Empowering Every Student on The Planet To Achieve More
Most educational institutions have come to rely on Microsoft’s Office and/or Office 365 as their productivity, business and teaching tools. But when you see how special Microsoft treats education customers, you can understand how strategic this relationship is.
In our June Seminar Series, we would like to invite you to come and hear from our speakers on how to leverage on Microsoft’s significant investment and programs dedicated to its mission to transform the education industry and how you can take advantage of these programs to improve your school.
AGENDA
Session 1: Microsoft Education Programs and investments that you can leverage
| Planning/Branding | Community Programs | Technology & Resources |
| Flagship School | Microsoft Innovative Educator | Office 365 for Education |
| Microsoft School | Imagine Cup | Minecraft: Education Edition |
| Showcase School | Azure Dev Tools | Imagine Academy |
Session 2: Towards a Digital Campus - Developing an IT Strategic Plan for your School/Institution
The Microsoft Education Transformation Framework provides practical advice to develop a strategy for digital transformation; supporting new approaches to:
- Manage student success and lifecycle
- Modernize teaching and learning
- Empower research
- Provide efficient and effective physical and digital infrastructure
Session 3: Win Glory and Fame! Journey to the Imagine Cup Finals
Thinking of sending a team from your school to Microsoft’s Imagine Cup Competition? In 2018, Malaysia’s team PINE did their school and the country proud by winning the APAC finals and went on to the World Finals with their Pineapple Ripeness Sensing Device. Snake Chia, a Microsoft MVP and Imagine Cup Mentor will share how to put up a competitive team for the Microsoft Imagine Cup.
| DATE: | TIME: | FEES: | VENUE: |
| 19th June 2019 Wednesday
| 2.00PM TO 5.00PM Registration starts at 1.00pm | FREE | TIOMAN 1 ROOM, MICROSOFT MALAYSIA, 18th Floor, Menara Shell. |
Who should participate?
CEOs, HODs, School’s Administrators, Lecturers, IT managers
Who is presenting?
Webparts 360 | Rico Ho – Rico Ho is the founder and developer of Webparts360, a low code applications development tool for SharePoint and Office 365. Being a Lotus Notes compete specialist, he has empowered many large company’s IT teams to migrate thousands of business applications to SharePoint/Office 365. He has presented at 17 international conferences, sharing practical advice on workflow best practices and customer case studies. Rico will be sharing on how Microsoft Flow, PowerApps and Teams can help drive Digital Transformation with practical applications in Sales, Customer Service and Mobile Workforce.
Microsoft | Li Kuan Lai – Li Kuan is trained with Teaching with Technology and earned a Microsoft Certified Educator certification. She enjoys seeing the solutions she has proposed to education customers being used and having an impact in teaching and learning practices. Some of the impacts were reduced time in administrative work and a more engaged classroom.
Microsoft MVP | Chia, Shaw Chyn – (aka Snake Chia in developers’ communities) is a frequent speaker at Microsoft’s developer events. Chia spent about 15 years on IT infrastructures industry as consultant before returning to software development. As soon as his return in 2012, Chia has produced numbers of high-quality mobile applications for Windows Phone and Windows 10 platforms. Specialized in Windows, IoT development and actively sharing his knowledge with communities, earn him Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Windows Development and Azure since 2015.
Fedelis Sdn Bhd | Vincent Choy – Vincent is Malaysia’s only Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Office365. He regular speaks at seminars and conferences about various aspects of Office365 and is much sought after for interviews and articles for newspapers, magazines and radio. In this workshop, Vincent will run through the concept of the Office365 solutions stack and how the various components make it an ideal platform to power your digital transformation and market disruption ideas.
Here are some photos from the actual event;
