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- ✅ 6 tech tools to check out ...
✅ 6 tech tools to check out ...
... plus full video of my AI panel discussion at ISTE!
Matt Miller
July 11, 2024
🎉 It’s a tech tool bonanza!
Summer is a great time to relax, disconnect, and do the things that make you happy.
(For me, earlier this week, it meant getting my 30-year old Sega Genesis video game console out and playing really, really old video games.) 🎮
But when you’re ready to start thinking about school again …
… summer is a great time to check out new tech tools. ✅
Today’s email is full of great resources I shared during the ISTE Conference in Denver. But it also includes these tech tools …
vivi, a student screen sharing tool that’s easy, powerful, and free
MagicSchool, with AI-powered teacher tools to make life easier
Book Creator, a fantastic multimedia creativity tool
Brisk Teaching, a great teacher productivity Chrome extension
Khanmigo, an app that puts AI in the hands of teachers and students
Gemini, Google’s large language model (LLM) AI assistant
Looking for even more? On my ISTE Conference resources page, I share info and presentations I did about FigJam (by Figma), ScreenPal and Diffit.
Inside:
🖥 vivi: Student screen sharing made simple
👀 DTT Digest: Khanmigo, Gemini, teacher prep, strategies
1️⃣ AI panel discussion: “The Generative Age”
2️⃣ My 8 favorite MagicSchool tools for teachers
3️⃣ Digital Instruction: To Infinity and Beyond with Book Creator
4️⃣ Save Tons of Time with Brisk Teaching
😄 Smile of the day: Spill the tea ☕️
👋 How we can help
🖥 vivi: Student screen sharing made simple
What apps do your students use in class — Google Slides, PowerPoint, FigJam, Book Creator … others?
With vivi (vivi.io), no matter what the app, students can quickly share their screen so the whole class can see.
And it’s FREE.
Students join your class with vivi. Then, using your computer or even your cell phone, you can mirror students’ screens to the big screen in front of the room.
Vivi also has a student whiteboard feature that can be mirrored for everyone to see.
Did I mention it’s FREE?
👉 Sign up for a free vivi account to get students sharing quickly.
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👀 DTT Digest
4 teaching resources worth checking out today
🤖 Khanmigo is free for teachers — This AI-powered teaching assistant is now free for educators. (Student access is still paid, though.)
📝 Google Gemini prompting guide — Want to write better prompts for Gemini, Google’s AI assistant? This PDF guide can help.
📚 Evolving Teacher Education in an AI World — This white paper, created by ISTE, shares how educator prep programs can better ready their candidates.
⏱ 60-Second Strategies for Educators — This series of short videos from Edutopia is a gold mine for good ideas.
📺 AI panel discussion: “The Generative Age”
Photo by Lauren Enders Gonzales @EngagingAACSLP via Twitter/X
This was a fast-paced, fun panel discussion with LOTS of people I respect in education!
“The Generative Age: An AI Symposium” panel discussion was moderated by Alana Winnick and featured Carl Hooker, Ken Shelton, Vicki Davis, Donnie Piercey, Tim Needles, and me.
We covered a variety of topics, and it was gamified — where the audience voted on best responses!
📺 My 8 favorite MagicSchool tools for teachers
MagicSchool has more than 70 tools for teachers! These AI-powered tools can help you get things done and gather new ideas.
But what are the best ones?
In this quick session at the MagicSchool booth at ISTE, I share my 8 favorite MagicSchool tools for teachers.
📺 Digital Instruction: To Infinity and Beyond with Book Creator
Learning can be fun — and student centered! And Book Creator can help you with both.
In this session at the Book Creator booth at ISTE, I share some of my favorite ways to engage students in learning with this powerful multimedia tool.
🎁 BONUS: Fill out a form for 6 months of premium Book Creator for FREE! (Note: Form was supposed to be filled out by June 30, but if you can still open it, you can give it a try and see if it still works!)
📺 Save Tons of Time with Brisk Teaching
Want to use AI to help you save time on your teacher tasks? Without having to leave the ecosphere of Google tools you already use?
You need to know about Brisk Teaching.
In this session, I share my five favorite features of Brisk.
Bad news: When I recorded this session in the Brisk booth at ISTE (see photo above!), the audio didn’t work.
Good news: I re-recorded it from home with the same content!
😄 Smile of the day
“Oh, never been in trouble, you say …”
h/t Readers Digest
👋 How we can help
There are even more ways I can support you in the important work you do in education:
Read one of my six books about meaningful teaching with tech.
Take one of our online courses about practical and popular topics in education.
Bring me to your school, district or event to speak. I love working with educators!
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