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Welcome to TechCrunch daily news, a round up of the top tech news of the day. --Microsoft changes its privacy policy --AT&T and T-Mobile fight back against robocalls --and Amazon launches a donation program. Here's your Daily Crunch for August 15, 2019. First up: Microsoft has tweaked its privacy policy to admit humans can listen to Skype Translator and Cortana audio.
Welcome to TechCrunch daily news, a round up of the top tech news of the day. --Microsoft changes its privacy policy --AT&T and T-Mobile fight back against robocalls --and Amazon launches a donation program. Here's your Daily Crunch for August 15, 2019. First up: Microsoft has tweaked its privacy policy to admit humans can listen to Skype Translator and Cortana audio.
In this episode of the Microsoft Today Podcast, we discuss Microsoft 365 Education, Office 365 Education, Minecraft Education Edition, Skype in the Classroom, Skype Translator, OneNote Class Notebooks, FlipGrid, Intune for Education, Microsoft Innovative Educators (MIE), Microsoft 365 Education Hardware, Microsoft Store STEM Saturdays, Government Grants and Funding, Microsoft Inclusive Education and much more.Bill Gates The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have made improving K-12 education in the United States a priority mission. Summit Innovation in Education Bill Gates on improving K-12 Education Bill Gates TED Talk, Teachers Need Real Feedback (April 2013) Teachers get very little feedback US is tied for 15th in reading, but 23 in science and 31 in math Bill Gates against Common Core Bill Gates on his Education MissionKhan Academy Is a non-profit educational organization created in 2008 by Salman Khan with the goal of creating a set of online tools that help educate students Received significant funding early on from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and has received more than $9 million in funding from the foundation overall Microsoft has developed and released Khan Academy Universal Windows Platform Apps Bill Gates on Khan Academy (2010)Microsoft Imagine (Formerly DreamSpark) Dream it. Build it. Live it. Enter your tech project in the 2019 Imagine Cup for the chance to bring your innovation to life and win up to USD100,000! DreamSpark was originally announced by Bill Gates in 2008 Free training — Azure Labs Computer Science training on GitHub $100 in free Azure Credits Imagine Webstore — Obtain software through your school at now costMicrosoft Small Basic Is a programming language and associated IDE for Microsoft’s simplified variant of the BASIC programming language, intended as an easy programming language for beginners Released in October of 2008Kodu and Kodu Game Lab Kodu is a visual programming tool (like Scratch) which builds on ideas begun with Logo in the 1960s, and Kodu Game Lab is the integrated development environment (IDE) by Microsoft’s FUSE Labs First released in June 2009 Still actively updatedProject Spark Was a game platform build on the foundations of Kodu, that allowed players to create game using the platform and programming language and share them with othersMakeCode Microsoft MakeCode brings computer science to life for all students with fun projects, immediate results, and both block and text editors for learners at different levels Microsoft created MakeCode utilizing their Touch Develop technology They have partnered with many different companies and brands to create fun and engaging coding tracks for students, including: micro:bit — a tiny programmable computer, designed to make learning and teaching easy and fun! Circuit Playground Express — An introduction to electronics and programming from adafruit Lego Education (Mindstorms) — Allows one to program the LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 using Blocks or JavaScript Cue the Robot — Provides a transition from block-based code to state-machine and text-based programming Grove Zero — Are color-coded and magnetic electronic modules that teaches students about programming, electronics, design thinking, and logics Chibi Chip — The Love to Code (LTC) system is designed for beginners of all ages and backgrounds to try out programming without the frustration of installing software Resources MakeCode Website MakeCode YouTube ChannelMicrosoft Stores Microsoft provides many learning and education initiatives through their retail stores STEM Saturdays — Teachers, students, and parents are welcome to drop by their local Microsoft Store to participate in these learning experiences. Projects are designed for 11- to 14-year-old students but can easily be completed by younger students with parental support Intro to Robotics with Ohbot Free new coding workshops Free Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit workshop How Do Sharks Swim? (build a joystick) Make hustle happenStart your own business or champion a cause — Learn from NFL heroes how to follow your passion, start your own business, and create positive change in your community. In this free two-hour workshop, students learn how NFL players “make hustle happen” through side businesses and collaboration to serve a cause they care about. Participants will brainstorm ideas for their own side hustle or a supporting a cause, then draft an action plan using Windows 10. At the end of the workshop, students present their action plans and get the inspiration they need to execute next stepsFlipGrid FlipGrid is an award winning platform that empowers