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FreeShow - Live Church Solutions
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4 to 12
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FreeShow is free, open-source presentation software that helps you create and display dynamic slideshows featuring text, images, and videos on large screens. Originally developed with...more
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FreeShow is free, open-source presentation software that helps you create and display dynamic slideshows featuring text, images, and videos on large screens. Originally developed with churches and live events in mind, it offers powerful editing tools, customizable templates, and features such as timed slide transitions, multi-screen displays, and remote-control capabilities. Teachers could adapt FreeShow for classroom use by creating visually engaging presentations, displaying student work, or organizing multimedia lessons, especially in settings where presentations need to run smoothly or be controlled from different devices.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (346), multimedia (68), presentations (46)
In the Classroom
Use FreeShow to display a dynamic daily agenda with visuals, timers, and rotating slides for announcements, objectives, and reminders to start the day in an organized and engaging way. Have students perform poems or scripts while FreeShow displays lines, images, or background visuals on a large screen, helping build fluency, expression, and confidence. Create a slideshow with questions, clues, or prompts for a whole-class review game. Use timed slides or transitions to keep energy high while reviewing vocabulary,You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Gradescope - Turnitin
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6 to 12
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Gradescope is an online assessment and grading platform that helps educators manage and evaluate paper-based, digital, and online assignments more efficiently. Teachers can create flexible...more
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Gradescope is an online assessment and grading platform that helps educators manage and evaluate paper-based, digital, and online assignments more efficiently. Teachers can create flexible rubrics, grade one question at a time across an entire class, annotate student work, provide targeted feedback, and view assignment-level statistics to identify learning trends. The platform supports instructor-uploaded and student-uploaded PDF assignments, online questions, bubble sheets, and programming assignments; some question types can also be automatically graded. Gradescope allows multiple instructors, teaching assistants, or graders to work on the same assignment using shared rubrics, helping support consistent and efficient grading. Students can review published scores and feedback, submit regrade requests when enabled, and use the mobile app to scan and upload work. A free account is available, while some advanced tools, including AI-assisted answer grouping, require an institutional license.
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tag(s): artificial intelligence (346), assessment (140), feedback (17), rubrics (40), Teacher Utilities (222)
In the Classroom
Use Gradescope to collect and grade short-answer responses, constructed responses, essays, lab explanations, or problem-solving work. Create a question-by-question rubric that applies consistently across student submissions, then add reusable comments or annotations to identify strengths and next steps. Students can view the published rubric and feedback to better understand how their work was evaluated. Create a short online assignment or upload a paper exit ticket after a lesson. Review results by question to identify skills that may need reteaching, such as citing evidence, solving multi-step problems, using vocabulary accurately, or explaining scientific thinking. Assignment statistics can help teachers spot class-wide trends and plan targeted small-group instruction. After students receive feedback on a writing assignment, math explanation, or project reflection, have them review the rubric and choose one or two areas to improve. Students can submit a revised version through a follow-up assignment and include a brief reflection explaining what they changed and why. This helps shift grading from a final score to part of the learning process.Edge Features:
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Maker Ed - The Maker Education Initiative
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K to 12
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Maker Ed fosters student creativity and problem-solving skills through STEM lessons. The site offers professional development, networking opportunities, and resources. In the Resource...more
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Maker Ed fosters student creativity and problem-solving skills through STEM lessons. The site offers professional development, networking opportunities, and resources. In the Resource Library tab, you have access to the Resource Library, Publications, Activities, and Community. The Resource Library showcases and allows you to search through Learning Pathways or Categories. The Learning Pathways teach about Maker Education, while the Categories include learning activities, program design, assessment, and management.
