Edtech Throwdown

Episode 173: There’s an AI For That

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown. This is episode 173 called “There’s an AI for That” In this episode, we’ll talk about some more of the many and ever evolving ways that AI is making our teacher lives easier! This is another episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.

Segment 1: PD Reflection

Narrative: Back to school and teachers are excited to get started with the year. Several teachers asked if there is an AI tool that will do ________?

1. Brisk Teaching
2. Low Resolution Photos

Segment 2: AI Tools

AI Super-hubs

1. What ai can do today
2. AI Tools Directory
3. AIXPLORIA

Tools

1. TeacherMatic
2. TeacherMatic’s AI generators act like personal assistants for teachers. They make creating classroom materials easy by automatically making things like worksheets, quizzes, and lesson plans. Just tell the app what topic you need, and it does the rest. This way, teachers can save time and spend more of it teaching and connecting with their students.
3. 5 Free uses per day
4. Khanmigo
5. Ai Cheat Check
6. TheChecker.AI accurately distinguishes AI-generated content from authentic work with 99.7% accuracy.
7. Logofast
8. Logo maker… more like an icon maker
9. Suno
10. Fun classroom music maker
11. https://suno.com/song/0bdc9e46-f232-4940-b59f-b7a212e18b25
12. Monic.ai
13. Upload any study material, create summaries, quizzes, and flashcards in seconds, and practice with scientifically proven methods—all in one powerful platform.
14. 2,500 AI tokens (one-time)

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Episode 172: Student Centered Learning is NOT the Same as Universal Design for Learning

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown This is episode 172 called “Student Centered Learning is NOT the Same as Universal Design for Learning” In this episode, we’ll talk about the similarities and differences between Student-Centered Learning and Universal Design for Learning as well as some best practices that support both teaching strategies! This is another episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.

Segment 1: PD Reflection

Narrative: Kyle Wagner PD Session through the Teach Better Ambassador Program called “Simple Shifts for Student Centered Environments.

• 12 Shifts to Move from Teacher-Led to Student-Centered Environments
• https://www.kylewagner.net/
• Book: The Power of Simple: Transform your school by conquering the standards, individualizing learning, and creating a community of innovators

Segment 2: Student Centered Learning vs Universal Design for Learning

Student-Centered Learning (SCL) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) are both educational approaches that aim to enhance student engagement and success, but they have different focuses and methods. Below is a comparison of their similarities and differences:

1. Primary Focus:

• Student-Centered Learning: Focuses on student choice and autonomy. The goal is to empower students to take charge of their learning by making decisions about content, goals, and methods.

1. Goal Setting

• Universal Design for Learning: Focuses on accessibility and inclusivity. The goal is to design lessons and materials that are accessible to all students, regardless of their abilities, from the outset.

1. Strengths and Weaknesses
2. Approach to Curriculum:

• SCL: In SCL, students have significant input into the curriculum. They may choose topics of interest and set personal learning goals, leading to a more personalized learning experience.
• UDL: In UDL, the curriculum is designed with all learners in mind from the beginning. It anticipates diverse needs and provides multiple ways for students to access information, demonstrate knowledge, and stay engaged

1. Choice Board

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Episode 171: 6 Tools Tips and Tricks to Blast off Your School Year

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown This is episode 171 called “6 Tools Tips and Tricks to Blast off Your School Year” In this episode, we’ll talk about the end of summer time crunch and 6 of our favorite edtech recommendations to help blast off your school year! This is another episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.

Segment 1: Intro

Narrative: Crunchtime and PD Days are here!

Segment 2: 6 Tools

Nick:

• Flaticon for AI guideline markers. Switching from noun project to flaticon. They have way more stuff. All my assignments this year will have different icons to indicate to the students how AI can be used on this type of assignment.
• Using AI as a tutor. Last night ChatGPT helped my wife learn how to reformat 7000 lines of data and then set up formulas based on that data for a work project.
• Tables in Google Sheets: With tables, you can simplify and accelerate spreadsheet building by bringing format and structure to unorganized ranges. By selecting your data range and going to Format > Convert to table, Sheets now does the heavy lifting to format and organize data with a polished design including column types, filters, color coding, dropdown menus and more.

Guise:

• Diffit has eduprotocols
• Writer Igniter https://diymfa.com/writer-igniter/
• Canvastera

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