On Tuesday November 17, 2015, there were 1000 students from Yogyakarta gathered at Pusat Kebudayaan Koesnadi Hardjosoemantri UGM to attend the opening of Microsoft YouthSpark 2015. In this event, Microsoft collaborated with Yayasan Cinta Anak Bangsa (YCAB) as connector to the participants and Microsoft Innovation Center UGM to do incubation. Microsoft YouthSpark is a global initiative from Microsoft which aimed to explore the youths in using technology, so it can help them to do more things for themselves, families, groups, and communities. Yogyakarta was chosen because there are many creative youths who are potential in accelerating the Yogyakarta development as a smart city. In this eve...

Hour of Code is a global initiative that invites citizens to learn computer programing. Collaborating with YCAB Foundation (Yayasan Cinta Anak Bangsa), Microsoft Innovation Center Yogyakarta on November 11, 2015 at Direktorat Sistem dan Sumber Daya Informasi (DSSDI) UGM held a workshop about introduction of programming to teachers from Yogyakarta. The workshop was done in two session. Morning session was at 9 – 12 followed by 40 teachers, afternoon session was at 1 – 4 followed by 40 teachers. There were three subject materials that were delivered in this workshop. The first was led by Research and Education Advisor MIC Yogyakarta Dr. Ridi Ferdiana. In his presentation, he explored variou...

On November 6, 2015 at Direktorat Sistem dan Sumber Daya Informasi (DSSDI) UGM, Microsoft Innovation Center Yogyakarta held one day workshop about developing modern website and introducing clouds computation technology.  The workshop was attended by 30 developer from student in Yogyakarta. The workshop was done in three session. In the first session, the participants got a renewing information about the use of cloud computation technology for the need of research and development. This session was led by Research and Education Advisor MIC Yogyakarta Dr. Ridi Ferdiana. Besides, the participants also got Microsoft Azure access to feel out the benefit of cloud computation technology. In the...

As the follow up event on the implementation of Office 365 at Balai Teknologi Komunikasi Pendidikan (BTKP) D.I Yogyakarta that was conducted by Microsoft Innovation Center Yogyakarta. On November 3, 2015 until November 5, 2015 was held workshop on the utilization of Office 365 for communication and collaboration system at organization field. This workshop was attended by 20 staffs and technical team at BTKP Yogyakarta.   In the introduction, the head of BTKP of Yogyakarta Singgih Raharja, SH.,M.Ed. delivered that one of the most important element in the success of organization is good communication and collaboration among teams. In this digital era, this event must be more optimized with...

On October 23, 2015, Microsoft Innovation Center (MIC) Yogyakarta in cooperation with academic community at SMP Negeri 12 Yogyakarta held a workshop in creating interactive digital learning material. In this occasion Minecraft was used as a key tools for material development.  This workshop was attended almost all of the teachers at SMP N 12 and some people from community. This was opened by Dr. Ridi Ferdiana as Research and Education Advisor MIC Yogyakarta. In the opening presentation, he conveyed a wide range of modern educational approach with digital based learning material. It was also presented about some software from Microsoft (other than Microsoft) that can support the needs of ...

On Friday, October 30, 2015, Microsoft Innovation Center Yogyakarta which was supported by Microsoft Indonesia and ACM Indonesia held a Talk show discussing the role of Technology of Cloud Computing for the needs of Small and Medium Business (SMB). This event was held at Jogja Digital Valley (JDV) as the center of tech-startup and entrepreneurship at Yogyakarta. The speakers were Norman Sasono and Julius Fenata from Microsoft Indonesia, and this event was moderated by Ridi Ferdiana as Research Advisor MIC Yogyakarta 95 participants participated at seminar room of JDV, this event became more interactive when the participants also expressed variety of case study based on their experienced ...

In order to maximize collaboration in the completion of the internal documents PPPPTK Seni dan Budaya, integrated MIC held a workshop for the staff to learn the use of the information section onedrive and SharePoint in more depth. Office 365 has long been implemented in P4TK environment, gradually MIC continues to encourage its use in the internal or external environment. Such workshops are held regularly, hoping to give more value to the productivity of the staff there. The event was held on 10 September 2015 involving 25 staff P4TK. The workshop was born from the collaboration of various schemes in the internal environment of document processing, and manufacturing of online discussion ...

Together with education authorities Sleman, MIC held a workshop manufacture of digital teaching materials. Followed by 40 participants, the workshop was to maximize the use of Sway to create teaching materials are easily distributed via the internet. The event was held on September 9, 2015 in the central office of the education division Kab. Sleman. Each teacher makes documentation and presentation of teaching materials online. This is a new tool for them, initially participants were quite confused, but in the end each able to finish his work well. The hope in this internet age teachers can also adjust the existing trend, so as to keep pace with advances in technology while introducing h...

Welcoming the world level competitions teacher, Global Educator Exchange, the selection of the talents of the best teachers in the country continues. Regeneration Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert became one of the main agenda of the education division MIC together teachers in Yogyakarta and Jawa Tengah. Working closely with PPPPTK Matematika in Yogyakarta, MIC invited more than 150 teachers from Yogyakarta and Jawa Tengah to follow socialization Microsoft Innovative Educator Program Expert. The event was held on August 26, 2015 it has more than 300 teacher applicants. We held a competition to filter these related ideas with ICT learning strategies. 150 teachers chosen and follow gui...

SIDAK is a custom application developed on the platform of SharePoint Online in Office 365. This application is used by PPPPTK Seni dan Budaya to archive works of art that have been digitized from each studio art contained in the agency. Being a centralized repository SIDAK has more capabilities than just cloud storage, because in it there is a neat categorization and customized display with product design. As the introduction and implementation, MIC in cooperation with PPPPTK Seni dan Budaya held a one-day workshop for practicing the direct use of the inspection staff at each studio art. The event was attended by 30 staff was held on 25 August 2015. The hope with their custom solution l...