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Audio Overviews with Google Notebook LM

Turn documents, slides, charts, websites and more into engaging discussions with one click.

🔔 Create a notebook with up to 50 resources from which Notebook LM will compile your audio overview 🔔 Provide students with an alternative resource type that may be more accessible to some learners. 🔔 Introduce more student choice by allow learners with different preferences to access different types of resources

NASOT Element 13:

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Providing Resources and Guidance

Explaining Concepts with Goblin Tools

Get an explanation of any topic (and an example). Adjust the complexity of the response based on students' needs

🔔 Get different explanations and examples of topics for students who need a concept explained differently 🔔 Change the complexity level of the response to suit the needs of different learners 🌶️ = complex response with technical jargon 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ = simple response with no jargon

NASOT Element 13:

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Providing Resources and Guidance

Written Feedback with Brisk Teaching

Generate actionable, written feedback for student writing — right from the apps and websites you already use.

🔔 Upload a rubric or simply specify focus areas for the feedback 🔔 All feedback is fully customizable before sharing with students - always review and revise to meet the needs of your students 🔔 Insert feedback directly into the student's doc for them to reference

NASOT Element 2:

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Tracking Student Progress

Explaining Concepts with Goblin Tools

Get an explanation of any topic (and an example). Adjust the complexity of the response based on students' needs

🔔 Get different explanations and examples of topics for students who need a concept explained differently 🔔 Change the complexity level of the response to suit the needs of different learners 🌶️ = complex response with technical jargon 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ = simple response with no jargon

NASOT Element 13:

Check Out a Sample

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Providing Resources and Guidance

Creating Rubrics with Magic School Rubric Generator

Have AI write a rubric for an assignment you are creating for your class, in table format.

🔔 A great way to communicate expectations and levels of proficiency for an assignment. 🔔 Encourage self-assessment by adding drop down options for each criteria so that students can score themselves 🔔 Build in time for students to self and peer assess. The more time that students spend applying the rubric, the better they will understand it.

NASOT Element 1:

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Providing Scales and Rubrics

Identify Common Misonceptions with Magic School

Generate the most common misconceptions and how to address them for any topic.

🔔 Anticipate student misconceptions when planning your lessons by having AI generate a list common ones 🔔 Design ways to intentionally address misconceptions before they happen

NASOT Element 11:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Examining Errors in Reasoning

Creating Rubrics with Magic School Rubric Generator

Have AI write a rubric for an assignment you are creating for your class, in table format.

🔔 A great way to communicate expectations and levels of proficiency for an assignment. 🔔 Encourage self-assessment by adding drop down options for each criteria so that students can score themselves 🔔 Build in time for students to self and peer assess. The more time that students spend applying the rubric, the better they will understand it.

NASOT Element 1:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Providing Scales and Rubrics

Identify Common Misonceptions with Magic School

Generate the most common misconceptions and how to address them for any topic.

🔔 Anticipate student misconceptions when planning your lessons by having AI generate a list common ones 🔔 Design ways to intentionally address misconceptions before they happen

NASOT Element 11:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Examining Errors in Reasoning

🎁 Welcome to Instructional Technology's 12 Days of Techmas! Beginning on December 5, and continuing through December 20, we will be sharing a new AI tool and instructional application with you. 🎁 Get ready for Day One by taking a moment to review the AI Toolkit. You'll find our district's current policy on AI use, best practices to help you get the most out of AI, and a few of our favorite tools that we'll be using in this series.

DOK Questions with Brisk Teaching

Quickly plan higher higher depth of knowledge questions using any topic or resource

🔔 Differentiate learning experiences for students by planning questions at multiple depths of knowledge 🔔 Challenge all students with cognitively complex tasks at levels that are appropriate for them 🔔 Get suggestions for activities at different depths of knowledge as well!

NASOT Element 12:

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Engaging Students in Cognitively Complex Tasks

Generate Images with Canva

Use AI to make your visual ideas real. Write descriptive prompts to generate images from your imagination!

🔔 Practice descriptive writing through prompts and see how small changes can make big impact 🔔 Challenge students to refine their prompts through repeatedly practicing adding more detail to generate higher quality visuals 🔔 Bring student stories to life through picture books or comics 🔔 Allow Canva to make short videos to show off student ideas using the video generator

NASOT Element 9:

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Using Structured Practice Sessions

Creating Rubrics with Magic School Rubric Generator

Have AI write a rubric for an assignment you are creating for your class, in table format.

🔔 A great way to communicate expectations and levels of proficiency for an assignment. 🔔 Encourage self-assessment by adding drop down options for each criteria so that students can score themselves 🔔 Build in time for students to self and peer assess. The more time that students spend applying the rubric, the better they will understand it.

