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Category: Lesson Planning

26 Oct

Teach Anything Using Weather

  • Lesson Planning
  • Video Transcript

Using Changing Seasons to Engage Students Video   Prompt I want to create a lesson for my students based on the change from the fall…

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08 Oct

3 Challenges Every Teacher Faces

  • Assessment
  • Lesson Planning

Every Teacher Has These Challenges What are three challenges teachers face, over and over and over? How can AI help us solve them? Anticipating problems…

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10 Sep

A Better Type of Rubrics

  • Assessment
  • Lesson Planning

A Better Type of Rubrics: Moving beyond standard rubrics Prompts in the Video Prompt 1 (standard rubric prompt) My 5th grade students are studying digestive…

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21 Aug

Essential Actions for Week 3

  • Assessment
  • Classroom Management
  • Lesson Planning
  • Video Transcript

3 Things You Need to Do in Week 3 Sample Prompts 1. Diagnose Students’ Learning Needs I am a [4th-grade] teacher. My students have been…

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05 Aug

Teaching Critical Thinking Skills with AI Support

  • Assessment
  • Lesson Planning
  • Video Transcript

Using AI to Help Students Learn Critical Thinking Prompts 1. PLAUSIBLE BUT FLAWED RESPONSE ANALYSIS Reusable Template I am teaching [GRADE/COURSE] students about [TOPIC OR…

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04 Aug

Learning and Assessment in an AI World

  • Assessment
  • Lesson Planning
  • White Papers

Don’t Mistake the Fruit for the Tree As AI makes it increasingly easy to produce polished essays, presentations, projects, and other artifacts, educators face an…

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02 Jul

Allowing AI Use for Assignments

  • Assessment
  • Classroom Management
  • Communications
  • Lesson Planning

Allowing AI Use in Assignments but Preserving Learning Download the 5 Levels of AI Use Guide Prompts in the Video PROMPT 1 grade level: [grade…

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25 Jun

When you suspect AI writing

  • Assessment
  • Classroom Management
  • Lesson Planning
  • Video Transcript

What to do when you suspect AI writing? Video Prompts in the Video Prompt 1 Review the uploaded document. It contains two writing samples: 1.…

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28 May

Using AI to Prep for Next Year

  • Assessment
  • Classroom Management
  • Lesson Planning
  • Video Transcript

3 Creative Ways to Use AI to Prep for Next Year Prompts used in the video Prompt 1: Create a “future classroom” museum Imagine it…

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21 May

Figuring out what students learn

  • Assessment
  • Lesson Planning
  • Video Transcript

Quick formative assessments, analysis, and next steps TL;DR (Prompts below) 1. Create Quick Checks Aligned to Learning Targets Use AI to generate short formative assessments,…

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14 May

Preventing Summer Learning Loss

  • Classroom Management
  • Lesson Planning
  • Video Transcript

Keep Students Learning When They’re Out of School TL;DR: Use AI to Reduce Student Learning Loss During Breaks Core Idea Teachers can use AI to…

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08 May

What Should I Use AI For?

  • Classroom Management
  • Lesson Planning
  • Professional Development
  • Video Transcript

What Should I Use AI For? TL;DR: Using AI to Improve Teacher Workflows AI is best used as a tool to improve existing teacher workflows,…

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07 May

Teaching Reading in Your Content

  • Lesson Planning
  • Reading Instruction
  • Video Transcript

You’re a Reading Teacher, Too! TL;DR: Teaching Reading Through Content Instruction with AI Support Students who struggle with reading often struggle to access content in…

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16 Apr

Overcome Barriers to Learning with AI

  • Assessment
  • Lesson Planning
  • Math Instruction
  • Video Transcript

Provide the Right Learning Supports–with AI Prompts Find Barriers Given a 3rd grade class learning multiplication as equal groups (CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.1), with: Below grade level students…

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09 Apr

Easier and Faster Lesson Planning

  • Lesson Planning
  • Video Transcript

Make Lesson Planning Easier, Faster—and Better Prompts Used in the Video Suggest instructional Approaches Given this objective: 3rd grade multiplication as equal groups (CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.1), and…