student voice. Students capture short videos to share ideas and experiences with their classmates on the topics you define Overview Welcome to FlipGrid The Power of the Student Voice I have a Voice Goals Give all students a voice Provide instant feedback and interaction for all, including educators 100% Free Integration — Can be integrated directly with team sites, learning sites, or LMS solutions… it can even be embedded in OneNote!Goals of Microsoft 365 Education To empower educators to unlock creativity, promote teamwork, and provide a simple and safe experience in a single, affordable solution built for educationOffice 365 Education OneNote — Helps students learn to be organized, collaborate and be proactive with their learning — while also providing the teachers with a single pane of glass for review Class Notebook Creator — Lets a teacher quickly set up a personal workspace for every student, a content library for handouts, and a collaboration space for lessons and creative activities, all within one powerful notebook Collaboration Space — Allows teachers and students to edit content Content Library — Allows teachers to edit content, but students to only view or copy content (such as for tests or other course materials) Student Notebooks — Provide a private space for students to work, that can be viewed by only the teacher and the student By default, contains a Handouts, Class Notes, Homework and Quizzes sections Class Notebook Sharing — Enables teachers to collaborate and share with other educators Skype in the Classroom — Creating Global Citizens is “live learning” personified Provides students with experiencing and interacting with different cultures and viewpoints Kansas students helped Kenyan students with their water crisis Skype Translator — Breaks down language barriers“My students became lifelong learners because they understood the power of using learning to affect real change in the world.” (Source) Microsoft Teams — The classroom experience in Teams empowers the generation that embraces technology as their first language, encouraging their developing voices and helping educators implement learning strategies for their future success Teams is all about collaboration Provides an instant-feedback platform for students Empowers teachers and educators to collaborate with one another as well, so that they can better teach and inspire their students Teachers don’t always have all of the right answers, so it is great to have an instant collaboration platform for when the need arises Now has immersive reader Can enable teachers to “speed grade” via the assignments tab Rubic Grading in TeamsMicrosoft is not resting even when they’ve lost a class, school or district to Google’s platform, they are still pushing the adoption of free technologies like Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Translator, OneNote and FlipGrid — even if they don’t own the platform space.Research Microsoft Translator for Education — Communicate with Students In the US, the number of ESL learners has more than doubled since 1990 As the teacher speaks, translator provides real-time translated audio and transcripts for the student With the Translator PowerPoint add-in, Translator can provide more accurate translations Translator’s transcripts also provide notes that can be used by all students Translator for Real-Time Sub-titles — Enables the Deaf https://translator.microsoft.comMinecraft Microsoft has partnered with Code.org to create the code training using Minecraft for grades 2 and up at https://code.org/minecraft Minecraft also has its own MakeCode site at https://minecraft.makecode.com Microsoft has also developed the Minecraft Education Edition and it’s supporting curriculum as part of Microsoft 365 for EducationIntune for Education Microsoft Intune for Education: a new cloud-based application and device management service that is built on the proven Microsoft Intune service, offering easy setup and management in shared learning environments Integrates directly into Microsoft School Data Sync Pulls in users, teachers, and students automatically Device deployment, management and security Has over 150 configurable settings Includes an auto-enrollment feature Mass deployment of settings by USB key Windows Store for Business integration for Application Deployment With Windows 10, all settings follow the userAdministration Device Management — Azure Active Directory, Group Policy and other management tools Training — No cost educator training across the entire Microsoft 365 Education product line Microsoft Innovator Educator (MIEs) Programs — Are designed to help educators move along a pathway from those who are just beginning to integrate Microsoft tools into the classroom to becoming leaders of innovation in education Microsoft Innovative Educator Microsoft Innovative Educator Trainer Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert Microsoft Innovator Educator Community Is a place to discover, research, share and collaborate with other like-minded innovative educators There are more than 4,000 Microsoft Innovative Educators across the globeHardware Affordable notebooks starting at just $189 $189 Lenovo 100e $219 HP Stream 11 Pro G4 EE $229 Dell Latitude 3180 $279 Asus VivoBook W202 Dynamic 2:1s starting as low as $299 $299 Acer TravelMate Spin B1 $299 Dell Latitude 3189 $329 Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP401 $380 Surface GoBundles All-in-one Minecraft cart — Teach STEM with