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How to Create Substitute Teacher Plans in 15 minutes with AI - Ditch that Texbook
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K to 12
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"How to Create Substitute Teacher Plans in 15 Minutes with AI" from Ditch That Textbook provides a step-by-step guide to using Microsoft Copilot and MagicSchool AI to prepare substitute...more
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"How to Create Substitute Teacher Plans in 15 Minutes with AI" from Ditch That Textbook provides a step-by-step guide to using Microsoft Copilot and MagicSchool AI to prepare substitute plans. The article includes sample prompts and AI-generated examples, such as fourth-grade basketball lessons and math story problems, tenth-grade English text analysis, and ninth-grade English project summaries. Teachers can adapt these examples to create daily schedules, lesson activities, and early-finisher options that fit their classroom needs. If your district blocks YouTube, then the videos will not be viewable.
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tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), substitutes (33), Teacher Utilities (233)
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Teachers can use AI tools such as Magic School, reviewed here to create their substitute lesson plans. Use SchoolAI, reviewed here to create a bellringer or morning work activity for a substitute teacher. Tailor the prompts in this post to your grade level and activity to create your own substitute lessons.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Setting Up the Right Prompts to Get an Effective AI-Generated Sub Plan - Edutopia
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K to 12
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"Setting Up the Right Prompts to Get an Effective AI-Generated Sub Plan" from Edutopia explains how teachers can use detailed prompts to create useful substitute plans with ChatGPT....more
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"Setting Up the Right Prompts to Get an Effective AI-Generated Sub Plan" from Edutopia explains how teachers can use detailed prompts to create useful substitute plans with ChatGPT. Using a ninth-grade English lesson as an example, the article shows that attaching an existing lesson plan and specifying timing, activities, student directions, and transitions produce better results than a general request. It also shares sample prompts for creating substitute notes and student handouts, emphasizing the need to review and adjust AI-generated materials for accuracy and classroom needs.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), professional development (307), substitutes (33), Teacher Utilities (233)
In the Classroom
Teachers can use AI tools such as SchoolAI, reviewed here to create their substitute plans. Teachers can use Canva for Education, reviewed here to download worksheets and presentations to include in their substitute plans. Have teachers create a prompt bank for writing lesson plans and share it.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Piskel for Kids - Piskel
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4 to 8
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Piskel for Kids is a child-friendly, free online editor that creates pixel art, game sprites, and animated GIFs. View your animation in real time as you draw and make adjustments. ...more
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Piskel for Kids is a child-friendly, free online editor that creates pixel art, game sprites, and animated GIFs. View your animation in real time as you draw and make adjustments. Exporting options include animated GIFs, a PNG sprite sheet, or a Piskel file with each frame saved separately. You can use Piskel without an internet connection on Windows, macOS, and Linux. The kids' version has no ads, no personal-information tracking, and no social features.
