OVERVIEW
Minecraft: Education Edition is an open-world game that promotes creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving in an immersive environment where the only limit is your imagination.
Office 365 Education is a collection of services that allows you to collaborate and share your schoolwork. The service includes Office Online (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote), unlimited personal cloud storage , Yammer, and SharePoint sites.
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
is more than a buzz word- it is a paradigm shift in education. STEM places the student at the center of learning- enabling them to question, interact and build the world they see as well as the world they want to see.
Microsoft MakeCode is an open source platform for creating engaging computer science learning experiences that support a progression path into real-world programming.
MakeCode comprises of 3 Components:
Simulator
An interactive simulator provides students with immediate feedback on how their program is running and makes it easy to test and debug their code.
Block Editor
Students new to coding can start with colored blocks that they can drag and drop onto their workspace to construct their programs.
JavaScript Editor
When they are ready, students can move into a full-featured JavaScript editor with code snippets, tooltips, and error detection to help them.
Microsoft Imagine Academy provides up-to-date curricula and resources to train and certify students and educators on Microsoft products and technologies. Students gain valuable skills for college and career that will help them succeed in an increasingly digital global economy across these four areas:
Computer Science
Coding skills based on the latest tools and techniques.
IT Infrastructure
Skills in IT administration and cloud platform solutions.
Data Science
ntroduction to data science concepts and tools.
Productivity
Mastery of the productivity applications broadly used in business.