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Infographic: “The Most Popular TED Talks of All Time” PanJoyCZ / Pixabay I’m adding this infographic to The Best Teacher Resources For “TED Talks” (& Similar Presentations) (which I’ve just updated):
     StoryCorps’ “The Great Listen” Is A Cool Oral History Project For Students
I’ve periodically published about StoryCorps’ “The Great Listen” over the years. Though its billed as a Thanksgiving activity, this oral history project can be done at anytime. Students – and teachers, too (I did it with my in-laws) – interview an older family member and upload it to the StoryCorps archive. They have tons of preparatory materials on their site. I only did it once in class with English-proficient students, and the process went quite well. I think it could be done with ELL students fairly easily, with their interviewing family members in their home languages, translating it with Google Translate into English, and then using some of that text for English instruction. Here are a couple of other articles on using oral history activities with students: Listening is an Act of Love is from CollectEDNY. The Benefits of Oral History Projects for Multilingual Learners is from Edutopia. And here’s a promotional video author Jason Reynolds has done for this year’s Great Listen:   This AI Chatbot I Created For ELL Teachers Has Become Quite Popular
This AI chatbot I set up last month has been getting lots of use by ELL teachers. It only uses a database of resources and educators that I’ve curated to answer questions. It will also tell you who’s on the list and give you instructions on how you can make suggestions for additions (which is basically just contacting me with your recommendation). I also recently added several more resources to the database. I also created several other chatbots at the same time with specific educational objectives and databases. They, too, are getting a lot of use. I’ll be adding new resources to their databases and posting about them again when they’re done.  My Best Posts On New Education Research Studies In 2025 – Part Two
Another day, another end-of-year “Best” list. Now, it’s time for research studies. You can see all previous editions of this list, as well as all my ed research related “best” lists, here. Here are my choices for the past six months: This Research On “Leaderboards” Shows Why Blooket Is Now My Favorite Online Learning Game Even More Research Suggests That Focusing On ELL Reclassification Is The Wrong Priority Research Finds That Leaders Admitting Their Mistakes Inspires Others To Want To Be Leaders Study Highlights The Value Of Teachers “Faking It Until We Make It” Yet Another Study Finds That Peer Tutoring Is Effective For Tutors & The Students Being Tutored No Surprise – Survey Finds That Teachers Are Spending Even More Of Their Own Money On Students To No One’s Surprise, Research Finds That ICE Raids ‘Are Having Disruptive Effects On Students’ New Research Reinforces The Value Of Subtitles For ELLs Study Finds That Students – At Least, Younger Ones – Learn More From Videos Than Reading Here are a few others I think are useful, though I didn’t write separate posts about them: Exploring the Move Away from ‘Zero -Tolerance’ Policies: Evidence from Restorative Justice Practices in Texas and Michigan Schools is a new study. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Restorative Practices – Help Me Find More. The concept of loss aversion has always seemed fishy to me, especially as it relates to schools (see The Best Posts On “Loss Aversion” & Schools ). Now, new research suggests I might be write – see Loss aversion is not robust: A re-meta-analysis.
 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:
Hialfred has not bad-looking AI-generated presentations on different subjects, and you can use it to create your own. AICurated is an AI tool collection. However, there are so many of these types of sites, that I’m going to stop adding new ones to THE BEST COLLECTIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS. Scripts Flick is a text-to-video AI tool. Wonder Story lets you record your own AI-assisted story. I’m adding it to The Best Online Tools Using Artificial Intelligence For Creating Stories For Children. TracePiz isn’t free, but it looks like a nice picture-to-coloring-page generator, which could come in handy to grandparents like me. AI Book Translate isn’t free, but it looks like it could be useful to people like me who going to try their hand at fiction. I’m adding it to USEFUL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO PLAN TO WRITE NOVELS SOMEDAY. Resume Maker Online is yet another AI resume tool. Voice to Slides is free, and lets you use your…voice to tell AI to create slides.
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