News
Sanskar School becomes Jaipur’s first Microsoft School
A session on how Microsoft is transforming education was held at Sanskar School on 24-November-2016. During the course of the event Pratik Chanda, Director – Devices (Microsoft, APAC) conferred the recognition of “Microsoft School” on Sanskar School. Sanskar School thus becomes Jaipur’s first
A session by Microsoft on "Transforming Learning with Microsoft Technology" was held at Sanskar School today. The event started with a musical presentation by the students of Sanskar School. This was followed by the Welcome Address by the Principal, Ms. Rama Datt. The keynote for the event was delivered by Mr. Pratik Chanda, Director, Education Devices Asia, World Wide OEM Field Sales who highlighted Microsoft School program’s vision, thought leadership and a deep understanding of how schools can lever digital to transform teaching and learning.
The session was attended by the principals of over 20 leading schools of Jaipur. During the course of the event Mr. Pratik Chanda conferred the recognition of "Microsoft School" on Sanskar School.
He also talked at length on the subject of Microsoft's initiatives and solutions for schools and education. The emphasis on use of gamification, virtual reality and augmented reality through Hololens is another pioneering innovation by Microsoft to bring latest technologies to education.
Sanskar School thus becomes Jaipur's first Microsoft school and this showcases the school's committment to adoption of technology in the classroom and school.
Ms. Meenakshi Uberoi, Education technology evangelist, De Pedagogics talked about the use of various Microsoft technologies like OneNote for Education, Office 365, Minecraft and Windows.
Ms. Rama Datt thanked the team from Microsoft for the honor conferred on the school and sought their support for adoption of technology in the school. The objective of the event was to celebrate the use of technology in imparting transformational education and also to understand and experience the future trends in technology that drive innovation.
Office 365 for education online version is offered free to schools. Office 365 Education is a collection of services that allows educators and students to collaborate and share schoolwork. It’s available for free to teachers who are currently working at an academic institution and to students who are currently attending an academic institution. The service includes Office Online (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote), 1TB of OneDrive storage, Yammer, and SharePoint sites. Microsoft also conducts a number of programs as it's CSR obligation like Project Shiksha (Teachers' Training Program), Project Saksham (skills development in Higher education) and Digital Innovation Lab / Project Oorja.