Microsoft's 'Learning Tools' sees huge growth, but have you heard of it?

[Windows Central]

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Microsoft Learning Tools may be one of the company's best-kept secrets and its greatest asset to helping students improve reading and writing.
Everyone knows about Microsoft's Office which includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, One Note and other popular tools that represent the status quo for productivity. These Microsoft tools are so integral in business that knowing how to use them is a prerequisite to getting hired for many jobs. They are just that powerful and have a profound impact.

In a similar vein, Microsoft Learning Tools is a set of tools Microsoft developed just three years ago, integrated within many of its products and other platforms and are having a significant impact in improving reading and writing for millions of students worldwide.
You may be wondering "what's Microsoft learning tools?" Well, because Microsoft began slipping this hackathon-birthed gem into its products just three years ago, and many other people may be asking that same question. In a nutshell, if you are a student, the parent of a student, an educator, an administrator of a school district or anyone who cares about the impact of technology on education Microsoft Learning Tools is for you.

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