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Fact-Checking Tools -- Video 2: Looking up Claims and Website Owners - CTRL-F's Fact-Checking Tools -- Video 2: Looking up Claims and W
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): digital citizenship (112), digital literacy (40)
In the Classroom
Students can use the tips and tricks to evaluate websites. They can use Padlet, reviewed here to share the websites and evaluation. Students can use Adobe Podcast reviewed here to create public service announcements about the dangers of fake websites. Students can use Figma, reviewed here to compare and contrast websites.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Media and Video Game jobs collection - PBS LearningMedia
Grades
K to 12In the Classroom
Students can watch two videos on the same topic and compare and contrast them using ClassTools Interactive Venn Diagrams reviewed here. You can click on the right side to choose between a two or three-circle Venn diagram. Students can use Scratch reviewed here to create a video game. Finally, students can use the video editing tips and tricks while producing their video.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Future Jobs: Technology Career Fields - PBS LearningMedia
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): careers (184), computers (102), creating media (19), energy (136), problem solving (282), robotics (29)
In the Classroom
After watching a video, have students predict how the featured job might change in the next 10-20 years. Students can then select a technology-related career from the collection and create an infographic highlighting job responsibilities, required skills, and future job growth. They can present their infographics in a gallery walk or class discussion. The infographic can be produced digitally using an online tool such as Visme, reviewed here. Students can also choose a real-world problem related to one of the careers, such as cybersecurity threats or renewable energy solutions. In groups, they can brainstorm and present an innovative solution using STEM concepts. Students can research a future-focused career and prepare interview questions to ask a person currently in the field.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Visual Paradigm Online - Visual Paradigm International Ltd
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): animation (73), charts and graphs (183), data (214), ebooks (50), editing (98), presentations (51), slides (40)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save this site for many classroom uses for you and your students. Create visually appealing presentations, make flipbooks from class writing projects, or generate charts and graphs to provide context during lessons. Take advantage of embedded tips throughout this site to learn how to use the available features. As students use this site, consider asking tech-savvy students to create tutorials using Scribe, reviewed here.Edge Features:
Includes an education-only area for teachers and students
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Requires registration/log-in (WITH email)
Premium version (not free) includes additional features or storage
Products can be embedded
Products can be shared by URL
Multiple users can collaborate on the same project
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Google Safe Browsing - Google
Grades
K to 12tag(s): browser (6), internet safety (117)
In the Classroom
Teachers can help protect students from phishing websites, malware, and other harmful online threats by warning about unsafe sites. Also, teachers can use it to check links before sharing them with students, ensuring a secure browsing experience. Google Safe Browsing could be integrated into lessons on digital literacy to help students recognize and avoid unsafe websites.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Machine Learning Crash Course - Google
Grades
11 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), careers (184), machines (17)
In the Classroom
Use the video lessons to introduce students to key AI and machine learning concepts, such as data patterns, algorithms, and ethical considerations. Follow up with group discussions about how these technologies impact their daily lives and society. Have students work through the interactive TensorFlow exercises to build simple machine-learning models, such as image or text classifiers. This activity can be tailored for advanced students or after-school coding clubs. Collaborate with math or science teachers to explore how machine learning concepts align with probability, statistics, or scientific research.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MIT App Inventor - MIT App Inventor
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): coding (110), computers (102), inventors and inventions (87)
In the Classroom
Students can challenge themselves to create apps and have other students test them out. When creating their apps, students can make a video of themselves sharing the app, how they created the app or a sales pitch about their app using Adobe Express Video Maker reviewed here or the Free Online Screen Recorder, reviewed here. Students can create a rubric on how to judge apps. Finally, students can participate in the activities on the site itself.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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ChatGPT Foundations for K-12 Educators - Common Sense ChatGPT Foundations for K-12 Educators
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), chat (41), writing prompts (56)
In the Classroom
Teachers and students can learn how to create prompts using ChatGPT that will be effective and allow for increased productivity. The shared prompt library gives concrete examples for teachers and students to use to help formulate an effective prompt.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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FLUFF Test - Dr. Jennifer Parker
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8 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), creating media (19), media literacy (137)
In the Classroom
Provide students with AI-generated essays or summaries on a topic and have them apply the FLUF Test to identify issues in Format, Language, Usability, and Fanfare. Assign a task requiring AI assistance, like generating a story or answering a complex question, and have students refine their initial prompts using the FLUF Test framework to improve AI responses. Students could work in groups to co-author a story with AI tools like ChatGPT, reviewed here, and apply the FLUF Test to polish their AI-generated drafts. Stories can be shared, and peers can evaluate them based on the FLUF rubric.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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OK2Ask: AI for Creating Learning Objects - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), creating media (19), OK2Askarchive (51), Teacher Utilities (233)
In the Classroom
The archive of this teacher-friendly, hands-on webinar will empower and inspire you to use learning technology in the classroom and for professional productivity. As appropriate, specific classroom examples and ideas have been shared. View the session with a few of your teaching colleagues to find and share new ideas. Once registered, find additional reference materials, tutorials, and how-to information to help you review or extend your knowledge from the session in the handout posted on the session landing page. Resources may include additional ideas and examples on integrating the tools and strategies shared in classroom instruction. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Purring Test - TED
