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return to subject listingStarting Harry Potter - Wizarding World Digital LLC
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3 to 12tag(s): audio books (24), digital reading (18), harry potter (9)
In the Classroom
In addition to just reading the books, young students can explore the magical creatures section on the website and then use a drawing app like Google Drawings, reviewed here to design their magical creature, complete with a description of its abilities and habitat. Not familiar with Google Drawings? Watch an archived OK2Ask session to learn how to use this tool:OK2Ask Google Drawings, here. After reading a portion of a Harry Potter book, students can use the character profiles to analyze a character's traits and development. They can then create their own fictional character using a tool like Storyboard That, reviewed here or for younger students Story Map, reviewed here incorporating elements inspired by the Harry Potter series. Older students can explore the series' themes and its impact on popular culture. They then create a podcast episode or a blog post using tools like Podbean (for podcasting), reviewed here or Straw.Page (for blogging), reviewed here to discuss their analysis.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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BBC Bitesize Secondary Homework Help - BBC
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6 to 12tag(s): careers (140), homework (32), organizational skills (89), quizzes (90), resources (88)
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Utilize the quizzes on BBC Bitesize as a fun and interactive way to assess students' understanding of a topic. These can be done individually or in groups. Project them on your whiteboard or take the questions and gamify them utilizing a program like Kahoot, reviewed here. Assign students to work in groups to explore a topic on BBC Bitesize and then create a presentation or project based on their learning. This is a good way to expose students to events happening in other countries. Use the site's resources to supplement your lessons in various subjects. For example, in a Science class, you could use their interactive content to explain a complex concept like photosynthesis or the periodic table. In English, their literature resources can help analyze texts or improve writing skills.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Good as Gold - Figurative Language in the Elementary Classroom - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): descriptive writing (40), figurative language (15), idioms (32), writing (323)
In the Classroom
Add a link to this article to include with your other resources for teaching figures of speech. Wakelet, reviewed here and Padlet, reviewed here are excellent tools for curating and organizing resources. Use AI image-creation tools such as Bing Image Creator, reviewed here and Canva's Free Online Image Generator, reviewed here to create images based upon figures of speech to help students visualize each term. Canva's Image generator automatically exports images to their presentation software to create slide presentations for use when teaching figures of speech. Extend learning by asking students to create slide presentations sharing their understanding of the different figures of speech or create videos demonstrating their learning using free tools available at Adobe Creative Cloud Express, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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230+ Accessibility Improvements Added to Book Creator - Book Creator/Dan Kemp
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K to 12tag(s): Accessibility (9), differentiation (89), ebooks (40), professional development (409), Special Needs (56)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save this article to support your use of Book Creator in your classroom and develop your understanding of how to use this resource to differentiate learning for all students. Learn how to use Book Creator in your classroom by visiting Supporting Language Learners with Book Creator, reviewed here and completing the Book Creator Certified Author course, Book Creator, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Gilder Lehrman Collection - The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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6 to 12tag(s): 1900s (73), 20th century (62), bill of rights (28), civil rights (200), civil war (136), cold war (30), constitution (89), elections (82), electoral college (22), Juneteenth (22), maps (207), native americans (95), presidents (133), primary sources (119), railroads (14), slavery (78), supreme court (27), war of 1812 (15), women (142), world war 1 (78), world war 2 (161)
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Teachers use the provided discussion questions to enhance your unit of study. Use the questions to activate knowledge or to assess students. Students can search the site for primary sources that can be downloaded and used in reports or presentations. Display maps on whiteboards to show students important places in history. Have students view the online exhibitions centered around historical figures and events. English teachers can use the primary source documents to discuss writing structures and illustrate how written English has changed over the years.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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ReadTheory Reading Passage Generator - ReadTheory
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (145), differentiation (89), reading comprehension (147), worksheets (70)
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Use this reading passage generator to create introductory and review passages for any subject; no registration is required. Differentiate for student ability levels by selecting different grade levels while providing all students the same information. Take some time to practice generating texts and questions to understand different ways to create questions that meet your needs. For example, when choosing lower elementary grades, sometimes the passages are too short in length. When entering the topic for your prompt, include guidelines for the passage length to create. If you want a passage about stars and planets, have the instructions to make the passage longer than 100 words. Extend learning using other AI tools such as MagicSchool, reviewed here by copying your prompt into one of the many tools available. Use MagicSchool's translator tool to translate for multilanguage learners, generate a list of vocabulary words, or create a science lab activity to accompany your chosen text and topic.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Twitter Chat: Winter Wellness Wonderland - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): mental health (36), twitterchatarchive (175)
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Find resources and information about winter wellness tips for teachers and students. Share this chat with your colleagues looking for strategies and resources for creating conversations in the classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Summarize.tech - Summarize, LLC
