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- Explore practical AI tools to enhance teaching, boost student outcomes, and streamline work in special education environments responsibly.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe how artificial intelligence can support the work of special education teams and contribute to inclusive, well organized learning environments.
- Identify potential benefits and considerations when using AI tools in special education, including time saving opportunities and the need for thoughtful oversight to protect privacy and compliance.
- Explain ways AI can assist with differentiated instruction, multilingual family communication, and routine administrative tasks to strengthen student outcomes and educator effectiveness.
- Apply Microsoft’s Responsible AI Principles to guide ethical, transparent, and student centered use of AI in teaching and learning.
- Evaluate AI generated content for accuracy, fairness, and alignment with IEP goals and legal requirements, ensuring that final decisions remain grounded in educator expertise.
- Discover Microsoft's commitment to ethical AI. Learn about the principles of responsible AI - fairness, reliability & safety, privacy & security, transparency, inclusiveness, and accountability specifically for a learning environment. Principles that are designed to guide and shape the future of AI development and usage.
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Analyze the importance of using real-world data to evaluate the fairness of AI systems.
- Assess how Microsoft's responsible AI standard facilitates accessibility and inclusion for users through alternative interaction methods.
- Evaluate the role of role-based access controls in maintaining the security of AI systems and protecting learner data.
- In this module, special educators will learn how and when to use Teach and/or Copilot to streamline administrative tasks, support professional judgment, and maintain accuracy, compliance, and student centered decision making.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Explore Teach and Copilot as optional tools for supporting administrative work in special education contexts.
- Recognize how AI tools can support administrative efficiency and identify situations where Teach or Copilot may be a better fit based on task needs and educator preferences.
- Use Copilot to support drafting, summarizing, refining, or translating individualized documentation, with educator review and oversight.
- Use Teach to help create structured, repeatable workflows for routine tasks such as lesson planning, rubrics, and data collection templates, where consistency is helpful.
- Combine Teach and Copilot thoughtfully to support complete workflows that prioritize accuracy, compliance, and student-centered practice.
- Apply responsible AI principles and prompt design practices to support ethical, transparent, and professional use in administrative tasks.
- Educators will learn how to use AI and accessibility tools to personalize learning for students with disabilities.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Understand how AI tools like Copilot and Immersive Reader can make reading materials more accessible for students with disabilities.
- Use Reading Progress and Copilot to create differentiated reading passages and track student fluency and comprehension.
- Support math learning by using Math Assistant and accessibility features to provide clear, step by step explanations.
- Create accessible presentations and multimedia using Copilot, Accessibility Assistant, alt text, and live captions.
- Identify learning barriers and choose appropriate Microsoft tools to personalize instruction and measure student progress.
- Learn to use AI tools to simplify and translate educational communications, ensuring inclusivity and accessibility for diverse families.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Recognize the communication barriers families may experience, including language differences and complex educational terminology, and how these affect partnership.
- Use AI tools like Copilot and Microsoft Translator to make educational documents clearer and more accessible while keeping educator judgment at the center.
- Apply strategies that help both written and live meeting communication feel welcoming, accessible, and culturally responsive for multilingual families and families with disabilities.
- Review and refine family communications to ensure they remain clear, inclusive, and supportive of strong engagement across diverse communities.
