Microsoft puts Acer, Dell and Lenovo Windows 10 PCs for college students in the spotlight

In the aual BETT education show this week, Microsoft is highlighting seven new Windows 10 PCs from three OEMs that are meant for the training market. It's also introducing a brand new Microsoft Classroom Pen, optimized for that Microsoft Surface Go and available just for educational institutions, at the event.

The Windows 10 PCs within the education spotlight are from Acer, Dell and Lenovo and priced between $189 and $320. Out there:

bull; Lenovo 100e starting at $189 (for 2018 model) and $199 (for that 2019 model)
bull; Lenovo 300e 2-in-1 starting at $289
bull; Lenovo 14w starting at $299
bull; Acer TravelMate B1 starting at $215
bull; Acer TravelMate Spin B1 starting at $299
bull; Acer TravelMate B1-141 starting at $319
bull; Dell Latitude 3300 for Education starting at $299

The Microsoft Classroom Pen is going to be bought from packs of 20 for $800, or roughly $40 per pen. The brand new Pen will ship in any 36 Surface Go markets worldwide starting next month. The Microsoft Classroom Pen will work with other Surface devices, as well as a quantity of third-party Windows PCs.

Microsoft quietly introduced the top Go, which starts at $399 (without a keyboard), last summer. Officials said that K-12 students were one of its primary targets. Microsoft and its partners have been trying to introduce lower-priced Windows 10 PCs and related services, for example Intune for Education, to assist Windows devices better contend with Chromebooks in the education space.

At this year's BETT, Microsoft also will be touting some new education-focused features visiting its Teams group-chat platform this week. Among those features are the capability to automatically send grades from Teams assignments to teachers' Student Information Systems; mobile grading support for Teams Assignments on iOS and Android phones; Turnitin integration for detecting plagiarism; and general updates to Teams Assignments to create faster accessible.

Microsoft is making certain mixed-reality curricula available for liberated to people who buy Windows virtual-reality headsets using a partnership with VictoryVA. And it is showing off how its Immersive Reader tools can work with VR headsets.