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Stories Navigation Menu Students have a new, less stressful way to improve their reading — and it’s easier for teachers, too By Susanna Ray Andres Villegas is a serious, quiet 11-year-old who has loved to read since he was 4 — especially Harry Potter and science fiction. But whenever he was asked to read aloud, his palms would get sweaty and he’d skip or mispronounce words, even ones he knew. Then his fifth-grade teacher found a new program that lets students practice their verbal reading skills. Soon Andres was reading out loud to a c...

Microsoft announced several new education features on National Teacher Appreciation Day. A new Reading Progress feature in Microsoft Teams helps students practice reading in a secure environment. Several of the new features help improve student engagement and focus on student well-being. Today is National Teacher Appreciation Day, and Microsoft just announced several new features to help educators. We already covered Minecraft: Education Edition Camps and Club and the fact that Microsoft Teams can integrate with Minecraft: Education Edition. In addition to those, Microsoft announced Reading P...

Microsoft details more education features coming through August May 4, 2021 14:12 EDT with 2 comments Today is Teacher Appreciation Day, and in celebration of it, Microsoft has announced an array of education-focused features, starting with the introduction of Reading Progress in Microsoft Teams. There's a bit more being announced today, though, with features covering different aspects of learning. In a separate blog post, Microsoft has highlighted a number of changes coming to many of its apps to help students and teachers during the learning process...

Microsoft’s Reading Progress makes assessing reading levels easier for kids and teachers Among the many, many tasks required of grade school teachers is that of gauging each student’s reading level, usually by a time-consuming and high-pressure one-on-one examination. Microsoft’s new Reading Progress application takes some of the load off the teacher’s shoulders, allowing kids to do their reading at home and using natural language understanding to help highlight obstacles and progress. The last year threw most educational plans into disarray, and reading levels did not advance the way...

Microsoft has created a new Reading Progress feature for Microsoft Teams that lets teachers measure reading fluency. Students can record passages of reading, and teachers can quickly assess them.