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29 Jan

Teach Content with Games and Make Learning Fun

  • Classroom Management
  • Lesson Planning
  • Math Instruction
  • Video Transcript

Teach Content with Games and Make Learning Fun!  TL;DR: Using AI to Turn Classroom Content into Engaging Learning Games (Instructional Guidance, Transcript, and Prompts…

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23 Jan

5 Levels of Student AI Use

  • Classroom Management
  • Lesson Planning
  • Video Transcript

5 Levels of AI Use for Students Table of Contents TL;DR: A Structured Approach to Student AI Use Why a Structured Approach Matters The Five…

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16 Jan

Differentiate Reading with AI

  • Lesson Planning
  • Reading Instruction
  • Video Transcript

Webinar: Differentiate Reading with AI (This is a recorded version of a live webinar for Newsletter Subscribers. Not yet a subscriber? Click Here to Sign…

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07 Jan

How Teachers Can Save 7 Hours Per Week

  • Assessment
  • Classroom Management
  • Lesson Planning
  • Video Transcript

How Teachers Can Save 7 Hours Per Week Table of Contents TL;DR Overview Strategy 1: Lesson Planning Strategy 2: Grading and Feedback Strategy 3: Differentiation…

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04 Dec

5 Assignment Types that Prevent Cheating with AI

  • Assessment
  • Lesson Planning
  • Video Transcript

5 Assignment Types that Prevent Cheating with AI  Table of Contents TL;DR: Five Assignment Types That Reduce AI Cheating While Strengthening Learning Overview 1.…

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20 Nov

Helping Students Learn New Concepts

  • Lesson Planning
  • Math Instruction
  • Video Transcript

Using AI to Help Students Learn Concepts Table of Contents TL;DR Overview Step 1: Generate Constructivist Learning Games Step 2: Sort Activities by Conceptual Difficulty…

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08 Nov

Easy Substitute Lesson Plans

  • Lesson Planning
  • Video Transcript

Quick and Easy Substitute Lesson Plans  TL;DR (Instructional Guidance, Transcript, and Prompts below) The Challenge of Being Absent When unexpected events or emergencies prevent…

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07 Nov

How to Make Exit Tickets with AI

  • Assessment
  • Lesson Planning
  • Video Transcript

How to Make Exit Tickets—Fast and Easy  TL;DR (Instructional Guidance, Transcript, and Prompts below) The Purpose of Exit Tickets Exit tickets, sometimes called “bell…

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06 Nov

Filler Activities with AI

  • Lesson Planning
  • Video Transcript

5-minute Filler Activities with AI TL;DR (Instructional Guidance, Transcript, and Prompts below) Why Teachers Need Filler Activities Teachers often reach the end of a class…

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29 Oct

Improve Math by Teaching Reading Skills

  • Lesson Planning
  • Math Instruction
  • Reading Instruction
  • Video Transcript

How to Improve Students’ Math Ability by Teaching Reading Skills  TL;DR (transcript, prompts, and instructional advice below) Low reading proficiency often hinders students’ math…

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27 Oct

Thematic Kindergarten Lessons

  • Lesson Planning
  • Video Transcript

Using AI to Create Thematic Kindergarten Lessons  Let’s talk kindergarten instruction and, specifically, let’s talk about creating a week-long thematic unit that is interesting…

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23 Oct

Webinar – Better Rubrics, Faster

  • Assessment
  • Lesson Planning
  • Video Transcript

Better Rubrics, Faster: Webinar Transcript and Prompts  00:00 Introduction and purpose 02:00 AI prompting techniques 06:31 Rubrics overview, common mistake 08:18 Prompts for rubrics…

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22 Oct

Teaching Math Processes with AI

  • Lesson Planning
  • Math Instruction
  • Video Transcript

Teaching Math Processes with AI    Table of Contents TL;DR Why AI Helps With Learning New Math Processes Step 1: Explain Why the Process…

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