NASOT Element 1:

Check Out a Sample

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Providing Scales and Rubrics

Generating Multiple Choice Questions with Quizizz

Enter a topic, paste a link, or upload a document, and get ready-to-use questions in seconds that export to Quizizz.

🔔 Easily design formative assessments to help monitor student learning 🔔 Review and revise questions before publishing to make sure that they are TEKS-aligned and meet the needs of your learners 🔔 Assessment data is available immediately to the teacher, allowing you to adjust instruction as needed

NASOT Element 2:

Check Out a Sample

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Tracking Student Progress

🎁 Welcome to Instructional Technology's 12 Days of Techmas! Beginning on December 5, and continuing through December 20, we will be sharing a new AI tool and instructional application with you. 🎁 Get ready for Day One by taking a moment to review the AI Toolkit. You'll find our district's current policy on AI use, best practices to help you get the most out of AI, and a few of our favorite tools that we'll be using in this series.

🎁 Welcome to Instructional Technology's 12 Days of Techmas! Beginning on December 5, and continuing through December 20, we will be sharing a new AI tool and instructional application with you. 🎁 Get ready for Day One by taking a moment to review the AI Toolkit. You'll find our district's current policy on AI use, best practices to help you get the most out of AI, and a few of our favorite tools that we'll be using in this series.

🎁 Welcome to Instructional Technology's 12 Days of Techmas! Beginning on December 5, and continuing through December 20, we will be sharing a new AI tool and instructional application with you. 🎁 Get ready for Day One by taking a moment to review the AI Toolkit. You'll find our district's current policy on AI use, best practices to help you get the most out of AI, and a few of our favorite tools that we'll be using in this series.

Written Feedback with Brisk Teaching

Generate actionable, written feedback for student writing — right from the apps and websites you already use.

🔔 Upload a rubric or simply specify focus areas for the feedback 🔔 All feedback is fully customizable before sharing with students - always review and revise to meet the needs of your students 🔔 Insert feedback directly into the student's doc for them to reference

NASOT Element 2:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Tracking Student Progress

Generating Multiple Choice Questions with Quizizz

Enter a topic, paste a link, or upload a document, and get ready-to-use questions in seconds that export to Quizizz.

🔔 Easily design formative assessments to help monitor student learning 🔔 Review and revise questions before publishing to make sure that they are TEKS-aligned and meet the needs of your learners 🔔 Assessment data is available immediately to the teacher, allowing you to adjust instruction as needed

NASOT Element 2:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Tracking Student Progress

Generating Multiple Choice Questions with Quizizz

Enter a topic, paste a link, or upload a document, and get ready-to-use questions in seconds that export to Quizizz.

🔔 Easily design formative assessments to help monitor student learning 🔔 Review and revise questions before publishing to make sure that they are TEKS-aligned and meet the needs of your learners 🔔 Assessment data is available immediately to the teacher, allowing you to adjust instruction as needed

NASOT Element 2:

Check Out a Sample

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Tracking Student Progress

Creating Choice Boards with Magic School

AI generates a choice board for student assignments to meet student learning needs.

🔔 Allow students to select activities that align with their learning styles, interests, and readiness levels 🔔 Give students control over their learning, increasing motivation and ownership 🔔 Use to review concepts or practice skills in a way that caters to diverse student needs

NASOT Element 12:

Check Out a Sample

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Engaging Students in Cognitively Complex Tasks

Creating Instant Lessons with Pear Deck

Instantly create a Pear Deck lesson tailored to a specific topic, standard or resource.

🔔 Instantly build interactive lessons by simply entering TEKS or uploading a resource. 🔔 Review and revise the lesson so that it is tailored to the needs of you and your students. 🔔 Facilitate the lesson with Pear Deck to give you opportunities to monitor student learning and adjust instruction. 🔔 Give ALL students opportunities to process new content

NASOT Element 24:

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Increasing Response Rates

🎁 Welcome to Instructional Technology's 12 Days of Techmas! Beginning on December 5, and continuing through December 20, we will be sharing a new AI tool and instructional application with you. 🎁 Get ready for Day One by taking a moment to review the AI Toolkit. You'll find our district's current policy on AI use, best practices to help you get the most out of AI, and a few of our favorite tools that we'll be using in this series.

🎁 Welcome to Instructional Technology's 12 Days of Techmas! Beginning on December 5, and continuing through December 20, we will be sharing a new AI tool and instructional application with you. 🎁 Get ready for Day One by taking a moment to review the AI Toolkit. You'll find our district's current policy on AI use, best practices to help you get the most out of AI, and a few of our favorite tools that we'll be using in this series.