tag(s): animation (73), creating media (19), creativity (93), images (276)
In the Classroom
Students can post their piskels into a virtual bulletin board such as Stormboard, reviewed here. Create a piskel character depicting the main character of a student's favorite story or display the piskel character in a trading card using Trading Card Creator reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Traffic Lite - Leading Edge Learning, LLC
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5 to 12
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Bring clear AI-use expectations into each Google Classroom assignment with Traffic Lite, a Chrome extension for K-12 educators and administrators. Teachers select a customizable two-,...more
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Bring clear AI-use expectations into each Google Classroom assignment with Traffic Lite, a Chrome extension for K-12 educators and administrators. Teachers select a customizable two-, three-, four-, or five-color scale, then add color-coded policy language explaining how students may use AI for a particular assignment. The Traffic Lite GPS assistant can review an assignment draft and recommend a policy color that matches the teacher's expectations. Teachers may edit the default policy language, while school and district administrator tools add shared policies, group settings, policy controls, and usage reporting. The teacher version does not include the centralized controls and reporting available through administrator accounts. The extension requires installation and authenticates through a Google account. Student installation is not required.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), digital citizenship (112), Google (22), Teacher Utilities (233)
In the Classroom
Have students examine several sample assignments in pairs, decide which Traffic Lite color best fits each task, and defend their classifications using evidence from the assignment directions. Ask students to sort AI-use scenarios on Padlet, reviewed here, creating columns for acceptable, limited, and unacceptable uses before the class compares its decisions with the teacher's policy. Invite small groups to debate whether AI should be permitted during brainstorming, research, drafting, revising, and proofreading, then collect a whole-class vote with Google Forms, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Online Sticky Notes - Online Notepad
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3 to 12
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Turn a browser tab into a simple workspace for reminders, checklists, study notes, and quick planning with this free sticky-note tool. Users can create and color-code multiple notes,...more
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Turn a browser tab into a simple workspace for reminders, checklists, study notes, and quick planning with this free sticky-note tool. Users can create and color-code multiple notes, search their collection, sort notes alphabetically or by creation or modification date, and format text with bold, italics, underlining, strikethrough, bullets, and checkboxes. Notes can also include images and be downloaded as TXT, PDF, or RTF files. A pin feature keeps a note visible while users move between supported desktop windows and tabs. Notes save automatically in the browser's local storage rather than to an online account, so they remain on the same device and browser and may disappear when browser data is cleared. Full pinning and editing features are intended for supported desktop browsers and are limited on mobile devices and Safari.
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tag(s): organizational skills (92), study aid (175)
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Have students create color-coded sticky notes for facts, questions, vocabulary, and connections while reading a text, then sort their notes before writing a summary. Ask students to build a checklist for a long-term assignment and update each step as they research, draft, revise, and submit their work. Assign students to record one key idea, one supporting detail, and one remaining question after a lesson, then use the notes as an exit ticket or discussion starter.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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CyberKinder Quests - CyberKinder
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3 to 6
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Turn digital citizenship and technology skills into short, game-like challenges with CyberKinder Quests. Children choose interactive adventures led by CyberKinder characters and work...more
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Turn digital citizenship and technology skills into short, game-like challenges with CyberKinder Quests. Children choose interactive adventures led by CyberKinder characters and work through levels and modules covering coding and problem-solving, privacy and online safety, digital citizenship, artificial intelligence, and technology literacy. Current quests include Pixi's Star Chase for block-based coding, Max's Hack Attack for passwords, privacy, scams, and online safety, Luna's Chat Lab for cyberbullying and online communication, Wizzy's Reality Cauldron for evaluating online and AI-generated information, Glitch in the Machine for understanding how internet technology works, and Tube Trouble for safer video-app use. Activities emphasize making choices and practicing skills rather than simply reading information. The free version includes every quest and lesson, but limits play through a daily "spark" allowance.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), bullying (56), coding (110), cyberbullying (52), internet safety (117), media literacy (137), problem solving (282)
In the Classroom
Ask students to work individually through Luna's Chat Lab and keep a response journal about how tone, exclusion, insults, threats, and pressure can change an online conversation. Follow with a class discussion about when students should seek help from a trusted adult. Have students explore Glitch in the Machine and then collaboratively construct a physical model showing how a message moves from a device through the internet to a server and its destination. Assign students roles representing different parts of the process and have them demonstrate what happens when one connection fails. CyberKinder. Have students explore Wizzy's Reality Cauldron, then conduct a fact-checking challenge using several teacher-selected online claims. Ask students to record what evidence made each claim trustworthy, questionable, or needing further verification.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Stand Up to Cyberbullying - Federal Trade Commission
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3 to 8
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Give students straightforward strategies for handling cyberbullying with this short video from the Federal Trade Commission. Using situations familiar to young people, including texting,...more
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Give students straightforward strategies for handling cyberbullying with this short video from the Federal Trade Commission. Using situations familiar to young people, including texting, commenting, sharing, gossip, rumors, and hurtful online messages, the video emphasizes that respectful behavior matters online just as it does face-to-face. Students learn practical steps for responding to online harassment, including avoiding retaliation, blocking or ignoring the person when possible, saving evidence if the behavior continues, asking an adult for help, and standing up for someone experiencing cyberbullying. The video closes by encouraging students to treat others as they would like to be treated and to stop and think before clicking. Downloadable MP4 and WMV versions make the video convenient for classroom use even when streaming is impractical.
