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MIE Trainer: Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) trainer academy

The Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Trainer Academy is designed for teacher trainers and those who are responsible for training educators on the integration of technology in the classroom. This resource page gives an overview of the MIE Trainer program, program details and the steps for becoming an MIE Trainer or MIE Master trainer. To complete this page, read through it carefully, click the links, and be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page.

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MIE Trainer - the changing education paradigm

This resource page is meant to get you thinking about the current best practice in education. To complete this page, read through the questions, watch the three videos and if you want, leave a thoughtful comment to share with the community, or a link to a video that you have found helpful.

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Windows 10 Anniversary Update

In this course, you will learn about the different ways Windows 10 Anniversary Update can enhance teaching and learning by providing ways for teachers to utilize technology in more interesting and dynamic ways. Windows 10 also puts the power of learning in the hands of students - creating more opportunities to create, collaborate and show their learning in a variety of ways.

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MIE Trainer: In person training courses

This resource page contains links to over 140 hours of face-to-face training content that you can use when delivering Microsoft training.. From the full-day MIE Teacher Academy, to OneNote and Office 365 training, get all the resources you need here!

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21st century learning design: Course 1 - introducing 21CLD

This course gives an overview of the key 21st century skills of; collaboration, knowledge construction, self-regulation, problem-solving and innovation, information and communications technology (ICT) for learning, and skilled communication. It explores what learning looks like in the 21st century and how innovative teaching practices can support student learning to develop these skills. To successfully complete this course, you must pass the assessment by answering at least 80% of the questions correctly.

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Introduction to Sway

In this course, you will learn how to create a Sway from start to finish, how to collaborate with others on a Sway, and how to share your finished Sway with others. To successfully complete this course, you must pass the assessment with at least 80% of the questions answered correctly.

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Experience Bing for education

In this course, you will learn about safe search, discover free lesson plans provided by Bing, learn how to improve your search skills, find out about Bing has Answers and Bing Pulse. To successfully complete this course, you must pass the assessment with at least 80% of the questions answered correctly.

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MIE Trainer: Next generation assessment

In this resource, gain access to a comprehensive list of free tools (like Autocollage, Songsmith, Math worksheet generator and more) from Microsoft to help you do more. To complete this resource successfully, read through the text, check out the links and be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page.

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MIE Trainer: Professional development best practice

In this resource, learn about key findings from the ITL Research project regarding professional development to support innovative teaching practices. Use the provided planning cycle and SMART goal scaffolding to help you plan out your professional development offerings. To complete this resource successfully, read through the text, check out the links and be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page.

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Introduction to Microsoft Teams – the digital hub for educators and students

Microsoft Teams is a digital hub that brings conversations, content, and apps together in one place. Educators can create collaborative classrooms, connect in Professional Learning Communities, and communicate with school staff all from a single experience in Office 365 for Education. This course will provide educators with the necessary steps for getting up and running with Microsoft Teams.

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Getting Started with OneNote

Learning is more powerful and dynamic with tools that are already right in front of you – and it’s up to educators to impress this on students in the classroom. With Microsoft OneNote, educators can create digital notebooks that support academic standards and education outcomes across disciplines and tasks, such as writing, reading, mathematics, science, history, CTE, and elective courses. Students may use OneNote across content areas and grade levels, and use OneNote to compile and organize unstructured information, research, and content. OneNote also supports research, collaboration, information management, communication, note taking, journaling, reflective writing, and academic requirements.

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Microsoft Forms: Creating Authentic Assessments

This introductory course will get you started using Microsoft Forms. With Microsoft Forms, you can create surveys, quizzes, and polls, and easily see results as they come in. When you create a quiz or form, you can invite others to respond to it using any web browser, even on mobile devices. As results are submitted, you can use built-in analytics to evaluate responses. Form data, such as quiz results, can be easily exported to Excel for additional analysis or grading.

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