Microsoft reveals Classroom Pen 2 and new laptops for students and teachers

Microsoft reveals Classroom Pen two and new laptops for students and teachers

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In club to help students and teachers during the Covid-xix pandemic, Microsoft has announced new Windows ten devices at this year's flagship education briefing BETT. The devices are priced from $185 to $329 and volition be the most affordable LTE-connected devices in the Microsoft lineup.

Additionally, Microsoft also announced its new Classroom Pen 2, which allows students to write and draw naturally on touchscreen devices. The Classroom Pen ii comes with a recommended retail toll of just $19.99, which is a huge saving for schoolhouse and educational systems looking to encounter students' needs and remain within the confines of local schoolhouse budgets.

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Barbara Holzapfel, vice president of Microsoft Education, said, "Terminal yr proved that everything tin change without warning. In education, the importance of personal connection was highlighted, the integration of technology was accelerated, and the office of teachers was amplified, It'southward encouraging to run into the dedication to moving learning forward, toward a futurity where all students have the opportunity, the support, and the tools to exist creative, confident, and optimistic learners, realizing their total potential."

Microsoft appear that it now has more than 200 one thousand thousand teachers, students, and faculty leaders using Microsoft Education products with its video collaboration tool Microsoft Teams.

With the Covid-19 pandemic pushing teaching into the digital realm, Microsoft, along with Google, have go essential to our educational system as schools were forced to rapidly adapt to changing circumstances.

Teachers and students had to acquire on the fly, and with Microsoft's new line of devices being more affordable, hopefully fewer students get left behind or lost in a technological void.

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