Minecraft: Education Edition to help students develop critical and computational thinking skills. Engage students across all STEM subjects and flex their creative problem-solving skills in an open-world game. Minecraft: Education Edition licenses and everything you need to get started Microsoft 365 Education, which includes Intune for Education and Office 365 Education with Teams and OneNote Bundled with device hardware Bretford CUBE Cart device storage that looks like a Minecraft “Grass” blockFunding Grants — Microsoft can assist with obtaining grant funding for STEM education programs The federal government issues more than $500 billion in grants each year through its 26 grant-making agencies Most states also offer additional grant money, or provide “passed-through” funding from specific federal agencies Private foundations and corporations provide more than $50 billion each year in fundingTop Grant Programs for STEM Education STEM+ Computing Partnerships Grant Program (STEM+C) — Seeks to build evidence to inform development of new pedagogical strategies and pedagogical environments for integrating computing and computational thinking in the teaching and learning of pre-K-12 STEM Source — National Science Foundation (NSF) Awards — Between $250,000 to $2.5 million per recipient for up to three years Deadline — Spring 2019 Program Details — https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505006 Computer Science for All Grant Program (CS for ALL) — Hopes to provide all U.S. students the opportunity to participate in computer science and computational thinking education in pre-K through high school Source — National Science Foundation (NSF) Awards — $300,000 to $2 million per recipient for up to four years Deadline — February 12, 2019 Program Details — https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505359 Navy & Marine Corps STEM Education & Workforce Development Grant Program (ONR STEM) — Seeks proposals for developing innovative solutions that directly support the development and maintenance of a diverse, world-class STEM workforce. The goal of any proposed effort should be to provide “game changing” solutions to establish and strengthen the pipeline of students in grade 9 or higher interested in civilian or enlisted Navy & Marine Corps related workforce opportunities. The proposed STEM learning, therefore, must relate to domains of naval relevance or strategic value Source — Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research Awards — Up to $750,000 for up to three years Deadline — September 27, 2019 Program Details — : https://www.onr.navy.mil/Contracts-Grants/Funding-Opportunities/Broad-Agency-Announcements.aspx 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Program (21st CCLC) — Supports the creation of community learning centers that provide extended learning time opportunities for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. Centers provide a range of high-quality services to support student learning and development, including: tutoring and mentoring, homework help, academic enrichment (such as hands-on science or technology programs), character education, drug and violence prevention, family engagement, community service opportunities, as well as music, arts, sports, and cultural activities Source — Department of Education (through each state) Awards — Determined by local and state agencies Deadline — Varies by state, check state agency websites — https://www2.ed.gov/programs/21stcclc/contacts.html#state Program Details — https://www2.ed.gov/programs/21stcclc/index.html Education Innovation & Research Grant Program (EIR) — Provides funding to create, develop, implement, replicate, or take to scale entrepreneurial, evidence-based, field-initiated innovations to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students, and rigorously evaluate such innovations. Recent priorities have included: supporting high need students, improving school climate; promoting diversity; increasing post-secondary preparedness; improving the effectiveness of principals; and re-engaging disconnected youth Source — Department of Education Awards — $4 million maximum for up to five years Deadline — Late spring, early summer 2019 Program Details — https://innovation.ed.gov/what-we-do/innovation/education-innovation-and-research-eir/ For a full overview of all available grants, please visit https://www.grants.govMicrosoft Learning Tools Availability Microsoft prides itself for providing their learning tools and platforms to students from all skill, education, cognitive and accessibility levels… inclusive learning for all students. This isn’t something new for Microsoft, rather it is something Microsoft and Microsoft Research have been working on and developing for decades. From to text speech, eye tracking technologies, Kinect breakthroughs, and working with the likes of the late, great Professor Stephen Hawking and the SwiftKey team, to working with Steve Gleason on his fight against ALS, while also working with thousands of disabled gamers to develop the Xbox Adaptive Controller — empowering those with disabilities is ingrained within their DNA.Resources Microsoft STEM Grant Whitepaper Intune for Education Introduction Intune for Education — How it Works (Ignite Session) Microsoft EDU YouTube ChannelFollow or Subscribe to Microsoft Today Patreon Website Apple/iTunes Blubrry Breaker Facebook Google Podcasts Pocket Cast PodBean RadioPublic Spotify Stitcher YouTube Support the show.