tag(s): makerspace (44), poetry (197), rubrics (40), STEM (380), stories and storytelling (80)
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Students can use Stormboard, reviewed here to post affirmations after engaging in the Math Affirmations: I Am a Mathematician activity. When creating stories from Learning in the Making: Storytelling, students can record their stories using ScreenPal, reviewed here. Students can use Google Drawings, reviewed here to create magnetic poetry after learning about poetry in the lesson titled Learning in the Making: Visual Poetry.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Boost Student Growth: How to Use Page Templates for Effective Reflection in the Classroom - Book Creator
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K to 12
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Book Creator's Boost Student Growth: How to Use Page Templates for Effective Reflection in the Classroom shares how the power of reflection helps students deepen their learning and...more
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Book Creator's Boost Student Growth: How to Use Page Templates for Effective Reflection in the Classroom shares how the power of reflection helps students deepen their learning and understanding by thinking critically. The article shares how incorporating reflection into teaching enhances critical thinking skills, improves problem-solving, fosters personal growth and self-awareness, and builds academic resilience. Some ideas include: daily journaling, 3-2-1 exit ticket, mistake growth, artifact reflection, peer reflection, and video reflection. As a teacher, you can add teacher feedback with the commenting tool. In order to access any of the Reflection Templates, you must have a Book Creator account and search for the Templates in the Media section of Book Creator.
tag(s): digital literacy (38), digital storytelling (179), thinking routines (59), thinking skills (136)
In the Classroom
When students are writing their daily journal prompt, students can learn how to use emojis and add pictures to enhance their writing. Students as young as kindergarten and 1st grade can learn how to give feedback to each other by using the microphone to record themselves. Finally, students can record themselves on their video check-in and learn how to insert their video into the Book Creator page.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Jigsaw - All About Adolescent Literacy
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4 to 12
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All About Adolescent Literacy shares a reading and writing strategy called the Jigsaw method. The Jigsaw method divides large amounts of text into manageable chunks that students collaboratively...more
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All About Adolescent Literacy shares a reading and writing strategy called the Jigsaw method. The Jigsaw method divides large amounts of text into manageable chunks that students collaboratively work together to understand and explain to their classmates. The article goes further by explaining how to create and use the strategy, including a video showing the Jigsaw method in action and tips for success. There is also a downloadable PDF template to use.
tag(s): collaboration (137), teaching strategies (81), thinking routines (59)
In the Classroom
Before using the Jigsaw method, discuss and teach students how to use this strategy and the importance of each piece of the jigsaw. Consider doing a simple jigsaw activity to model this method before starting on a larger project. For example, in science class, do a short jigsaw activity for different types of weather (hurricane, tornado, blizzard, drought) before embarking on a larger project about climate change. Design a presentation template using Canva for Education, reviewed here that includes sections for each different group to include their portion. Students can post questions and ideas on a virtual discussion board that includes the whole class, such as Stickies.io, reviewed here to make sure that all ideas integrate and ensure that all objectives are included.
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Working Together: Team Roles and Responsibilities Exercise Guide - Make Solutions Inc.
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9 to 12
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Working Together: Team Roles and Responsibilities Exercise Guide is a PDF guide for new teams or teams that have changed. The guide is broken down into 5 parts: Team Initiation ...more
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Working Together: Team Roles and Responsibilities Exercise Guide is a PDF guide for new teams or teams that have changed. The guide is broken down into 5 parts: Team Initiation Exercise, Team Role Discovery, Work Agreements, RACI Matrix, and Role Responsibility Ice Breaker. Each part is further broken down into why, when, how to use the exercise, and next steps.
tag(s): collaboration (137), thinking routines (59)
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As students are forming groups for classroom projects, they can create their own work agreement tailored to their grade level, subject matter, and project rubric. Ask students to use Magic ToDo, reviewed here to organize projects, share tasks, and create a timeline for completion.
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The Power of Believing That You Can Improve - TED
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9 to 12
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In her TED Talk, Carol Dweck shares the power of yet and a growth mindset in her 10-minute YouTube video titled The Power of Believing That You Can Improve. The ...more
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In her TED Talk, Carol Dweck shares the power of yet and a growth mindset in her 10-minute YouTube video titled The Power of Believing That You Can Improve. The video begins by explaining the power of yet, then continues with examples of fixed versus growth mindsets and shares how our brains function outside our comfort zones. The video continues by redefining how we praise children and how a growth mindset can help close the achievement gap. If your district blocks YouTube, the video may not be viewable.
