This spring, students and schools around the world took part in the 2020 Minecraft Education Challenge, engaging in local competitions to develop solutions for the world’s most pressing issues. This story comes to us from Joy Mentzing from the Xbox Germany, Austria, and Switzerland team.

Calling all educators! Are you looking for free tools, technologies, and inspiration to improve your remote, in-person, or hybrid classroom? Need advice for how to better connect with students and promote engagement in all learning environments?

Today I have the pleasure of announcing the winners of the Imagine Cup Junior 2020 AI for Good Challenge.

2020 has been wild. COVID-19 has reached all corners of the world, impacting and interrupting the way educators teach, students learn, parents support learners, and how we lead our daily lives.

As schools prepare for the new academic year just weeks away, hybrid learning environments are becoming the way forward. Equipping educators with the right tools and strategies to easily transition to teaching both online and face-to-face will help them be successful in their journey.

Preparing for an uncertain back-to-school environment can be unsettling but Microsoft Education is by your side, working to ensure that educators around the world have the tools they need to make their online or in-person classrooms a welcoming place for all students—regardless of ability or

Schools and educators everywhere face an array of new challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic as they extend classrooms into their students’ homes. Microsoft Education partners are building innovative solutions to make the transition more effective, productive, and engaging.

If this summer looks a little different for your family, you are not alone. Many summer camps have decided to cancel due to social distancing recommendations—meaning fewer learning opportunities for students and added responsibilities for parents.

Over the past few months, students, faculty, and educators have worked hard to support the move to remote learning.

When Holy Names Academy in Seattle began preparing for remote learning, the goal was to ensure that faculty and students at the all-girls private high school were ready for any situation that might arise.

The Australian Catholic University is ranked among the top 2 per cent of all tertiary institutions and is in the global top ten of Catholic universities. It operates eight campuses in Australia, a ninth in Rome and boasts 35,000 students and around 6,500 staff.

COVID-19 has impacted millions of people globally, especially with regard to their employment. Many jobs have been lost, others have been transformed, and as we look ahead, many more will be created for the first time.