Edtech Throwdown

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown.  This is Episode 184 called 10 Project Ideas for Students to Show Mastery.   In this episode, we’ll discuss some of our favorite project ideas that you can use in your classroom to check for student mastery.  Of course we’ll share some of our favorite edtech and AI tools along the way.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss.  Check it out.

How has checking for mastery in education changed over the past 10 years?

1. Infographics
2. Visme
3. Canva
4. thinglink
5. Posters/Memes Poster/Calendar
6. Canva
7. Adobe Express
8. Snappa
9. Pixlr
10. VistaCreate
11. Timelines                  
12. Thinglink
13. Online Timeline Maker     
14. Canva
15. Timeline YouTube Video
16. Choose Your Own Adventure
17. Google Slides
18. Canva
19. Student Made Games                                       
20. Board Games Digitally via Canva
21. Escape Rooms/Puzzles
22. Flippity.net
23. Discovery Puzzle Maker
24. Interacty              
25. Podcasts
26. Research
27. NotebookLM
28. Shownotes/Storyboard
29. Google Docs
30. Bookcreator
31. Storyboardthat
32. Recording Audio
33. cell phone
34. Audacity
35. Wavacity
36. Editing Audio
37. Audacity
38. Wavacity
39. Publishing
40. Class Site
41. Canva
42. Google Sites
43. Slides Presentation
44. Slidesmania
45. Slides Carnival
46. Slidesgo
47. Video
48. Davinci Resolve
49. WeVideo
50. Adobe Premier
51. Portfolio
52. Canva Sites
53. Google Sites
54. Padlet
55. See-saw
56. Bookcreator
57. Wakelet   
58. Old School Assessment with Edtech
59. CoGrader
60. 100 Student Submissions per month FREE
61. Mote
62. Leave Audio Feedback
63. Snorkl
64. Instant Feedback with AI
65. Debates
66. Face-to-face
67. No-Talk debates
68. Google Docs
69. Presentation-Gallery Walk
70. Poster
71. Figjam
72. Miro
73. Canva whiteboard

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Music Credits:

• Intro and Outro Music- American Idle - RKVC
• Segment Identifiers- Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
• Edtech Throwdown- Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEX

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• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
• 1:1 Chromebook Integration
• EdTech Throwdown
• TargetED Learning
• Gamification (Badge Systems)
• Game-Based Learning (Escape Rooms, Amazing Race, and more)
• Google apps and extensions
• Personalized learning and Choice Boards
• Teacher productivity (Lesson Planning, Online Grading. and Feedback)
• Digital content creation
• Student Podcasting
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• Flipped Classroom
• Student-Centered Learning

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown.  This is Episode 183 called 8 Great Edtech Tools for Literacy.   In this episode, we’ll discuss some of our favorite websites for enhancing literacy in your classroom.  We’ll also take another look at an AMAZING new feature in google notebook lm.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss.  Check it out.

Guises mind is blown

n over notebook lm’s new feature

1. No Red Ink lessons
2. Maps.com.  Not a literacy site, but these are some cool maps and would make for great writing prompts.
3. Diffit Books, How it works:  Select “Books” on the Diffit homepage, Choose your book and chapters, Get student-ready resources!  We’re rolling this feature out to all schools over the next few weeks, but your access is live now as an admin on your Diffit account. Test it out and let your teachers know it's coming to their accounts soon!
4. ESL BITS:  Wide selection of audio books and text.  The sole purpose of this site is to help students improve their listening and reading comprehension of the English language.'BITS English Language Learning' is completely non-profit; it sells nothing, advertises nothing, and asks for nothing."BITS" is an online-only site. No links for downloading items are available and none will ever be provided.  Skip is wholly responsible for this site and has all the credit or all the blame as the case may be.
5. Write the World:  A nonprofit dedicated to developing teenagers’ writing and critical thinking skills. We empower young writers to become global citizens and succeed in school, career, and life.
6. NYT Writing Prompts
7. Wonderopolis Writing Prompts
8. DeepSeek AI Article 
9. DeepSeek-R1 is an AI model developed by Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek. Released in January 2025, R1 holds its own against (and in some cases surpasses) the reasoning capabilities of some of the world’s most advanced foundation models — but at a fraction of the operating cost, according to the company. R1 is also open sourced under an MIT license, allowing free commercial and academic use.

