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Team roles: Belbin's 9 roles to build a balanced team - Asana
Grades
6 to 12
tag(s): collaboration (139), teaching strategies (83), thinking routines (61), thinking skills (137)
In the Classroom
Students can view the roles and explain which role they see themselves as. Use Google Slides, reviewed here, to ask students to write a simple definition and visual to match each of the roles. As an extension activity, ask students to create a blog post outlining the different team roles using Paste It, reviewed here. JustPaste.It is a simple, ad-free online tool that lets you quickly share text and images with others, no account required.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Improv Encyclopedia
Grades
9 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): acting (17), back to school (56), classroom management (146), collaboration (139), firstday (27), game based learning (320), humor (24)
In the Classroom
Ask students to use Free Comic Strip Maker by Adobe, reviewed here to create a comic illustrating their Improv Game. Practice improv using Clipchamp, reviewed here to record themselves trying one of the games from the site and then reflecting on their actions. Create a book of students' favorite improv games using Book Creator, reviewed here to share with other classrooms or your school's drama department.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Pick a Mystery Box Powerpoint Template and Tutorial - How to Mark
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): teaching strategies (83), tutorials (52)
In the Classroom
Have students create their own mystery boxes using Microsoft PowerPoint Online, reviewed here to share a mystery animal, mystery historical event, or mystery literary theme. Create a mystery box presentation to engage students when introducing a new unit, and reveal one increasingly specific clue per slide, with a guess-prompt slide before the big reveal. Add these students' Mystery Boxes into a virtual bulletin board such as Padlet, reviewed here. Have students use FlexClip, reviewed here to create their own Mystery Box tutorial.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Chrome Music Lab - Google Labs
Grades
K to 12tag(s): coding (111), musical instruments (63), summer (53)
In the Classroom
Have students use Song Maker to compose a short melody that represents the mood or theme of a story, poem, or historical event studied in class. Students can explain how tempo, rhythm, and pitch connect to the topic. Challenge students to design background music or sound effects for a digital story, podcast, reader's theater, or coding project. Students can use Chrome Music Lab creations to enhance multimedia presentations and cross-curricular STEAM activities. Use the Rhythm and Beat experiments during math lessons to reinforce skills in fractions, patterns, sequencing, and counting. Students can create rhythmic patterns that demonstrate equivalent fractions or repeated sequences.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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PresenterMedia - Eclipse Digital Imaging
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): animation (71), artificial intelligence (346), presentations (47)
In the Classroom
Have students choose a new vocabulary word and create one slide with a definition, synonym, or antonym, a visual, and a sentence that shows the word in context. They can use an animated graphic or video background sparingly to help communicate the word's meaning. Small groups can create a short slide deck that explains a scientific process, such as the water cycle, photosynthesis, erosion, or a food chain. Students use visuals and animations to show the sequence of steps, then add captions that explain each stage in clear, accurate language. After reading a novel or short story, have students create a book trailer or character profile using presentation templates, graphics, and background media. They can include key setting details, character traits, conflict, theme, and a recommendation without giving away the ending.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Yellowstone National Park Virtual Tours - National Park Service
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K to 12tag(s): national parks (30), virtual field trips (148)
In the Classroom
Set up small groups to rotate through different tour stops (Mammoth Hot Springs, Norris Geyser Basin, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, etc.), with each group recording observations and sharing one interesting fact with the class afterward. Have students explore the "Protecting Yellowstone's Water" story map and write a short reflection or create a poster on why water conservation matters in national parks, connecting it to conservation efforts in their own community. Have students use Canva for Education reviewed here to create a poster, story map, or other project.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Manager, Facilitator, Motivator, Advocate: Setting Up Group Roles That Really Work - edutopia
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): collaboration (139), professional development (297), teaching strategies (83), thinking routines (61)
In the Classroom
Use this article to implement collaborative learning activities in your classroom. Students can use Adobe Express for Education, reviewed here to create visuals explaining each of the four roles or use Comic Strip Templates by Canva, reviewed here to create a short comic outlining each of the roles. After working in collaborative groups, students can complete a self-reflection using Google Forms, reviewed here as to their feelings/preferences about each of the roles.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Science Fridays - Science Fridays
Grades
K to 12tag(s): animals (283), artificial intelligence (346), brain (59), climate (99), energy (143), ethics (22), insects (64), makerspace (44), space (252), STEM (380), volcanoes (61)
In the Classroom
When learning about ants in How Do Ants Crown A Queen? students can use Turbo Timeline Generator, reviewed here to share the steps that ants take to crown a queen. In Train Your Brain To Manage Stress, students can create an infographic using Infographics Presentation Templates, reviewed here to share ways to manage stress. When learning about using a chatboat in AI For Kids: A Chatbox Exploration, students can use Timeline Infographic Templates by Venngage, reviewed here to compare and contrast chatbot output from the different chatpots used.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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A Capella Science - Tim Blais
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): body systems (47), cells (82), humor (24), molecules (44)
In the Classroom
Students can create comics using Witty Comics, reviewed here to complete a show what you know after watching one of the videos. Extend learning by asking students to create their own science song videos using Suno, reviewed here. As a final project, use Adobe Express Video Maker, reviewed here to make videos of students' science songs.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Krikey AI - Krikey Inc.
