Microsoft 365 User Adoption for Schools, MATs and Districts
We understand that seamless user adoption of Office 365, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint can prove tricky, with many hurdles to jump before your whole organisation is fully onboard. That’s why we’re creating a series of podcasts focusing on real-life user adoption stories, with schools, academies and businesses just like yours.
Episodes
Would your school or trust survive a cyberattack tomorrow? With hackers targeting education, digital safeguarding is just as crucial as physical safety. Without a solid strategy, your student data, staff security and operations could be at serious risk.
In a recent episode of the Cloud Design Box Podcast, Darren Hemming sat down with Philippa Wraithmell, Founder of EdRuption to discuss the growing importance of digital safeguarding ...
In a recent episode of the Cloud Design Box podcast, Martin Byford-Rew, Head of Digital Systems at King Edward VI Foundation, discusses the importance of multi-factor authentication (MFA) in schools and the strategies that institutions can use for successful implementation.
MFA offers significant advantages in educational settings.
By introducing an additional security layer, MFA safeguards against unauthorised access, even if a pass...
Looking to streamline HR processes and communication within your multi academy trust? In this podcast episode, Educational Technology Lead at the Spencer Academies Trust Josh Gibbs shares insights into how they transformed HR management at the MAT with a SharePoint HR Hub.
Watch the full podcast episode here:
About Josh Gibbs and Spencer Academies Trust
Josh is a long-time fan of SharePoint in Education, previously working with Cloud ...
n a recent episode of the Cloud Design Box podcast, Max Fritz from Microsoft sat down with Darren Hemming to talk about Microsoft Classwork – an innovative addition to Microsoft Teams for Education, designed to streamline lesson organisation, improve student engagement and reduce teacher workload.
What is Microsoft Classwork?
Microsoft Classwork is a powerful tool within Teams for Education, enabling teachers to structure learning ma...
Microsoft’s Samantha Fisher sits down with Darren Hemming to explore the exciting new updates in Speaker Coach and the introduction of Speaker Progress.
Read the full write-up on our website:
www.clouddesignbox.co.uk/podcast-speaker-coach-and-progress-microsoft
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We are Microsoft Teams and SharePoint for education experts supporting over 450 schools and multi academy trus...
Schools waste money, time and opportunities on systems and platforms that don’t speak to each other. But it doesn’t have to be this way, as EdRuption’s Philippa Wraithmell highlights in this podcast.
Darren Hemming, COO at Cloud Design Box, talks16 with Philippa about the importance of simplicity and interoperability when building your school’s digital ecosystem and strategy.
"If schools don't prioriti...
In this podcast, we speak with Microsoft’s Anoo Padte – the product leader for Reading Coach – about how artificial intelligence is helping create personalised learning experiences and combat poor reading literacy.
Find out more:
https://clouddesignbox.co.uk/combatting-poor-reading-literacy-with-microsoft-reading-coach/
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We are Microsoft Teams and SharePoint for educatio...
In this episode of the Cloud Design Box podcast, join Darren Hemming as he delves into an engaging conversation with Emma Gray, the visionary Product Manager behind Microsoft's innovative tool, Search Coach. With a background enriched by journalism and a deep technical expertise in engineering and physics, Emma brings a unique perspective to the table, discussing the critical role of information literacy in education and beyon...
Microsoft Learning Accelerators aim to make education more accessible by providing students with vital tools to develop their learning, while teaching them essential skills in further education and later in their professional life.
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In our latest Microsoft 365 User Adoption podcast, the Cornerstone Academy Trust (TCAT) reveals how they’re embracing the new Microsoft ...
In this episode we speak to teacher and housemaster Henry about using Microsoft 365 in an independent school. Blog post to follow on https://www.clouddesignbox.co.uk/
Ian Stuart from Avantis Education talks about the power of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality in teaching and learning.
Avantis has supported teachers with classroom technology for almost two decades and now boasts a diverse range of education products, including LearnPad, ClassCharge, ClassConnect and ClassVR.
In this podcast episode, Cloud Design Box’s Darren Hemming talks about ClassVR, Avantis World and creating immersive...
Darren meets Ryan for Formative.
In this episode Darren Hemming speaks to Stefan from Lingfield College about the rollout and adoption of 1:1 devices.
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The benefits of 1:1 devices in schools with Lingfield College
The Director of Digital Learning at Linfield College talks about the school’s plan to roll out per-student devices to every student and the challenges and ...
An eye opening interview with Jonathan Bishop, the CEO & Executive Headteacher of Cornerstone Academy Trust.
- Best value doesn't mean cheapest.
- It's not about directly balancing reduced printing costs against buying Surface Pros - the aim is to improve T & L and build staff efficiency while spending effectively.
- He talked about needing fewer staff though, which I thought was controversial. Or a...
In this episode, Darren speaks to Marjolein Hoeskstra about her journey with Microsoft, TweetMeets, MVPs, MSEduCentral and much more. Marjolein shares the best links for educators with over 1300 resources across 80 different topics. Created by teachers for teachers.
In this episode, Darren speaks to Martin Edworthy, the e-learning coordinator at Sacred Heart Catholic High School about moving into a single tenant for the Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust.
In this podcast episode, we caught up with Mark Fuller, IT Director for Bridge Academy Trust (BAT) – a multi academy trust based in Essex – about how they have extended Microsoft 365 with Cloud Box to improve communication and collaboration between their 12 schools.
Bridge Academy Trust is a large MAT made up of four secondary schools and eight primary schools. Providing education to students 3-19, the Trust needed a solution that w...
In this podcast episode, we speak with Rachael Howarth, Vice Principal of Bradford Girls’ Grammar School about how they’re using Microsoft 365 to assess and engage students in a blended in-classroom and remote learning setting.
Rachael walks us through some key ways in which they’re using Microsoft Forms, Class Notebook, Polls and Insights to increase engagement, save teacher time, give feedback and keep an eye on students’ wellbein...
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1111In this episode we speak with David James, Head of Education at Cornerstone Academy Trust and Anthony Lees, Deputy Head of Westclyst Community Primary School. We discuss how the trust has lead the way in providing blended and remote learning before, during and after the pandemic.
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