1. Microsoft in Education
Sarah Hatcher
Education Industry Manager, Australia

2. Agenda Education trends & challenges Our vision for education
Microsoft education solutions

3. Education Trends & Challenges
“The universal desire by teachers is to get the most out of the existing time.”
Australian Council for Education Leaders, The Practicing Administrator 2004
“We want to give them back their teaching space.”
Department of Education and Children’s Services, SA

4. A NATIONAL TEACHER SHORTAGE
“Across Australia there is a growing teacher shortage. Unless this issue is addressed now .. we will have more classrooms without teachers and a decline in the standard of the teaching profession.”
Australian Education Union
“Nearly 25 percent of teachers are lost to the profession within the first five years of commencement.”
Australian Council for Educational Research, Policy Briefs November 2003
Projections to 2006 indicate an expected shortfall of teachers generally
2001 MCEETYA report on teacher supply & demand

5. Education Trends & Challenges
New kinds of students & lifelong learners
A new generation of students - NetGen’ers
Gravitate toward group activity
Believe “it’s cool to be smart”
Are fascinated by new technologies
They are racially and ethnically diverse
One in five has at least one immigrant parent
Neil Howe & William Strauss Millennials Rising. Vintage Books.
“Today’s education system faces irrelevance unless we bridge the gap between
how students live and how they learn.”
Learning for the 21st Century

6. Education Landscape is Changing
Traditional Learning
New Learning
Teacher Centered
Student Centered
Single Media
Multimedia
Isolated Work
Collaborative Work
Information Delivery
Information Exchange
Factual, Knowledge-Based Learning
Critical Thinking and
Informed Decision Making
Push
Pull
Source: ISTE National Education Technology Standards for Teachers (USA).

7. Challenges for Education CIOs
Budget constraints
Balancing security & access
Data uniformity & cleanliness
Resources & skills
Disparate systems
Demand to connect & inform stakeholder groups

8. Connect & Inform Stakeholders
A Current Affair – “Secretive Schools”
13 May 2004 Reporter: Scott Bevan
"At the moment, we’re got a situation in Australia where there’s a quiet acceptance of keeping parents in the dark, because it’s thought it might offend the sensibilities of some children or make some children or schools feel bad," says Nelson.

9. Government & Regulatory Drivers
Deregulation of market
Governance protocols
Consistency of standards
Quality Audits (AUQA)
Accountability frameworks
HEIMS

10. The promise of technology
New type of student
Technologies of digitisation have potential to transform learning relationships for the better - this potential needs to be harnessed.
The State of Education – Australian Council of Deans (October 2001, Canberra)
Standards & Accountability
Security & Access
Emerging techologies
Professional development
Audits
Teacher shortages
Financial sustainability
Reform & regulation
Governance
Reporting & Transparency
Community connection
Competition (Global & Intersectoral)

11. About Microsoft in Education
We are committed to providing…
technology tools
programmes
solutions
that enable lifelong learners to realise their potential.

13. What is Microsoft doing?
Management &
Administration
Parents
Students
Educators
Certifications
IT Curriculum & Dev Tools
Curriculum Materials, Lesson Plans, Teaching Tools
Research Grants (MSR)
Partnerships and Grants with Government
Innovative Teachers Network
Professional Development
Licensing Donated PC’s
Facilitate debate amongst education leaders
Education Focused Solutions & Product Teams

14. Connected Learning Community
… allows stake holders to work together, collaborate and share information so that
the focus is on learning rather than technology
… it’s all about the learner
Make Connections  Remove Limitations  Create Opportunities
Commercial in Confidence

15. Learning Solutions Manager Europe, Middle East & Africa
Aidan McCarthy
Learning Solutions Manager Europe, Middle East & Africa

17. Instructional Implication Institutional Implication
Learning Continuum
Learning Blocks
Instructional Implication
Institutional Implication
Generate Interest
Prior Knowledge
Gather New Information
Observation
Replication
Reinforcement
Demonstration of Learning
Reflection
Appropriate Access
Distributed Resources
Collaborative Infrastructure
Standardized Tool Set
Self-Directed Mechanisms
Professional Development
Support Services
Integrated Data Environment
Portfolio Management
Archiving and Storage
Facilities Management
Multiple methods of instruction
Stimulating Learning Resources
Learning Communities
Rich Delivery Tools
Self-Directed Mechanisms
Best Practice Sharing
Peer to peer interactions
Authentic Assessment
Individualized Instructional Plan

