Microsoft and a non-profit educational organization Khan Academy there is created a partnership This will give all K-12 teachers in the US access to the pilot version Xanmigo for teachers without any cost. Khanmigo is an AI-powered teaching assistant that can help teachers find ways to make lessons more fun and engaging. it will also recommend assignments, display information about student performance so teachers can assess their progress, and provide resources teachers can use to update their knowledge.
The tool can also quickly create lesson plans and suggest groups of students for team activities. Khan Academy says Khanmigo can save teachers an average of five hours of work each week. The service previously cost educators $4 per month, but Khan Academy has lowered those fees because its Microsoft partnership allows users to use Azure OpenAI Service to power Khanmigo for free.
As part of their collaboration, Khan Academy will also help Microsoft train the company’s employees Phi-3 minor language models (SLMs) and develop its AI-based math tutoring capabilities. The organization will give the company access to explanatory learning materials that it can feed into Phi-3, such as step-by-step instructions on solving math problems. Khan Academy hopes that SLMs that can run natively on devices like the Phi-3 will eventually be able to provide teaching aids and tutoring for teachers and students in under-resourced areas. Microsoft will also add additional content from Khan Academy to Copilot and Teams for Education so more people can access the organization’s education library.
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