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), gifted (61), puzzles (178)
In the Classroom
Use this game as a brain break during those long lessons or indoor recess. Turn the daily puzzles into a friendly competition or debate and pair students to play a Pictionary-inspired game, mimicking how AI might interpret their drawings. After playing, lead a discussion on how AI "thinks" compared to humans.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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AI for Lesson Planning - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), differentiation (103)
In the Classroom
Use this collection to save time doing many tasks as you plan your lessons from start to finish. Bookmark this site to find new ways to deliver and differentiate content and lower the time required in planning using the power of AI!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Navigating Digital Information - Crash Course
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): digital citizenship (112), digital literacy (40), internet safety (117)
In the Classroom
After watching an episode of Crash Course Navigating Digital Information, students can create a public service announcement using Canva Education Templates, reviewed here to teach younger students about navigating digital information. Students can host an event to share the information with senior citizens in the community to teach them about the importance of knowing who/what to trust on the internet. Finally, students can create a digital escape room with Room Escape Maker, reviewed here or choose your own adventure using StoryLab, reviewed here for others to learn about digital information accuracy.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Intellectual Property - Crash Course
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): copyright (39), creative commons (29)
In the Classroom
After watching an episode of Crash Course Intellectual Property, students can create a public service announcement using Powtoon, reviewed here to teach younger students about intellectual property. Students can debate current intellectual property laws. Finally, students can expand their knowledge of intellectual property by researching more and sharing it via a speech, brochure, or pamphlet.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Computer Science - Crash Course
Grades
7 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): coding (110), computers (102), internet safety (117), robotics (29)
In the Classroom
Have students watch an episode on key computing topics and hold a discussion to deepen understanding. Assign coding or research projects based on lessons, like building simple algorithms or exploring historical figures in computing. Students can research famous coders and developers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Crash Course - Crash Course
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4 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), black history (133), branches of government (68), business (51), civics (138), climate (99), computers (102), copyright (39), ecology (112), energy (136), engineering (136), human body (97), literature (214), media literacy (137), myths and legends (44), plants (141), politics (119), space (249), statistics (127), zoology (18)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or with a projector. The site is excellent for introductory material on any topic you're starting and for giving students some background knowledge. Crash Course is also great for your early finishers. Allow them to choose a topic they want to investigate or know more about.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Artificial Intelligence - Crash Course
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), computers (102)
In the Classroom
Though the videos are rated for high school and college students, you can use many of them in grades as low as eighth with a bit of adapting. Introduce the total of the videos to your class on your whiteboard. Depending on your students age group, these videos can be used whole class, as stations, or for blended or distance learning. Use Gravity, reviewed here to add questions and discussion activities within each video. Exhance learning by asking students to create blog posts using edublogs, reviewed here to discuss what students learned about AI from the video.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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AI or Not - AI Literacy Generator - Curipod
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4 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), digital citizenship (112), images (276), Teacher Utilities (233)
In the Classroom
Use this presentation to introduce lessons on creating AI-generated images or lessons on digital citizenship, helping students understand how to distinguish between "real" and AI-created information. Use the prompts provided in the lesson to create images in other image creation tools like Ideogram, reviewed here and Free Online Image AI Image Generator reviewed here, then ask students to compare and contrast the images created with each tool. Use the shared prompts as a template for students as they learn how to design effective prompts to create AI images for use with creative writing projects, slide presentations, and other classroom projects.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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My Cyberspace Academy Lesson 12: Copyright and Plagiarism - Carnegie Cyber Academy
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): copyright (39), internet safety (117), plagiarism (33)
In the Classroom
In addition to the existing lesson plan, in small groups, have students use FreeComicMaker.com, reviewed here to create comics featuring heroes who respect copyright laws and villains who disregard them. This project encourages creativity and application of knowledge in a new context extending learning. Then, organize a virtual gallery walk for students to view each group's comics. Utilize a quiz program like Kahoot, reviewed here and use the information from the lesson to create a quiz that focuses on different aspects of copyright. Have students create their own Legal or Illegal trading card utilizing Trading Card Creator, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Keeping Your Child Safe Online - O2 / Telefonica UK Limited
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): cyberbullying (52), digital citizenship (112), internet safety (117)
In the Classroom
Have students design an online-safety poster using Adobe Creative Cloud Express, reviewed here, featuring several practical steps young people can take to protect themselves online. Assign students to create a short presentation explaining one online-safety topic to classmates using Microsoft PowerPoint Online, reviewed here. Have students write an exit ticket reflecting on one online-safety practice they already follow, one they could improve, and one question they would like to discuss with a trusted adult.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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