Emma Gray
@em-gray.bsky.social
Metacognition & info literacy 💻 Product Manager on Mike’s team at Microsoft EDU, here to learn from #EDUSky and #TLSky to build things that matter.
Based in Vancouver, BC. If not working, painting.🎨⛰️
Based in Vancouver, BC. If not working, painting.🎨⛰️
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Emma Gray
@em-gray.bsky.social
· Nov 18
The Microsoft #EduSky starter pack is up and running! Get a direct line to the product teams, accessibility innovators and cutting-edge Responsible AI researchers all in one place. Updated often. We're so happy to be here! 🦋 go.bsky.app/9c9TA8Q
Reposted by Emma Gray
It’s back-to-school time, and OneNote EDU is rolling out fresh updates to make life easier for educators and students alike! In this blog, we’ll cover the latest OneNote features and updates for education 💜
Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati... #edusky
Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati... #edusky
What's new in OneNote for EDU - Back to School 2025 | Microsoft Community Hub
It’s back-to-school time, and OneNote EDU is rolling out fresh updates to make life easier for educators and students alike! In this article, we’ll cover the...
techcommunity.microsoft.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It’s back-to-school time, and OneNote EDU is rolling out fresh updates to make life easier for educators and students alike! In this blog, we’ll cover the latest OneNote features and updates for education 💜
Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati... #edusky
Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati... #edusky
Endlessly cool and inspiring to see @jay.bsky.team and @katie-drummond.bsky.social on the @websummit.bsky.social stage in Vancouver. 🦋
May 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Endlessly cool and inspiring to see @jay.bsky.team and @katie-drummond.bsky.social on the @websummit.bsky.social stage in Vancouver. 🦋
Come check out preview teacher features for Reading Coach! 🌞
We are thrilled to announce the preview release of new educator features in the AI-powered Reading Coach, including:
📖 Sharing custom passages with learners
⏰ Setting time goals for learner-led practice
📈 Monitoring practice data over time
Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati... #edusky
📖 Sharing custom passages with learners
⏰ Setting time goals for learner-led practice
📈 Monitoring practice data over time
Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati... #edusky
Announcing new educator preview features in the AI-powered Reading Coach | Microsoft Community Hub
<today's post was written by Emma Gray, Product Manager on the Microsoft Education team>
We are thrilled to announce the preview release of new...
techcommunity.microsoft.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Come check out preview teacher features for Reading Coach! 🌞
Folks have been asking us for teacher features in Reading Coach, like sharing custom passages with learners, setting time goals, and monitoring practice data for a while.
Now, it looks like something strange has started to happen when you right-click Sunny from a teacher account...🤔 #IFoundPreview
Now, it looks like something strange has started to happen when you right-click Sunny from a teacher account...🤔 #IFoundPreview
April 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Folks have been asking us for teacher features in Reading Coach, like sharing custom passages with learners, setting time goals, and monitoring practice data for a while.
Now, it looks like something strange has started to happen when you right-click Sunny from a teacher account...🤔 #IFoundPreview
Now, it looks like something strange has started to happen when you right-click Sunny from a teacher account...🤔 #IFoundPreview
Reposted by Emma Gray
Join us for a session about AI Agents in Microsoft Copilot, tailored for educators. We'll delve into what Agents are, using them and even creating them.
Register: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati... #edusky
Register: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati... #edusky
Copilot Agents in Education - join us for a webinar to learn more about AI agents | Microsoft Community Hub
Join us for an session about AI Agents in Microsoft Copilot, tailored for educators. We'll delve into what Agents are, using them and even creating...
techcommunity.microsoft.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Join us for a session about AI Agents in Microsoft Copilot, tailored for educators. We'll delve into what Agents are, using them and even creating them.
Register: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati... #edusky
Register: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati... #edusky
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Now students can choose a custom Avatar for Reading Coach (or turn off avatars completely) The example video below shows how. This has been globally rolled out to the AI-powered Reading Coach as well as the Reading Coach built into Microsoft Teams for Education 🚀 #edusky
February 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Now students can choose a custom Avatar for Reading Coach (or turn off avatars completely) The example video below shows how. This has been globally rolled out to the AI-powered Reading Coach as well as the Reading Coach built into Microsoft Teams for Education 🚀 #edusky
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Math Progress, our newest Learning Accelerator, is now globally rolling out and at general availability! FREE and built into Microsoft Teams for EDU 🚀
Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati...
