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AI can enhance focused note-taking by facilitating the application of notes to real-world problems and contexts.

AI can enhance focused note-taking by facilitating the application of notes to new thinking.

Explore eight ways that AI can be integrated into the fourth step of AVID's focused note-taking process, which focuses on summarizing and reflecting on learning.

Explore seven ways that AI can be integrated into the third step of AVID's focused note-taking process, which involves connecting thinking.

Explore how AI can be integrated into the second step of AVID's focused note-taking process.

Explore how AI can be integrated into the first step of the focused note-taking process.

Explore five guiding questions to determine if technology should be integrated into your lesson plan.

Explore Checkology, the News Literacy Project's free virtual classroom that teaches students about news literacy.

Explore Brookings’ Prosper, Prepare, Protect framework for AI in education, with 12 action steps to guide ethical, effective, and student-centered AI adoption.

Explore the potential risks of integrating AI into the classroom if overused or with no guardrails.

Explore the potential benefits of using AI in a K–12 classroom.

Review the Center for Universal Education at Brookings Institution's new study, A New Direction for Students in an AI World: Prosper, Prepare, Protect.

Help students become better writers with Writing Coach from Khan Academy.

Learn about vibe coding, a great way to introduce computer science skills to students while helping them develop critical thinking skills at the same time.

Learn about EnlightenAI, a personalized AI assistant that teachers can leverage for grading, feedback, and data-driven instruction.

Peruse a collection of links, separated by topic, that you may want to bookmark and reference on a regular basis as a manageable way to stay on top of the latest in edtech.

Review a five-part plan from OpenAI to develop AI literacy for teenagers.

Explore a recent project from ed tech leader Eric Curts, who has developed a free website that shares a growing collection of premade AI Gems, which are custom prompts that have been designed and saved for educators to use as desired in Google Gemini.

Explore three strategies for teachers and seven student-facing practices for effectively using generative AI in K–12 classrooms.

Discover the features and functionality of ChatGPT's Deep Research and compare the experience and results to Gemini Deep Research.

Explore the features and functionality of Google's Gemini Deep Research as well as how it might be implemented in the K–12 school setting.

Explore the features and functionality of Google Search's AI Mode.

Explore seven strategies that educators can use to prepare themselves for a restful and rejuvenating winter break.

Explore 12 tech-rich classroom activities that you can use during the winter holiday season.

Explore three key tips for improving your generative AI prompts.

Explore four ways to leverage generative AI as a virtual tech coach in K–12 schools as well as tips for building your own virtual coaching workflow.

Explore ways that generative AI chatbots can help you solve tech support questions in the K–12 classroom and save you valuable time.

Engage your students in a six-step, problem-solving experience using Canva.

Get a glimpse into Learn Your Way, a new AI-powered learning project from Google Labs that may transform the consumption of text documents in the classroom.

Increase efficiency and productivity through the use of document tabs in Google Docs.

Explore six of the most powerful features of NotebookLM and discover how you can use this tool in your K–12 classroom.

Learn about Grouper, an online tool designed to help you quickly and thoughtfully create customized student groups.

Explore the features and functionality of Google Gemini's image generation tool, Nano Banana.

Discover how K–12 teachers can use customizable AI Gems to save time.

Explore TeacherServer, a collection of AI-powered tools designed to support educators and help save them time.

Explore ways that Suno can be used to create AI-generated music in the classroom.

Explore three ways to gain an understanding of machine learning: Google's Teachable Machine, micro:bit's CreateAI, and Grammarly's guide to machine learning.

Explore the features of ChatGPT's new study mode and learn how it works.

Explore the AI Literacy Toolkit for Families, a free resource co-created by Common Sense Media and Day of AI.

Give consideration to these four key questions when establishing and implementing your classroom technology routines.

Explore three ways that classroom technology can help K–12 teachers foster personal connections, enhance collaboration, and build relationships.

Explore various schedules for hybrid blended learning and review tips and best practices for remote and in-class learning.

Explore three common types of blended learning playlist models, their benefits, and a five-step process for planning them.

Understand the concepts and practices of flipped learning, which can improve your implementation of all blended learning models.

Explore the blended learning strategy of station rotation and how to implement it in your K–12 classroom.

Explore ways to integrate the blended learning strategy of whole-group rotation into your classroom.

Explore the core elements and potential benefits of blended learning.

Explore details from Empowering Learners for the Age of AI: An AI Literacy Framework for Primary and Secondary Education, a draft document from the European Commission and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that provides AI guidance for educators.

Improve your understanding and use of AI in three steps.

Discover the free AI Trust You add-on that helps create trusting and transparent communication between teachers and students about AI use.