Category: Microsoft

Curriculum Mapping Blog Part II

Our trainers are asked frequently if we have a curriculum map linking Digital Technologies to other curriculum areas, across age groups and levels. The answer is yes, but not for you! Curriculum Mapping needs to be aligned with school wide strategy, values, community and more. There is no one size fits all. In order to create a meaningful, useful, relevant map that serves your learners many things must be considered. This blog series explores how you can do just that.

UTB Newsletter 2020 – Issue 11

Like all of you, the UTB team have had ‘same same, but different’ experiences of 2020. However, there is something that I know has sustained us all through the challenging times when ‘normal’ has seemed like a long lost memory. Our work with you.
Being able to connect with you, and continue to help you, through these times has truly been one of the joys of 2020. Thank you for that opportunity.

UTB Newsletter 2020 – Issue 10

October – wow! How did that even happen? Our team continues to be blown away by the dedication and hard work of educators all around the world, working in a multitude of ways to support their learners whether they are online or face to face. The capacity and willingness of so many teachers to throw themselves out of their comfort zone and not only learn, but put into practice new skills, is a credit to the education community.

Installing Minecraft: Education Edition on Chromebooks

Have you wanted to use Minecraft: Education Edition but couldn’t since you use Chromebooks in your classroom? Microsoft has just released Minecraft: Education Edition for Chromebooks and in this post you’ll learn all the steps you need to install it on Chromebooks using the G Suite admin console.

How to video broadcast inside a channel on the Teams iPad App

Many teachers use the iPad Teams app but are unaware that you can in fact broadcast any application live to a Teams Channel. This opens up an entirely new toolset to share instructional videos with your students. Book Creator, Keynote, SeeSaw, Procreate and all of your other favourite apps come to life in the Teams App for iPad for the first time.

How to maintain best practice when teaching remotely

The nature of education is a continually changing landscape and over the years the way it has been delivered should be altering significantly. Sometimes these changes are driven by education research and sometimes they are driven by societal or business influences. Currently many schools across the world are facing a marked shift in how they deliver their curriculums – what makes for best practice when teaching remotely?

Protecting your workflow from the Coronavirus and natural disasters by utilising Microsoft Teams

In our current environment, the certainty of running our schools or businesses the same as always, maintaining efficiency and continuity when disruption occurs can become frustrating. The capacity to pivot key processes so that it is business, as usual, is important. Utilising Microsoft Teams can help this in schools and business.

Here are three areas where you can use familiar tools in G Suite (and a few other free online tools) to empower the students in your classes!

How to setup Google Workspace for Single Sign-on Login from Office 365

Many organisations use both G Suite and Office 365 which involves creating and deleting user accounts for each system independently. This is not only more work for the administrator but also confusing for users who have to manage separate passwords. Single Sign-on allows G Suite and Office 365 users to log in to both with the same account.

Here are three areas where you can use familiar tools in G Suite (and a few other free online tools) to empower the students in your classes!