Bing for Schools – APS Today

Award-winning virtual world planned for students this fall

talkupaps31 Jul 20140

By: Leslie Rivera, Communications Officer larivera@atlanta.k12.ga.us Students heading back to class for the 2014-15 school year are sure to notice their new virtual desktops. The approval of a $15 million infrastructure upgrade, a digital resource known as MyBackPack, officially launches at the start of this school year but has already been recognized as an innovative use […]

Bing for Schools: Safer, ad-free search for APS students

talkupaps21 Nov 20130

This fall Atlanta Public Schools (APS) was one of the first districts in the country to participate in Microsoft’s Bing for Schools (www.bing.com/explore/rewardsforschools) pilot program. Bing for Schools is now live at APS and currently provides ad-free web searches for all students. Bing for Schools offers K-12 public and private schools in the U.S. the […]