Microsoft Innovation Center in cooperation with the Center for Educational Communication Technology (BTKP) Yogyakarta altogether invited teachers in Yogyakarta to participate in the Workshop PIL Camp OneNote in the Classroom. This workshop was held in the ICT training BTKP on February 12, 2016. A total of 40 teachers met in the computer lab at BTKP for training about OneNote in the Classroom. At the event, Microsoft also presented a trainer who is a member of the MIC and lecturer at UKDW Yogyakarta Yogyakarta. At this time, the training participants were given an overview of OneNote in the Classroom followed by demonstrations and practice sessions. Participants can easily absorb the ma...

Teachers often spend more time in administration which sometimes makes the teachers have the little bit of time to spend with the students. In this workshop, Microsoft Innovation Center in cooperation with the Center for Educational Communication Technology Yogyakarta (BTKP) intends to provide training to teachers in Yogyakarta in using OneNote in the classroom. This workshop was held on 9 February 2016 in BTKP Yogyakarta. A total of 40 teachers participated in the workshop. This workshop also presented one of the Teacher Ambassador Edi Thomas Suharta from Microsoft as trainer. Participants were very enthusiastic at the workshop guided by him. This workshop is expected that the teache...

Emerging technology provides a platform for teachers to develop methods and ways of teaching becomes more varied and innovative. One of the applications used by teachers to create teaching materials that are more varied is Office Mix. Microsoft created OfficeMix for PowerPoint presentations into interactive learning online. This event was hosted by Trainer Team of Microsoft Innovation Center. In this workshop, participants will be taught about the Office Mix integrated with Office PowerPoint 2013. This workshop is a cooperation of Microsoft Innovation Center with Educational Communications Technology Agency of Yogyakarta (BTKP). This workshop was attended by 40 teachers from various sc...

After going through a series of events that run by the Microsoft in collaboration with Yayasan Cinta Anak Bangsa (YCAB), on this occasion the participants who have passed the idea selection participated in the "Teacher Student Engagement". This activity brought about 300 students in which their ideas will be developed during this activity. In the "Teacher Student Engagement", participants were given guidance in the form of a presentation on how to make the interesting and fun game. On that occasion, participants were guided by Ridi Ferdiana as Research Advisor at MIC Yogyakarta. Not only explanations given to the students, in this session, the students were also shown a demo on how to p...

On 14-16 January 2016, Microsoft Indonesia and Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert (MIEE) Indonesia, Yogyakarta MIC participated in education fairs held at the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Indonesia in Jakarta. Some Microsoft educational innovations were also presented in the exhibition, which was attended by teachers from various regions in Indonesia. In the exhibition, MIC Yogyakarta concerned with the socialization on the use of Office 365 for ease of administration and teacher, including showing off a prototype report card online (e-report) that was also developed on the platform of Office 365. The latest e-learning system developed MIC Yogyakarta, named MariBelajar, and...

Hours of Code (HoC) is a global initiative which aims to introduce computer science in a fun way and in a short time. This initiative get many supports from many parts including Microsoft and also its Founder: Bill Gates. In order to get success the, MIC Yogyakarta cooperated with teacher community in Yogyakarta by holding a one day workshop understanding the program HoC. Workshop on December 17, 2015 at DSSDI UGM was followed by more than 60 teachers from different background of education in Yogyakarta. Every teacher tried some games of HOC. One which is the most popular is Minecraft. The teachers were so interested to introduce the program in the school because it is easy to understand...

Social media becomes the things that is very popular recently. Everyone in different ages range uses media social to post and update the newest information. There are many good impacts brought by social media such as the information which spreads rapidly. On the other hand, there are some bad impacts brought by social media also like lost control on online environment.  In the education field, social media becomes one of essential component. It is because information in social media updated very fast, and this updated information becomes as a part that cannot be separated from education. Based on these goals, MIC Yogyakarta in cooperated with Jaringan Informasi Sekolah (JIS) held worksho...

MIC also regularly conducts specific training on the development of software for educational institutions in need. One of them was held on December 11-12, 2015 at Jogja Digital Valley. This workshop aimed to configure Active Directory that invited IT member staffs and lecturers at STIMIK AMIKOM Yogyakarta.  This workshop was held by MIC to share specific information that refers to the need of institution relating to the specific solution. This workshop focused on practice activities and it included server media that can be accessed through Microsoft Azure.   This building activity becomes one of regular activity of MIC as a follow up agenda of Microsoft in Yogyakarta. Moreover, this wor...

Digital game or known as game is one of interactive content that is most used by the user of computing technology. Mobile device, tablet up to computer PC are install game application in their devices. Likewise children, the teachers or staff members really like game, and many of them are even crazy in gaming. To anticipate this issues, it needs a more educative approach. Prohibiting to play games seems like a useless act. Thus, converting them into something more useful is the right choice. MIC Yogyakarta in cooperation with BTKP D.I Yogyakarta had initiative to make learning design with the use of digital games as a connector medium. On November 30, 2015, held at training lab of BTKP...

Communication and collaboration becomes one of the essential components in running the organization. In this digital era, it is served many options that can be chosen in term of approaching by utilizing platforms such as Office 365. This is not limited to certain work area, but it also deals getting access to the communication which is almost needed in all areas, including education.  The faculty and staff at Universitas Gajah Mada Shows the awareness in implementing Office 365. In one occasion, Microsoft Innovation Yogyakarta in cooperation with DSSDI UGM held a training for lecturers and staff members at UGM in using technology to support the need of communication and collaboration. Of...