Generate Images with Canva

Use AI to make your visual ideas real. Write descriptive prompts to generate images from your imagination!

🔔 Practice descriptive writing through prompts and see how small changes can make big impact 🔔 Challenge students to refine their prompts through repeatedly practicing adding more detail to generate higher quality visuals 🔔 Bring student stories to life through picture books or comics 🔔 Allow Canva to make short videos to show off student ideas using the video generator

NASOT Element 9:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Using Structured Practice Sessions

Explaining Concepts with Goblin Tools

Get an explanation of any topic (and an example). Adjust the complexity of the response based on students' needs

🔔 Get different explanations and examples of topics for students who need a concept explained differently 🔔 Change the complexity level of the response to suit the needs of different learners 🌶️ = complex response with technical jargon 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ = simple response with no jargon

NASOT Element 13:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Providing Resources and Guidance

Creating Rubrics with Magic School Rubric Generator

Have AI write a rubric for an assignment you are creating for your class, in table format.

🔔 A great way to communicate expectations and levels of proficiency for an assignment. 🔔 Encourage self-assessment by adding drop down options for each criteria so that students can score themselves 🔔 Build in time for students to self and peer assess. The more time that students spend applying the rubric, the better they will understand it.

NASOT Element 1:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Providing Scales and Rubrics

🎁 Welcome to Instructional Technology's 12 Days of Techmas! Beginning on December 5, and continuing through December 20, we will be sharing a new AI tool and instructional application with you. 🎁 Get ready for Day One by taking a moment to review the AI Toolkit. You'll find our district's current policy on AI use, best practices to help you get the most out of AI, and a few of our favorite tools that we'll be using in this series.

Generate Images with Canva

Use AI to make your visual ideas real. Write descriptive prompts to generate images from your imagination!

🔔 Practice descriptive writing through prompts and see how small changes can make big impact 🔔 Challenge students to refine their prompts through repeatedly practicing adding more detail to generate higher quality visuals 🔔 Bring student stories to life through picture books or comics 🔔 Allow Canva to make short videos to show off student ideas using the video generator

NASOT Element 9:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Using Structured Practice Sessions

Creating Instant Lessons with Pear Deck

Instantly create a Pear Deck lesson tailored to a specific topic, standard or resource.

🔔 Instantly build interactive lessons by simply entering TEKS or uploading a resource. 🔔 Review and revise the lesson so that it is tailored to the needs of you and your students. 🔔 Facilitate the lesson with Pear Deck to give you opportunities to monitor student learning and adjust instruction. 🔔 Give ALL students opportunities to process new content

NASOT Element 24:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Increasing Response Rates

🎁 Welcome to Instructional Technology's 12 Days of Techmas! Beginning on December 5, and continuing through December 20, we will be sharing a new AI tool and instructional application with you. 🎁 Get ready for Day One by taking a moment to review the AI Toolkit. You'll find our district's current policy on AI use, best practices to help you get the most out of AI, and a few of our favorite tools that we'll be using in this series.

Explaining Concepts with Goblin Tools

Get an explanation of any topic (and an example). Adjust the complexity of the response based on students' needs

🔔 Get different explanations and examples of topics for students who need a concept explained differently 🔔 Change the complexity level of the response to suit the needs of different learners 🌶️ = complex response with technical jargon 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ = simple response with no jargon

NASOT Element 13:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Providing Resources and Guidance

Identify Common Misonceptions with Magic School

Generate the most common misconceptions and how to address them for any topic.

🔔 Anticipate student misconceptions when planning your lessons by having AI generate a list common ones 🔔 Design ways to intentionally address misconceptions before they happen

NASOT Element 11:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Examining Errors in Reasoning

Creating Rubrics with Magic School Rubric Generator

Have AI write a rubric for an assignment you are creating for your class, in table format.

🔔 A great way to communicate expectations and levels of proficiency for an assignment. 🔔 Encourage self-assessment by adding drop down options for each criteria so that students can score themselves 🔔 Build in time for students to self and peer assess. The more time that students spend applying the rubric, the better they will understand it.

NASOT Element 1:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Providing Scales and Rubrics

🎁 Welcome to Instructional Technology's 12 Days of Techmas! Beginning on December 5, and continuing through December 20, we will be sharing a new AI tool and instructional application with you. 🎁 Get ready for Day One by taking a moment to review the AI Toolkit. You'll find our district's current policy on AI use, best practices to help you get the most out of AI, and a few of our favorite tools that we'll be using in this series.

Creating Rubrics with Magic School Rubric Generator

Have AI write a rubric for an assignment you are creating for your class, in table format.

