Reimagining Learning with Microsoft OneNote and Sway Presented By: Chris Pratley Microsoft Richmond, Washington Presented at: ACLEA 52nd Annual Meeting July 30th – August 2nd, 2016 Seattle, Washington Chris Pratley Microsoft Richmond, Washington Chris Pratley is Studio Manager of Evoke, a creative media applications team in the Windows and Devices group at Microsoft. The Evoke studio develops photo, video and 3D storytelling tools and experiences for mobile, PC and cloud. Prior to Evoke, Chris was General Manager of Microsoft Sway, a new member of the Office suite of apps. Sway (http://sway.com) is an interactive, responsive digital storytelling service designed for today’s world of cross‐device authoring and consumption, with its high expectations for beautiful design, interactivity and ease of use. His team also developed Docs.com, a social publishing site for professionals that features high fidelity Office content, and Office Lens, a cross‐platform mobile app to turn photos of documents and whiteboards into reusable content in OneNote, Word and other apps. From 2012‐2014, Chris was Director of Program Management in Microsoft Office with a portfolio that covered Word on Windows, Web, Android and OneNote across many platforms including Windows, Mac, Web, mobile and slate form factors including iOS and Android and of course Windows Mobile. He also managed the incubation of Sway, Lens, Docs.com and the precursor to the digital reading features some of which are now found in the Edge browser. In 2006 Chris founded Office Labs, a group that incubated new product or technology areas working with business and technical leaders, some of which (e.g. Sway) are now being productized by his current team. In 2010, in addition to Office Labs, Chris took on management of Product Planning and Product Design for Office, forming the combined Research, Experimentation and Design (RED) team. Before starting Office Labs, co‐founded the OneNote team in 2001 and, as Group Program Manager of OneNote, defined the vision and shipped the first three releases of that award ‐winning product. From 1994 through 2006 he also worked on Microsoft Word, initially on Asian language versions, later on core formatting features, globalization and XML support and finally as Group Program Manager of Word for 5 years while managing OneNote as well. At various times Chris also worked on Excel and Publisher. Before he joined Microsoft in 1994 he lived in Japan for several years working for Seiko‐Epson Corp on their first Stylus color inkjet printer and had a great time learning Japanese language and culture. He is originally from Montréal, Canada and has a Systems Design Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo. Chris lives in Seattle, and is married to Seiko Kobayashi. They have two boys, Ciarán and Skye, who think Daddy is a major goofball. NOTES ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ .