Microsoft Training Center Visit

I had the opportunity to vist the Microsoft Training Center in Philadelphia. They hosted school district technology coordinators to give some insight on future releases and other offerings. I learned that Microsoft leverages social media to provide their users with updates, new releases, and much more. Most of their publications are blogs. Below I listed many of the resources that I am going to investigate further, but I wanted to share with the class as well. The center's website is http://www.philadelphia-mtc.com/Pages/default.aspx. They have a Mid-day Cafe stream that they stream live on Monday afternoons, but you can also view their archives.

• Create online content - Microsoft Learning Content Development System
• http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/training/lcds.aspx
• Faculty Connections
• http://www.microsoft.com/education/facultyconnection/bz/default.aspx?c1=en-bz&c2=BZ
• Higher Innovation
• http://higherinnovation.net/announcements/2012/05/29/us-forum-educators-make-stem-engaging-part-2-of-2/
• Microsoft Education
• http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/Pages/index.aspx
• Onenote blog
• http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/2011/07/28/teaching-with-onenote-how-students-benefit.aspx
• Education Resources
• http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/Pages/technical_educators.aspx
• Faculty Center
• http://www.facultyresourcecenter.com/curriculum/facetmain.aspx?c1=en-us&c2=0
• Kinect in the classroom
• http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/products/Pages/kinect.aspx#3