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tag(s): critical thinking (189), learning styles (23), social and emotional learning (204), thinking routines (59), thinking skills (136)
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Students can use Google Keep, reviewed here to take notes while watching the video. After watching the video, ask students to create infographics using Mind Map Generator, reviewed here on information comparing fixed and growth mindsets. As an extension, use Cartoon Comic Maker, reviewed here to create engaging stories illustrating fixed and growth mindsets.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Cooperative Learning Job Placards - Dr. Spencer Kagan
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K to 12
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Cooperative Learning Job Placards is a PDF guide that includes visuals to help students understand their jobs in cooperative learning. The jobs outlined are: Group Leader, Materials...more
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Cooperative Learning Job Placards is a PDF guide that includes visuals to help students understand their jobs in cooperative learning. The jobs outlined are: Group Leader, Materials Manager, Encourager, Timekeeper, and Data Collector. There are small foldable visuals, paper-size visuals, and sentence stems for each job. In addition, there is a Number Line that can be placed at each group for the teacher to take away points for disruptive behavior. The last two pages of the PDF include 12 key roles with job responsibilities.
tag(s): collaboration (137), thinking routines (59)
In the Classroom
Ask students to create their own visuals for the four jobs using Visme AI Presentation Creator, reviewed here. Use Google Forms, reviewed here for students to reflect on their job productivity and preference for the future. After participating in cooperative learning projects, have students reflect upon how their groups' success (or not) and suggest additional roles or guidelines for future projects.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Team roles: Belbin's 9 roles to build a balanced team - Asana
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6 to 12
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Team Roles: Belbin's 9 Roles to Build a Balanced Team is an article that outlines Dr. Meredith Belbin's team role theory, which includes three categories and nine different roles to...more
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Team Roles: Belbin's 9 Roles to Build a Balanced Team is an article that outlines Dr. Meredith Belbin's team role theory, which includes three categories and nine different roles to help teams be balanced and productive. The three categories are: Action-Oriented, Thought-Oriented, and People-Oriented. The nine different roles fall into the three categories that Dr. Belbin has created. The article continues with giving a short description, examples, and the key contributions of each role.
tag(s): collaboration (137), teaching strategies (81), thinking routines (59), thinking skills (136)
In the Classroom
Students can view the roles and explain which role they see themselves as. Use Google Slides, reviewed here, to ask students to write a simple definition and visual to match each of the roles. As an extension activity, ask students to create a blog post outlining the different team roles using Paste It, reviewed here. JustPaste.It is a simple, ad-free online tool that lets you quickly share text and images with others, no account required.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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PresenterMedia - Eclipse Digital Imaging
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3 to 12
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PresenterMedia is a multimedia resource that offers customizable PowerPoint templates, animated clipart, graphics, video backgrounds, music, and ready-made slide designs for creating...more
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PresenterMedia is a multimedia resource that offers customizable PowerPoint templates, animated clipart, graphics, video backgrounds, music, and ready-made slide designs for creating engaging presentations. Its online tools allow users to personalize many visuals by changing text, colors, images, and other design elements. PresenterMedia also includes an AI Presentation Maker that can generate a slide deck from a topic, including an outline, slide layouts, text, and suggested images. Teachers can use the site to add visual interest to lessons, create classroom materials, or model effective presentation design, while students can use downloaded resources in PowerPoint, Google Slides, Keynote, and other projects. A paid subscription provides full access to the media library, customization tools, downloads, and AI presentation features.
