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return to subject listingHey Siri...what is AI? An Introducing Students to Artificial Intelligence - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (145), book lists (165), professional development (408), STEM (279)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the suggestions shared in this article to find curriculum resources and information to use when considering incorporating AI into your classroom. Learn more about AI resources for classrooms by reading the archive of the Twitter Chat: Harnessing AI for Classroom Success, reviewed here or by viewing the collection, Resources for Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Productivity, reviewed here and AI (Artificial Intelligence) Resources for Student Assessment, reviewed here.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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20 Fun and Easy Brain Break Ideas for Kids - Fit and Fun Playscapes
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K to 6tag(s): brain (56), classroom management (122), social and emotional learning (95)
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Incorporate brain break suggestions from this article into your classroom routines and share ideas with parents to provide brain breaks for their student at home. Use an online timer like the one at Classtools, reviewed here to help you and your students return to classroom lessons within the allotted time. Include brain breaks within lessons using Curipod, reviewed here. Use the Brain Break Generator tool to find and share activities for your grade level.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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17 Brain Breaks Tailored for High Schoolers - Paige Tutt
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7 to 12tag(s): brain (56), classroom management (122), professional development (408), social and emotional learning (95)
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Share this article with parents to help them understand the need and benefits of taking brain breaks while studying or doing homework. Take advantage of the advice and activities in this article to provide brain breaks and increase student focus in your classroom. Set a timer to remind you and your students to take scheduled breaks using the widget provided on Classroomscreen, reviewed here. Use the timer to schedule brain break activities so that you return to lessons promptly. Quickly create groups for activities using the group maker tool found on Classroomscreen to ensure that students have opportunities to interact with different class members.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Read - Read AI, Inc.
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (145), communication (138), parent conferences (21)
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Use Read to record and review web-based meetings, such as parent/teacher conferences and staff presentations. After conferences, use the summarizing tool to share and confirm discussions of meeting goals and verify individual responses for the follow-up action steps. Use this tool with students who miss essential classroom presentations or are absent for an extended period to record lessons and share information to keep them up to date with classwork.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Fellow - Fellow
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (145), communication (138), parent conferences (21)
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Take advantage of features offered in Fellow to record transcripts and review any web-based meeting, such as parent/teacher conferences and staff presentations. After conferences, use the summarizing tool to share and confirm discussions of student goals and verify individual responses for the next step. Share meeting notes with students who miss classroom presentations or are absent for an extended period to record lessons and share information to keep them up to date with classwork.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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AI for Education Resource Hub - Ai for Education
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (145), parents (59), professional development (408)
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Bookmark and save this site as a professional development resource for learning about and using AI tools and resources. Share the included AI policy considerations with administrators to use as a guide when developing district policies regarding the use of AI. Consider using Wakelet, reviewed here or another curation tool to organize and share information about AI with peers. Along with professional development information, include ideas for curriculum integration, effective prompts, resources that offer AI, and suggestions for use. Share information from this site with parents and guardians to help them understand AI and how it might be used in the classroom to support learning.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Litmaps - Litmaps Ltd
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9 to 12tag(s): professional development (408), Research (84)
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Use Litmaps as a professional tool for researching current teaching frameworks and strategies. For example, if you are investigating the Science of Reading, search for that term to learn more about the academic research done on this topic.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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GenAI Chatbot Prompt Library for Educators - AI for Education
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (145), assessment (148), behavior (46), blooms taxonomy (6), chat (41), gamification (79), multilingual (69), parent conferences (21), professional development (408), quizzes (90), rubrics (35), social and emotional learning (95), Special Needs (56), Teacher Utilities (159), thanksgiving (22)
