With AI developments coming at a quicker rate than ever before, you may be asking how you can use these tools in your classroom to save time and energy.Educators worldwide are embracing AI as a vital tool. AI can help save time when developing rubrics, tailored content, and instructional materials like quizzes and lesson plans.
Generative AI is a newer technology and a distinct type of AI that focuses on producing new material.With generative AI, you may create new content such as text, graphics, code, or audio. It accomplishes this by identifying patterns in existing data and comprehending the context and intent of words. This gives you new options for content production, customisation, and innovation. Because this technology generates fresh content, accuracy in generative AI is critical—particularly in the realm of education.
Microsoft Copilot employs generative AI to aid you in the classroom. Copilot can help you save time, differentiate instruction, and improve student outcomes. Copilot allows you to simply construct lesson plans, quizzes, rubrics, and other class resources for students of all skill levels.
5 ways to use Copilot in education
Here are just a few examples of the many ways you can use Microsoft Copilot to save time and energy:
- Personalized learning: Copilot can support personalized learning by helping you create content, tailored feedback, and guidance for students based on their individual needs and learning styles.
- Brainstorming: You can use Copilot to brainstorm new ideas for activities, lesson plans, supporting materials, and assignments.
- Lesson planning: Copilot can help you plan lessons by suggesting or drafting activities, resources, and assessments that align with learning objectives. You can also use Copilot to start a rubric for the lessons.
- Provide feedback: Copilot can help you draft initial feedback and ideas for students on their work, which you can edit and personalize for your students.
- Get quick answers: Copilot can help you get quick answers to your questions without having to read through multiple search results. Also, Copilot provides links to content sources so you can assess the source or dive deeper into the original content.
Getting started with Microsoft Copilot
To get started with Microsoft Copilot, you can follow these steps:
- Open copilot.microsoft.com or select the Copilot icon on the sidebar in your Microsoft Edge browser.
- Type your prompt into the chat window.
- Review the sources linked at the bottom by “Learn more.” You can fact-check the information provided or dive deeper into a topic by accessing the original articles, studies, or reports.
- Review the response to make sure the output is what you want and accurate. You are the expert, and you decide what goes into the classroom.
- To get the most out of Copilot, you can keep the conversation going by following up on your prompts. This helps you collaborate with Copilot to gain more useful, tailored responses.