tag(s): animation (71), artificial intelligence (346), presentations (46)
In the Classroom
Have students choose a new vocabulary word and create one slide with a definition, synonym, or antonym, a visual, and a sentence that shows the word in context. They can use an animated graphic or video background sparingly to help communicate the word's meaning. Small groups can create a short slide deck that explains a scientific process, such as the water cycle, photosynthesis, erosion, or a food chain. Students use visuals and animations to show the sequence of steps, then add captions that explain each stage in clear, accurate language. After reading a novel or short story, have students create a book trailer or character profile using presentation templates, graphics, and background media. They can include key setting details, character traits, conflict, theme, and a recommendation without giving away the ending.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Manager, Facilitator, Motivator, Advocate: Setting Up Group Roles That Really Work - edutopia
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6 to 12
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Edutopia's Manager, Facilitator, Motivator, Advocate: Setting Up Group Roles That Really Work is an article for middle and high school teachers looking to use collaborative learning...more
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Edutopia's Manager, Facilitator, Motivator, Advocate: Setting Up Group Roles That Really Work is an article for middle and high school teachers looking to use collaborative learning in their classroom. The article begins by explaining how the roles of Project Manager, Facilitator, Motivator, and Advocate will prepare students for the work world. Each of these roles empowers students to take responsibility, practice skills, and contribute to a positive, collaborative culture. Collectively, the roles increase team autonomy and decrease student reliance on the teacher. The article continues by defining each of the roles and setting up these roles in the classroom.
tag(s): collaboration (137), professional development (296), teaching strategies (81), thinking routines (59)
In the Classroom
Use this article to implement collaborative learning activities in your classroom. Students can use Adobe Express for Education, reviewed here to create visuals explaining each of the four roles or use Comic Strip Templates by Canva, reviewed here to create a short comic outlining each of the roles. After working in collaborative groups, students can complete a self-reflection using Google Forms, reviewed here as to their feelings/preferences about each of the roles.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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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 (71), creating media (16), creativity (93), images (273)
In the Classroom
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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Krikey AI - Krikey Inc.
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3 to 12
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Krikey AI is a browser-based AI animation and storytelling platform that allows students and teachers to create animated videos, talking avatars, digital stories, and presentations...more
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Krikey AI is a browser-based AI animation and storytelling platform that allows students and teachers to create animated videos, talking avatars, digital stories, and presentations using text prompts, voiceovers, and customizable 3D characters. The platform includes tools for AI animation, text-to-speech, motion capture-style animation, and video editing, making it useful for creative storytelling, presentations, language learning, and multimedia projects. Students can practice skills such as scriptwriting, communication, creativity, storytelling, digital media production, presentation design, and visual literacy while creating engaging animated content without advanced animation experience.
tag(s): animation (71), artificial intelligence (346), digital storytelling (179), presentations (46), social and emotional learning (204), text to speech (24)
In the Classroom
Incorporate SEL and communication activities by asking students to create animated public service announcements about empathy, bullying prevention, digital citizenship, or teamwork. Use the platform for multimedia project-based learning by allowing students to create animated book trailers, persuasive commercials, or classroom presentations that integrate writing, speaking, creativity, and digital media production. Use Krikey AI for world language practice by having students create short animated conversations in another language using text-to-speech and character dialogue tools.Edge Features:
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Fueling Creativity in Education Podcast - Cyndi Burnett and Matthew Worwood
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K to 12
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Fueling Creativity in Education Podcast connects the science of creativity with classroom practices and offers practical insights and strategies for diverse learning environments. Since...more
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Fueling Creativity in Education Podcast connects the science of creativity with classroom practices and offers practical insights and strategies for diverse learning environments. Since Fueling Creativity in Education launched, it has interviewed over 100 leading researchers, including Teresa Amabile, Robert Sternberg, Howard Gardner, and Ruth Richards. Videos range from as short as eight minutes to as long as forty-five minutes. If your school district blocks YouTube, you will not be able to view these videos; however, the episodes are available on most popular podcast platforms.
