Microsoft introduced new tools and features for educators on 2019-06-20.
Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
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What would count as true or false
Judged as of 2019-06-20. True: Microsoft announced new education tools or features for educators on 2019-06-20 (for example around the ISTE conference). A launch a day or so before also counts. Mostly true: the announcement was made within the same week, or included mainly updates to existing tools. Mixed: only minor updates were announced. Mostly false: the tools were announced on a materially different date, more than a week from 2019-06-20. False: no education tools announcement was made around that time.
Set before the research began.
Evidence (4)
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E1 What’s New in EDU—ISTE Edition: Announcing new technology to empower inclusive, student-centered learning | Microsoft Education Blog Microsoft Education Blog (Microsoft) · 20 June 2019 Own record
“In this month’s What’s New in EDU, we’re excited to announce tools and resources to help teachers empower all students to find their voice, grow their confidence and build 21st century skills.”
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E2 Microsoft Announces New Education Tools and Resources Thurrott.com · 20 June 2019
“Ahead of ISTE 2019 next week, Microsoft has announced several new education tools and features today.”
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E3 Microsoft details new Minecraft, PowerPoint, and Teams features for students and teachers Windows Central · 20 June 2019
“Following the earlier announcement on June 10 regarding new features in Teams for Education, Microsoft is going into more details about what teachers should expect in the coming school year.”
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E4 Student-centered learning — #MSFTEduChat TweetMeet and Live Event on July 16 | Microsoft Education Blog Microsoft Education Blog (Microsoft) · 9 July 2019 Own record
“To mark the occasion of the EdTech conference ISTE 2019, Microsoft announced multiple significant updates covering OneNote, OneNote Class Notebook, Immersive Reader, PowerPoint and other products for education.”
Reasoning
Thurrott.com is independent of Microsoft, and its article dated 2019-06-20 says Microsoft "announced several new education tools and features today" ahead of ISTE 2019 (E2). Microsoft's own Education Blog post from the same date announces new tools and resources for teachers (E1). Windows Central reported the same news that day and noted that some Teams for Education features had been announced earlier, on June 10 (E3). Together these sources show that new education tools were announced on 2019-06-20, which meets the criterion for "true".
Cite this claim
Satya Nadella, “Microsoft introduced new tools and features for educators on 2019-06-20.” (said 20 June 2019). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_caa2b767536b, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_caa2b767536b
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