tag(s): cyberbullying (52), digital citizenship (112)
In the Classroom
Students can create their own game teaching about cyberbullying using Educandy, reviewed here. Ask students to create a podcast about cyberbullying using Adobe Podcast, reviewed here. Have students create an infographic using Infographics Presentation Templates, reviewed here, with the do's and don'ts of cyberbullying.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Cyber-Bullying - PBS LearningMedia
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6 to 8
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Help middle school students examine cyberbullying and consider how harmful online behavior can affect others with this PBS LearningMedia video resource. The material focuses on cyberbullying...more
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Help middle school students examine cyberbullying and consider how harmful online behavior can affect others with this PBS LearningMedia video resource. The material focuses on cyberbullying as aggressive behavior carried out through electronic communication. It provides a useful starting point for conversations about intentional harm, repeated online behavior, responsible digital communication, and what students can do when they encounter cyberbullying. Use the video as a brief introduction, discussion prompt, or part of a broader bullying-prevention or digital citizenship lesson. Available educational resource lists categorize the selection for social-emotional learning and identify it as appropriate for middle school learners.
tag(s): bullying (56), cyberbullying (52), digital citizenship (112)
In the Classroom
Have students watch the video and record examples or characteristics they believe distinguish cyberbullying from an isolated disagreement or unkind online comment. Compare their observations as a class and develop a working definition supported by evidence from the video. Invite pairs to design a digital citizenship poster with Adobe Creative Cloud Express, reviewed here, featuring three concrete actions students can take when they encounter cyberbullying. Ask students to complete an anonymous exit ticket identifying one characteristic of cyberbullying, one action a target or bystander could take, and one trusted person or school resource they could approach for help.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Anti-Bullying Week - Teachwire
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K to 12
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Planning an Anti-Bullying Week at your school? Teachwire brings together activities, lesson resources, and videos for the 2026 event, along with ideas teachers can use throughout the...more
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Planning an Anti-Bullying Week at your school? Teachwire brings together activities, lesson resources, and videos for the 2026 event, along with ideas teachers can use throughout the year. The article covers ways to prevent and address bullying, the psychology behind it, advice for teachers experiencing bullying, and guidance on making school policies LGBT+-inclusive. The page includes many advertisements, so be careful when selecting links.
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tag(s): bullying (56), cyberbullying (52), digital literacy (40)
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Create a kindness virtual bulletin board using Stickies.io, reviewed here. Students can create an infographic using Answer Garden, reviewed here on strategies for people who are being bullied. Ask students to create a podcast using Spotify for Podcasters, reviewed here to share personal stories of being bullied.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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DaVinci Resolve - Blackmagic Design Pty. Ltd.
