3. Partners in Learning – Hong Kong
2004: PiL MOU signed with EDB
• 2nd EDB IT in Education strategy (Empowering Learning & Teaching with IT)
2008: 2nd PiL MOU signed with EDB
• 3rd EDB IT in Education strategy (Right Technology at the Right Time for the Right Task)
2013: 3rd PiL MOU signed with EDB
• Another 5 years partnership through 2018
4. PiL 3.0
Continuous Partnership with EDB
• An additional US$250M global investment by Microsoft
• Areas of Focus: e-Learning, mobile learning, cloud computing
• Office 365 being offered for use by all primary & secondary schools,
teachers & students at no charge
• Training seminars and workshops for school teachers
• Microsoft Showcase School Programme & Innovative Educator Programme
• Microsoft Valued Teacher Programme
• Expand the scope of Microsoft Valued Teacher Program with full adoption
of train-the-trainers approach