times for faculty and administrators to share important information.
Starting today, the Microsoft Store team is offering free support to help institutions drive engaging online orientations and help staff and students make the most of their tech for online learning. Sign up here to get started!
With the current need to limit in-person interaction, schools are recognizing that orientation shouldn’t be one single event, but an ongoing program that keeps students engaged. So, how will institutions present all their welcome and informational sessions when classes may be online or hybrid, and when many students may not physically travel to campus?
Online events will be their best bet. Starting today, the Microsoft Store team is offering free support to help institutions drive engaging online orientations and help staff and students make the most of their tech for online learning. Just tell us what you need to help your students thrive in an online or hybrid learning environment, and our team of nearly 3,000 talented Store associates will help you get the tech training you need to start the new school year with confidence. From smaller-scale sessions to large-scale orientations and trainings, including free Teams Live Events for up to 20,000 participants (until September 30, 2020), Microsoft can help you make the most of remote learning software—we’re here to help, so contact us today!
When you reach out to the Microsoft Store, you can be confident that you’ll get the support you need to make the most of your event. After working with Store associates to plan a virtual graduation, Sandra Ware, Community Partner, STEM Education Advocate, and state education consultant over Virtual Learning for the State of Michigan shared, “I’ve witnessed first-hand the impact that Microsoft’s virtual programs have made and continue to make. Through their video conference platform Teams, thousands of students across the country were able to hear their names called during the virtual graduation initiative. This may seem like a small thing in the midst of global pandemic, but it’s huge when you’re a student who’s worked extremely hard for the one moment when you, your family, and your friends celebrate the completion of a chapter and the beginning of a new one. It’s not just our students’ win; but it’s everyone’s win.”
For extra guidance as you plan for the new year, we’ve also put together an e-book with a handful of resources that provide strategies and ideas for preparing for the transition back to school and planning engaging events with Microsoft Teams that connect students, faculty, and administrators with a more personalized experience.
Preparing and presenting creative, engaging online events sounds like a daunting task—but many organizations are already designing and delivering unique experiences.
SUNY Empire State College in New York was founded specifically to provide individualized and distance learning, first with correspondence courses before launching their first online programs in 1995. So when the pandemic hit, their faculty, administrators, and students were already set up and familiar with Microsoft Teams for all of their remote classes and events.
“SUNY Empire State College is no stranger to online and distance learning, so we were able to make the transition smoothly to protect our students, faculty, and staff at the start of the pandemic,” said Kyle Adams, the college’s Vice President for Strategic Communications. “Communication was key to that transition, not only to deliver information but to hear concerns, answer questions, and establish a calm and deliberative tone in a time of uncertainty. Teams Meetings and Live Events helped us stay connected at every level, from class sessions to staff meetings and town halls for students and employees.”
Adams said that being able to meet, collaborate, and engage with each other and students in a rich virtual environment will be critical as SUNY Empire heads into the new school year and beyond, and continues to adapt to the times.
Though everything is new and different this year, thanks to Teams, Teams Live, and other tools like Flipgrid, organizations can welcome new students with energizing and interactive events of all sizes. To get started developing your plan for creative and engaging back-to-school events, complete the Microsoft Stores contact form and download the Orientation Kit e-book.
If this summer looks a little different for your family, you are not alone. Many summer camps have decided to cancel due to social distancing recommendations—meaning fewer learning opportunities for students and added responsibilities for parents.
With families in mind, Microsoft created Passport to Digital Fun, a free, virtual summer camp with weeks of interactive workshops. To spark your student’s curiosity and continue their education over the summer, campers will receive a stamp to add to their digital passport each time they complete a workshop. This allows them to document their summer learning journey as they travel through different experiences and master various skill sets.
Through August, hundreds of sessions will be hosted as Microsoft Teams Live events. You can visit the calendar to browse options and register for specific workshops by time zone, so that you and your student can choose what best fits their schedule, interests, and learning needs.
Don’t miss out on summer camp workshops across these categories:
STEM and coding missions: There are STEM workshops for every age and ability level. Whether your student is ready to learn the basics of coding or create their own video game, these exciting courses will refresh and advance their STEM skills.
Week at the museum: Take a field trip to a Smithsonian museum without leaving your home. Our virtual tours allow your child to discover ancient fossils, learn the milestones of space exploration, or explore the depths of the ocean.
Around the world in five days: Your student doesn’t have to travel to learn about different areas of the world. Take a virtual trip to every corner of the globe using Bing 3D Maps.