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4 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (145), summarizing (22), video (262)
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Use Summarize.tech as a time-saving tool when searching for YouTube videos in your classroom to get a quick overview of the video's content. Before sharing videos with students, provide a summary of the contents to give direction when students are viewing the video. Copy the summary onto a Google Document, then ask students to share information from the original video that provides additional information. Use the provided summaries as examples of how to write a summary, then ask students to summarize a video and compare their results to those given by this site.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Science of Reading Podcast - Susan Lambert
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K to 12tag(s): dyslexia (11), literacy (116), podcasts (103), professional development (409), reading comprehension (147), science of reading (36), vocabulary (238)
In the Classroom
Include this podcast in your list of professional development activities. Start with the first season and listen to all episodes to catch up, or visit the information for each season to find podcasts of interest. Use Wakelet, reviewed here to curate and share your favorite podcasts with your peers, use the search feature on Wakelet to find other collections of teacher podcasts to find ideas to include with your collection.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kids Think Wide - Lucy Spruce
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3 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (145), creative writing (122), descriptive writing (40), images (260), persuasive writing (57), poetry (191), writing (323), writing prompts (58)
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Take advantage of the many engaging writing activities and images to inspire student writers and offer flexible options that pique student interest. Incorporate the warmup questions in the pictures and the choices in the Choose Your Adventure activities to encourage students to show creativity while teaching necessary skills such as using adjectives, describing emotions, and exploring relationships between characters. Use student interactives available at Read Write Think, reviewed here to help students plan story maps, diagram plots, and edit writing projects. Extend learning by asking students to bring their stories to life by creating animated videos with Animoto, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Twitter Chat: Creating Conversations in the Classroom - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): difficult conversations (61), twitterchatarchive (175)
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Find resources and information about creating conversations in the classroom. Share this chat with your colleagues looking for strategies and resources for creating conversations in the classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teachally - EZ Reward, LLC
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (145), differentiation (89), Teacher Utilities (159)
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Teachally is a handy tool to use for many different purposes. Use Teachally to find ideas for choice boards, generate questions, and create exit tickets for any lesson. Quickly create a presentation from a lesson using the enrichment tools for flipped or blended learning lessons, and then share the activity on your class website or LMS. Use Teachally's trivia game creator as a quick, engaging formative assessment activity. Many enrichment activities, such as the presentations and trivia game creators, use Google Slides; after saving these slides, edit and change questions and information as needed. Use Teachally's message center to invite parents to the platform, then share updates and bulletins that inform parents about current classroom activities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Virtual Readability Lab - Shaun Wallace
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3 to 12tag(s): digital reading (18), reading comprehension (147), reading strategies (101)
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According to studies, reading in a font that best matches your reading style can increase reading speed without affecting comprehension and lead to better focus. Knowing your readers' fastest font allows educators to support student learning by adjusting fonts when creating worksheets, sharing websites, or providing articles. Use the information learned to adjust font settings in computer browsers. Go to settings, appearance, and fonts in Chrome or Edge to change all websites' font families, sizes, and weights. Include this site in activities encouraging students to participate in active learning and reflective experiences. After completing the test, ask students to write a summary of their results that includes action steps based on the information received. This activity might make an excellent addition to your students' academic portfolios. Create their portfolios in Seesaw, reviewed here or about.me, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MyLens - DataMotto
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (145), mind map (28), multilingual (69), timelines (56)
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Take advantage of this visual resource creator to create and share timelines in advance and on the fly that engage students for many classroom uses and content. For example, create a timeline of events in a novel or historical event, use a timeline to show steps in a progression of events such as turning a bill into law, or create a timeline that shows historic events in your hometown. Ask students to create a timeline using this generator and include a link or the image in a multimedia presentation created with Genially, reviewed here or Canva Edu, reviewed here. Use the quadrant tool to support student understanding of complex issues or generate mindmaps to break content down into smaller, more manageable information.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Google Lens - Google
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K to 12tag(s): DAT device agnostic tool (147), images (260), multilingual (69)
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Include Google Lens in your teacher toolbox for many uses by you and your students. Use this tool to identify plants and leaves near your school during science lessons, quickly translate information for multilingual learners using images, or identify unknown places or items in pictures. Google Lens suggests similar images; use this information to expand and find pictures to include with student projects. Ask older students to search for news articles from different countries and then translate the information to compare with articles from their local news organizations. Use Lens for scavenger hunts or quizzes, where students must identify objects or translate text in real-time, promoting engagement and making learning more interactive. Add images for your scavenger hunts to Quizizz, reviewed here or create an interactive hunt with GooseChase Edu, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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SchoolAI - SchoolAI, Inc.
