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A colleague shared the Education Blog - Microsoft Community Hub with me recently. What an amazing resource of Microsoft AI tech tools and Microsoft updates for educators. I read the "What's New in Microsoft EDU May 2024" blog by Mike Tholfsen. The blog covered the following topics: Clipchampf or EDU, AI and Teams EDU updates, Learning Accelerators updates, Reading Coach updates, Reflect updates, Teams for Education Updates, and Microsoft Forms updates.
I've only used Teams, but not all of the new features. Here is my quick summary of the blog. Clipchamp is a neat, user-friendly video creation integrated with Microsoft 365. AI and Teams EDU for Educators has five new features. Three of the new features use generative AI to create rubrics, instructions in assignments, and modules in classwork. The other two new features use Reading Progress - AI for passage generation and comprehension question generation. Learning Accelerator updates are Speaker Progress, the update is a private preview. This allows students/individuals to develop public speaking skills. I could easily use this with a customer service training I created in a previous class. Reading Coach allows learners to earn a new character in a story setting every 20 minutes of reading. This would be useful for students during long school breaks. The Reflect updates is a way for students to take breaks, and increase reading fluency and life skills through wildlife and nature stories. Teams for Education updates integrate Teams Assignments with Learning Accelerators with Learning Management Systems (LMS). Microsoft Forms has three updates. Form/quiz data sync to Excel, forms and callouts can be embedded in Stream video, and the pre-fill link which allows educators to pre-fill default answers to a form.
I can see myself using AI and Teams EDU, Learning Accelerator, and Teams for Education for future training and activities with my team and students. As I was reading this blog it felt like Christmas and all of these tech tools are my gifts! I can't wait to share this blog with my team and school partners. I like Reading Coach for young students and plan on sharing this tech tool with family and friends.
Resources:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/education-blog/bg-p/EducationBlog
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/education-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-edu-may-2024/ba-p/4132818
Thank you for sharing this resource. So fat in my career I have worked in small businesses so they have really stayed away from technology. One of the companies I work for just barley started using online documentation systems, so being able to learn about the Microsoft EDU and the AI was interesting and it shoes that there is a lot for small businesses to be able to use out there!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great resource that I wasnt aware of. Im an avid Teams user and feel like this tool could come in handy for some of my groups. I am still unsure of the AI features but I do feel when I am able to use it more and have a better understanding, I will like using it when needed. Great post this week! Thanks for sharing.
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