Game on: Our gaming workshops give students a behind-the-scenes understanding of video game creation and teaches them healthy habits. They will have so much fun that they won’t even realize they are building valuable digital skills.
Digital tools to explore your creative side: Whether your student is interested in storytelling or photography, our creative workshops will teach them how to use Microsoft tools to bring their imagination to life.
Bettering the community: All communities can benefit from young people who want to make a difference. These workshops help students learn the basics of everything from entrepreneurship to community organization.
Check out the Microsoft Store community for more information on how to start making the most of your child’s free time this summer.
This one-size-fits-all approach to education has been in place for a couple of hundred years. Now, however, it is undergoing unprecedented change and not just because of COVID.
The response to the coronavirus has demonstrated how technology can help transform how we teach and learn. But the push for change started long before the pandemic struck, and it will go on long after the threat subsides. For years, policymakers have been exploring new transformative approaches to K-12 education that go far beyond just online lessons at home.
Rethinking learning
As lockdowns ease and schools start to reopen in some places across our region, it’s as good a time as any to take stock and look at the likely future of education.
Children who start school from now on will grow up to be workers and leaders in a digital-first world that will demand new skills and new ways of thinking.
To succeed in life and at work, they will need all the social, emotional, and academic support they can get via rich and flexible learning experiences that will differ vastly from the schooldays of their parents.
In short, education’s age-old three Rs – Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic – are being joined by a fourth: Rethink.
New data-based technologies are opening up ways to transform practices, structures, and even cultures in schools.
“Technology has changed many aspects of our society over many years, but school structures have largely stayed the same,” says Sean Tierney, Microsoft’s Director for Teaching and Learning Strategy, Asia.
“Now, we have solutions that have the potential to transform and improve the system so students can achieve more and develop valuable skills with better outcomes. The question for us now is: How can we use technology to rethink education?”
Tierney and others want a systemic shift in which education will move away from “a teaching culture to a learning culture.”
During this time of social distancing and remote learning, staying connected with the world and keeping our children engaged has been a priority for all of us. Teachers and parents are constantly looking for fun and educational activities that will empower students’ learning, make them smile, and spark imagination and curiosity.
Learning from home doesn’t mean that you have to be cut off from the world. Skype in the Classroom recently launched a new activity called “Live Events.” Every Wednesday at 10:00 AM Pacific Time (5:00 PM Coordinated Universal Time), teachers, students, and parents can tune in to connect with subject matter experts and visit amazing locations across the globe. From exploring the habitats of Yellowstone National Park, to learning about sequoias or visiting a zoo, these 30-minute interactive events will add some extra fun and inspiration to your children’s learning.
“Adventure and familiarity, simultaneously. During remote learning due to the pandemic, the weekly Skype in the Classroom virtual field trips have enabled my students to travel the country and the world, right from their own homes. They’ve missed the connections we’ve made with people throughout the world while we were in our school building, and these events have given them the sense that the excitement continues. My third graders and I loved the trip to Yellowstone and enjoyed hearing from the Night Zookeeper…we can’t wait to learn about sharks and animal adaptations! We’re looking forward to what else is in store until we meet again,” says Amy Rosenstein (@SkypeAmy), third-grade teacher from New York, United States.
One of the most powerful parts of these events is that children can ask questions via a fully moderated Q&A chat tool.
“As a family we visited Yellowstone. We watched while having our dinner here in the UK and talked about all the animals the speaker showed us. There were many we hadn’t heard of before. It challenged our family to find out about somewhere totally new to us and we could ask questions via the chat tool. My kids were learning without it feeling like a lesson!” said Sarah Clark (@sfm36), parent from United Kingdom.
In addition, every event has follow-up activities that parents and teachers can share with their students for a richer learning experience. Make sure you check them out!
Live Events take place on Microsoft Teams. However, you do not need Skype or Teams to join. You can select to watch on the web. Download the “How-to join” guide to get started.
Each event has one or more follow up activities! Make sure you check those out to enrich the learning experience.
Our CEO Satya Nadella references a term from the education field that I think is particularly fitting and important during this unprecedented time in history. Satya talks of the importance of being a “learn-it-all” instead of a “know-it-all.” Learn-it-alls are curious, resourceful and willing to fail, understanding that insights from failure lead to future success.
Learn-it-alls see adversity as a challenge to be overcome, and they work toward the future with focus and determination.
