Microsoft Launches AI Tools for Educators

Microsoft has introduced a variety of AI tools aimed at helping educators develop personalized learning experiences for their students, create content more efficiently, and increase student engagement.

Globally, more than 80% of educators are using AI for school-related purposes, an increase of 21 percentage points from last year, the company shared in its 2025 AI in Education Report. Educators' top use cases for AI include brainstorming new ideas for lesson plans, supporting materials, and assignments (cited by 31% of respondents) and creating or updating such materials (29%).

In that vein, Microsoft has launched Microsoft Learning Zone, a free AI-powered learning app that enables educators to quickly create, share, and track personalized and interactive learning activities right from their Copilot+ PC. It includes integration with Kahoot! for generating interactive games, as well as OpenStax for open educational resources. Learning Zone is the first Copilot+ PC experience purpose-built for educators, the company said, and will launch in public preview later this summer.  

In addition, a new Teach hub within Copilot allows educators to create lesson plans, unit plans, syllabi, interactive learning activities, and assessment materials like quizzes and rubrics, right in one place. It can also handle content modification like translation, adjusted reading levels, difficulty level, alignment to standards, and more. The tool will launch in preview in August 2025.

A new Study Guides feature in Copilot Notebooks provides a study space for notes, lecture slides, handouts, and links, which can then be used to generate a custom guide with study activities, quizzes, and topic deep-dives. Generated materials include podcasts, flashcards, fill-in-the-blanks, matching exercises, and more, as well as the ability to review progress. Study Guides will be available in preview in fall 2025.

For more information, visit the Microsoft Education blog.

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Rhea Kelly is editor in chief for Campus Technology, THE Journal, and Spaces4Learning. She can be reached at [email protected].

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