Innovative Educator Expert program

Glad to be part of Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert program 2016-17.
Being part of this program has given me opportunity to learn from experts and my peers across the globe.
Awaiting lot of new learning of innovative practices .

Attended EdmodoCon 2016

I attended EdmodoCon on 2nd August 2016, 
Title : Elevate Global Learning 
EdmodoCon is a live online global event where educators from around the world connect with each other to share how they’re using Edmodo and other digital tools to personalize learning. The educational professional development event of the year, EdmodoCon will help you collaborate with other teachers, discover valuable new resources, and inspire you to harness the power of edtech in your classroom.

Selected as MIE Fellow

MIE fellow are the Educators who have demonstrated and built strong MIE Expert or Trainer achievements and can dedicate more time to work with Microsoft and educators to transform classroom learning.
I am among  newly appointed 6 MIE fellows:
 • Hari Krishna Arya
 • Meenakshi Uberoi
• Srinivasan Sriram
• Sangeeta Shukramani
• Mamta Narula
• Poonam Dogra

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E2 - Educator Exchange virtual event

Although in person experience is different but this year due to  Virtual event ( Live web event )and Live streaming through Periscope by Minnia Feng, I was part of all the fun and learning at

E² - Educator Exchange digital conference 9 March 2016 . 

Thanks Microsoft for giving Opportunity to educators across globe to collaborate and learn new and innovative ways of bringing positive change in way they teach .

Thanks Microsoft for giving Opportunity to educators across globe to collaborate and learn new and innovative ways of bringing positive change in way they teach .

Microsoft Tools For Schools

Check  Microsoft Surface and its utility in teaching

Microsoft -Hack the Classroom

I have just attended Microsoft -Hack the Classroom virtual event 

It turned to be a truly informative and gave us insight to new and innovative ways of making our teaching more engaging and informative for students .

It started with welcome note by Mr Anthony Salcito (vice president of Worldwide Education at Microsoft) who introduced us about the virtual event facilities like online poll , How to question and collaborate , twitter sharing  etc . and above all  motivated educators to be passionate about bringing positive change in education using technology .

Mr Hadi Partovi( Co founder of Code.org) spoke about  Changing The Face of K-12 Computer Science  using coding . He spoke about the benefits of coding to students . After that Ms Leah Obach shared her experiences of teaching Coding to her Grade 1 Students and how it developed confidence & leadership skills among them .

Ms Rafranz Davis talked about Empowering Students through Minecraft and advices us to let the creativity of students lead and after that Mr.Jeff Kash( MIE expert and educator from north Hollywood) talked about  OneNote Class Notebooks and how it helps in personalised learning . Mike Tholfsen (who is in development team of OneNote) encouraged all educators to try One Note and give feedback for its improvement.

Dale Dougherty( founder of Make Magazine ) told us about Maker movement and How MAKING Can Change Your Mind followed by Panel Discussion hosted by Zak

This virtual event was very interactive as we got chance to ask questions from experts which was asked by Ms Eve Paslti on our behalf . Event was excellently hosted by Sonja Handeland Delafosse .Many of our doubts were asked by live audience who were educators .Also lot of virtual collaboration among participating educators was on in conversation box .  

In the end winners of the ‪#‎ClassHack contest were announced and their videos were shown .( Maria Petreska, Kurt Söser and Jim Pedrech )

It was a wonderful opportunity and excellent way to keep us abreast with latest developments . 

Thank you Microsoft

Selected as an MIE Fellow for 2016

 

This year will be full of new learning and expanded sharing . So excited to be selected as an MIE Fellow for 2016! #MSFTEdu #MIEFellow