🔔 A great way to communicate expectations and levels of proficiency for an assignment. 🔔 Encourage self-assessment by adding drop down options for each criteria so that students can score themselves 🔔 Build in time for students to self and peer assess. The more time that students spend applying the rubric, the better they will understand it.

NASOT Element 1:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Providing Scales and Rubrics

Creating Rubrics with Magic School Rubric Generator

Have AI write a rubric for an assignment you are creating for your class, in table format.

🔔 A great way to communicate expectations and levels of proficiency for an assignment. 🔔 Encourage self-assessment by adding drop down options for each criteria so that students can score themselves 🔔 Build in time for students to self and peer assess. The more time that students spend applying the rubric, the better they will understand it.

NASOT Element 1:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Providing Scales and Rubrics

🎁 Welcome to Instructional Technology's 12 Days of Techmas! Beginning on December 5, and continuing through December 20, we will be sharing a new AI tool and instructional application with you. 🎁 Get ready for Day One by taking a moment to review the AI Toolkit. You'll find our district's current policy on AI use, best practices to help you get the most out of AI, and a few of our favorite tools that we'll be using in this series.

Creating Rubrics with Magic School Rubric Generator

Have AI write a rubric for an assignment you are creating for your class, in table format.

🔔 A great way to communicate expectations and levels of proficiency for an assignment. 🔔 Encourage self-assessment by adding drop down options for each criteria so that students can score themselves 🔔 Build in time for students to self and peer assess. The more time that students spend applying the rubric, the better they will understand it.

NASOT Element 1:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Providing Scales and Rubrics

🎁 Welcome to Instructional Technology's 12 Days of Techmas! Beginning on December 5, and continuing through December 20, we will be sharing a new AI tool and instructional application with you. 🎁 Get ready for Day One by taking a moment to review the AI Toolkit. You'll find our district's current policy on AI use, best practices to help you get the most out of AI, and a few of our favorite tools that we'll be using in this series.

Creating Rubrics with Magic School Rubric Generator

Have AI write a rubric for an assignment you are creating for your class, in table format.

🔔 A great way to communicate expectations and levels of proficiency for an assignment. 🔔 Encourage self-assessment by adding drop down options for each criteria so that students can score themselves 🔔 Build in time for students to self and peer assess. The more time that students spend applying the rubric, the better they will understand it.

NASOT Element 1:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Providing Scales and Rubrics

Generating Multiple Choice Questions with Quizizz

Enter a topic, paste a link, or upload a document, and get ready-to-use questions in seconds that export to Quizizz.

🔔 Easily design formative assessments to help monitor student learning 🔔 Review and revise questions before publishing to make sure that they are TEKS-aligned and meet the needs of your learners 🔔 Assessment data is available immediately to the teacher, allowing you to adjust instruction as needed

NASOT Element 2:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Tracking Student Progress

Written Feedback with Brisk Teaching

Generate actionable, written feedback for student writing — right from the apps and websites you already use.

🔔 Upload a rubric or simply specify focus areas for the feedback 🔔 All feedback is fully customizable before sharing with students - always review and revise to meet the needs of your students 🔔 Insert feedback directly into the student's doc for them to reference

NASOT Element 2:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Tracking Student Progress

Generate Images with Canva

Use AI to make your visual ideas real. Write descriptive prompts to generate images from your imagination!

🔔 Practice descriptive writing through prompts and see how small changes can make big impact 🔔 Challenge students to refine their prompts through repeatedly practicing adding more detail to generate higher quality visuals 🔔 Bring student stories to life through picture books or comics 🔔 Allow Canva to make short videos to show off student ideas using the video generator

NASOT Element 9:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Using Structured Practice Sessions

Identify Common Misonceptions with Magic School

Generate the most common misconceptions and how to address them for any topic.

🔔 Anticipate student misconceptions when planning your lessons by having AI generate a list common ones 🔔 Design ways to intentionally address misconceptions before they happen

NASOT Element 11:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Examining Errors in Reasoning

Creating Instant Lessons with Pear Deck

Instantly create a Pear Deck lesson tailored to a specific topic, standard or resource.

🔔 Instantly build interactive lessons by simply entering TEKS or uploading a resource. 🔔 Review and revise the lesson so that it is tailored to the needs of you and your students. 🔔 Facilitate the lesson with Pear Deck to give you opportunities to monitor student learning and adjust instruction. 🔔 Give ALL students opportunities to process new content

NASOT Element 24:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Increasing Response Rates

DOK Questions with Brisk Teaching

Quickly plan higher higher depth of knowledge questions using any topic or resource

🔔 Differentiate learning experiences for students by planning questions at multiple depths of knowledge 🔔 Challenge all students with cognitively complex tasks at levels that are appropriate for them 🔔 Get suggestions for activities at different depths of knowledge as well!

