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“A good hockey player skates to where the puck is. A great hockey player skates to where the puck is going to be” Wayne Gretzky – Professional Ice Hockey player. A Glimpse of the Future Software Developments for Education. Matthew Fox - Microsoft Mark A’Bear - Microsoft.
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“A good hockey player skates to where the puck is. A great hockey player skates to where the puck is going to be” Wayne Gretzky – Professional Ice Hockey player A Glimpse of the Future Software Developments for Education Matthew Fox - Microsoft Mark A’Bear - Microsoft
Today’s World of Change Fibre optics will soon carry 10 trillion bits per second per strand The number of daily text messages exceeds the population of the planet There are over 160 million registered users of MySpace (Oct 2007) If MySpace were a country it would be the 7th largest country in the world In the UK 98% of 12 year olds want to do well at school And yet only 38% look forward to going to school New technical information is doubling every 2 years That is 1900 CDs or 150 million phone calls every second
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What’s the Education Story? Educational Services Institutional Services Partner Services Live Services Experience Share Create Software Plus Services Design
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Summary • We’re skating to where the puck is going to be • Software + Services • What we’ve seen today is the tip of the iceberg! • Go and try these applications today
Try these resources today Surface http://www.microsoft.com/surface Photosynth http://labs.live.com/photosynth/ Popfly http://www.popfly.ms/ Silverlight http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/ Films for Learning http://www.filmsforlearning.org