AI-powered teaching with Microsoft Education

  • Learning Path
  • 9 Modules

At a glance

Educators progress from understanding the basics of AI to using Microsoft AI tools effectively in teaching, assessment, student support, and professional practice. Modules emphasize responsible AI use, assessment, AI literacy, and reflective teaching practices. Educators follow a progression from AI awareness to classroom implementation through a coherent educator journey:

Understand AI → Apply AI → Create Instruction → Assess Learning → Support Learners → Build AI Literacy → Reflect and Improve

ISTE Standards for Educators:

  • Educator - Citizen

  • Educator - Collaborator

  • Educator - Learner

UNESCO Standards for Educators:

  • Application of Digital skills

  • Curriculum and Assessment

  • Organization and Administration

  • Understanding ICT in Education

UNESCO AI Competency Framework:

  • A human-centered mindset

  • Ethics of AI

  • AI foundations and applications

  • AI pedagogy

Prerequisites

None

Modules in this learning path

Embark on your AI journey with free AI tools from Microsoft Education

This module is designed to introduce educators to the powerful AI tools that Microsoft offers to educators and learners for free.

Know where to leverage AI in your classroom

Build accurate mental models of AI by clarifying what AI can and can't do, and by separating AI outputs from human judgment in educator decisions. You practice using precise, non-anthropomorphic language that supports responsible conversations.

Enhance teaching and learning with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

This module empowers educators to enhance teaching and learning by leveraging Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, offering practical strategies, prompt design tips, and responsible AI practices to personalize instruction, create engaging materials, and critically evaluate AI-generated content.

Create instructional materials with Teach in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Streamline classroom planning, assessment, and differentiation with Teach in Microsoft 365 Copilot App. Educators create lesson plans, quizzes, rubrics, and flashcards while returning attention to understanding learners, adapting instruction, and building relationships.

Guide assessment with Copilot in Microsoft Teams

Discover how Assignments can help educators set clear expectations and guidelines on AI use by learners and communicate rubric-based feedback more effectively.

Develop understanding with the Study and Learn Agent in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app

This module explores how the Study and Learn Agent guides inquiry, strengthens practice, and reinforces long‑term retention by helping learners build confidence, clarity, and mastery.

Prompt with purpose, in partnership with ISTE+ASCD

Use AI to generate ideas faster—while staying in control of quality, inclusion, and accuracy. Learn how to craft stronger prompts with purpose, constraints, and clear criteria, then curate and revise AI outputs with a simple reflection routine you can reuse across lesson planning and communication.

Understand the AI Literacy Framework, in partnership with ISTE+ASCD

Educators apply the AILit Framework to real school scenarios by identifying the primary decision domain, posing domain-first questions, and documenting safeguards using brief reflection loops for discussion, planning, and communication.

Build a reflective AI practice over time

Many AI decisions feel fine in the moment, then create surprises later. A draft message might save time, but the tone may land differently than expected. A summary might look accurate, but miss a pattern that matters for a student. Reflection is how educators turn one time AI use into professional learning rather than repeated guesswork.

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