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Welcome to the Student Zone at Microsoft Build 2021!

This README contains resources related to sessions at the Student Zone from Microsoft Build 2021!

How can I find the resources mentioned in the Student Zone sessions?

Below we have a table of each session, speaker, and resources. It also includes links to the live session or video recordings, each of which is 45 minutes long. If you want to take a look at all of the sessions, you can check them out on the Microsoft Build Schedule Builder here.

We have also created a convenient Microsoft Learn Collection that contains all of the Microsoft Learn modules and learning paths that are listed below for you to browse and continue your learning journey!

| Time (PT) | Title and Link to Watch | Speaker(s) | Host(s) | Resources | |---------------|-------|------------|---------|-----------| | May 25th | | | | | | 9:30 AM | Welcome to the Student Zone at Microsoft Build! (Watch Here) | Nana Aba Turkson and Louanne Murphy | Chloe Condon and Morgan Bell | Microsoft Learn Collection</br></br>Student Zone Sessions | | 10:30 AM | Core tools for a dev career: an introduction to Visual Studio Code and GitHub (Watch Here) | Meaghan Lewis and Sana Ajani |Locksley Kolakowski | Introduction to GitHub Learn Path</br></br>Learn to code with Visual Studio Code</br></br>Get Visual Studio Code</br></br>Learn/NET with Visual Studio Code | | 2:30 PM | Get started with popular programming languages: Intro to Python and C# (Watch Here) | Christopher Harrison and James Montemagno | Brian Clark | Classify space rocks by using Python and artificial intelligence Learn Path</br></br>Take your first steps with Python Learn Path</br></br>Learn C# Learn Collection </br></br>Learn/NET with Visual Studio Code</br></br>C# and Python Samples from the Build Demo GitHub | | May 26th | | | | | | 1:30 AM | The art of artificial intelligence: creating images with Python and Azure (Watch Here) | Dmitry Soshnikov | Francesca Lazzeri | Dmitry's Python Course on GitHub</br></br>Detect and analyze faces with the Face service Learn Path</br></br>Dmitry Soshnikov Personal website: Can AI be Creative?</br></br>Open Processing website</br></br>Python Mode for Processing website</br></br>Blender website</br></br>Cognitive Portrait website</br></br>Cognitive Portrait Challenge GitHub</br></br>Creating Generative Art using GANs on Azure ML | | 2:30 AM | Building bots with .NET: your burning questions answered (Watch Here) | Jasmine Greenaway| Salman Chishti | Create a Bot with the Bot Framework Composer Learn Path</br></br>Bot Framework Chatbot Samples GitHub | | 6:30 AM | How to Become a Software Developer (Watch Here) | Dolapo Martins and Ivo Santos | Navya Prakash | Microsoft Learn | | 11:00 AM | From coding to the stars: astronaut Stanley G. Love’s journey (Watch Here) | Stanley G Love, PhD and Sarah Guthals, PhD | April Speight | Discover the role of Python in space exploration</br></br>Learn to Code inspired by Space | | 12:00 PM | Coding for movies and games: interviews with experts from Space Jam: A New Legacy (Watch Here) | Grady Cofer, Suen Suberu and Cassie Breviu | Cecil Phillip | Use basketball stats to optimize game play with Visual Studio Code, inspired by SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY Learn Path</br></br>College Plus Students</br></br>Banneky Website | | 2:00 PM | Ask the Experts: Going from Student to Career: How it Started, How it's Going… (Watch Here) | Jalen McGee, Lisa Cohen, Donna Taylor, Thomas Lewis, Jasmine Greenaway and Ornella Altunyan | Justin Garrett and Morgan Bell | Microsoft Global Skills Initiative</br></br>Microsoft Learn for Students</br></br>LinkedIn Job Skills</br></br>Imagine Cup</br></br>Microsoft Student Learn Ambassadors</br></br>The Fourth Industrial Revolution | | 2:00 PM | How to build inclusive technology for a diverse world (Watch Here) | MJ DePalma and Chewy Chong | Anthony Kerr | Microsoft Learn | | May 27th | | | | | | 3:00 AM | Go for Olympic Gold with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS (Watch Here) | Jen Looper | Lee Stott | Web Development for Beginners GitHub</br></br>Build a simple website using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Learn Path</br></br>Make Your Own Olympics App GitHub | | 4:00 AM | Build a Space Jam: A New Legacy gathering hub using JavaScript (Watch Here) | Ayca Bas and Waldek Mastykarz | Justin Garrett | Microsoft Graph Fundamentals Learn Path</br></br>Microsoft Graph scenarios for JavaScript development Learn Path</br></br>Develop apps with the Microsoft Graph Toolkit Learn Path</br></br>Make Your Own Watch Party App GitHub | | 6:00 AM | Make your mark: contribute to a community project using MakeCode and JavaScript (Watch Here) | Chloe Condon and Morgan Bell | Sarah Guthals, PhD | Microsoft MakeCode website</br></br>Make your Mark at the Student Zone on GitHub |

Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors

The Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador community is for students—like you--who want to use tech to solve real-world problems with like-minded peers, establish themselves as mentors and leaders in their community, and amplify their impact. Student Ambassadors get the opportunity to connect with other students around the world (from 102 countries and counting!), foster their own online communities, get training and earn certifications, and tackle practical challenges, all while building key technical and soft skills to help them succeed.

Imagine Cup

For nearly two decades, students from around the world have participated in Microsoft’s global technology competition, the Imagine Cup, to bring their unique tech solutions to life. But the Imagine Cup is more than just a competition — you can work with friends (and make new ones!), network with professionals, gain new skills, make a difference in the world a