The document discusses 21st century learning and Microsoft's role in education. It introduces Nick Hodge from Microsoft and outlines Microsoft's Innovative Teacher Program which aims to connect passionate teachers and facilitate collaboration. The program has reached over 2.5 million teachers in 101 countries. The rest of the document addresses challenges in education like the digital divide, suggests self-learning activities, and provides contact information for Nick Hodge.

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/