Right now, we’re all working toward the future in different ways. And the future itself is evolving rapidly as we work and learn together to fight and defeat COVID-19 across the globe. Work is changing, learning is changing, life is changing. Every person on the planet will need new skills to be successful tomorrow, one year from now, and one decade from now. This is particularly apropos for students (and the educators teaching them), with the World Economic Forum predicting that two-thirds of students today will work in jobs that do not yet exist. Likewise, LinkedIn continues to report cloud and artificial intelligence as top emerging jobs.
Today’s students are the innovators and inventors of the future who can use technology as a bedrock to help find solutions to the types of problems we’re facing today — and those we can’t predict. Educators are key enablers of this ability, and that’s why I’m excited to announce a new set of opportunities and resources for educators to teach Microsoft technical skills aimed at supporting students to continue learning during this pandemic and beyond.
Introducing Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors
Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors help their peers learn about things they care about most, from social issues to new technologies. Ambassadors get a first look at new Microsoft technologies, gain leadership skills, and receive mentoring from professionals in the industry, and their peers benefit from their knowledge, which can now be shared via the Microsoft Learn platform. All our incoming 2020 interns are invited to join the Student Ambassadors and it’s open to any higher ed student who wants to apply.
We are aiming to help skill millions of students in the coming years — helping tomorrow’s leaders gain knowledge in areas spanning topics like responsible AI, Internet of Things (IoT), and building cloud-native apps, among so much more.
New hub on Microsoft Learn for educators and students
Students are natural continuing learners — it’s in their DNA. And to make it easier for them to both acquire and transfer knowledge, Microsoft Learn now has a new home just for educators and students, including our Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors.
We’ve partnered with universities to create new learning paths based on their popular courses in data science, cloud development, and AI engineering, all tailored for the students that want to build in-demand job skills and educators that want to teach them:
We’ve also added a new series of learning paths to inspire and challenge students to build with social impact and responsibility in mind. These take a solution-driven, project-based approach to learning:
We continue to offer foundational developer paths designed especially for students that faculty can easily teach in the classroom. These include:
Educators play a pivotal role in empowering students for future success. At Microsoft, we’re committed to enabling and supporting them in their mission. Microsoft Learn for Educators curates online learning paths and supporting instructor-led training materials into the classroom. Eligible educators and faculty members at universities, community colleges, polytechnics and secondary schools can access Microsoft ready-to-teach curriculum and teaching materials aligned to industry-recognized Microsoft certifications. These certifications augment a students’ existing degree path and validate the skills needed to be successful across a variety of technical careers. Provided Microsoft curriculum and instructor-led training materials will cover:
Last fall, we launched a 44-part video series called Python for Beginners, consisting of short lessons aimed to help students learn Python and then build AI apps on Azure. People kept asking for more, so we’ve expanded on it with 50 additional newvideos that dive deeper into the popular Python libraries like NumPy, Pandas, and Scikit-learn. If you’re looking to try Python for the first time or brush-up your skills, begin here!
Students at Microsoft Build
Microsoft’s annual developer conference, Build, is set to bring the developer community — including student developers and our 2020 class of interns — together virtually May 19-21 to learn, connect and code together. In the spirt of connecting students and professional developers, the Imagine Cup World Championship will be held during Build where teams will compete for the $100,000 grand prize and a mentoring session with Satya Nadella.
The Imagine Cup is perhaps one of the most visible ways we encourage students to address real problems through teamwork and technology. Much like a sports bracket which requires repetitive wins to advance to get the World Championship, teams must win their regional competitions — an impressive feat by itself. This year, tens of thousands of competitors from more than 170 countries participated, culminating in 16 students representing six teams that made it to the championship.
Beyond the excitement of Imagine Cup, the Student Zone at Build will have content tailored to and appropriate for students. Speakers include a variety of top influencers in the digital learning spaces, with content available for each skill level (13-21 years-old) attending our sessions virtually. And, special guest NASA Education Specialist Matthew Wallace will demo a machine learning tool that introduces students to process for analyzing images of Earth taken from the International Space Station, like our astronauts do.
Azure for Students
We believe strongly in providing access to the most current technology, and that’s why we’re providing free Azure accounts, plus a $100 credit, for qualifying students. With their accounts, students can develop in Visual Studio to create custom apps, explore AI through Cognitive Services and smart APIs, and build and train machine learning models faster with the latest open source technologies. Free developer tools are included, as are free learning paths and labs.
I hope you’ll take advantage of all the free content that interests you and join us as learn-it-alls.
In this time of distance learning, many educators, students, parents, and guardians are trying to find balance while dividing their time between their jobs, families, and other obligations. How are you supporting social-emotional learning for your students during remote learning? How are you looking after your well-being, and how do you stay attuned to your students’ needs? In this conversation, we’d also like to explore the tools and strategies that help maintain emotional balance and hear about approaches that you might bring back to the classroom once you return to school.
