As much as expanding access to free online textbooks is a decent initiative to help children understand the concepts they struggle with, a significant upgrade to how these same concepts are presented would make a whole lot of difference. This is because most textbooks present concepts in a way ...
In the fall of 2008, I had transitioned from being full-time at Microsoft to full-time at theGates Foundation. After decades of focusing maniacally on software, I finally had the time to get a better grounding in physics, chemistry, biology, and other sciences, which would help me in my ...
The computing systems of the future will be more natural, responsive and capable of easily recognizing objects and people, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said.
Bill Gates, the billionaire Microsoft chairman without a single earned university degree, is by his success raising new doubts about the worth of the business world’s favorite academic title: the MBA (Master of Business Administration). The MBA, a 20thcentury product, always has borne the mark...
Web-based Services BILL GATES:You know, it’s amazing how each of these pieces have come along. The final area I want to talk about is services. And I would say of the four this is the one that’s just really emerging. The idea that there will be an incredible range of things that...
ByBill Gates | March 12, 20122 minute read Here's an excerpt from my speech at the NAIS Annual Conference on how teaching and learning will be transformed in the decade ahead: I believe technology can help teachers be more effective and make learning more interesting. I've been watching wha...