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Bookmark and save this terrific prompt library for any number of uses when using generative AI chat tools. Find ideas and activities for lessons, quickly create and edit assessments, and develop rubrics. Consider using a curation tool such as Wakelet, reviewed here to bookmark this site and others that provide AI resources and to collaborate with peers on how to use AI resources. Be sure to visit the student prompts on this site that share resources for creating flashcards, translating text for multilingual learners, and other helpful study resources. Consider sharing some student prompts, such as the flashcard or "explain it to me like..." with parents for at-home practice and to reinforce classroom content.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Unlock Generative AI Safely and Responsibly - Classroom Toolkit - Microsoft Learn and Cyberlite
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6 to 9tag(s): artificial intelligence (145), digital citizenship (89), internet safety (113), professional development (408), social and emotional learning (95), STEM (279), Teacher Utilities (159)
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Use the provided lesson materials to introduce and discuss the use of AI with your students. If time isn't available to complete all lesson activities, choose different components available with your student to teach how to provide effective prompts using AI generators or adapt the activities to match the content discussed in your current lessons. If your students use AI image generators like Designer, reviewed here, share and discuss the information that guides students towards creating and revising prompts to achieve the desired results and how to recognize bias found in generative AI outputs.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Young Ben Franklin - Gen-Z Media
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4 to 12tag(s): colonial america (94), constitution (89), declaration of independence (15), franklin (12), inventors and inventions (77), podcasts (103)
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Take advantage of the many free materials available on this site to engage students when learning about Benjamin Franklin, American History, or inventors. Adapt the choice and explore boards to fit your student's interests and abilities. For example, replace the timeline on the choice board with one created using MyLens, reviewed here. If time isn't available to complete the entire listening guide, copy individual slides to use as part of a listening or writing center. As a culminating activity, extend learning by asking students to use the podcast as a model for researching and learning about other famous Americans. Have them share their learning as part of a multimedia presentation created using Canva Docs, reviewed here or by creating a comic strip presentation using Canva's Comic Strip Templates, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kentucky Text Sets - Daviess County Public Schools
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K to 12tag(s): animals (288), anne frank (10), arctic (40), authors (105), black history (130), civil rights (199), climate (83), climate change (93), colonial america (94), communities (37), cross cultural understanding (167), cultures (145), earth (184), earth day (60), energy (131), explorers (66), figurative language (15), fossils (41), great depression (30), greeks (32), heart (27), heroes (25), holocaust (42), immigration (68), inventors and inventions (77), ireland (11), national parks (28), native americans (95), novels (32), nutrition (137), oceans (149), poetry (191), professional development (408), senses (20), social and emotional learning (95), solar energy (34), world war 2 (161)
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This site is worthy of inclusion in virtually all teachers' toolboxes. Use the text sets to support literature instruction using the resources provided. Find materials to differentiate learning for all students by browsing through the different grade-level offerings to find materials that meet the needs of students who need additional support and resources that challenge gifted learners. Learn more about multimedia text sets by watching the archive of OK2Ask: Using Multimedia Text Sets for Student Knowledge Construction,reviewed here. As you and your peers build text sets, share your materials on a website using Google Sites, reviewed here using Kentucky Text Sites as a model of what to include.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Women Techmakers - Google for Developers
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6 to 12tag(s): careers (140), professional development (408), STEM (279), women (142), womenchangemaker (30)
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Take advantage of the resources on this site to learn more about women in technology professionally and to share with students. Share stories on this site about women changemakers with students as part of career day activities or include them with studies on technology. Use Netboard, reviewed here to curate information to share with students, including videos from this site as well as other resources such as quizzes, Google Forms, reviewed here , and Genially interactives, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Reading Coach - Microsoft
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K to 8tag(s): artificial intelligence (145), fluency (25), literacy (116), multilingual (69), reading comprehension (147), reading strategies (101), Teacher Utilities (159)
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Share Reading Coach with students and parents to use as a support tool for improving reading skills independently. Reading Coach includes support from Immersive Reader, reviewed here, making it perfect for use with multilingual learners. Demonstrate how to use Immersive Reader to view text in different languages, hear passages read, and display text broken into syllables. Be sure to watch for additional updates to Reading Coach, which include integration with learning management systems and feedback on prosody (reading with expression).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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I Think That I Shall Never See - Using and Analyzing Poetry in the Classroom - TeachersFirst
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K to 8tag(s): book lists (165), poetry (191)