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (145), assessment (148), chat (41), churchill (8), darwin (13), Formative Assessment (73), leonardo davinci (3), lincoln (65), martin luther king (45), newton (21), shakespeare (95), Special Needs (56), Teacher Utilities (159), washington (28)
In the Classroom
Use SchoolAI to create and share engaging activities with all students and for all subjects. For example, differentiate text easily to fit the abilities of all students, generate a list of engaging activities for any topic, or quickly create a worksheet or multiple choice quiz as a formative assessment. As students engage in chats with historical figures or choose your own adventure activities, ask them to use the information learned as a starting point for additional research. Use Symbaloo, reviewed here or another curation tool to collect and share additional resources with students, such as videos, online articles, and book suggestions. As a final extended learning activity, ask students to share their learning using Sway, reviewed here, Genially, reviewed here, or Adobe Creative Cloud Express, reviewed here to create multimedia presentations. This tool would also be great to share with gifted students. As always, use best practices when sharing AI tools with students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Eduaide - Eduaide.Ai. LLC
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (145), assessment (148), Formative Assessment (73), rubrics (35), Teacher Utilities (159)
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Use Eduaide as a resource to quickly generate ideas for planning and preparing activities for any subject or standard and to differentiate activities to fit the needs of any student. After generating activities, use the provided tags to find project-based learning and scaffolding activities. Other options allow you to create questions for games like Jeopardy and Bingo instantly.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Designer - Microsoft Designer
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (145), images (260), Microsoft (80)
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AI-generated images are an excellent tool for use with many classroom purposes. The image creator supports over 100 languages, so it is accessible for use by almost all students. Teach students how to write descriptive sentences by creating AI-generated images; students quickly learn how to add specific details to create a desired output. Use Designer to engage students in creative writing projects by generating images based on anything their imaginations share. Include AI-generated images in your classroom newsletter, website, or worksheets as an easy resource for adding pictures without spending much time searching for the right photograph. Share this site with students to include images in multimedia projects, such as those created using Sway, reviewed here or Google Sites, reviewed here. When using any AI resource, be sure to provide guidance on using AI tools ethically, creatively, and responsiblyAdd your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Twitter Chat: Teacher's Toolbox for the Science of Reading - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): digital reading (18), independent reading (86), reading strategies (101), science of reading (36), twitterchatarchive (175)
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Find resources and information about tech tools to support the science of reading. Share this chat with your colleagues looking for strategies and resources for using tech tools to support the science of reading.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Free Online AI Image Generator - Canva
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (145), images (260)
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Use Canva's image generator for any number of classroom uses to encourage creativity and bring any idea to life instantly! Teach students to use descriptive language in writing to bring characters and settings to life. Generate images of historical characters to help students visualize historical events or places. In science class, ask students to generate images of systems or molecules to represent abstract concepts. Include AI-created images when using webpage makers such as Carrd, reviewed here, newsletters, or videos created with online applications such as Clipchamp, reviewed here. When using any AI resource, always guide students on how to use these tools ethically, creatively, and responsibly.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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