Surface giveaway: Microsoft seeding schools with 10,000 free tablets for teachers

Whenever you go to a big conference, the freebies are always a nice little add-on. Sometimes it?s a sweet keychain or tote bag, or maybe you take home something more luxurious like a t-shirt.

But 10,000 teachers at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)?conference will be getting something much more special ? and valuable ? next month: A Microsoft Surface tablet.

Yep, that?s right. As part of the Windows in the Classroom Surface Experience Project, the Redmond software giant is getting all Oprah and giving away a bunch of Surface RT tablets to teachers?who are registered at?ISTE 2013?before June 18.

Teachers who want a Surface can?sign up here?to receive a?gift acknowledgement letter to be signed by a school official. Once teachers pick up their tablet, they?re encouraged to attend Microsoft workshops during the conference.

ISTE, the largest edtech conference in the U.S. and second-largest in the world,?takes place later this month from June 23-26.

Previously on GeekWire:?Microsoft stacks up Surface vs. iPad with mixed results

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