Trainings for teachers and educational institution leadership
The trainings explore how AI can be used in teaching and as an everyday tool, providing new perspectives and methods for teaching. In addition, we offer training for the effective use of the Microsoft Teams for Education environment, which makes it possible to increase interaction and collaboration during lessons.
AI in teaching & learning
AI offers a wealth of new opportunities for teaching and learning! Our trainings provide practical tools and methods that support teachers’ work and help them integrate AI into their curricula.
AI trainings for teachers
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1. General
How does AI change learning, teaching, and assessment?
What do the ethical principles of AI mean?
2. How can the use of AI be taught?
Curriculum, technology competence and AI
What kinds of tasks and exercises are suitable for learners?
3. AI as the teacher’s everyday assistant
AI in lesson planning
AI as support for different kinds of learners
Using AI tools in daily work
After completing the training, each participant:
Understands the kinds of impact AI has on learning
Understands how AI can be taught in an age-appropriate way
Knows how to use AI in lesson planning
Knows how to use available AI applications to differentiate and support teaching
Training details:
Duration: 3 h
Price: 700 € + VAT
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Most of us have AI-based tools at our disposal that help in daily work — streamlining tasks and making technology more accessible at the same time.
M365 tools’ versatile features, such as automatic captions and translations, help those who work and study in multilingual environments. The AI in Microsoft Teams provides new tools for learning to read and for practicing media skills.
In this training you get practical tips and guidance on how to start using the tools mentioned above in your own work!
Training details:
Duration: 1 h
Price for the organization: 300 € + VAT
Microsoft Teams for Education
Microsoft Teams offers many ways and tools to support shared work between the student, the teacher, and the content. We want to help educational institutions and teachers make remote-learning smoother, and we offer training both in the basic use of the Microsoft Teams for Education environment and in using it to increase interaction during lessons.
Take a look at the trainings below and request more information! The trainings are delivered as customer-specific trainings.
Price of one training for the entire organization: 850 € + VAT. Both trainings at a combined price for the entire organization: 1 275 € + VAT.
Microsoft Teams for Education trainings for teachers
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The fundamentals of high-quality teaching don’t change just because the message is delivered online instead of in a classroom. Content, pedagogy, and assessment are also the basic building blocks of online learning.
When working in online environments, special attention must be paid to interaction. Microsoft Teams offers many ways and tools for interaction between the pupil/student, the teacher, and the content. This training focuses on the Teams tools that increase and diversify interactive learning.
The training is intended for teachers who want to deepen interaction in their remote teaching and learn what tools are available for this in the Microsoft Teams for Education environment.
Training details:
Duration: 45 min
Delivery method: Online
Price for the entire organization: 850 € + VAT. Alongside this training you can also order the “Mastering the basic tools of remote learning” training at a combined price of 1 275 € + VAT for the entire organization.
1. Community in an online environment (20 min)
How to build and nurture community within the student community
How to create activities that support interaction between students
Introduction to Teams apps that support well-being
2. Interaction in an online environment (20 min)
How to engage students with the community
How to make sure that all students are active participants
Introduction to interaction tools in the Teams environment
3. Questions and answers (5 min)
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Welcome to learn the basics of Microsoft Teams! After completing the training, you will know how to use the Microsoft Teams for Education environment for remote teaching.
In the training you will get familiar with the user interface, basic functionalities, and settings that make remote teaching smoother.
The training is designed for teachers, especially for those who deliver remote teaching. The content is suitable both for beginners and for those who need a refresher on the basics.
Training details:
Duration: 45 min
Delivery method: Online
Price for the entire organization: 850 € + VAT. Alongside this training you can also order the “Interaction in remote learning” training at a combined price of 1 275 € + VAT for the entire organization.
After the training, the participant knows:
How to invite people to a lesson and how to join one
How to adjust the settings of a lesson (a Teams meeting)
Which settings a participant can adjust
What good and appropriate interaction in a virtual lesson looks like
1. Lessons
In what ways can you join lessons?
Who can join lessons?
What the lesson (Teams meeting) view looks like
How to run a lesson
How to prevent disruptive behavior during a lesson
2. User interface: teams, channels, chats
Personal settings
Organizing teams/channels
Responsibilities of the message recipient
3. Chats
Where and how to post a message
The sender’s responsibility
4. Calendar
5. Breakout rooms
6. Questions and answers
Would you like to hear more? Get in touch!
Leading learning transformation, personalized learning, and the accessibility of educational technology are Marianna’s areas of expertise. She has extensive experience in the education sector, including working as a teacher, as well as in educational technology at the Finnish National Agency for Education. Before the current job Marianna worked for 12 years in Microsoft’s education team as a pedagogical expert.
Bite-sized learning for teachers
The accelerating development of technology requires every one of us to stay on top of the times. In a teacher’s hectic everyday work, this can feel challenging. Where do you find the time to learn new things and update your own skills?
The learning specialists at Context& answer this challenge by producing practical, everyday tips on how technology can be used both in collaboration between adults at educational institutions and with learners in the classroom.
The tips can be used during co-planning time, when going through a single tip takes about 5 minutes and provides concrete instructions that everyone can put to use right away.
Examples:
How to use AI language-translation features in M365 applications to support a multicultural work community, for example at parent-teacher evenings
How AI in Teams can support learners as they practice reading
How to organize school celebration arrangements, improve communication and save time
How to handle instant messaging and urgent notifications securely
The above are just a few examples from a wide range of tips. The tips can be tailored to your wishes. Ask for more information!