12 Open Educational Resources: From Khan to MIT(click image for slideshow)Microsoft says 10 school systems and universities have signed up for major initiatives with Windows 8 and also reported picking up three new university customers for Office 365 Education, the education-specific edition of its cloud service.

Windows 8 is coming to Atlanta Public Schools, Barry University, Fargo Public Schools, Fresno Unified School District, Jackson-Madison County School System, Pace University, San Antonio Independent School District, Thomas College, Tuckahoe Common School District and Apollo Group, the online education company behind University of Phoenix.More Education InsightsWebcasts More >>White Papers More >>Reports More >>

The scope of these projects varies. The Jackson-Madison project in Tennessee is based on using Windows Multipoint Server 2012 to set up thin clients and stretch resources, so that a single desktop computer can serve up to four students. The Apollo Group has Windows 8 in its testing and validation lab, with plans for a bigger rollout in the future.

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