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Music Credits:

• Intro and Outro Music- American Idle - RKVC
• Segment Identifiers- Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
• Edtech Throwdown- Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEX

Need a Presenter?

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• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
• 1:1 Chromebook Integration
• EdTech Throwdown
• TargetED Learning
• Gamification (Badge Systems)
• Game-Based Learning (Escape Rooms, Amazing Race, and more)
• Google apps and extensions
• Personalized learning and Choice Boards
• Teacher productivity (Lesson Planning, Online Grading. and Feedback)
• Digital content creation
• Student Podcasting
• Screencasting
• Flipped Classroom
• Student-Centered Learning

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown.  This is Episode 182 called, “Using Edtech and AI to Personalize the Classroom”  In this episode, we’ll talk about how edtech an AI can personalize both your classroom physical space AND content creation and delivery.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss.  Check it out.

Narrative:  With all the AI and the COVID days behind us, have we lost the focus of personalizing learning for students in the classroom?

How can we use Edtech/AI to personalize the physical appearance of the classroom to be a more inviting place to learn?

• Interest-Driven Decor:
• Survey students about their favorite movies, games, and hobbies using tools like Google Forms or Mentimeter.
• Use the results to create themed areas, posters, or bulletin boards that reflect their interests.
• Digital Displays:
• Incorporate smart displays or projectors (e.g., Promethean boards) to showcase rotating slideshows of student artwork, photos, or inspirational quotes.
• Use Canva templates to make slides visually appealing and personalized.
• Interactive Wall Art:
• Use AR tools like QuiverVision to create augmented reality wall displays. Students can scan wall art to see animations or interact with digital layers.
• Mood Lighting:
• Integrate smart lighting systems to adjust classroom lighting based on the mood or theme of the lesson.
• Collaborative Space Design:
• Use Edtech tools like RoomSketcher to co-create the classroom layout with students. Allow them to choose how desks, chairs, or collaboration spaces are arranged.
• Personalized Name Tags:
• Create digital name tags with platforms like Adobe Express, incorporating students' chosen colors, symbols, or avatars.
• Digital Soundscapes:
• Use tools like Noisli or Spotify to set background sounds (e.g., nature, coffee shop ambiance) that align with classroom themes.
• Spotify Collaborative Playlists
• Digital Vision Boards:
• Have students create personal or classroom vision boards using platforms like Padlet or Figjam, which can be displayed on a digital screen.
• Interactive Check-In Boards:
• Use tools like ClassDojo to create a digital check-in system where students can indicate their mood or share a "fun fact" as they enter the classroom.
• Themed QR Code Stations:
• Create QR codes using a generator (like QR Code Monkey) that link to personalized student projects, fun facts, or favorite classroom activities.

How can we use Edtech/AI to personalize our content in the classroom?

