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Shifting Schools Mega-Prompt Playbook.pdf - Google Drive
When we model these conversations for learners, we demonstrate that when it comes to AI or any technology, it is always our critical thinking that needs to be in the driver’s seat.
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Teacher's Guide to Notebook LM
This video introduces teachers to Google’s NotebookLM, a powerful AI tool designed to support educators at all levels. Whether you're crafting lesson plans, reviewing dense curriculum documents, or designing accessible study materials, NotebookLM can help streamline the most time-consuming parts of the job. In this walkthrough, I demonstrate how to: Generate study guides in seconds Create podcast-style summaries from multiple sources Get feedback on lesson plans Build timelines, FAQs, and more
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Monica Burns
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Icons for school
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The AI Education Project Review for Teachers | Common Sense Education
Excite and empower students with crucial AI literacy lessons
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The Real Way to Stop Cheating in an AI World | LinkedIn
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5E Pac-Man ReDesign Challenge Playbook CRCS Winter 2025 - Google Slides
This is the slide deck from my one-hour workshop featuring framing, suggestions for literacy integration, scheduling and pacing, and a couple of graphic organizers to help including my intention map. Feel free to use and share widely.
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Reading Journey Reflection: AI Mentorship Framework - Google Docs
This framework guides the implementation of an AI-based mentoring system designed to support students in developing reflective narratives about transformative moments in their reading lives. The mentorship takes place within an experimental writing class where students have sanctioned access to AI tools and participate in exploring the impact of significant reading experiences on personal development. When we position AI as an inquiry tool rather than a text generator, students develop sophisticated ways of testing both its limits and opportunities. They're preparing to integrate AI thoughtfully as both a research tool and editing assistant, but always on their own terms. Some might say this approach complicates what should be simple. But consider what we're gaining: 1. Student-designed assessment outcomes 2. Deeper engagement with writing process 3. Enhanced critical evaluation skills 4. Authentic technology integration 5. Empowered learner agency We're not just using AI – we're developing a new kind of writing pedagogy where students lead the investigation into its potential. The focus isn't on what AI produces, but on how we critically engage with it as writers. The real breakthrough happens when we trust students to help design the frameworks for meaningful AI integration in writing. Try out one of our prompts. Copy and paste the blue text in this Google doc into a secure AI model in order to start brainstorming:
tags: AI artificialintelligence writing tools
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for educators in search of learning technology solutions. the EdTech Index provides educators better visibility into high-quality solutions.
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SimulateAI - AI Ethics Education Through Interactive Simulations
As AI advances, it brings with it a lot of ethical questions and challenges. SimulateAI is a free, interactive platform where students navigate high-stakes AI ethical dilemmas. From autonomous vehicle accidents to hiring bias to consciousness rights, each scenario invites users to make tough decisions, experience their consequences, and reflect on the moral complexity of real-world AI systems. Highlights include: 25+ branching narrative scenarios across medicine, transportation, justice, identity, and governance Customizable educator tools and assessment rubrics Emotionally resonant learning designed for ages 12–adult No sign-up, totally browser-based, works on any device
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