Microsoft creates education czar post

Microsoft is hitting the books, creating a new czar to oversee its education initiatives.

The software giant announced on Tuesday that it has appointed Michael Golden to the post of corporate vice president of Microsoft's Education Products group.

In this role, Golden will be responsible for the Redmond giant's education business and product development, overseeing its strategy and marketing efforts. The executive will report to Anoop Gupta, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Unlimited Potential Group and Education Product Group, overseeing technology policy and strategy.

Microsoft clearly has its eye on the education market. Earlier this year, Microsoft announced plans to invest another $235.5 million over the next five years into its Partners in Learning program, which provides software and training to students, teachers, and schools. The program had reached 90 million people in 100 countries during its first five years.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Golden served as senior vice president of marketing and strategic planning at the Pearson School, which is involved in education publishing.

[sythara]

What the hell is up with people using czar name in everything? Do these people even know what the hell it means?

[mbenedict]

@sythara:

1. Look up 'czar' in your favorite English dictionary. The use of 'czar' to informally denote someone who has authority in a particular area is well accepted. E.g., "banking czar" or in this case, "education czar".

2. The new position's actual title doesn't have the word "czar" in it; it's just CNET's cheap way to grab headline attention. L. Michael Golden's official title at Microsoft is "Corporate Vice President, Education Products Group".

[sythara]

Thats what I was refering to, cheap way to grab a headline that everyone seems to use these days. I know what Czar means, or Tsar (as its supposed to be spelled). Things like that get to me I guess.

[ppgreat]

Partners in Learning tutorials include getting kids hooked at an early age on Access, FrontPage, OneNote, Outlook, Visio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint...

http://www.microsoft.com/education/tutorials.mspx

And all the lesson plans do is make sure that you incorporate the usage of all the MS software in the classroom.

If you can't sell the dream, give it away!

[keen2learn]

Great to see one of the big boys seeing the power of technology and learning. Lets hope the benefits are not inextricably linked to Microsoft

Alistair Owens http://www.keen2learn.co.uk

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