We often hear about how we as educators are preparing our learners for
an uncertain future and for jobs that haven’t been created yet. Whilst we might
be asked to ensure we have a broad and balanced curriculum, schools are being
squeezed tighter and tighter, often in ways which results in a narrowing of the
curriculum. It doesn’t have to be that way though.
With digital skills high on the agenda in many schools across the whole
of the UK it is great to see the company-wide commitment of Microsoft support
Number support Number to support the growth of these skills in the UK. To that
end, they have developed a whole programme to support this initiative. Their
aim, to have delivered by 2020, 30,000 new digital apprenticeships, 30,000
Public Sector officials trained and 500,000 new cloud experts. Wow indeed!
How can you do it?
In recent years we’ve seen some debunking of Bloom’s Taxonomy
and its importance, however we all know that in order to be problem solvers and
finders and demonstrate the skills that employers want alongside
qualifications, something needs to change. Creativity is an important skill to
be able to use to help learners unpick and solve the problems of tomorrow.
Sure, technology and AI will help with this but what about right now?
To help with this, Microsoft support Number support Number have
been continuing their efforts to develop software which can support teaching
and learning in creative ways. Take the Paint 3D for example. Completely
redefining the Paint program of yesteryear, they’ve updated it to include some
simply phenomenal features to help learners create amazing things. For example,
you can create professional 3D models which can be explored in lots of
different ways such as through Mixed Reality. The 3D objects that you create
can then be placed directly into other tools such as PowerPoint to enable you
to explore the creations whilst presenting about them in 3D too, you can even
animate them!
Microsoft support Number support Number Learning Consultant, JoseKingsley Davies, has created a series of videos to help
teachers learn how they can embed this fantastic free tool into the curriculum.
Focusing upon the STEAM subjects of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and
Mathematics, the series of videos will prove to be super-helpful in embedding
this innovative tool into your curriculum.
Other tools such as Sway allow you to create modern, innovative and
beautiful creative presentations, newsletters or documents which allow learners
to be creative in the presentation of their work. Sway is such an intuitivetool it enables you to easily create beautiful, striking pieces of work
allowing learners to focus on the most important element of their creations –
the content. Hosted online, the Sways created are viewed in a web browser but
effortlessly, these are completely reshaped and resized to fit whatever browser
you might be using. Therefore, whether you are viewing it on a phone, a tablet,
a laptop or even a big screen, the presentation will always look awesome. Find
out more about Sway and what you can do with it by visiting the Sway sitehere.
A recent addition to the Microsoft support Number support Number family
of tools for education has had educators from around the world going slightly
crazy (in a good way) because in its addition, it has made the awesome tool
completely free. For those educators on Twitter and social media, the hashtag
#FlipgridFever has been difficult to miss in recent times. Flipgrid is the
awesome social learning tool that enables you to easily engage and give
feedback on work that learners have created. One stumbling block for many
schools previously was that this awesome platform involved a cost; well not
anymore! Microsoft support Number support Number have purchased this fantastic
piece of educational technology and made it completely free to all in
education! To learn more about this fantastic tool and how it can help
learning in creative ways in your school
Lastly but by no means least, Microsoft support Number support Number’s
Minecraft for Education offer is phenomenal. All around the world young people
are creating the most amazing things in Minecraft to demonstrate, model,enhance and support their learning. If you haven’t looked at it yet as a tool
for your learners, you should do. A world in which learners take control of
what they are creating, it is a fantastic tool to support all types of STEAM
activities. With lots of free class resources, plugins such as the recent
Chemistry update or the even more recent aquatic update enabling learners to
build underwater worlds that comes with 17 standards-aligned lessons – there
has never been so much support to help educators make the most of their educational
technology in purposeful and meaningful ways. Learn more about Minecraft in
Education here and if you’re looking for training in any of these areas, not
only are there great resources and support in the Microsoft
support Number support Number Educator Community but there is
also a great educator Minecraft community you can tap in to as well by visitinghere.
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