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“What If History” Is A Fun AI Tool & Also Makes Me Feel Sad About What AI Has Done To Classrooms
I’m a big fan of alternative history. And doing alternate history lessons in my IB Theory of Knowledge and ELL classes were some of my favorite times of the year – the creativity and deeper thinking exhibited by students was off the charts (see The Best Resources For Teaching “What If?” History Lessons). But I felt like I had to stop doing them the last two years I was in the classroom because of Artificial Intelligence. The assignment was very hard, and I loved my students, but I thought the temptation of ChatGPT was just going to be too much for many of them. I remembered that sense of sadness when I learned about a new AI tool called What If History. It’s free, and it’s a lot of fun to just invent a scenario and have it run with it. Nevertheless, it’s a reminder of what we’ve lost over the past three years….      Ed Tech Digest
Ten years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “Ed Tech Digest” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in checking out all my edtech resources. Here are this week’s choices: GeoStats Game has lots of pretty original geography games. I’m adding it to The Best Online Geography Games. oSlate is a free online whiteboard. ASVAB Citation Generator does just that. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning Research & Citation Skills. PuraPDF Tools and PDF Hub have lots of…PDF tools. I’m adding them to Not “The Best,” But “A List” Of Ways To Convert PDF & Word Documents. Data Viz Kit lets you make lots of different charts and graphs. I’m adding it to The Best Tools To Make Simple Graphs Online. Guessify is a geography game. I’m adding it to The Best Online Geography Games. Dataguessr challenges you by asking you a data question (“Which countries have the highest rates of children under 14”) and then you have to put those stated countries in order.  Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week
Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here. You can also see all my “Best” lists on instructional strategies here. Here are this week’s picks: Using Oral Assessments to Enrich Our Understanding of Student Learning is from Edutopia. FLASHCARDS:TO SUPPORT TEACHING AND LEARNING is from Evidence Based Education. I’m adding it to The Best Tools To Make Online Flashcards. 14 Exceptionally Fun Math Games for Middle and High School is from Edutopia. The Power of Slow Reveal Graphs is from Edutopia. It seems to me these charts could be very useful in class:
 This Week’s Free & Useful Artificial Intelligence Tools For The Classroom geralt / Pixabay
At least, for now, I’m going to make this a weekly feature which will highlight additions to THE BEST NEW – & FREE – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS THAT COULD BE USED IN THE CLASSROOM. Here are the latest: Storybookly lets you create storybooks like Gemini, but with no audio support. Sitchat is probably a big future use of AI – create your own television shows and chat with them. Snorkl: A Bigger Flip/Flipgrid with AI-Powered Feedback is from FLT Magazine. I’m adding this post to The “Best” Strategies For Creating AI-Resistant Assignments:
I’m adding this post to The “Best” Strategies For Creating AI-Resistant Assignments:
I’m adding this video to A Beginning List Of The Best Resources For Teaching About Artificial Intelligence: 
 The Supreme Court Is Scheduled To Hear Arguments About Birthright Citizenship On April 1st – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources MarkThomas / Pixabay
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on the birthright citizenship case on April 1st. You might be interested in: The Best Resources For Teaching & Learning About The 14th Amendment The Best Sites To Learn About The U.S. Supreme Court  More Recent Articles |