tag(s): back to school (56), creativity (93), gifted (64), podcasts (172), professional development (296), sports (89), thinking skills (136)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the ideas shared in the podcast episodes to encourage creativity in your classroom. Ask other teachers to join you for a podcast study (rather than a book study) and discuss new episodes on a regular schedule. Pull the framing question from an episode (e.g., "How often do we shut down an idea before it has a chance to develop?") and use it as a 5-minute written reflection or turn-and-talk at the start of a staff meeting, before diving into the actual agenda. Share episodes with your district administration to inform their planning for AI policies and upcoming professional development offerings for staff.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Scholarcy - Turnitin
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10 to 12
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Scholarcy is an AI tool that summarizes academic papers, reports, and book chapters. Scholarcy converts that long text into summary flashcards that highlight key facts, findings, and...more
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Scholarcy is an AI tool that summarizes academic papers, reports, and book chapters. Scholarcy converts that long text into summary flashcards that highlight key facts, findings, and methods. Flashcards can be exported into Notion, Word, and Excel. It also allows you to import a collection of papers to create a lit matrix. Scholarcy can also generate a bibliography. With the free plan, you can import a range of file types, limit of 10 summaries, and export flashcards (one at a time).
tag(s): artificial intelligence (346), flash cards (47), summarizing (30)
In the Classroom
Students can use Scholarcy to summarize academic papers and create a presentation using Adobe Express for Education, reviewed here. Students can create an escape room showing their understanding of the materials using Genially, reviewed here. Extend learning by uploading research materials to NotebookLM, reviewed here and creating support materials including reports, videos, audio podcasts, and infographics.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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YouMind - Mind Motor PTE. LTD.
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YouMind is an AI creation studio that streamlines the research and writing process into one continuous workflow. The site's features allow users to organize scattered resources, from...more
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YouMind is an AI creation studio that streamlines the research and writing process into one continuous workflow. The site's features allow users to organize scattered resources, from YouTube videos and podcasts to PDFs and web articles, into a single project board. The free version provides monthly credits to save up to 100 materials, generate AI-driven summaries, and use an AI writer to turn your research into editable drafts. YouMind includes a prompt library, which allows users to choose specific images or reuse parameterized prompts to maintain a consistent style across different pieces of content. Every AI-generated report opens as a fully editable document, ensuring that you can refine the output and add your own unique voice to the final product.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (346), note taking (36), Research (91)
In the Classroom
Use this tool in a secondary journalism or social studies class to help students manage complex research projects on current events. Students can start by building a board that collects diverse perspectives from news articles and video interviews, using AI summaries to identify key arguments quickly. To help students organize their initial thoughts before drafting, they can use MindMup, reviewed here, to create a digital map of the different viewpoints they've discovered. After organizing their research, students can use the AI writer to generate a preliminary draft, focusing on integrating their analysis with the facts they gathered. After refining their draft, students can enhance their final presentation by creating a visual companion with Gamma, reviewed here, to turn their written findings into an interactive slide deck or webpage.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Google Data Studio - Google
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Google Data Studio is a free web-based data visualization and reporting tool that allows teachers and schools to turn spreadsheets and other data sources into interactive dashboards,...more
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Google Data Studio is a free web-based data visualization and reporting tool that allows teachers and schools to turn spreadsheets and other data sources into interactive dashboards, charts, and reports. Educators can connect data from Google Sheets, Forms, Analytics, and many other sources to create customizable visuals that help track student progress, assessment results, attendance, survey responses, and classroom trends. The platform supports real-time collaboration and easy sharing, making it useful for professional learning communities, administrators, and teachers looking to make data-driven instructional decisions. Its drag-and-drop design tools and interactive filters also make it accessible to educators new to data visualization.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (346), charts and graphs (184), data (211), spreadsheets (23)
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Create collaborative social studies or science inquiry projects in which groups gather research data and design dashboards to explain topics such as weather patterns, population growth, or environmental changes. Teachers can build classroom management or assessment dashboards that display formative assessment trends, attendance, participation, or benchmark growth to guide small-group instruction and enrichment activities. Use Google Data Studio during math lessons to help students interpret real-world data. Students can compare statistics, analyze class averages, or track progress on fluency and goal-setting activities through visual reports.Edge Features:
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Overleaf - Overleaf
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Overleaf is a browser-based writing tool for creating well-formatted documents such as journal articles, reports, and presentations. It is especially helpful for projects that include...more
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Overleaf is a browser-based writing tool for creating well-formatted documents such as journal articles, reports, and presentations. It is especially helpful for projects that include math, equations, or structured layouts, which are often needed in K-12 educational materials. It provides a live PDF preview as you type, which helps you quickly check formatting without extra steps, and it runs entirely online, so there is no software to install or manage across devices. The free plan includes unlimited projects, access to templates such as reports and handouts, real-time collaboration with one other editor, and unlimited viewers, which supports basic teamwork.
