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return to subject listing20 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 (96)
In the Classroom
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.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Read - Read AI, Inc.
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (143), communication (138), parent conferences (21)
In the Classroom
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 (143), communication (138), parent conferences (21)
In the Classroom
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 (143), parents (59), professional development (407)
In the Classroom
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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GenAI Chatbot Prompt Library for Educators - AI for Education
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (143), assessment (148), behavior (46), blooms taxonomy (7), chat (41), gamification (79), multilingual (69), parent conferences (21), professional development (407), quizzes (90), rubrics (35), social and emotional learning (96), Special Needs (56), Teacher Utilities (159), thanksgiving (22)
In the Classroom
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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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 (76), podcasts (103)
In the Classroom
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 (285), anne frank (10), arctic (40), authors (105), black history (130), civil rights (200), climate (83), climate change (93), colonial america (94), communities (36), cross cultural understanding (165), cultures (140), earth (186), earth day (60), energy (132), explorers (66), figurative language (15), fossils (41), great depression (30), greeks (32), heart (27), heroes (25), holocaust (42), immigration (66), inventors and inventions (76), ireland (11), national parks (28), native americans (93), novels (32), nutrition (137), oceans (149), poetry (190), professional development (407), senses (20), social and emotional learning (96), solar energy (34), world war 2 (157)
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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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Reading Coach - Microsoft
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K to 8tag(s): artificial intelligence (143), fluency (25), literacy (113), multilingual (69), reading comprehension (146), reading strategies (100), Teacher Utilities (159)
In the Classroom
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 (190)
In the Classroom
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)
In the Classroom
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)
In the Classroom
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)
In the Classroom
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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AI Guidance for Schools Toolkit - Code.org, CoSN, Digital Promise, and others
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (143), parents (59), professional development (407)
In the Classroom
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 (143), differentiation (88), 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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Literacy at Home: Digital Children's Reading Initiative - NC Dept of Public Instruction
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K to 5tag(s): fluency (25), literacy (113), phonics (50), preK (263), reading comprehension (146), science of reading (36), vocabulary (238)
In the Classroom
This site is a must-add to any elementary teacher's toolbox. Use this resource to find resources and information on reading skills at all elementary levels, then use the information to differentiate and enhance reading instruction. For below-level readers, find information and resources to remediate reading skills, and for advanced readers, use this site to find activities that promote further reading growth. Share information from this site with parents to use as a guide to understanding reading skills by grade level and find resources supporting their students. Include this information in your class newsletter or on your class website. Curate and share resources with parents using Symbaloo, reviewed here to make all information accessible in one location.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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BLINDSIDED by AI (Part 1) - BAM Education Radio Network
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K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (143), professional development (407)
In the Classroom
Watch this video as part of your ongoing professional development activities to learn more about AI and its impact on education. Share this video with your peers as you learn together and explore the uses of AI in your classrooms. Subscribe to BAM Education Radio Network's YouTube channel to receive notifications of new documentaries that are part of this series and additional video presentations. Consider including a link to this video on your class website or newsletter to share this information with parents, as they also consider the implications and use of AI in education.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 (143), assessment (148), chat (41), churchill (8), darwin (13), Formative Assessment (72), 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 (143), assessment (148), Formative Assessment (72), rubrics (35), Teacher Utilities (159)
In the Classroom
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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Magic ToDo - Goblin Tools
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K to 12tag(s): adhd (28), artificial intelligence (143), organizational skills (89), professional development (407), Special Needs (56)
In the Classroom
Use Magic ToDo as a professional tool for creating to-do lists to complete upcoming tasks, such as preparation for parent-teacher conferences, writing long-term lesson plans, preparing for substitutes, and more. Share Magic To-Do with students to create a guide for planning on completing long-term projects. Show students how to use the estimated time feature to help them understand the time required to complete all project steps. To help students stay on track, ask them to create a to-do list for their upcoming project, take a screenshot of their list, and share it with you. Then, ask for weekly screenshots that show each student's progress in completing the project and ask them to use the checkboxes to mark completed items. If students fall behind, have short conferences to determine what is holding them back and provide support as needed. This tool is also helpful for students with special needs or attention disorders to use as a guide for completing required tasks.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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10 AI Terms Everyone Should Know - Susanna Ray
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (143), Microsoft (80)
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Use this article to develop your understanding of AI and related terms. Share the information with your peers as part of your professional development activities as you learn about AI tools, discuss guidelines for the use of AI by you and your students, and support your discussions of AI use with parents. Consider sharing this article on your class website to help parents learn about AI. As a school, dig deeper into developing an understanding of AI by choosing to explore one term in-depth each month. For example, begin with term number one, artificial intelligence, and start a conversation with what you, your peers, parents, or students know about AI. Use a word cloud creation tool like Answer Garden, reviewed here as an easy way to collect responses anonymously while still viewing responses in this visual format. Use the embed code to include your Answer Garden poll on your class website if desired. Use that information to guide your activities toward the discussion focus for the following month.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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