Microsoft Student Partner at Pennsylvania State University

Here you will find the outstanding news, activities, projects, events, technology reviews and just conversation done by the Penn State MSP

Welcome & Microsoft at Penn State.

Hello Everyone! Well, it looks like the new school year is well under way and learners everywhere...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 09/06/2011

I’m Dreaming of a White-board Xmas

  Tony Franklin, @TeachTec, @SOTFPhilly, US Partners in Learning, National Education...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 12/02/2010

Cape Town Here We Come!!!

    by Cheryl Arnett, guest Blogger It is just a little over a week until we leave for the...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 10/14/2010

Innovative Educators Forum, Cape Town South Africa T-Minus…

  For the blog this week, we asked the educators who will be making the journey to Cape Town...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 10/14/2010

Gamer Girlz

  Our next post is from Pat Yongpradit, a teacher at Springbrook High School in Silver Spring,...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 09/21/2010

Microsoft Back to School

  Welcome Back!!! I know it’s been a bit since my last post, but I have to tell you this summer...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 09/21/2010

ISTE 2010 and a little social networking

Hello friends, I'm back from ISTE 2010 and what a trip! First and foremost Microsoft Education put...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 07/02/2010

School of the Future Graduation

Well, it's done, 117 graduates on a warm June day in 2010 achieved the impossible. Graduated from a...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 06/16/2010

School of the Future Graduation June 2010

As the year draws to an end, many people will descend upon the school on June 15th to see the first...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 06/07/2010

Do You Innovate? Apply now for the 2010 U.S. Innovative Education Forum!

You could be selected to attend events in Washington, DC this summer and Cape Town, South Africa in...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 05/14/2010

Let's talk about Tablet PC's and the Courier

I was in my office configuring a Dell XT Tablet for one of the Math educators at the school last...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 03/14/2010

MultiPoint - MultiPoint - MultiPoint

MultiPoint has arrived! I tried to give you a heads up and tell you that it was coming, I tried to...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 02/28/2010

Privacy 101

If you live in the Philadelphia area you heard last week about Lower Merion school defending...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 02/21/2010

FETC 2010 I think I saw a Mouse....Mischief?

Thank you to all educators who attended FETC 2010 in Orlando, Florida this year, it was truly a sign...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 01/18/2010

Observations:Innovative Thinking...didn't we do that already?

I'm sitting here on a Sunday afternoon with a group of 8 Educators on a cold day in Philadelphia,...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 12/07/2009

Windows 7 @ School of the Future

At about 8:30 this morning I received a call from Mr. Machos, the new Music Technology educator at...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 10/22/2009

School of the Future Mini-Brief 10-15

“Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.” Who said it...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 10/15/2009

Tag you're it! Part 2

So some of you have looked at the previous post and I'd love to know who has taken the initiative to...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 10/07/2009

Tag you're it!

Every once in a while I come across a technology that I feel has immediate impact, sometimes...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 10/05/2009

Is it getting cold in here?

I was sitting in my office the other day thinking of different programs that I'm presented with that...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 09/24/2009

Invitaiton: September 8th Bill and Melinda Gate's Foundation present: Get Schooled

People often confuse the efforts of the Gates Foundation with the efforts at School of the Future. I...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 08/25/2009

And so it begins....

The start of the first graduation class from School of the future! There's so much that has been...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 08/25/2009

You gotta see this - NECC debut of newest Education applications for the classroomo

So if you missed NECC 2009 this year I'm sorry :) You missed the opportunity to see some great...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 07/10/2009

School of the Future @ NECC 2009 June 28th - July 1

Well, actually not THE School of the Future, but just because it's the end of the year at School of...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 06/18/2009

Meet your fellow Innovators!

Have you checked out the Innovative Teachers Network yet? Information has been posted about the 2009...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 05/13/2009

Progress takes time and cooperation

This past year the School of the Future has gone through a lot of transition, which in most cases is...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 05/11/2009

Let's cut to the chase...OneNote Classroom Examples from School of the Future

I was updating the links in the previous post so you would be able to download the Handbook and the...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 03/13/2009

Is that a hologram of Bill Gates at School of the Future? No that's just OneNote 2007.

Seems like a strange question for some, but I've learned that many people come to visit the school...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 03/10/2009

Is this the 3rd Year?

Yes, we now have 3 years of learners at the school, approximately 384 total. Every day learners walk...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 01/10/2009

Can I Do That?

I'm going to dedicate this page to introducing new technology to schools and Educators out there who...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 12/26/2008

The Mission Continues

School of the Future - Part II By Tony Franklin, Solutions Specialist @ The School of the Future...

Author: Microsoft at Penn State Date: 12/16/2008