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The Department of Education (DepEd) has announced that it will launch the Minecraft: Education Edition (M:EE) Mobile Pilot for game-based learning. The DepEd partnered with Microsoft Philippines for the nationwide launch of the M:EE Mobile Pilot for public and private school teachers and learners which will happen on March 16, 2022, from 11 AM to 12 NN. According to DepEd, the launch aims to encourage the 23 million learners and 900,000 teachers of DepEd to use M:EE for game-based learning and create better classroom experiences. The event will also formally announce the nationwide availability of the new M:EE for Android to amplify the access of DepEd teachers and learners to the application, provide basic training on gameplay, and provide resources and materials that will help participants get started in using M:EE. The event will be delivered via Microsoft Teams Live Event through this link: aka.ms/MinecraftMobilePH. Microsoft has announced to completely remove the Adobe Flash component from Windows through the KB4577586 "Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player" starting June 2021. In July 2017, Microsoft, along with Adobe and their industry technology partners, announced that Adobe Flash Player would no longer be supported after December 2020. Microsoft has announced that the support for Windows 7 will come to an end on January 14, 2020, after its first release in 2009. Read more in our articles including "DepEd to launch Minecraft: Education Edition (M:EE) Mobile Pilot for game-based learning" and "Microsoft to end Adobe Flash support for Windows 10 in July".