tag(s): collaboration (137), editing (96), presentations (46)
In the Classroom
Use Overleaf to support a range of K-12 classroom tasks where clear formatting, structure, and collaboration matter. Create and share assignment or note templates that students can open and edit as their own copies, helping standardize formatting and save setup time. Students can work individually or with one partner to draft reports, lab write-ups, or math-heavy documents, using the live preview to check their work as they go. Because everything runs in a browser, it works well alongside tools like Google Docs for drafting ideas first, then moving polished content into Overleaf for final formatting, or Google Sheets to track project links and submissions for simple organization.Edge Features:
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EduGems - Eric Curts
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K to 12
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EduGems is a free, teacher-friendly website created by Eric Curts that provides a growing collection of ready-to-use AI prompts, called "Gems," designed specifically for use with Google...more
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EduGems is a free, teacher-friendly website created by Eric Curts that provides a growing collection of ready-to-use AI prompts, called "Gems," designed specifically for use with Google Gemini. These prebuilt prompts help educators quickly generate lesson plans, activities, assessments, and instructional materials without starting from scratch, saving time while supporting high-quality instruction. The site is organized into categories such as curriculum design, literacy, student activities, and professional tasks, and each Gem can be used as-is or copied and customized to fit specific classroom needs, making it a flexible and practical tool for integrating AI into everyday teaching.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (346), Teacher Utilities (222)
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Use a Gem to quickly create a fun lesson hook, such as a mystery scenario, creative prompt, or thought-provoking question, to spark student interest at the start of a lesson. Generate differentiated writing prompts for students based on ability levels or interests to help all learners engage with the content. Generate a menu of activity options for a unit and let students choose how they demonstrate their understanding, increasing ownership and engagement. Learn more about how to create and use Gems by viewing the archive of OK2Ask: Google Gems Basics: Personalized, interactive, and safe AI learning experiences, available here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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NotebookLM Prompt Generator - Kee Man
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K to 12
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NotebookLM, reviewed here is an amazing resource for curating information and creating study materials; however, making the most of its incredible...more
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NotebookLM, reviewed here is an amazing resource for curating information and creating study materials; however, making the most of its incredible features requires an understanding of how to create the proper prompt to create materials that work best for individual users. This is where NotebookLM Prompt Generator comes to the rescue. NotebookLM Prompt Generator lets users select features such as style preferences, content scope, and other tools to personalize and create a custom prompt for infographics and slide decks. When finished, copy your prompt to your clipboard and paste it into the NotebookLM Studio design prompt of your choosing.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (346), infographics (73), presentations (46), slides (39)
In the Classroom
Use this resource to improve the materials you create with NotebookLM. For student use, share this generator to help students understand the importance of prompt engineering when using AI tools to generate content that matches their desired output. Have students take a screenshot of the completed page, then add that image to a document that includes the generated image or slide deck, and analyze the output. Have students compare and contrast their completed images or slide decks to deepen their understanding of how NotebookLM uses prompts to create different appearances in their work. Because each student's prompt choices will differ, the resulting outputs will vary even when starting from the same source material. This comparison highlights how small changes in phrasing, detail, or intent can significantly shape what AI generates, making prompt engineering feel concrete and consequential rather than abstract.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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