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9 to 12
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Turn raw footage into polished videos, films, presentations, and other media projects with DaVinci Resolve, a professional-grade editing program from Blackmagic Design. The software...more
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Turn raw footage into polished videos, films, presentations, and other media projects with DaVinci Resolve, a professional-grade editing program from Blackmagic Design. The software combines video editing, color correction, visual effects and motion graphics, audio post-production, media management, and photo editing in one application. Separate workspaces help users move among editing, effects, color, audio, and final output tasks, while multi-user project libraries support real-time local and remote collaboration. The free version supports virtually all 8-bit video formats at up to 60 fps and Ultra HD 3840 A-- 2160, along with multi-user collaboration and HDR grading. Some advanced tools are limited to DaVinci Resolve Studio, including additional Resolve FX, AI-powered features, text-based editing, Magic Mask, advanced noise reduction, 10-bit video up to 120 fps, and resolutions beyond 4K. The software is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
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tag(s): creating media (19), digital storytelling (182), editing (98), media literacy (137)
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Students can create videos using Blackmagic and explore the site's various free features. Have students work in pairs to storyboard a public-service announcement or book trailer on Padlet, reviewed here, then use the storyboard as a production guide while assembling and revising the final video in DaVinci Resolve. Ask students to document the editing process with ScreenPal, reviewed here, which is great for showing project progress, and create a short reflection explaining one editing, sound, or color choice they changed after peer feedback.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Which Face is Real - Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom
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4 to 12
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Identifying AI-generated images vs real images is difficult. Which Face is Real helps you practice distinguishing between image types by showing two images and asking you to choose...more
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Identifying AI-generated images vs real images is difficult. Which Face is Real helps you practice distinguishing between image types by showing two images and asking you to choose the real one. The site is that simple: choose the real image. After you choose an image, the site tells you whether you are correct and then offers a link to play again. Visit other links on the site that explain the methods the authors use to select images, and another link to learn what to look for when identifying AI-generated images. Which Face is Real uses Creative Commons and public domain images along with AI-generated images from ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), digital literacy (40), images (276), media literacy (137)
In the Classroom
Because this activity is so simple, it is perfect for quick media and digital literacy lessons anytime. Share images on your whiteboard and have students choose the real image. Make your polling more engaging by using Mentimeter, reviewed here to gather responses. This site does not define the features of AI-generated images on the activity page, which opens up many opportunities to encourage class discussions about how students make their choices. As you and your students engage with this site, consider making a list or poster of features to look for when viewing images online. Use Genially, reviewed here or Canva for Education, reviewed here to create posters to share in your classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Filmora - Wondershare Technology
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6 to 12
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Filmora is an editing tool for beginners that gives you access to instant mode, preset templates, and auto beat sync, so you can make videos in a few easy steps. ...more
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Filmora is an editing tool for beginners that gives you access to instant mode, preset templates, and auto beat sync, so you can make videos in a few easy steps. Filmora also has a green screen, keyframe, and other features. The free version allows you to cut, trim, add transitions, use effects, and export videos. Additionally, AI tools allow you to try AI text-to-speech, auto-reframe, and background noise removal. Filmora needs to be downloaded onto your computer.
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tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), creating media (19), digital storytelling (182), multimedia (71)
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Have students create videos using Filmora and explore the site's free features. Students can use Stormboard, reviewed here to share tricks and tips on how to use Filmora. Invite groups to create opposing video arguments about a debatable topic, screen the videos for the class, and use Mentimeter, reviewed here, to collect audience responses before students evaluate the strength of each argument.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
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Products can be shared by URL
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NPTEL - NPTEL
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11 to 12
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Looking for university-level material to extend an advanced high school course or deepen a teacher's own content knowledge? NPTEL offers an extensive collection of online courses developed...more
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Looking for university-level material to extend an advanced high school course or deepen a teacher's own content knowledge? NPTEL offers an extensive collection of online courses developed and taught by faculty from IITs, IISc, and other participating institutions. Browse courses across approximately 22 disciplines, including engineering, computer science, mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics, management, and humanities. Individual course pages may include an overview, instructor information, syllabus, lecture sequence, downloadable materials, and other course resources, with many courses organized into multiple modules or weeks. Video lectures are central to the collection, and NPTEL course pages embed or link to YouTube-hosted videos. If your district blocks YouTube, you may not be able to view the videos. Because much of the content is designed for college and professional learners, teachers should preview individual courses carefully for prerequisite knowledge and select portions appropriate for secondary students.