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Use the ideas found in this article to find poetry books and activities that engage students while teaching the concepts and features of poetry. Ask students to share and illustrate their favorite poems, then create a class flip book using PDF to Flipbook Converter, reviewed here. If necessary, take pictures of student projects, then use SmallPDF, reviewed here to convert your JPG to a PDF document. Extend learning further by hosting a poetry slam or poetry reading that features students' poetry. Find ideas for hosting a poetry event by reading the TeachersFirst blog post, From Page to Stage: Hosting a Poetry Cafe for Poem in Your Pocket Day, located here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Whodunnit? - Bringing a Little Mystery Into the Classroom - TeachersFirst
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K to 8tag(s): book lists (165), mysteries (20)
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Take advantage of the book suggestions and lists to find mystery books to include in your classroom library and as a designated mystery reading center. Integrate reading mystery books and stories with other content areas to discover mysteries waiting to be solved. For example, ask upper elementary students to investigate primary sources by completing activities provided on H.S.I. - Historical Scene Investigation, reviewed here. Create mystery stories on any subject to share with students using one of the many artificial intelligence (AI) tools available to educators. ReadTheory Passage Generator, reviewed here generates reading passages for all grade levels based on your prompt. When teaching about the Civil War, try a prompt asking for text about the mysteries of the Civil War and select a grade level. After generating a story that "looks good," ReadTheory generates editable comprehension questions to accompany the text delivered to your email inbox.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Learning From Experts: Author Studies in the Classroom - TeachersFirst
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K to 8tag(s): authors (105), book lists (165)
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Add this article to your list of resources for author studies in your classroom. Use Wakelet, reviewed here to organize and curate your collection of resources. Share author websites, video interviews, and book lists with students using 3X3 Links, reviewed here. 3X3 Links is a bookmarking site that is easy for you and your students to use when sharing websites. After watching author interviews and learning about authors, conduct author interviews with student authors in your classroom. Use Padlet, reviewed here for this and allow class peers to ask questions of the author being interviewed. This is a link to Padlet's Help section for posting video or an image.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Boys Will Be Boys: Keeping Boys Engaged in Reading - TeachersFirst
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K to 8tag(s): book lists (165), graphic novels (5), novels (32), podcasts (103), science of reading (36), teaching strategies (42)
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Add this article to other resources when looking for engaging reading materials for students. Consider using Symbaloo, reviewed here to organize and share book lists for students. Create and share Symbaloo web mixes based on different student interests, such as sports, celebrities, science fiction, etc. Extend learning by incorporating Choice Boards into reading instruction to offer opportunities for students to select not only their choice of books but also their choice of learning opportunities. Learn about Choice Board by watching the archive of OK2Ask: Engage & Inspire: Choice Boards for Differentiation Part 1, reviewed here. Include technology resources in Choice Board activities to demonstrate comprehension and understanding, such as using the Free Comic Strip Maker, reviewed here to make original comics based upon a book's content or create an original video using tools available at Adobe Express Video Maker, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Everybody Has a Brain - Everybody Has a Brain
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6 to 12tag(s): mental health (36)
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Use the site's articles and videos as a basis for lessons on mental health awareness. Topics could include understanding different mental illnesses, recognizing signs of mental health issues, and learning about the importance of mental well-being. Encourage students to create awareness campaigns or projects based on the information they learn from the site, aiming to reduce the stigma around mental health in the school community. They can use programs like Canva, reviewed here to create posters or Adobe Express Video Maker, reviewed here to create video Public Service Announcements that can be shared during a school-wide assembly or news show to bring more mindfulness to the classroom. Utilize the site's resources on mindfulness and meditation for guided sessions in the classroom, helping students learn valuable skills for managing stress and anxiety.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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AI Guidance for Schools Toolkit - Code.org, CoSN, Digital Promise, and others
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (145), parents (59), professional development (408)
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Share this document with administrators and educators in your school district to use as a resource while navigating how to create policy and implement ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in your district. The toolkit includes seven principles for AI in education that have discussion questions; use these principles to guide professional development sessions and peer conversations. For example, begin with the first principle -Purpose: Use AI to help all students achieve educational goals and share the three included questions. Use Figjam, reviewed here to share the questions on the virtual whiteboard, then share the link with participants to gather and record thoughts and responses to each question. Use different areas of the same whiteboard as you discuss all of the principles as an excellent way to include all information in one document.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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