Explore new updates that help educators save time, personalize learning, and bring real-world relevance into every lesson as we move toward general availability.
Educators are finding new ways to make learning more engaging, inclusive, and connected. That is where Microsoft Learning Zone comes in, an AI-powered app on Copilot+ PCs that helps educators design interactive lessons that spark curiosity and active learning.
Early feedback shows that Learning Zone helps save time while supporting personalized lessons that adapt to students’ needs and keep them engaged through interactive slides, exercises, and real-time feedback. Educators also value how the app supports high-quality classroom activities built on their existing teaching materials and a built-in gallery of free, trusted partner content, making it easier to create meaningful and inclusive learning experiences for every student.
Designing interactive lessons that truly capture students’ attention can take hours of work. Learning Zone changes that by letting educators set goals and standards, review and refine what AI creates, and bring their expertise and creativity to make each lesson their own while AI takes care of the heavy work.
Designed for Copilot+ PC
Learning Zone is included with all Microsoft Education licenses (A1, A3, A5). AI-powered lesson creation is built for Copilot+ PCs. These thin, light, and secure Windows 11 devices are great for education, combining powerful on-device AI with all-day battery life1 and advanced security. They help educators create lessons, adapt materials, and collaborate seamlessly, whether in the classroom, staff room, or at home.
AI is integrated into familiar Microsoft 365 apps, allowing educators to use their own words to prepare lessons, translate content for families, or summarize insights from student work. Features such as Click to Do2, improved Windows Search3, and the enhanced Snipping Tool make lesson preparation, review, and feedback faster and more intuitive.
5 ways Learning Zone is getting even better
As we approach general availability, these updates make it easier to create engaging learning experiences:
Simplified lesson creation - Educators can describe their lesson goal, standards, and age group, and Learning Zone generates a ready-to-teach lesson outline that can be easily scanned and refined. Using AI, educators can adapt and personalize each section based on their pedagogical needs and guidelines before creating the full interactive lesson.
Expanded language support - The app interface is already available in more than 50 languages. With general availability, educators will be able to generate interactive lessons in English and Spanish, with Portuguese, French, German, Polish, Dutch, Japanese, and additional languages coming throughout 2026.
Rich and interactive activities - Each interactive lesson includes a variety of activity types that help students think, practice, and apply what they learn. Today, educators can use multiple choice, true or false, and fill in the blank exercises, along with content slides that support images and videos. Soon, Learning Zone will expand to include matching, sorting, and drag to group activities, giving educators more ways to create meaningful, engaging learning experiences.
New learning partners - Educators can explore ready-to-learn lessons created with the Nobel Peace Center, PBS NewsHour, and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), alongside NASA, OpenStax, Figma, and Minecraft Education. They can also quickly generate Kahoot! quizzes with AI to extend their lessons and boost engagement.
Accessible learning anywhere - Educators can share lessons directly in Microsoft Teams, and students can play them from any device, so learning can happen in class or at home. Starting in 2026, Learning Zone will also support integration with Learning Management Systems (LMS) using Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI™), making it easier to connect with existing classroom tools.
Global citizenship with the Nobel Peace Center
We are proud to collaborate with the Nobel Peace Center to bring the stories and values behind the Nobel Peace Prize to today’s learners. Together we are launching a new collection of lessons in Learning Zone that help students explore what peace, justice, and human rights mean in their own lives and communities.
Each lesson promotes reflection, collaboration, and creativity, and is supported by a companion world in Minecraft Education where students can extend their learning through hands-on design and problem-solving.
The lessons highlight Nobel Peace Prize laureates such as Malala Yousafzai, Wangari Maathai, and the 14th Dalai Lama, inspiring students to build empathy, think critically, and understand their role as global citizens who can shape a more peaceful and sustainable world.
Looking ahead
Learning Zone’s move to general availability this December is just the start. We will continue to learn from educators and evolve the experience to make teaching more engaging and learning more personal.
Learning Zone is now available to download from the Microsoft Store. If your school plans to explore it before January 2026, ask your IT administrator to enable the app so your educators can get started. View setup instructions here.
Join us at Bett 2026 in London to experience Copilot+ PCs, Microsoft Learning Zone, and other AI-powered tools for teaching and learning. We look forward to connecting with you and sharing how AI can help every educator inspire their learners in new ways.
Footnotes:
1. Battery life varies significantly by device and with settings, usage, and other factors. See Copilot+ PC claims.
2. Click to Do (preview) available image and text actions vary by device, region, language, and character set. Subscription required for some actions. See Copilot+ PC FAQs.
3. Improved Windows search works with specific text, image, and document formats only; optimized for select languages (English, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Japanese, and Spanish). See Copilot+ PC FAQs.
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