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Keiana Cross

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This is the final session in a series of professional learning activities that support a group book study. In this final session, participants summarize their learning, reflect on key insights, and create a plan to put their new knowledge into action. Read more »

Tag Target Audience

  • All Staff or Teachers, PLC

Tag Calendar Placement

  • Any time of year, Planning/Collaboration/Conference Time

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Analyze, Brainstorming, Collaborate, Conversation Starter, Increase Teacher "Toolbox", Interpret, Organize, Present, Problem Solving, Speak & Listen, Student Choice, Summarize, Synthesize, Text analysis
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Time Frame
Robo-Reads

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 4th - Undergraduate

Use this strategy to help students connect to text in a personally meaningful way. Prompt a chatbot—like ChatGPT, MagicSchool AI, Claude, or other LLMs—to generate text that sparks curiosity, caters to the interests or cultures of students, and even includes student choice by asking students to help... Read more »

Strategy Instructional Strategy

User Group Group Size

  • Small Group, Whole Class

Copied To Clipboard Placement In Lesson

  • Explore/Learning Activity, Explain/Closing

Time Frame Time To Complete

  • 10 - 20 Minutes, 20 - 30 Minutes

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Active Engagement, Annotating Text, Collaborate, Compare & Contrast, Conversation Starter, Identify, Interpret, Organize, Reason, Recognize, Student Choice, Synthesize, Vocabulary

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 4th - Undergraduate
Critique the Bot

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 4th - Undergraduate

This strategy encourages students to critically examine text written by artificial intelligence (AI). Teachers first use AI to generate a short story, essay, lab report, script, or other text, then students evaluate the text practicing analysis skills and giving peer feedback. This allows teachers to... Read more »

Strategy Instructional Strategy

User Group Group Size

  • Individual, Small Group, Whole Class

Copied To Clipboard Placement In Lesson

  • Explore/Learning Activity, Explain/Closing

Time Frame Time To Complete

  • 20 - 30 Minutes

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Activate Prior Knowledge, Active Engagement, Analyze, Compare & Contrast, Conversation Starter, Critical Thinking, Evaluate, Identify, Interpret, Recognize, Review, Synthesize, Writing

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 4th - Undergraduate

Choose from a wide range of templates to create a meme, or upload an image to design your own. This tool is free and does not require an account. Read more »

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Gist

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 6th - Undergraduate

Students summarize the main idea, or the “gist,” of content in a clear and concise manner. As students engage with content, they consider the who, what, when, where, why, and how of class content. They write a gist statement summarizing the content in 28 words or fewer. Read more »

Strategy Instructional Strategy

User Group Group Size

  • Individual, Small Group

Copied To Clipboard Placement In Lesson

  • Explain/Closing, Evaluate/Assessment

Time Frame Time To Complete

  • Less Than 10 Minutes

Tag Intention Or Purpose

  • Analyze, Critical Thinking, Evaluate, Identify, Interpret, Organize, Recognize, Review, Summarize, Writing

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 6th - Undergraduate

Edia generates math problems for students in middle and high school. Choose from a huge library of questions for all math subjects. Read more »

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Keep digital sticky notes with Google's note-taking tool. This tool is available as both a mobile app and as an online resource. A Google account is required to use Keep. Read more »

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Google Slides is a presentation creation and sharing tool. Read more »

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QR codes are scannable, square barcodes that allow you to quickly access websites, images, or texts. Read more »

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Post-it® is an iPad or iPhone app that uses the simplicity of Post-it® notes in a digital form. Read more »

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