1. 21ST CENTURY LEARNING
Nick Hodge, Microsoft

2.  Who am I?
 Who is Microsoft?
 Why is Microsoft here?

3. Quotation:

4. Innovative Teacher Program
 Connect the passionate teachers
 Facilitate collaboration
 Recognise & share
success stories

5. Microsoft:
Partners in Learning
 Baseline ICT skills
 101 countries
 Reached 2.5 million teachers

6. Three Product Advertisements
 MicrosoftWindowsVista
 Microsoft Office 2007
 Microsoft Live Search Macros

7. Big media no longer controls the conversation
- (slightly reworded to correct grammar)
- Rupert Murdoch, News Corp
- Xxx Elvis quotation

8. Toward a Knowledge Economy
 Bridging the Digital Generation Gap
 TheWorld is Flat
 Australia is unique
 Geographically,
Culturally,
Economically
 A Passion for Learning

9. Challenges
 Digital inclusion
 Security, Policy
 NetAlert
 Technology changes
 It isn’t going to stop
 Learning, Education
 PassionateTeachers

10. Questions
 Security
 Wikipedia
 Social Networking
 Digital Divide
 Generational Differences

11. Suggested Self-learning
 Check your school’s wikipedia entry
 Create your own blog
 Create a linkedin.com profile
 Connect to someone with Live Messenger
 Search for your name on the internet
 (egosurfing)

12. Workshop
 Exploration of the read/write web

13. References
 Incorporated Subversion
 Edublogs
 Educationau.edu.au
 Linkedin.com

14. Contact Details
 nhodge@microsoft.com
 http://twitter.com/nickhodge
 http://www.nickhodge.com/