- This module is designed to introduce educators to the powerful AI tools that Microsoft offers to educators and learners for free.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
- Use AI tools to streamline workflows and focus more on teaching
- Use AI tools to provide detailed feedback and personalized learning experiences
- Create engaging lesson plans and interactive lessons with the help of AI tools
- Use AI tools to improve coding skills
- Use AI tools to develop learners' future-ready skills
ISTE Standards for Educators:
Educator - Designer
Educator - Facilitator
Leaders - Systems Designer
UNESCO Standards for Educators:
- Understanding ICT in Education
UNESCO AI Competency Framework:
A human-centered mindset
Ethics of AI
AI foundations and applications
AI pedagogy
AI for professional development
- Microsoft Teams in educational settings is a hub for content and the centerpiece for collaboration. Learn about the structure and components of a team.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
- Explain the types of educational teams (class, staff, PLC, other).
- Describe use cases for each type of team.
- Demonstrate how to create and share new teams.
- Explain the difference between the Me Space and We Space.
- Describe the ways to communicate with colleagues and learners.
- Demonstrate where to store, find, and share files in teams.
ISTE Standards for Educators:
Educator - Citizen
Educator - Facilitator
Educator - Collaborator
UNESCO Standards for Educators:
Application of Digital skills
Organization and Administration
- Explore Reading Coach, a free tool that uses artificial intelligence and built-in fluency detection to personalize reading content and practice for learners.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
Demonstrate how to access Reading Coach.
Describe the core reading functionality of Reading Coach.
Explain how personalized learning with Reading Coach helps decrease foundational learning gaps in reading.
Summarize how to best use the reading modes in Reading Coach.
Create and share custom practices for learners using educator features.
Explain how using Reading Coach empowers learners to achieve more.
ISTE Standards for Educators:
Educator - Facilitator
Leaders - Leader
UNESCO AI Competency Framework:
A human-centered mindset
Ethics of AI
AI foundations and applications
AI pedagogy
AI for professional development
- Educators use OneNote to organize information and content and to support research, collaboration, note taking, journaling, and reflection.
In this module, you'll:
- Access and navigate a OneNote notebook
- Create, add, and share pages and content
- Identify how to organize OneNote effectively
- Manage a range of OneNote notebook settings
ISTE Standards for Educators:
- Educator - Facilitator
- Educator - Learner
- Educator -Collaborator
UNESCO Standards for Educators:
- Application of Digital skills
- Organization and Administration
- Teacher Professional Learning
- Use Record in PowerPoint to flip instruction, provide content for students outside of class, and help improve student outcomes.
By the end of this module you'll be able to:
- Describe the principles of flipped learning and how to implement them into the classroom
- Explain how to create flipped lessons using Record in PowerPoint
- Build a flipped lesson to use with students
- Educators use Microsoft Forms for surveys, quizzes, and polls in the classroom to increase student engagement and save time.
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
Create formative and summative assessments with Microsoft Forms
Explain how to share or duplicate Microsoft Forms to collaborate with colleagues
Use autograding, manual grading, branching, and equation options to streamline the assessment process
