Microsoft Windows 10 S

Breaking: Microsoft just made its biggest education investment in history


New summer STEM courses, technology released by Microsoft are designed to empower the students of today to create the world of tomorrow.

Beginning this Saturday, May 6, Microsoft Store locations across the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, and Australia will host STEM Saturdays throughout May in all full-line locations in addition to the range of free programs year-round that empower students and educators. STEM Saturdays brings pop-up classrooms to Microsoft Store and offers hands-on experiences like building a sensor that measures the flexion and extension of a finger to learn about the anatomy of a human hand.

Microsoft also introduced new offerings for education, representing its biggest investment ever in education, designed to empower the students of today to create the world of tomorrow.

New offerings include:

  • Windows 10 S – this new Windows experience, inspired by students and teachers, is streamlined for security and superior performance. When partnered with Intune for Education, Windows 10 S will enable schools to ramp up and manage computers in the classroom cost-effectively and quickly.
  • Surface Laptop, powered by Windows 10 S – Perfect for college students, Surface Laptop is incredibly thin and light, striking the right balance of performance, portability and beautiful design for a truly personal laptop. Starting at $999 USD, the Surface Laptop is available for pre-order now and will be generally available starting on June 15th.
  • New Windows 10 S partner devices – Our partners, including Acer, ASUS, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Samsung and Toshiba already offer a range of new Windows 10 PCs for Education today – starting at $189. These partners will also offer a range of PCs with Windows 10 S – from beautiful, premium devices to highly affordable devices starting at $229 – starting this summer.
  • Microsoft Teams in the classroom – Adding to Office 365 for Education, Microsoft Teams is a digital hub that encourages active learning while helping students develop the communication and collaboration skills they’ll need to be successful in the future.
  • Code Builder for Minecraft: Education Edition – A new in-game feature for “Minecraft: Education Edition” that inspires educators and students to learn to write code to explore, create and play in the full 3D Minecraft world.

For more details from today’s announcement, read this blog post from Terry Myerson, EVP of the Windows & Devices Group.

See also the BBC announcement here.

Material from a press release was used in this report.

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