#mathchat #MIEExpert #edusky
Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati...
#mathchat #MIEExpert #edusky
Math Progress in Microsoft Teams for Education - globally rolling out and generally available | Microsoft Community Hub
Today, we’re pleased to announce Math Progress, a new Learning Accelerator, is now generally available in Microsoft Teams for Education for all supported...
techcommunity.microsoft.com
December 12, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Math Progress, our newest Learning Accelerator, is now globally rolling out and at general availability! FREE and built into Microsoft Teams for EDU 🚀
Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati...
#mathchat #MIEExpert #edusky
Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati...
#mathchat #MIEExpert #edusky
Reposted by Emma Gray
📖 Empower learners of all ages with AI-powered Reading Coach! Personalize reading practice, build fluency, and track progress with ease. Now available in 81 languages with zero-touch deployment.
Get started here msft.it/6015oM9X3 #edusky
Get started here msft.it/6015oM9X3 #edusky
Reading Coach enhancements to improve learner literacy skills
Microsoft’s free AI-powered tool designed to provide personalized and engaging reading practice is now available in 81 languages through zero-touch deployment.
msft.it
December 10, 2024 at 6:48 PM
📖 Empower learners of all ages with AI-powered Reading Coach! Personalize reading practice, build fluency, and track progress with ease. Now available in 81 languages with zero-touch deployment.
Get started here msft.it/6015oM9X3 #edusky
Get started here msft.it/6015oM9X3 #edusky
2 minutes of warm fuzzies for your day: youtu.be/fYcDQAbhwlw?...
Reading Coach is available for FREE, can be used with Microsoft school OR personal accounts (you read that right, Google teachers!), and has the potential to create moments like this. #EduSky #TLSky #EduSkyAI #EDUSkyPrimary
Reading Coach is available for FREE, can be used with Microsoft school OR personal accounts (you read that right, Google teachers!), and has the potential to create moments like this. #EduSky #TLSky #EduSkyAI #EDUSkyPrimary
Discover AI-powered reading practice with Reading Coach
YouTube video by Microsoft Education
youtu.be
December 5, 2024 at 8:43 PM
2 minutes of warm fuzzies for your day: youtu.be/fYcDQAbhwlw?...
Reading Coach is available for FREE, can be used with Microsoft school OR personal accounts (you read that right, Google teachers!), and has the potential to create moments like this. #EduSky #TLSky #EduSkyAI #EDUSkyPrimary
Reading Coach is available for FREE, can be used with Microsoft school OR personal accounts (you read that right, Google teachers!), and has the potential to create moments like this. #EduSky #TLSky #EduSkyAI #EDUSkyPrimary
It happened!! Check out this delightful new reading tool (some of our preview students called it a "reading game") in its shiniest-yet iteration 🚀 More exciting things to come.
Reading Coach, our FREE AI-powered practice tool, is now globally available! Works for school and home 📖
🌍 14 languages for story creation
⚡Streaks
📈 Progress tracking
Blog: microsoft.com/en-us/educat... #edusky #edtech
🌍 14 languages for story creation
⚡Streaks
📈 Progress tracking
Blog: microsoft.com/en-us/educat... #edusky #edtech
Experience AI-powered reading practice with Reading Coach | Microsoft Education Blog
Discover AI-powered reading practice with Reading Coach from Microsoft. Build reading fluency through a personalized approach to learning.
microsoft.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:31 PM
It happened!! Check out this delightful new reading tool (some of our preview students called it a "reading game") in its shiniest-yet iteration 🚀 More exciting things to come.
We've seen what can happen when people over-rely on AI. @mihaelav.bsky.social, one of my favorite work people, offers a clear-eyed discussion of how we might foster *appropriate* reliance instead.
Not EDU-specific but might be interesting to my #EDUSky / #EDUSkyAI friends! youtu.be/na4AAsKblsA?...