NASOT Element 12:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Engaging Students in Cognitively Complex Tasks

Generating Multiple Choice Questions with Quizizz

Enter a topic, paste a link, or upload a document, and get ready-to-use questions in seconds that export to Quizizz.

🔔 Easily design formative assessments to help monitor student learning 🔔 Review and revise questions before publishing to make sure that they are TEKS-aligned and meet the needs of your learners 🔔 Assessment data is available immediately to the teacher, allowing you to adjust instruction as needed

NASOT Element 2:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Tracking Student Progress

Creating Instant Lessons with Pear Deck

Instantly create a Pear Deck lesson tailored to a specific topic, standard or resource.

🔔 Instantly build interactive lessons by simply entering TEKS or uploading a resource. 🔔 Review and revise the lesson so that it is tailored to the needs of you and your students. 🔔 Facilitate the lesson with Pear Deck to give you opportunities to monitor student learning and adjust instruction. 🔔 Give ALL students opportunities to process new content

NASOT Element 24:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Increasing Response Rates

Generate Images with Canva

Use AI to make your visual ideas real. Write descriptive prompts to generate images from your imagination!

🔔 Practice descriptive writing through prompts and see how small changes can make big impact 🔔 Challenge students to refine their prompts through repeatedly practicing adding more detail to generate higher quality visuals 🔔 Bring student stories to life through picture books or comics 🔔 Allow Canva to make short videos to show off student ideas using the video generator

NASOT Element 9:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Using Structured Practice Sessions

Generating Multiple Choice Questions with Quizizz

Enter a topic, paste a link, or upload a document, and get ready-to-use questions in seconds that export to Quizizz.

🔔 Easily design formative assessments to help monitor student learning 🔔 Review and revise questions before publishing to make sure that they are TEKS-aligned and meet the needs of your learners 🔔 Assessment data is available immediately to the teacher, allowing you to adjust instruction as needed

NASOT Element 2:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Tracking Student Progress

Audio Overviews with Google Notebook LM

Turn documents, slides, charts, websites and more into engaging discussions with one click.

🔔 Create a notebook with up to 50 resources from which Notebook LM will compile your audio overview 🔔 Provide students with an alternative resource type that may be more accessible to some learners. 🔔 Introduce more student choice by allow learners with different preferences to access different types of resources

NASOT Element 13:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Providing Resources and Guidance

Creating Instant Lessons with Pear Deck

Instantly create a Pear Deck lesson tailored to a specific topic, standard or resource.

🔔 Instantly build interactive lessons by simply entering TEKS or uploading a resource. 🔔 Review and revise the lesson so that it is tailored to the needs of you and your students. 🔔 Facilitate the lesson with Pear Deck to give you opportunities to monitor student learning and adjust instruction. 🔔 Give ALL students opportunities to process new content

NASOT Element 24:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Increasing Response Rates

Generating Student Feedback with Snorkl

Snorkl supports conceptual mastery–providing instant AI feedback on recorded explanations.

🔔 Allow students to use both a whiteboard space as well as a verbal explanation to respond to a question 🔔 Specify criteria for AI generated feedback to focus on 🔔 Students receive a score on a 4 point scale along with feedback to improve their response 🔔 Students can submit multiple responses and all of the submissions along with the AI feedback is visible to teachers

NASOT Element 2:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Tracking Student Progress

Written Feedback with Brisk Teaching

Generate actionable, written feedback for student writing — right from the apps and websites you already use.

🔔 Upload a rubric or simply specify focus areas for the feedback 🔔 All feedback is fully customizable before sharing with students - always review and revise to meet the needs of your students 🔔 Insert feedback directly into the student's doc for them to reference

NASOT Element 2:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Tracking Student Progress

Generating Student Feedback with Snorkl

Snorkl supports conceptual mastery–providing instant AI feedback on recorded explanations.

🔔 Allow students to use both a whiteboard space as well as a verbal explanation to respond to a question 🔔 Specify criteria for AI generated feedback to focus on 🔔 Students receive a score on a 4 point scale along with feedback to improve their response 🔔 Students can submit multiple responses and all of the submissions along with the AI feedback is visible to teachers

NASOT Element 2:

Check Out a Sample

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Tracking Student Progress

Bringing Characters to Life with ChatGPT

Have ChatGPT adopt the linguistic style of any fictional character or real life celebrity.

🔔 Bring humor to your classroom by having ChatGPT write instructions for students in the styles of different characters 🔔 Specify any style that you want for the output - a song, a speech, a poem, a story, etc. 🔔 Always remember to review the product before sharing with students!

