Teaching and learning in 21st century highlighted on how teacher can produce collaboration among their students or peer teacher. Nowadays, technology provides some tools or resources that can enhance their collaboration. The teacher can expand their collaboration, even collaboration across the world. Microsoft created portal for educators across the world for collaboration in teaching and learning named Microsoft Educator Community (MSEC). Besides, the teacher also can join Microsoft Educator Community (MSEC) to create a variation in teaching activities by exploring some tools and sources in MSEC portal. To encourage the teachers across Yogyakarta to build the community among the teachers...

Microsoft Innovation Center in partnership with Balai Teknologi Komunikasi Pendidikan Yogyakarta conducted workshop on Technology. At this time, the trainer from Microsoft Innovation Center delivered material about Office Mix. This workshop was divided into two room and in each room was contained 30 participants. The participants were teachers from vocational school across Yogyakarta. This was held on April 12, 2016 at Balai Teknologi Komunikasi Pendidikan (BTKP) Yogyakarta. This workshop covered about Office Mix and the participants were directly practice it. At the first session, the trainer introduced Office Mix that was completed with the goals in using Office Mix and it continued wi...

This workshop was a continuation from the previous workshop on Sway which had been held earlier. On this occasion, it discussed about one of the tool from Microsoft to display the presentation called Office Mix. This was held on April 12, 2016 at Virtual Library, Faculty Engineering, Universitas Gajah Mada. This workshop was attended by 25 participants coming from master and post graduate students from Universitas Gajah Mada. This workshop aims to introduce one of the tools from Microsoft that can be used as a tool for presentation. This tool can be used in cooperated with Power Point in order to create mix presentation. Besides, another goal of this workshop is participants understand ho...

Tuesday, April 5, 2016, Microsoft Innovation Center held Mini Workshop on one of Microsoft tools called Sway. This workshop with the theme “Tutorial Development with Microsoft Office 365 + Sway” was held at Virtual Library in the Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gajah Mada. This was held starting from 09.00 to 12.00 and this was led by trainer from MIC. In addition, this workshop was attended by 30 participants from master degree students at UGM. In the academic field, many activities that required both of student and teacher to deliver their presentation. Various learning activities might allowing them to deliver an interesting presentation in order to attract the audience’s attentio...

In a series workshop in Technology at Balai Teknologi Komunikasi Pendidikan (BTKP) Yogyakarta, Microsoft Innovation Center had an opportunity to be trainer at this occasion. This workshop was held simultaneously for a month at BTKP Yogyakarta and MIC participated for three consecutive days at this workshop.  MIC participated in this workshop was starting from March 28, 2016 up to March 30, 2016. In the first and second batch, the participants were given material about Office 365 and its features. Then, in the third batch, participants were given materials about Office Mix. This Workshop was attended by 25 teachers from High School across Yogyakarta.  In the first and second batch, the p...

On 14 until March 15, 2016 Yogyakarta Education Agency invited Microsoft Innovation Center as the trainer on writing scientific papers workshops. This workshop was divided into two sessions: the first session on Monday and continued with the second session. However, in each session was attended by different students. This workshop was held at SMP Negeri 5 Yogyakarta and each session was attended by 25 students. This workshop discussed in depth about how to write scientific papers. This workshop aims to produce output in the form of an abstract that would written by each participant. The Material that was explained by the trainer was how to get started writing scientific papers and it sta...

As a teacher, they cannot be closed minded about the current technological developments. Technology is increasing rapidly and it was created to facilitate teachers in the learning process. However, the increasing of technology might be a barrier for the teachers and it is because there are many teachers who do not understand the function of technology in education. Underlying from the desire of the teachers who want to go vacation, the school aims to facilitate collaboration between teachers and students, although they are not conducting face to face learning. Even when the teacher was located outside the city and there is no reason for learning process can not take place. The teacher can...

This workshop was a follow up from seminar that was held earlier on January 28, 2016. The aim of this workshop is finalizing ideas from selected group before continuing to the realization of the idea through the Hackathon that will be held in April. This series events is a collaboration among Microsoft Innovation Center, Yayasan Cinta Anak Bangsa and LABC. This event was held on March 10, 2016 in the Ballroom of the Central Office of Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gajah Mada. This workshop was attended by 300 participants who have passed the selection Idea Generation. The participants are underprivileged students from across Yogyakarta. The participants were also accompanied by thei...

Nowadays, social media becomes one of the communication tool and effective information disbursement. Likewise, among educators, there are many ‘share’ through various social media channels. In response, Microsoft Innovation Center sees the opportunities that the spread of social media can be used to multiply the power of positive content about education in cyberspace. Therefore Social Chorus initiatives are intensified. On February 25, 2016, at STMIK AKAKOM Yogyakarta, MIC together with 40 teachers in Yogyakarta explored social chorus program.  This program invited teachers to create and share a variety of positive content related to the world of education. Beginning with tips on getti...

  Collaborating with ACM Chapter and STIMIK A. Yani Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta MIC-day workshop held digital game development using Kodu Game Labs. The event was attended by educators who are members of the ACM Indonesian community. The event was held on February 29, 2016, at STMIK A. Yani Yogyakarta. The concept and the technical development of digital game that is devoted to education were delivered in this event. The model is considered to be one effective way to be forwarded to the students; especially the overall demographics of the participants are educators who teach IT courses in school and college. A total of 30 educators joined in this one-day workshop. Besides the Kodu Game Labs...