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): animation (71), artificial intelligence (346), digital storytelling (180), presentations (47), social and emotional learning (203), text to speech (24)
In the Classroom
Incorporate SEL and communication activities by asking students to create animated public service announcements about empathy, bullying prevention, digital citizenship, or teamwork. Use the platform for multimedia project-based learning by allowing students to create animated book trailers, persuasive commercials, or classroom presentations that integrate writing, speaking, creativity, and digital media production. Use Krikey AI for world language practice by having students create short animated conversations in another language using text-to-speech and character dialogue tools.Edge Features:
Includes an education-only area for teachers and students
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Power BI - Microsoft
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (346), charts and graphs (184), data (212), Project Based Learning (29), spreadsheets (23)
In the Classroom
Create classroom data walls or progress dashboards that help students monitor reading growth, assessment scores, attendance, or personal learning goals throughout the school year. Use the platform during media literacy or research projects to teach students how data visualizations influence communication, helping them critically and accurately evaluate graphs, infographics, and digital reports. Have students analyze real-world datasets in math, science, or social studies classes by creating interactive dashboards that display trends, comparisons, and predictions using charts and graphs.Edge Features:
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TLDR This - Tridev
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (346), summarizing (30)
In the Classroom
Have students compare the AI-generated summary of an article with the original text to identify missing details, bias, or inaccuracies. Use the tool during research projects to help students gather key information from lengthy nonfiction articles, primary sources, or current events before creating presentations or written responses. Create summarization challenges in which students first read an article, write their own summary, and then compare their work to the AI-generated version to discuss effective summarizing techniques.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Pitch - Pitch Software
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4 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (346), digital storytelling (180), presentations (47), slides (39)
In the Classroom
Have students design a presentation that follows a story's setting, combining maps, images, and descriptions of key locations. They can explain how each setting influences the plot or characters, connecting geography to literature. Ask students to identify a theme in a text and create a presentation using images, brief text, and possibly embedded videos to explain how the theme develops throughout the story, and then create a slide deck analyzing a character from a class novel. Each slide can focus on traits, motivations, key events, and text evidence, helping reinforce characterization skills.Edge Features:
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YouMind - Mind Motor PTE. LTD.
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (346), note taking (36), Research (91)
In the Classroom
Use this tool in a secondary journalism or social studies class to help students manage complex research projects on current events. Students can start by building a board that collects diverse perspectives from news articles and video interviews, using AI summaries to identify key arguments quickly. To help students organize their initial thoughts before drafting, they can use MindMup, reviewed here, to create a digital map of the different viewpoints they've discovered. After organizing their research, students can use the AI writer to generate a preliminary draft, focusing on integrating their analysis with the facts they gathered. After refining their draft, students can enhance their final presentation by creating a visual companion with Gamma, reviewed here, to turn their written findings into an interactive slide deck or webpage.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Biggest Calculator Hub - Biggest Calculator Hub
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): calculators (38)
In the Classroom
Give students practical problems (shopping discounts, travel time, saving money) and have them choose the appropriate calculator to solve each one. Have students solve a problem by hand first, then check their answer using a calculator from the site. Have students design their own multi-step word problem that requires using one of the calculators. They exchange problems with a partner to solve, encouraging deeper understanding and creativity.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Women Who Inspire the World Interactive - Sherlyn Cruz
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (346), women (191), womenchangemaker (81)
In the Classroom
Share this interactive with students as part of a learning center activity, then ask students to select one of the women to study further. Use Canva to create a similar activity for various classroom uses that features historical figures, explorers, authors, or other people of interest. View the archive of OK2Ask: Canva Basics: Using Templates to Support Classroom Communication, reviewed here, to learn more about how to create with Canva. By creating a template of your own and using your SchoolAI account, teachers can view students' discussions within spaces, monitor engagement, track progress, and analyze conversations. SchoolAI is FERPA- and COPPA-compliant and includes built-in safety guardrails for student use.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MiriCanvas - MIRI D.I.H.
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (346), posters (46), presentations (47), social media (64), worksheets (70)
In the Classroom
Students can design a presentation to explain a concept, theme, or research topic, using templates and images to support their understanding and communication skills. Use MiriCanvas to create digital book covers or character profiles that include visuals and descriptive text to demonstrate comprehension of a novel or story. Students can create visually engaging posters or infographics to summarize a story, topic, or unit, helping them organize key ideas and present information clearly.Edge Features:
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Google Data Studio - Google
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3 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (346), charts and graphs (184), data (212), spreadsheets (23)
In the Classroom
Create collaborative social studies or science inquiry projects in which groups gather research data and design dashboards to explain topics such as weather patterns, population growth, or environmental changes. Teachers can build classroom management or assessment dashboards that display formative assessment trends, attendance, participation, or benchmark growth to guide small-group instruction and enrichment activities. Use Google Data Studio during math lessons to help students interpret real-world data. Students can compare statistics, analyze class averages, or track progress on fluency and goal-setting activities through visual reports.Edge Features:
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Flip Education - Flip Education
Grades
K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (346), commoncore (63), Teacher Utilities (222)
In the Classroom
Use the free features available from Flip Education to supplement your current planning resources and provide fresh ideas for classroom instruction, or as a resource when planning for a substitute. Extend the learning activities available by using an AI tool such as Magic School, reviewed here, to differentiate instruction, create rubrics for assessing student projects, or generate original texts to accompany the materials.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MeiGen - MeiGen
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (346), creativity (93), graphic design (54), images (273)
In the Classroom
Use MeiGen in your lessons on creating AI images effectively, and include images in presentations and reports. For example, find and save images of passports with built-in 3D dioramas, and share the prompts with students to use when creating images for reports on countries, or select images with four frames with different poses for students to use as a back-to-school activity to share their interests when getting to know new classmates. Have students create multimedia presentations that include images using Canva for Education.Edge Features:
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Includes Interaction w general public/ public galleries with unmoderated content
Includes social features, such as "friends," comments, ratings by others
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