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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:
PageMaster lets you create your own “choose-your-own-adventure” story. I’m adding it to The Best Places To Read & Write “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories. Pixley is a text-to-animation tool. You can make three animated videos for free – I made this one. Open-Source AI Presentation Generator is a free AI-presentation creator – I’ve seen worse. WordFlippin is an AI tool for learning vocabulary. IQPrompt uses AI to create data visualizations. Amazon launches an AI-powered Kindle Translate service for e-book authors is from TechCrunch. I’m adding it to USEFUL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO PLAN TO WRITE NOVELS SOMEDAY.
Advancing meaningful learning in the age of AI is from Oregon State and shares an interesting version of Bloom’s Taxonomy. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Helping Teachers Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom. Explain Like I’m 5 uses AI to do just that. I have no idea how useful or useless this will be: Google AI Educator Series      This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues
Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in seeing all my “Best” lists related to education policy here):
California schools could get billions more in Newsom’s May budget revision is from Ed Source. Democrats Challenge Plan to Dismantle Office for English Learners is from Ed Week.
I’m adding these two posts to The Best Resources For Learning About The Role Of Private Foundations In Education Policy:
Linda McMahon defends dismantling the Education Department, shifting its work is from NPR. I’m adding this post to RESOURCES ON CHALLENGES NATIVE AMERICANS FACE IN SCHOOLS:
Colleges got more rural students to apply. The challenge is getting them to attend is from NPR.
Maybe School Should be a Game is by Michael Pershan. I’m adding it to The Best Resources Showing Why We Need To Be “Data-Informed” & Not “Data-Driven”  Research Studies Of The Week Mohamed_hassan / Pixabay I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature. You can see all my “Best” lists related to education research here. Here are some new useful studies (and related resources):
Is Video Watching Bad for Kids? The Effect of Video Watching on Children’s Skills Student Engagement Is Key, Defining and Measuring it Is the Challenge is from The 74. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles On Student Engagement.
Exploring Factors Influencing Low-Achieving EFL High School Students’ Motivation in Learning English from Self-Determination Perspectives is actually not a very useful study if you focus on its experiment – they only interviewed four students. However, its summary of motivational research related to English language learning is worth reading. I’m adding it to Best Posts On “Motivating” Students. I’m adding Making Sense of Generative Learning to The “Best” Resources On “Generative Learning” This is from the Harvard Business Review on listening to music: In a lab study 252 U.S. participants created playlists on Spotify and then completed 19 rounds of proofreading, doing the first five rounds in silence and the next 14 while listening to their playlists. Initially, the music boosted their proofreading scores, but after the seventh round of listening to it, their performance began to dip, eventually becoming worse than when they worked in silence. Another study tracked 247 U.S. employees over three weeks. Each week, participants were randomly assigned to listen to either little to no music, one hour more than usual per day, or three hours more than usual per day. They were also asked about their willpower (whether they felt energized or drained by mentally demanding tasks) and filled out daily surveys about their focus and performance. People who listened to music reported having better focus and performance than people who did not. But when the researchers looked closer, they found that music’s effect on performance wasn’t the same for everyone. Participants who appeared to have strong willpower (they felt energized by hard tasks) maintained their focus and performance regardless of how much music they heard. But for those whose willpower seemed limited, listening more than usual was associated with significant declines in focus and performance. I’m adding it to The Best Research On Listening To Music When Studying.  “How to Use Artificial Intelligence With English Learners—According to Teachers”How to Use Artificial Intelligence With English Learners—According to Teachers is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns. When used responsibly, AI can be a great ally for English learners. Here are some excerpts:
 Study Identified A Long Overlooked Aspect Of Student Achievement – The Impact Of Student Mobility
I have felt for a long time that student mobility – that is, students having to regularly transfer to new schools, often because of their family’s housing insecurity – has been an overlooked cause of student academic challenges. I’ve previously written about it at Student Mobility and Another Study Highlights The Impact Of Moving On Student Academic Progress. A new study, not behind a paywall, gives attention to this issue. Check out Does School Context Moderate the Relationship between Student Mobility and Academic Performance? Longitudinal Evidence from Missouri.  More Recent Articles
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