We look forward to welcoming you to a 75-minute TweetMeet on Tuesday, May 19 at 10:00 AM Pacific Time, on the topic of social-emotional learning.
We have five discussion questions lined up this month, allowing 14 minutes of discussion time each:
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#MSFTEduChat TweetMeet question timings
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Welcome. Please introduce yourself. Use #MSFTEduChat and #TweetMeetEN or #TweetMeetXX for non-English languages.
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Why do social-emotional skills matter so much in these circumstances?
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How are you looking after your well-being during this time?
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How are you overcoming social-emotional challenges? Inclusion of all students, safeguarding, expectations, stress…
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Which strategies, resources, and communities support social-emotional learning remotely? How?
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How will you continue to develop social-emotional learning once we return to school?
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Participant survey and announcing the next event.
Even if you’re conducting a class at the time of the event, busy doing other things, or asleep—no problem! All educators are welcome to participate any time after the event. Simply look at the questions and respond to them at a day and time that suits you best.
You can also schedule your tweets in advance. In that case, be sure to include the entire question in your tweet and the hashtag #MSFTEduChat so that everyone knows how your responses align to the event questions and conversations.
SuperWakelet about social-emotional learning
We’ve invited our hosts to share and carefully annotate their favorite social-emotional learning resources. Note how each host has chosen a different angle for their Wakelet. Find all of these resources in our new SuperWakelet about social-emotional learning, live-embedded here:
Introducing our hosts
Please meet our hosts for this month’s TweetMeet.
After going through weeks of preparation for this TweetMeet, they are thrilled to engage with you on their favorite topic, social-emotional learning.
Check out their profiles, consider following them, and engage with their tweets through this month’s Twitter List.
Adam Masters (@MrAdamMasters), Computing teacher at Jumeriah English Speaking School, MSc in Educational Leadership and Management, Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Expert, and ADE. Passionate on current best practice and technologies – Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Amy Storer (@techamys), Instructional Coach and Lead Technology Integration Mentor. MIE Expert and Skype Master Teacher. Loves using Microsoft tools to support learning – Montgomery, Texas, United States.
Ashley Stephens (@ashe333), Professional Development and Research Coordinator, MIE Expert, and Teach SDGs Ambassador. Passionate about developing digital capabilities. Let’s make learning accessible and fun for ALL – Wicklow, Ireland.
Chris Gerrard (@cgerrard02), Additional support needs educator, MIE Master Trainer. Hugely passionate about the role technology plays in empowering young people and breaking down any barriers they may face – Glasgow, Scotland.
Devon Caldwell (@india0309), Teacher of kindergarten, yoga, and future teachers. PhD candidate and aspiring researcher. MIE Fellow and OneNote fan. Passionate about travel and wellness – Kenton, Manitoba, Canada.
Gretchen Robinson (@gjrobinson), Digital Learning and Teaching Facilitator for Onslow County School District. MIE Expert and Trainer, and Flipgrid Certified Educator. I love helping teachers integrate anything Microsoft – Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States.
Ivana Kovačević (@kovacevicanavi), Serbian language and literature teacher, 2020 Global Teacher Prize top 50 finalist, 2019 National Teacher prize winner, MIE Expert, and Skype Master Teacher – Belgrade, Serbia.
Jonathan Bishop (@broadclyst), Head Teacher at Broadclyst Primary School, a Microsoft Showcase School, and CEO of Cornerstone Academy Trust. We take pride in supporting other schools in remote education – Exeter, United Kingdom.
Kamal Preet (@dpskamal), NatGeo Certified Educator, MIE Expert, Skype Master Teacher, Flipgrid Ambassador, and Minecraft Global Mentor. Passionate about eSTEAM, social-emotional learning, gamification, and global goals – Bangalore, India.
Kellie Goodall (@kellie_digital), Teacher and Digital Leader at Broughton Primary School in North Wales. MIE Expert and Trainer, Flipgrid Student Voice Ambassador, and all-round teacher geek – North Wales, United Kingdom.
Kimberly Lewis (@AkordingToKim), Teacher at West Valley Central School, Professional Development Facilitator with NYS Teachers’ Center, MIE Expert, MCE and MIE Master Trainer, Nearpod NCT3 Trainer, and Distance Learning Specialist – Holland, New York, United States.
Joe and Kristin Merrill (@themerrillsedu), First and fourth grade teachers, MIE Experts, and authors of “The InterACTIVE Class” – Naples, Florida, United States.