tag(s): advanced placement (25), enrichment (20), STEM (385)
In the Classroom
Invite teachers to use NPTEL courses for their own content-area professional learning, selecting lectures that strengthen background knowledge before teaching an advanced unit and recording practical connections they can adapt for their students. Have students use an engineering or technology course as a starting point for inquiry, identify a real-world problem related to the topic, research possible solutions, and present a claim supported by course concepts and outside evidence. Ask students to complete a teacher-selected video or module independently, then use Google Forms, reviewed here, for a short retrieval practice activity that checks vocabulary, concepts, applications, and misconceptions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Create Interactive Designs with Canva Code - Canva
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K to 12
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Canva Code lets you create interactive designs and elements without needing to know how to code. This article shares ideas on how to build both interactive experiences, such as learning...more
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Canva Code lets you create interactive designs and elements without needing to know how to code. This article shares ideas on how to build both interactive experiences, such as learning games and portfolios, and interactive elements, such as quizzes, calculators, and charts. Learn how to create with Canva Code by following the step-by-step instructions or by watching the included YouTube video tutorials. Additional links provide information on how to edit designs and elements, access restrictions, and how to integrate ChatGPT with Canva to create designs and search for content.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), coding (110), game making (3), interactive stories (23)
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Use Canva Code to create personalized learning activities for your classroom after creating your free account on Canva for Education, reviewed here. Canva for Education accounts offer educators access to many pro features available in Canva. Quickly create and share gamified review activities, countdown timers, escape rooms, and much more by simply entering a prompt that describes what you are building. Learn more about how to use Canva Code at AI-Powered Interactive Activity Creation with Canva Code.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Song Maker - Google Creative Lab, Use All Five, and Yotam Mann
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K to 12
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Chrome's Song Maker offers endless possibilities for music-making. To create a song, click anywhere on the grid to add your notes/beats. When making your song, you can choose from the...more
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Chrome's Song Maker offers endless possibilities for music-making. To create a song, click anywhere on the grid to add your notes/beats. When making your song, you can choose from the following instruments: piano, strings, woodwinds, synth, and marimba. Types of music beats could be in congo, electronic, block, and kit. The tempo can be increased or decreased in each song you create. In the settings gear, you can adjust the song length, beats per bar, note scale, and range. The microphone allows you to record yourself or play an instrument directly into your song. Once you hit save, you can share your song via a URL, embed code, or download MIDI or WAV.
tag(s): creativity (93), digital storytelling (182), musical instruments (63), songs (50)
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When students are done creating their songs, use a virtual bulletin board such as Lino, reviewed here to share songs. Students can use Adobe Express for Education, reviewed here to record themselves singing their songs. Students can use Magic School, reviewed here to create lyrics to their song.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Pick a Mystery Box Powerpoint Template and Tutorial - How to Mark
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K to 12
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Pick a Mystery Box PowerPoint Template and Tutorial is a YouTube video that shares step-by-step how to use PowerPoint to create hyperlinks within a presentation, transitions, and animations...more
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Pick a Mystery Box PowerPoint Template and Tutorial is a YouTube video that shares step-by-step how to use PowerPoint to create hyperlinks within a presentation, transitions, and animations to a mystery box. If your district blocks YouTube, you will not be able to watch it. There is a template, but you must create an account to download it.
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tag(s): teaching strategies (88), tutorials (52)
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Have students create their own mystery boxes using Microsoft PowerPoint Online, reviewed here to share a mystery animal, mystery historical event, or mystery literary theme. Create a mystery box presentation to engage students when introducing a new unit, and reveal one increasingly specific clue per slide, with a guess-prompt slide before the big reveal. Add these students' Mystery Boxes into a virtual bulletin board such as Padlet, reviewed here. Have students use FlexClip, reviewed here to create their own Mystery Box tutorial.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Chrome Music Lab - Google Labs
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K to 12
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Chrome Music Lab is a free collection of interactive music experiments created by Google that helps students explore rhythm, melody, harmony, sound waves, and music composition through...more
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Chrome Music Lab is a free collection of interactive music experiments created by Google that helps students explore rhythm, melody, harmony, sound waves, and music composition through hands-on play. Using colorful, easy-to-use tools such as Song Maker, Rhythm, Melody Maker, Kandinsky, and Voice Spinner, students can create and share original music directly in a web browser without downloads or logins. The site encourages creativity, collaboration, and experimentation while supporting music education, STEAM learning, coding connections, and creative expression across grade levels and subject areas.
