…can paste in text and ask the chatbot to translate it to another language. Students can paste in articles, notes, or anything text-based and ask the AI to summarize the…
Care for Your Students During Live Teaching and Learning
…or two. Consider weaving these into your materials, like you would for a brain break. Combine an academic activity with a personal connection. Students can work with a chat partner,…
#125 – Evaluating the Credibility of Online Information
…Intent Accuracy Slant For more information about online reference materials, explore the AVID Open Access article Search and Seek Credible Information: Step 3 of the Searching for ANSWERS Inquiry Process….
Talk&Comment Chrome Extension
…a mini audio player with a play button. Talk&Comment is ideal for quickly recording audio notes on digital documents and websites. Technical Requirements The Talk&Comment extension must be installed in…
#261 – WICOR® and AI: Writing
…more manageable Interview questions Subtopics to research Potential titles Organizing Paste in a thesis and notes, and then ask for options to organize those ideas. Ask for five ways to…
#175 – Student Time Management
…to event descriptions. Set up notifications. Customize display options. Create Prioritized Checklists Choose a tool: Digital document or spreadsheet Google Keep Taskade Sticky Notes Notes feature on smartphone Use it…
#120 – Diversifying the Computer Science Pipeline, with Allen Antoine
…study due to the lack of role models who look like them. Another barrier can be the sequencing of prerequisite courses. For instance, students who do not take algebra in…
Ed Tip: Making a Research Plan
…of strategies that can be effective when building this plan. Gaining Background Knowledge Explore encyclopedias, including Britannica and Wikipedia. Conduct a web search. Ask an AI tool, such as Microsoft…
Digital Reading Deep Dive
If students read a document from start to finish without scanning it first, without marking up the text, or without taking notes or otherwise processing it, they will retain very…
Digital Note-taking: Going Beyond Paper
…game, but also learning. …Remember, Hour of Code doesn’t just happen once a year for an hour. It happens for a lifetime. Please make sure you access the materials, engage…
STEM Career Connections
…think critically and creatively, to collaborate with others, and to solve real-world problems. AVID STEM Connections offers grab-and-go lesson plans and ancillary materials to support teachers and students, making it…
#231 – Claude 2, a New Generative AI Option
…AI. Potential Uses in Education Summarize long documents. Recap meeting notes. Summarize YouTube transcripts. Analyze data and make connections across multiple documents. Simplify longer text to produce differentiated learning materials….
Ask Questions and Facilitate Answers: Q and A Tools
…sticky notes on posters hung around the classroom. Engage Your Students Entrance Ticket Sometimes the best time to have students ask their questions is right at the beginning of a…
“Cheap Fakes”
…on social media in an effort to damage her credibility and question her competence. The Associated Press notes another incident where Nancy Pelosi was the victim of a cheap fake….
Support Student Reflection With Self-Paced Virtual Strategies and Tools
…is a place to collect, reflect, and recollect elements of student learning. Students collect artifacts, thoughts, notes, and resources during their learning journey. They can use this space to reflect…