Microsoft Education product news and announcement round up from October and November

Over the past two months, there have been a slew of new Microsoft Education product announcements, updates, and videos.  We've tried to capture many of these in the list below.  Please feel free to share these with other teachers, your school staff, and school IT Admins, and keep the feedback coming!

What's new in EDU

• November 2017 https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/11/whats-new-in-edu-skypeathon-translator-minecraft/
• October 2017: https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/10/whats-new-in-edu-hack-the-classroom-oregon-trail/

Office

• Teams For EDU major update: https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/11/teams-office-365-education-updates-november/
• OneNote Staff Notebook - Collaboration Space permissions in Staff Notebooks: https://twitter.com/mtholfsen/status/937820901210406914
• Class Notebook and Learning Tools Addin updates: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Education-Blog/Updates-for-OneNote-Class-Notebook-Addin-and-Desktop-Learning/ba-p/112773 
• "The Future of OneNote in Education" talk: https://aka.ms/onenoteconference2017
• 3rd party Learning Tools Study and student outcomes: https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/10/new-research-learning-tools-improves-reading-comprehension/
• Word iPad Immersive Reader announcement: https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/10/new-research-learning-tools-improves-reading-comprehension/
• Education Resources preview launch: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Education-Blog/Introducing-Education-Resources-a-source-of-Open-Educational/bc-p/119841#M60
• LinkedIn Resume Assistant for Microsoft Word: https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2017/11/08/bringing-ai-to-job-seekers-with-resume-assistant-in-word-powered-by-linkedin/?eu=true
• New Whiteboard Preview: https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/12/microsoft-whiteboard-finally-arrives-in-preview/

Minecraft and Coding

• Minecraft Hour of Code: https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/11/minecraft-education-edition-hour-of-code-tutorial/
• Deploy and Code in Minecraft: https://educationblog.microsoft.com/2017/11/deploy-code-in-minecraft/

Windows and Microsoft Edge

• Windows Fall Creators Update and Edge Read Aloud: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2017/10/17/edgehtml-16-fall-creators-update/
• Windows EDU Blog on Future Source Report: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/12/06/windows-pcs-see-strong-growth-edu-gaining-share-worldwide-us/

Inclusion in Action video series

• Andrew and Mitra - A mother witnesses her eight-year-old son with dyslexia read for the first time with the help of Microsoft Learning Tools
• Justin -  A college student with athetoid cerebral palsy uses Office Online and his communication device to promote inclusivity and inspire others to do the same
• Veronica - A college student with low vision uses built-in accessibility in Office 365 and Windows 10 to create a perfect presentation on Sway—Microsoft’s digital storytelling app.
• Jack and Marisa - A blind teacher enables his students to create high-quality visual content with Office 365
• Inclusive culture - Australia and New South Wales using Office 365