Not EDU-specific but might be interesting to my #EDUSky / #EDUSkyAI friends! youtu.be/na4AAsKblsA?...
Fostering appropriate reliance on AI
YouTube video by Microsoft Research
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:33 PM
We've seen what can happen when people over-rely on AI. @mihaelav.bsky.social, one of my favorite work people, offers a clear-eyed discussion of how we might foster *appropriate* reliance instead.
Not EDU-specific but might be interesting to my #EDUSky / #EDUSkyAI friends! youtu.be/na4AAsKblsA?...
Not EDU-specific but might be interesting to my #EDUSky / #EDUSkyAI friends! youtu.be/na4AAsKblsA?...
Reposted by Emma Gray
NEW! Gather and create notes with Copilot in your personal OneNote notebooks directly on the page - now available for Microsoft 365 Insiders 💜
Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso... #EduSky
Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso... #EduSky
Gather and create notes with Copilot in your personal OneNote notebooks directly on the page
The new Take notes with Copilot feature for personal notebooks in OneNote on Windows helps you gather and create notes directly on the page using natural...
techcommunity.microsoft.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:18 PM
NEW! Gather and create notes with Copilot in your personal OneNote notebooks directly on the page - now available for Microsoft 365 Insiders 💜
Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso... #EduSky
Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso... #EduSky
Reposted by Emma Gray
Reposted by Emma Gray
Have you checked out the #microsoftedu Learning Accelerators yet?
Amazing tools for student engagement, differentiation & personalization powered with AI. All for free, built into Teams.
www.microsoft.com/en-us/educat...
#edtech #mieexpert #edtechcoach #edusky #educoach #microsoftteams
Amazing tools for student engagement, differentiation & personalization powered with AI. All for free, built into Teams.
www.microsoft.com/en-us/educat...
#edtech #mieexpert #edtechcoach #edusky #educoach #microsoftteams
Learning Accelerators | Microsoft Education
Help your students succeed with Learning Accelerators from Microsoft Education. Our inclusive learning tools such as Microsoft Reflect and Reading Coach are designed to help your students get ahead.
www.microsoft.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Have you checked out the #microsoftedu Learning Accelerators yet?
Amazing tools for student engagement, differentiation & personalization powered with AI. All for free, built into Teams.
www.microsoft.com/en-us/educat...
#edtech #mieexpert #edtechcoach #edusky #educoach #microsoftteams
Amazing tools for student engagement, differentiation & personalization powered with AI. All for free, built into Teams.
www.microsoft.com/en-us/educat...
#edtech #mieexpert #edtechcoach #edusky #educoach #microsoftteams
Reposted by Emma Gray
New large-scale study shows improved reading scores by using Reading Progress in Microsoft Teams. ESSA Tier 2 study. Reading Progress is a FREE AI-enhanced tool that helps improve reading fluency 📖 Available globally 🌍🌎🌏
Details: www.microsoft.com/en-us/educat... #edusky
Details: www.microsoft.com/en-us/educat... #edusky
New study shows improved reading scores by using Reading Progress | Microsoft Education Blog
Learn how one school district improved reading scores by using Microsoft Education learning tools. Get started with Reading Progress.
www.microsoft.com
November 20, 2024 at 7:03 PM
New large-scale study shows improved reading scores by using Reading Progress in Microsoft Teams. ESSA Tier 2 study. Reading Progress is a FREE AI-enhanced tool that helps improve reading fluency 📖 Available globally 🌍🌎🌏
Details: www.microsoft.com/en-us/educat... #edusky
Details: www.microsoft.com/en-us/educat... #edusky
Reposted by Emma Gray
POSTED! "What's New in #MicrosoftEDU" webinar recording for November 2024 🚀 PPT deck link in video description.
✈️ Copilot
📖 Reading Coach
🚀 Speaker and Math Progress
✨ AI in Teams for EDU
💜 OneNote
➕ More
YouTube 📺 youtu.be/0qltr3LEOfE #EduSky
✈️ Copilot
📖 Reading Coach
🚀 Speaker and Math Progress
✨ AI in Teams for EDU
💜 OneNote
➕ More
YouTube 📺 youtu.be/0qltr3LEOfE #EduSky
What’s New in Microsoft EDU – November 2024
YouTube video by Microsoft Education
youtu.be
November 19, 2024 at 3:50 PM
POSTED! "What's New in #MicrosoftEDU" webinar recording for November 2024 🚀 PPT deck link in video description.