tag(s): coding (110), musical instruments (63), summer (53)
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Have students use Song Maker to compose a short melody that represents the mood or theme of a story, poem, or historical event studied in class. Students can explain how tempo, rhythm, and pitch connect to the topic. Challenge students to design background music or sound effects for a digital story, podcast, reader's theater, or coding project. Students can use Chrome Music Lab creations to enhance multimedia presentations and cross-curricular STEAM activities. Use the Rhythm and Beat experiments during math lessons to reinforce skills in fractions, patterns, sequencing, and counting. Students can create rhythmic patterns that demonstrate equivalent fractions or repeated sequences.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Magma - Radek Eichler, Damian Kaczmarek, and Wojtek Jodel
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9 to 12
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Magma is a real-time collaborative painting and drawing platform for those who want to create together using a shared canvas. Magma allows for collaboration, brainstorming, and art...more
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Magma is a real-time collaborative painting and drawing platform for those who want to create together using a shared canvas. Magma allows for collaboration, brainstorming, and art jams with specialized brushes, layering controls, and instant visual feedback. Magma has both text and voice chat to discuss artwork. In the free plan, you have access to 30 users per drawing, 4,000+ canvases, up to 60 layers, 1GB storage, 25 MG import, and 7 days of version history.
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tag(s): collaboration (142), creativity (93), images (276)
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Students can collaborate in real time using Magma on art projects. Students can share feedback on art as others are working on images. Students can use Magma to showcase their artwork in a portfolio.Edge Features:
Includes an education-only area for teachers and students
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Includes Interaction w general public/ public galleries with unmoderated content
Includes social features, such as "friends," comments, ratings by others
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Premium version (not free) includes additional features or storage
Products can be shared by URL
Multiple users can collaborate on the same project
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Piskel - Julian Descottes
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5 to 12
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Piskel is a free online sprite editor that creates pixel art, game sprites, and animated GIFs. Piskel lets you see your animation in real time as you draw, so you ...more
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Piskel is a free online sprite editor that creates pixel art, game sprites, and animated GIFs. Piskel lets you see your animation in real time as you draw, so you can make adjustments. Exporting options include animated GIFs, a PNG sprite sheet, or a Piskel file with each individual frame saved separately. Piskel can be used without an Internet connection on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
tag(s): animation (73), creating media (19), creativity (93), images (276)
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Students can use Piskel to create sprites and animated GIFs for characters from a book. Additionally, students can use Piskel to create sprites that can be imported to Scratch, reviewed here. Students can use ScreenPal, reviewed here to share with others how to create a sprite.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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A Capella Science - Tim Blais
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9 to 12
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Do your students enjoy listening to KPOP Demon Hunters, BTS, or Ed Sheeran? Have Tim Blais' A Capella Science teach students scientific ideas/concepts with these catchy songs. Some...more
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Do your students enjoy listening to KPOP Demon Hunters, BTS, or Ed Sheeran? Have Tim Blais' A Capella Science teach students scientific ideas/concepts with these catchy songs. Some featured science concepts include molecular machines/nanotechnology (Nanobot), chemical bonding (The Molecule Shape of You), the immune system (Leukocyte), and more. If your district blocks YouTube, you will not be able to access them.
tag(s): body systems (47), cells (82), humor (24), molecules (43)
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Students can create comics using Witty Comics, reviewed here to complete a show what you know after watching one of the videos. Extend learning by asking students to create their own science song videos using Suno, reviewed here. As a final project, use Adobe Express Video Maker, reviewed here to make videos of students' science songs.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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