Leadership and policy guide for system leaders

As the global crisis of COVID-19 begins to abate, Microsoft is working closely with education systems around the world to support transitions to the next stage of schooling. This document outlines how the new technologies implemented during the crisis can continue to be used to support transitions back to school and to improve and reimagine schooling going forward. Most countries will continue working towards full connectivity distance learning readiness during the transition back to school to ensure all students have connected devices for seamless learning. These efforts will ensure all students can participate in distance and hybrid learning should school closure be necessary again.

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Leadership and policy guide for system leaders

As the global crisis of COVID-19 begins to abate, Microsoft is working closely with education systems around the world to support transitions to the next stage of schooling. This document outlines how the new technologies implemented during the crisis can continue to be used to support transitions back to school and to improve and reimagine schooling going forward. Most countries will continue working towards full connectivity distance learning readiness during the transition back to school to ensure all students have connected devices for seamless learning. These efforts will ensure all students can participate in distance and hybrid learning should school closure be necessary again.

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Modd.io brings open source game development to everyone

Modd.io is a Canadian startup that has created an innovative open source gaming platform written entirely in Node.js on the Azure platform. Using a proprietary visual scripting language, Modd.io allows individuals without an extensive background in coding to create and publish HTML5 multiplayer games. Its community of gamers can play user-generated games, even viewing and using shared source code in their own creations. Read on:

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Miami Dade

Serving almost 400 schools and over 345,000 students, this US school district has a significant task–even more so during a health pandemic that necessitates remote learning. Fortunately, the district has been ready for some time.

Read this story to learn how the district’s digital initiative “allowed the county to integrate increasing amounts of technology methodically and effectively into the classroom” which ultimately gave educators and students access to and experience with technology before the pandemic required it.

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Miami Dade

Serving almost 400 schools and over 345,000 students, this US school district has a significant task–even more so during a health pandemic that necessitates remote learning. Fortunately, the district has been ready for some time.

Read this story to learn how the district’s digital initiative “allowed the county to integrate increasing amounts of technology methodically and effectively into the classroom” which ultimately gave educators and students access to and experience with technology before the pandemic required it.

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Miami Dade

Serving almost 400 schools and over 345,000 students, this US school district has a significant task–even more so during a health pandemic that necessitates remote learning. Fortunately, the district has been ready for some time.

Read this story to learn how the district’s digital initiative “allowed the county to integrate increasing amounts of technology methodically and effectively into the classroom” which ultimately gave educators and students access to and experience with technology before the pandemic required it.

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Resilience and transformation for the future of learning

Due to the global pandemic, nearly every school district has at least dabbled in distance learning. This document shares key learnings and examples of districts’ responses last year when the health crisis necessitated remote teaching and learning. Use this implementation guide to inform planning for the next steps—what does future remote and hybrid learning look like? What should future models of learning incorporate?

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