NASOT Element 27:

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Demonstrating Intensity and Enthusiasm

Creating Choice Boards with Magic School

AI generates a choice board for student assignments to meet student learning needs.

🔔 Allow students to select activities that align with their learning styles, interests, and readiness levels 🔔 Give students control over their learning, increasing motivation and ownership 🔔 Use to review concepts or practice skills in a way that caters to diverse student needs

NASOT Element 12:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Engaging Students in Cognitively Complex Tasks

Explaining Concepts with Goblin Tools

Get an explanation of any topic (and an example). Adjust the complexity of the response based on students' needs

🔔 Get different explanations and examples of topics for students who need a concept explained differently 🔔 Change the complexity level of the response to suit the needs of different learners 🌶️ = complex response with technical jargon 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ = simple response with no jargon

NASOT Element 13:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Providing Resources and Guidance

Creating Choice Boards with Magic School

AI generates a choice board for student assignments to meet student learning needs.

🔔 Allow students to select activities that align with their learning styles, interests, and readiness levels 🔔 Give students control over their learning, increasing motivation and ownership 🔔 Use to review concepts or practice skills in a way that caters to diverse student needs

NASOT Element 12:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Engaging Students in Cognitively Complex Tasks

Generate Images with Canva

Use AI to make your visual ideas real. Write descriptive prompts to generate images from your imagination!

🔔 Practice descriptive writing through prompts and see how small changes can make big impact 🔔 Challenge students to refine their prompts through repeatedly practicing adding more detail to generate higher quality visuals 🔔 Bring student stories to life through picture books or comics 🔔 Allow Canva to make short videos to show off student ideas using the video generator

NASOT Element 9:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Using Structured Practice Sessions

Generating Multiple Choice Questions with Quizizz

Enter a topic, paste a link, or upload a document, and get ready-to-use questions in seconds that export to Quizizz.

🔔 Easily design formative assessments to help monitor student learning 🔔 Review and revise questions before publishing to make sure that they are TEKS-aligned and meet the needs of your learners 🔔 Assessment data is available immediately to the teacher, allowing you to adjust instruction as needed

NASOT Element 2:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Tracking Student Progress

🎁 Welcome to Instructional Technology's 12 Days of Techmas! Beginning on December 5, and continuing through December 20, we will be sharing a new AI tool and instructional application with you. 🎁 Get ready for Day One by taking a moment to review the AI Toolkit. You'll find our district's current policy on AI use, best practices to help you get the most out of AI, and a few of our favorite tools that we'll be using in this series.

Creating Instant Lessons with Pear Deck

Instantly create a Pear Deck lesson tailored to a specific topic, standard or resource.

🔔 Instantly build interactive lessons by simply entering TEKS or uploading a resource. 🔔 Review and revise the lesson so that it is tailored to the needs of you and your students. 🔔 Facilitate the lesson with Pear Deck to give you opportunities to monitor student learning and adjust instruction. 🔔 Give ALL students opportunities to process new content

NASOT Element 24:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Increasing Response Rates

Generating Multiple Choice Questions with Quizizz

Enter a topic, paste a link, or upload a document, and get ready-to-use questions in seconds that export to Quizizz.

🔔 Easily design formative assessments to help monitor student learning 🔔 Review and revise questions before publishing to make sure that they are TEKS-aligned and meet the needs of your learners 🔔 Assessment data is available immediately to the teacher, allowing you to adjust instruction as needed

NASOT Element 2:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Tracking Student Progress

Audio Overviews with Google Notebook LM

Turn documents, slides, charts, websites and more into engaging discussions with one click.

🔔 Create a notebook with up to 50 resources from which Notebook LM will compile your audio overview 🔔 Provide students with an alternative resource type that may be more accessible to some learners. 🔔 Introduce more student choice by allow learners with different preferences to access different types of resources

NASOT Element 13:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Providing Resources and Guidance

Explaining Concepts with Goblin Tools

Get an explanation of any topic (and an example). Adjust the complexity of the response based on students' needs

🔔 Get different explanations and examples of topics for students who need a concept explained differently 🔔 Change the complexity level of the response to suit the needs of different learners 🌶️ = complex response with technical jargon 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ = simple response with no jargon

NASOT Element 13:

Check Out a Sample

Try It!

Providing Resources and Guidance

DOK Questions with Brisk Teaching

Quickly plan higher higher depth of knowledge questions using any topic or resource

🔔 Differentiate learning experiences for students by planning questions at multiple depths of knowledge 🔔 Challenge all students with cognitively complex tasks at levels that are appropriate for them 🔔 Get suggestions for activities at different depths of knowledge as well!