Marta Florkiewicz-Borkowska (@martulafb), German language teacher, educator, project coordinator, digital skills and media literacy trainer, and art therapist. 2017 Teacher of the Year and MIE Expert – Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland.
Matt Yeoman (@mattpy80), Assistant Headteacher at Queen’s Park High School, Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching, and Specialist Leader in Education for Drama and Teacher Training – Chester, United Kingdom.
Rafael Pérez Hernáiz (@rafaelpeher), Primary mathematics and technology teacher, MIE Expert and Trainer. Passionate about OneNote and Surface devices – Madrid, Spain.
Runa Chatterjee (@runa_chatterjee), PGT English teacher at Ajanta Public School, MIE Expert, Adobe Ambassador, SDGs Ambassador, and Wakelet Ambassador. Passionate about Microsoft tools and Microsoft Teams – Gurgaon, India.
Scott Nunes (@MrNunesTeach), ELA teacher turned education technology coach and MIE Expert. Podcast host passionate about enhancing teacher and student voice through Flipgrid and Microsoft Teams – Modesto, California, United States.
Soad E Mizher (@sm_english), Vice Principal at Alhussan School. MIE Expert and Master Trainer, Microsoft tools specialist, and huge learning technologies enthusiast. Advancing students’ learning using the 6Cs is my passion – Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
Vittoria Volterrani (@vittovolte), passionate primary school teacher, teacher trainer, ICT and active methods trainer, and eTwinning Ambassador. Since 2002 involved in social-emotional learning development – Piacenza, Italy.
Language tracks offered this month
We offer this month’s TweetMeet in 6 language tracks: English, Arabic, Italian, Polish, Serbian, and Spanish.
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Why join #MSFTEduChat TweetMeets?
TweetMeets are monthly recurring Twitter conversations about themes relevant to educators, facilitated by Microsoft Education. The purpose of these events is to help professionals in education to learn from each other and inspire their students while they are preparing for their future. TweetMeets also nurture personal learning networks among educators from across the globe.
Be sure to double-check your own local event time. You can find the event time for 215 countries with this time zone announcer.
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It’s Teacher Appreciation Week and we want to take time to say thank you to educators.
Are you a teacher looking for new ways to grow professionally and engage your students? If you’d like to connect with a global educator community, learn new ways to innovate with tech tools, and share best practices, we’d love to have you join the Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Expert program.
Microsoft supports a thriving community of educators who are working together to change students’ lives and build a better world. The Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Expert program was created to help you learn, grow, and connect.
We’re looking for self-driven educators who are passionate about teaching and learning, who inspire students with creative thinking, and who enjoy working collaboratively. MIE Experts get access to free professional and career development opportunities and certification programs. They share their learning by playing leading roles in regional training sessions, giving presentations at conferences, writing blogs, engaging in social channels, and more. Resourceful and entrepreneurial, they relish the role of change agent and work to achieve excellence in education using Microsoft technologies and innovative teaching practices.
If you want to join this diverse and exciting community, please follow these four easy steps to nominate yourself.
Step 1:
Be sure that you have joined the Microsoft Educator Center and completed your profile. You will need to download your transcript, link it to a shareable location, then share that link with us as part of the nomination process. You can find your transcript by going into your profile on MEC.
Step 2:
Ensure that you have successfully passed two hours of courses on the Microsoft Educator Center and earned your Certified MIE badge. You must be a Certified MIE to become (or stay) a MIE Expert.
Step 3:
Create a two-minute video orSway that answers the following four questions in a manner that creatively expresses what makes you a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert.
Why do you consider yourself to be a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert?
Describe how you have incorporated Microsoft technologies in innovative ways into your classroom or your work with teachers. Include artifacts that demonstrate your innovation. Your examples should show that you have cultivated a strong modern teaching and learning environment.
How have you positively impacted the learning and growth of your colleagues? Have you reached beyond your classroom to coach/support other teachers in their growth? Please share examples.
If you become a MIE Expert, how do you hope it will impact your current role in the next 12 months?
Include a public URL of your video or Sway with your nomination materials.
Once you have completed the steps outlined above, you’ll be ready to fill out this self-nomination form. Your nomination must be submitted by July 15, 2020. The announcement of the 2020-2021 cohort of MIE Experts will be made during the last week of August 2020.
We look forward to welcoming you into the growing MIE Expert community and celebrating innovation in teaching and learning together.
Join us in honoring amazing educators all over the world by using these templates to highlight a teacher that inspires you.