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This week Jon Phillips, Mark Hachman and Gordon Mah Ung discuss allegations that Microsoft is heading toward a "walled garden" for PC gaming and Opera adds native ad blocking. Mark also talks about his speed dating experience using Skype translator. And if you don't listen to this, we might just give you a negative review on the new Peeple app.
Skype Translator recebe suporte a português; Zuckerberg sai em defesa dos muçulmanos; Vendas de smartphones caem 25% no Brasil; Baidu testa carro autônomo; Twitter libera novos emojis; Netflix é indicada a oito globos de ouro
7月1回目の配信の今回は、Twitter拾い読みで、分かりやすいフォーム、Skypeが試験公開中の音声認識を用いたリアルタイムの通訳機能、HTML5とrole属性について話しています。 今回はSkype収録だったので、収録風景の写真を撮ることができませんでした。代わりに、先日中根が浜松町で食べた、厚さ5センチもある分厚いシカゴピザの写真をお届けします。 (写真と収録内容は関係ありません。) オープニング・トーク 7月1日はウォークマンの日、ということで、カセットテープに関する思い出を話しています。 Twitter拾い読み AccSellのTwitterで紹介したアクセシビリティーに関連する話題の中からAccSellの3人が気になったものを取り上げるTwitter拾い読み、今回は以下の3つの話題を取り上げています。 まずizuizuが、「分かりやすいWeb入力フォームのための十戒」という記事を取り上げています。 つづいて中根が、「Skype Translator Preview App Introducing French and German –」という記事を取り上げています。この中で紹介されている、聴覚障害者がSkype Translatorを活用している事例や、関連してGoogle Translateのリアルタイム翻訳機能についても話しています。なお、この中で触れているizuizuの面白い話し、については、ポッドキャスト第57回のオープニング・トークをお聴きください。 そして植木が、「role 属性を正しく設定してアクセシビリティを高める」というブログ記事を取り上げています。現状を考えてlandmark roleをどのようにマークアップするのが良いのか、といったことを話しています。なおこの記事については、関連して「Re: role 属性を正しく設定してアクセシビリティを高める」というブログ記事もTwitterで紹介しました。あわせてお読みください。 AccSell Meetup 009 最後に、いよいよ今週末 (7月4日) にせまったAccSell Meetup 009についてお知らせしています。まだ若干残席がありますので、AccSell Meetup 009の告知ページで最新のセッション情報をご確認いただき、興味を持っていただけましたらぜひご参加ください。 収録後記 怒涛の6月から7月を無事迎えられるのか!?それとも無限の2015年6月の時空に放り出されるのか!?このあとの動きから目が離せない!乞うご期待!(すでに7月に突入しています) (山本 和泉) 今日から7月! 2015年も半分終わりましたね~。今月中にはきっと梅雨も明けて、いよいよ夏本番に突入! 諸々、準備はいいですか~? 後半いってみよう! (植木 真) というわけで、 間もなく発売予定の新刊「デザイニングWebアクセシビリティ」の著者、ビジネス・アーキテクツの太田良典さん、伊原力也さんをゲストにお迎えするAccSell Meetup 009は、いよいよ今週末です。まだ若干残席がありますので、興味を持っていただけた方はぜひいらしてください。多くの皆さんとお会いできるのを楽しみにしています。 (中根 雅文) AccSellクリッピングの関連記事 role 属性を正しく設定してアクセシビリティを高める (NEAREAL) Skype Translator Preview App Introducing French and German – (Skype Blogs) Re: role 属性を正しく設定してアクセシビリティを高める (水底の血) [更新] role 属性を正しく設定してアクセシビリティを高める (@XJINE) 分かりやすいWeb入力フォームのための十戒 (POSTD)
This week, broadband gets a new definition, Edward Snowden on Cyber Warfare, ISIS may have hacked US Central Command's Twitter, Experts call for tighter AI safeguards, and those shoes from Back to the Future are finally going to happen. All this, and much much more... What We're Playing With Andy: Saints Row IV; ‘Transparent' Wins Golden Globes Dwayne: Pet Cube Tosin: Waze Headlines Only 25Mbps and up will qualify as broadband under new FCC definition Edward Snowden on Cyber Warfare Hackers claiming to be ISIS “Cyber Caliphate” seize US Central Command's Twitter and YouTube accounts Obama calls for federal legislation that would protect student privacy, require that companies disclose breaches that involve consumer data Obama calls for government-run high-speed internet Audible Book of the Week The Science of Interstellar by Kip Thorne Sign up at AudibleTrial.com/TheDrillDown Music Break: The Humans Are Dead by Flight of the Conchords Hot Topics: Following Microsoft's new Skype Translator, Google releases major update to Translate app Google Loses Most Search Share Since 2009 While Yahoo Gains Experts