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Engaging Students in Cognitively Complex Tasks

Explaining Concepts with Goblin Tools

Get an explanation of any topic (and an example). Adjust the complexity of the response based on students' needs

🔔 Get different explanations and examples of topics for students who need a concept explained differently 🔔 Change the complexity level of the response to suit the needs of different learners 🌶️ = complex response with technical jargon 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ = simple response with no jargon

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Creating Rubrics with Magic School Rubric Generator

Have AI write a rubric for an assignment you are creating for your class, in table format.

🔔 A great way to communicate expectations and levels of proficiency for an assignment. 🔔 Encourage self-assessment by adding drop down options for each criteria so that students can score themselves 🔔 Build in time for students to self and peer assess. The more time that students spend applying the rubric, the better they will understand it.

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Generate Images with Canva

Use AI to make your visual ideas real. Write descriptive prompts to generate images from your imagination!

🔔 Practice descriptive writing through prompts and see how small changes can make big impact 🔔 Challenge students to refine their prompts through repeatedly practicing adding more detail to generate higher quality visuals 🔔 Bring student stories to life through picture books or comics 🔔 Allow Canva to make short videos to show off student ideas using the video generator

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Using Structured Practice Sessions

Explaining Concepts with Goblin Tools

Get an explanation of any topic (and an example). Adjust the complexity of the response based on students' needs

🔔 Get different explanations and examples of topics for students who need a concept explained differently 🔔 Change the complexity level of the response to suit the needs of different learners 🌶️ = complex response with technical jargon 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ = simple response with no jargon

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Providing Resources and Guidance

Explaining Concepts with Goblin Tools

Get an explanation of any topic (and an example). Adjust the complexity of the response based on students' needs

🔔 Get different explanations and examples of topics for students who need a concept explained differently 🔔 Change the complexity level of the response to suit the needs of different learners 🌶️ = complex response with technical jargon 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ = simple response with no jargon

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Creating Instant Lessons with Pear Deck

Instantly create a Pear Deck lesson tailored to a specific topic, standard or resource.

🔔 Instantly build interactive lessons by simply entering TEKS or uploading a resource. 🔔 Review and revise the lesson so that it is tailored to the needs of you and your students. 🔔 Facilitate the lesson with Pear Deck to give you opportunities to monitor student learning and adjust instruction. 🔔 Give ALL students opportunities to process new content

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Increasing Response Rates

Creating Instant Lessons with Pear Deck

Instantly create a Pear Deck lesson tailored to a specific topic, standard or resource.

🔔 Instantly build interactive lessons by simply entering TEKS or uploading a resource. 🔔 Review and revise the lesson so that it is tailored to the needs of you and your students. 🔔 Facilitate the lesson with Pear Deck to give you opportunities to monitor student learning and adjust instruction. 🔔 Give ALL students opportunities to process new content

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Increasing Response Rates

🎁 Welcome to Instructional Technology's 12 Days of Techmas! Beginning on December 5, and continuing through December 20, we will be sharing a new AI tool and instructional application with you. 🎁 Get ready for Day One by taking a moment to review the AI Toolkit. You'll find our district's current policy on AI use, best practices to help you get the most out of AI, and a few of our favorite tools that we'll be using in this series.

Audio Overviews with Google Notebook LM

Turn documents, slides, charts, websites and more into engaging discussions with one click.

🔔 Create a notebook with up to 50 resources from which Notebook LM will compile your audio overview 🔔 Provide students with an alternative resource type that may be more accessible to some learners. 🔔 Introduce more student choice by allow learners with different preferences to access different types of resources

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Written Feedback with Brisk Teaching

Generate actionable, written feedback for student writing — right from the apps and websites you already use.

🔔 Upload a rubric or simply specify focus areas for the feedback 🔔 All feedback is fully customizable before sharing with students - always review and revise to meet the needs of your students 🔔 Insert feedback directly into the student's doc for them to reference

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Tracking Student Progress

Creating Instant Lessons with Pear Deck

Instantly create a Pear Deck lesson tailored to a specific topic, standard or resource.

🔔 Instantly build interactive lessons by simply entering TEKS or uploading a resource. 🔔 Review and revise the lesson so that it is tailored to the needs of you and your students. 🔔 Facilitate the lesson with Pear Deck to give you opportunities to monitor student learning and adjust instruction. 🔔 Give ALL students opportunities to process new content

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Generating Multiple Choice Questions with Quizizz

Enter a topic, paste a link, or upload a document, and get ready-to-use questions in seconds that export to Quizizz.

