14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has just announced that a total of 34 new schools have agreed to make the move to Windows 8, thus supporting its own efforts for “modernizing learning.”
Of course, the Redmond-based company used this occasion to praise Windows 8, claiming that its new operating system “lends a flexible, anywhere-anytime learning experience across a range of devices.”
The group of schools that decided to embrace Windows 8 include Albemarle County Schools (Virginia), Auburn City Schools (Alabama), Clear Creek Independent School District (Texas), Laredo Independent School District (Texas), Leon County Schools (Florida), Palmer Trinity School (Florida), San Diego Unified School District (California), Somers Central School District (New York), Springfield Public Schools (Massachusetts), and Walnut Valley Unified School District (Calif.), according to Microsoft’s press release.
At the same time, Microsoft is also working to make its own Surface RT more affordable for students and teachers across the United States, so the company is planning to offer free devices to no less than 10,000 educators attending the ISTE 2013 Conference this week.