18. Making Learning Real… Microsoft Solutions
Learning Blocks
Instructional Implication
Institutional Implication
Solutions and Programs
Education Desktop
Generate Interest
Prior Knowledge
Gather New Information
Observation
Replication
Reinforcement
Demonstration of Learning
Reflection
Content Management
EAI
Portal
Communications
Collaboration
Secure Connected
Core infrastructure
LMS
Professional Development
Business Intelligence

19. Enabling education transformation
Innovative Teaching and Learning
Integrated student services
On-demand learning opportunities
Supports mobile lifestyle
Data-driven
Personalized
Connected Learning
Advanced Needs
Innovative educators and departments
Blended/hybrid/web enhanced courses
Active experimentation
Group and team learning
Affordable reality
Distance learning
Enable pedagogical best practices
Intermediate Needs
Most Institutions Today
Classroom based instruction
Lecture based pedagogy
Correspondence courses
Support traditional educational approaches
Basic Needs
Adapted From: Maslow, A. (1943). A theory of human motivation. Psychological Review, 50,

20. Learning Gateway site map: portal services
My calendar
My results
My attendance
My homework
assignment
My resources
Administrator space
Parent space
Student space
My software
My files
My buddy list
(contextual)
Project planner
Team spaces
My child’s school
events
My child’s
attendance
(child’s overlay)
My child’s portfolio
resources
My child’s teachers
My child’s results
My school events
My budget
My reports
My school
My teachers
My school data
Accountability/performance management
Educator toolkit/workspace
My seating charts
(conceptual)
My result book
My classes
My students
Professional Development & Training
Learning content management
Notifications infrastructure
Shared Calendaring
System
Real-time
(Synchronous
Collaboration)
Asynchronous
Collaboration
Information
Recording and
Delivery
Business Intelligence and Enterprise Application Integration
Student information
Assessment data
Library automation
Learning
management

21. Learning Gateway for Schools

24. Filtering Learning Resources

26. Online Collaboration – presence awareness

27. Reporting and Assessment

28. Business Intelligence – Accountability and Assessment

29. Business Intelligence – Accountability & Assessment

30. Business Intelligence – Accountability & Assessment

31. Business Intelligence – Accountability & Assessment

32. Learning Gateway – Higher education and Further Education

33. Student Web

34. Curriculum/Faculty Areas

35. MySite

36. MySite Customization

37. Integrated and Shared Calendars

38. MySite - Public Areas

39. Learning Gateway site map: Portal services
My calendar
My results
My attendance
My homework
assignment
My resources
Administrator space
Parent space
Student space
My software
My files
My buddy list
(contextual)
Project planner
Team spaces
My child’s school
events
My child’s
attendance
(child’s overlay)
My child’s portfolio
resources
My child’s teachers
My child’s results
My school events
My budget
My reports
My school
My teachers
My school data
Accountability/performance management
Educator toolkit/workspace
My seating charts
(conceptual)
My result book
My classes
My students
Professional Development & Training
Learning content management
Notifications infrastructure
Shared Calendaring
System
Real-time
(Synchronous
Collaboration)
Asynchronous
Collaboration
Information
Recording and
Delivery
Business Intelligence and Enterprise Application Integration
Student information
Assessment data
Library automation
Learning
management

40. Software Processes Portfolio Management
Managed Operating Environment
Software
Processes
Portfolio Management
Class and Student Management
Batch Management
Automation
Messaging Platform (Exchange Server)
Windows Media
SharePoint Portal Server
Class Server
Live Communication Server
Visual Studio.NET
Mappoint
Money
PictureIt
MS Reader
Office XP Pro
Visio
Publisher
Project
Encarta
FrontPage
Digital Image Suite
Acrobat Reader
Automatic setup of Server and Server software
Automatic setup of workstation and workstation software

41. Products in the near future

42. Educator and Student Toolbars

43. Encarta Reference Suite

44. “I Never try to teach my students anything…
I only try to create an environment where they can learn.”
Albert Einstein

45. Your Potential
Our Passion