pledge to rein in AI research Music Break: Back to the Future by Alan Silvestri Final Word: Nike aims to launch Back to the Future shoes in 2015 The Drill Down Video of the Week "My first day with my drone" "Love Edition" Subscribe! The Drill Down on iTunes (Subscribe now!) Add us on Stitcher! The Drill Down on Facebook The Drill Down on Twitter Geeks Of Doom's The Drill Down is a roundtable-style audio podcast where we discuss the most important issues of the week, in tech and on the web and how they affect us all. Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan. Occasionally joining them is Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor.
In this episode, our host David Chen talks with actor, social activist and social media demigod George Takei about his start in show business, his use of social media and his visit to The Garage at Microsoft’s Redmond campus. Listen to George explain how he used the power of Grumpy Cat to help drive social change and hear if Skype Translator measures up to the technology on board the original U.S.S. Enterprise.
This week, we take a closer look at translation, and how it can help you take your business places it’s never been before. In tech, we’ll talk about Skype Translation. Microsoft’s newest wonder-app delivers real-time translation for the rest of us – but is it the final word in translation? Maybe…or maybe not … And, […]
Topics this week include Kiwicon’s tracking anklet hack, Skype Translator, Pirate Bay, Trans-Tasman undersea cable, Seagate’s 8TB drives, Linux.conf.au coming to Auckland and Linus Torvalds to keynote, UFB complete in Oamaru, Callaghan Innovation. Running time : 0:46:01
Le numéro 34 du podcast Rendez-Vous Numérique est en ligne! Retrouvez-nous sur http://www.rendezvousnumerique.com/ sur iTunes (Audio) http://ow.ly/u7qUj ou dans le flux RSS (Audio) http://ow.ly/u7r3w pour votre lecteur de podcast. Chaque semaine, Benoît Chamontin (www.geeksandcom.com), Benoit Descary (www.descary.com) et Sébastien Gagnon (www.sebastiengagnon.com) reviennent sur l'actualité des médias sociaux et donnent leurs conseils / opinions pour votre stratégie numérique. Au programme cette semaine notamment : - Facebook fait une mise à jour de la section audience ; - Thor maintenant compatible avec Facebook ; - Il est maintenant plus “facile” de faire une publication sur Twitter.com - WhatsApp permet aux utilisateurs de savoir quand leurs messages ont été lu ; - Les fiches d’entreprises et d’organisation sur Google Maps ios Android ont droit à une bannière ; - Google propose une balise pour gérer le moteur de recherche intrasite dans ses résultats ; - Google Agenda pour Android s’automatise et se contextualis;e - Instagram déploie officiellement les publicités vidéo sur son application mobile ; - Pinterest peaufine l’interface de son application iPhone ; - Microsoft Office deviendra la suite bureautique de Dropbox ; - Evernote dévoile Work Chat, la messagerie instantanée professionnelle ; - Microsoft ouvre les inscriptions à la bêta de Skype Translator ; - Any.do : de nouvelles fonctionnalités sont disponible pour l’application de gestion de tâches.
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This week, we talk about Skype Translator, an offline mode on Chromebooks and an Amazon phone. We also talk about our experience with password managers.