✈️ Copilot
📖 Reading Coach
🚀 Speaker and Math Progress
✨ AI in Teams for EDU
💜 OneNote
➕ More
YouTube 📺 youtu.be/0qltr3LEOfE #EduSky
✈️ Copilot
📖 Reading Coach
🚀 Speaker and Math Progress
✨ AI in Teams for EDU
💜 OneNote
➕ More
YouTube 📺 youtu.be/0qltr3LEOfE #EduSky
You know it’s good when my childhood hero @levarburton.bsky.social makes the switch! 🌈
Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi
#bydhttmwdi
a pixel art of a man standing under a rainbow on a blue background
Alt: a pixel art of Levar standing under a rainbow on a blue background
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:45 PM
You know it’s good when my childhood hero @levarburton.bsky.social makes the switch! 🌈
The Microsoft #EduSky starter pack is up and running! Get a direct line to the product teams, accessibility innovators and cutting-edge Responsible AI researchers all in one place. Updated often. We're so happy to be here! 🦋 go.bsky.app/9c9TA8Q
November 18, 2024 at 7:13 PM
The Microsoft #EduSky starter pack is up and running! Get a direct line to the product teams, accessibility innovators and cutting-edge Responsible AI researchers all in one place. Updated often. We're so happy to be here! 🦋 go.bsky.app/9c9TA8Q
More from one of my favourite groups at Microsoft on our work to support a healthier information ecosystem: aka.ms/InformationEcosystem #InformationLiteracy #EduSky
Democracy Forward - Protecting Democracy | Microsoft CSR
Microsoft is working to stem threats to democracy by helping to secure elections, protect voting rights, and support journalists through our Democracy Forward program.
aka.ms
November 18, 2024 at 6:35 PM
More from one of my favourite groups at Microsoft on our work to support a healthier information ecosystem: aka.ms/InformationEcosystem #InformationLiteracy #EduSky
#EduSky it's SO lovely to be here! As a means of introduction, here's a project I codesigned with educators to encourage metacognition and build information literacy into any research assignment.
Search Progress: aka.ms/SearchProgressGuide
Experts webinar + AI literacy: aka.ms/InfoLiteracyWebinar
Search Progress: aka.ms/SearchProgressGuide
Experts webinar + AI literacy: aka.ms/InfoLiteracyWebinar
Expand students' information literacy skills: A guide to Search Progress for educators | Microsoft Education Blog
Learn how educators can use Search Progress to instill lifelong information literacy skills to their students. Search Progress is built alongside Search Coach as a new Learning Accelerator.
aka.ms
November 18, 2024 at 6:34 PM
#EduSky it's SO lovely to be here! As a means of introduction, here's a project I codesigned with educators to encourage metacognition and build information literacy into any research assignment.
Search Progress: aka.ms/SearchProgressGuide
Experts webinar + AI literacy: aka.ms/InfoLiteracyWebinar
Search Progress: aka.ms/SearchProgressGuide
Experts webinar + AI literacy: aka.ms/InfoLiteracyWebinar
Reposted by Emma Gray
NEW! 3 nice improvements for #OneNote Desktop 💜
🎨 Pick any ink color with the new Eyedropper tool
🖼️ Ink annotations on PDF printouts and images
✍️ Enhance your inking with handwriting straightening
Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati...
#edusky
🎨 Pick any ink color with the new Eyedropper tool
🖼️ Ink annotations on PDF printouts and images
✍️ Enhance your inking with handwriting straightening
Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati...
#edusky
November 14, 2024 at 12:21 AM
NEW! 3 nice improvements for #OneNote Desktop 💜
🎨 Pick any ink color with the new Eyedropper tool
🖼️ Ink annotations on PDF printouts and images
✍️ Enhance your inking with handwriting straightening
Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati...
#edusky
🎨 Pick any ink color with the new Eyedropper tool
🖼️ Ink annotations on PDF printouts and images
✍️ Enhance your inking with handwriting straightening
Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educati...
#edusky