🔔 Easily design formative assessments to help monitor student learning 🔔 Review and revise questions before publishing to make sure that they are TEKS-aligned and meet the needs of your learners 🔔 Assessment data is available immediately to the teacher, allowing you to adjust instruction as needed

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Generate Images with Canva

Use AI to make your visual ideas real. Write descriptive prompts to generate images from your imagination!

🔔 Practice descriptive writing through prompts and see how small changes can make big impact 🔔 Challenge students to refine their prompts through repeatedly practicing adding more detail to generate higher quality visuals 🔔 Bring student stories to life through picture books or comics 🔔 Allow Canva to make short videos to show off student ideas using the video generator

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Creating Rubrics with Magic School Rubric Generator

Have AI write a rubric for an assignment you are creating for your class, in table format.

🔔 A great way to communicate expectations and levels of proficiency for an assignment. 🔔 Encourage self-assessment by adding drop down options for each criteria so that students can score themselves 🔔 Build in time for students to self and peer assess. The more time that students spend applying the rubric, the better they will understand it.

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Providing Scales and Rubrics

Creating Instant Lessons with Pear Deck

Instantly create a Pear Deck lesson tailored to a specific topic, standard or resource.

🔔 Instantly build interactive lessons by simply entering TEKS or uploading a resource. 🔔 Review and revise the lesson so that it is tailored to the needs of you and your students. 🔔 Facilitate the lesson with Pear Deck to give you opportunities to monitor student learning and adjust instruction. 🔔 Give ALL students opportunities to process new content

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Explaining Concepts with Goblin Tools

Get an explanation of any topic (and an example). Adjust the complexity of the response based on students' needs

🔔 Get different explanations and examples of topics for students who need a concept explained differently 🔔 Change the complexity level of the response to suit the needs of different learners 🌶️ = complex response with technical jargon 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ = simple response with no jargon

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Providing Resources and Guidance

Audio Overviews with Google Notebook LM

Turn documents, slides, charts, websites and more into engaging discussions with one click.

🔔 Create a notebook with up to 50 resources from which Notebook LM will compile your audio overview 🔔 Provide students with an alternative resource type that may be more accessible to some learners. 🔔 Introduce more student choice by allow learners with different preferences to access different types of resources

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Providing Resources and Guidance

Explaining Concepts with Goblin Tools

Get an explanation of any topic (and an example). Adjust the complexity of the response based on students' needs

🔔 Get different explanations and examples of topics for students who need a concept explained differently 🔔 Change the complexity level of the response to suit the needs of different learners 🌶️ = complex response with technical jargon 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ = simple response with no jargon

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Providing Resources and Guidance

Written Feedback with Brisk Teaching

Generate actionable, written feedback for student writing — right from the apps and websites you already use.

🔔 Upload a rubric or simply specify focus areas for the feedback 🔔 All feedback is fully customizable before sharing with students - always review and revise to meet the needs of your students 🔔 Insert feedback directly into the student's doc for them to reference

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Tracking Student Progress

Creating Choice Boards with Magic School

AI generates a choice board for student assignments to meet student learning needs.

🔔 Allow students to select activities that align with their learning styles, interests, and readiness levels 🔔 Give students control over their learning, increasing motivation and ownership 🔔 Use to review concepts or practice skills in a way that caters to diverse student needs

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Engaging Students in Cognitively Complex Tasks

Creating Rubrics with Magic School Rubric Generator

Have AI write a rubric for an assignment you are creating for your class, in table format.

🔔 A great way to communicate expectations and levels of proficiency for an assignment. 🔔 Encourage self-assessment by adding drop down options for each criteria so that students can score themselves 🔔 Build in time for students to self and peer assess. The more time that students spend applying the rubric, the better they will understand it.

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Providing Scales and Rubrics

Identify Common Misonceptions with Magic School

Generate the most common misconceptions and how to address them for any topic.

🔔 Anticipate student misconceptions when planning your lessons by having AI generate a list common ones 🔔 Design ways to intentionally address misconceptions before they happen

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Examining Errors in Reasoning

Audio Overviews with Google Notebook LM

Turn documents, slides, charts, websites and more into engaging discussions with one click.

🔔 Create a notebook with up to 50 resources from which Notebook LM will compile your audio overview 🔔 Provide students with an alternative resource type that may be more accessible to some learners. 🔔 Introduce more student choice by allow learners with different preferences to access different types of resources

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Providing Resources and Guidance

Audio Overviews with Google Notebook LM

Turn documents, slides, charts, websites and more into engaging discussions with one click.

🔔 Create a notebook with up to 50 resources from which Notebook LM will compile your audio overview 🔔 Provide students with an alternative resource type that may be more accessible to some learners. 🔔 Introduce more student choice by allow learners with different preferences to access different types of resources

NASOT Element 13:

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Providing Resources and Guidance