The Microsoft Partners in Learning program is a global initiative designed to actively increase access to technology and improve its use in learning. Tablet and othr mobile PC educators will especially find this initiative informative.
Partners helps educators gain better access to technology, fosters innovative approaches to pedagogy, and supports teacher professional development. It also provides education leaders with tools to manage changes these tools require.
Since its launch in 2003, Partners has touched the lives of 90 million students, teachers, and education policy makers in 101 countries.
Through Partners in Learning, Microsoft has invested almost US$500 Million in 10 years
Partners in Learning region-specific programs, including resources, case studies, and websites. While on this Region Home page, check out the At School column of resources that includes tutorials, lesson plans, and how-to articles.
Together with partners around the world, Microsoft focuses on three key areas that have the greatest potential to empower students and teachers and to transform education:
Innovative Students – provides access to programs and curricula that integrate technology into the learning process at home and in school;
Innovative Teachers – have access to regional or national teacher portals and to Innovative Teachers Forums (links to reports and data from the 2007 forum available); and
Innovative Schools – creates model programs that others may adapt for local use (includes video overview, including discussion of the Philadelphia School of the Future).
Together, Partners offers links, descriptions and commentary for educators and parents interested in technology for learning in schoolsd.