• Adaptive Learning Platforms:
• Use platforms like Khan Academy, IXL, or DreamBox to provide personalized practice tailored to each student’s proficiency level.
• AI-Driven Content Creation:
• Tools like ChatGPT or Canva Magic Write can help craft custom lesson plans, study guides, or quiz questions aligned with individual learning needs.
• Student-Generated Playlists:
• Allow students to create playlists of educational videos or podcasts using YouTube or Edpuzzle that align with their interests or learning goals.
• Gamification of Lessons:
• Use platforms like Kahoot! or Quizizz to create custom quizzes or games featuring content and themes relevant to students’ lives.
• Individualized Feedback Tools:
• Use AI tools like Grammarly or Turnitin’s Revision Assistant to provide personalized writing feedback and improvement suggestions.
• Virtual Field Trips:
• Use tools like Google Earth, Nearpod, or Discovery Education to take students on virtual field trips tied to their personal interests or course content.
• AI-Assisted Reading Recommendations:
• Tools like Epic! or Lexia can recommend reading materials tailored to individual students’ interests and reading levels.
• Project-Based Learning Platforms:
• Platforms like PBLWorks or Trello can help students design and track personalized projects based on their unique interests.
• Differentiated Assignments:
• Use tools like Diffit to assign work to groups or individuals, catering to different skill levels or interests.
• AI-Powered Class Insights:
• Use analytics tools from platforms like snorkl ai to identify trends in student misconceptions and tailor activities accordingly.

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• Segment Identifiers- Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
• Edtech Throwdown- Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEX

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Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown.  This is Episode 181 called, “Educational AI Hub Breakdown”  In this episode, we’ll compare and analyze the mega-AI hubs that are competing for every teacher's attention.  By the end, you’ll know which ones we think are actually worth your time.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss.  Check it out.

Narrative:  Holy Hubs

What are AI Hubs?  

• We are using the term “hub” a little incorrectly here.  An AI hub is a thing in the tech space where AI models can be trained.  
• When we say hub, we mean AI platforms or workspaces that do LOTS of different teacher related things
• Most of these use ChatGPT or something similar in the background.  For example, let’s say you wanted to write a lesson plan … you could get the same results if you just went to ChatGPT and put in a very specific prompt, but Magic School’s lesson plan generator has done that for you.
• Also, Khanmigo uses GPT, but it has been specifically trained on the videos and resources held by Khan Academy.

What are the big ones?

• Magic School
• Some free, some paid
• Khanmigo
• All free for teachers
• Eduaid
• Pay for pro features
• Teachershub.ai
• Free for teachers but they do list limits, no other pricing there
• Teach Mate
• For the Brits!  Some for free, £6.99 per month and goes up from there
• MIT Sloane
• Can’t find a price
• Theres an AI for That
• ***Teacher Server
• Free for teachers

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Music Credits:

• Intro and Outro Music- American Idle - RKVC
• Segment Identifiers- Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
• Edtech Throwdown- Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEX

Need a Presenter?

As experienced presenters and content creators, you can contact Nick and Guise to speak at your school, event, or conference. They can customize a workshop that meets your organization’s unique time and content needs. While no topic is out of bounds, we are best known for sessions on:

• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
• 1:1 Chromebook Integration
• EdTech Throwdown
• TargetED Learning
• Gamification (Badge Systems)
• Game-Based Learning (Escape Rooms, Amazing Race, and more)
• Google apps and extensions
• Personalized learning and Choice Boards
• Teacher productivity (Lesson Planning, Online Grading. and Feedback)
• Digital content creation
• Student Podcasting
• Screencasting
• Flipped Classroom
• Student-Centered Learning

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown.  This is Episode 180 called, “Edtech Hot Topics, Tech Tools, and Resources Heading into 2025”  In this episode, we’ll wrap up 2024 by taking a look what is hot in educational technology right now as we start a new year.  We’ll also share of the tools and resources we’re most excited about for 2025.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss.  Check it out.

Narrative:  Edtech Throwdown Traditional Episode

• Where are we with AI?
• AI pushback - are you still seeing it?  Do you have it?
• Is the standard edtech tool without AI dead?

• Guise
• Snorkl
• NotebookLM
• Nick
• Padlet Sandbox
• Khanmigo

• Steph and Joe on the go
• Canva’s free teaching resources

1. NotebookLM Podcast
2. Make Memojis in Canva
3. How-to Guides w/ Tango
4. Top 10 Canva Apps
5. Accessibility Tools For Teachers
6. Canva Guide for Administrators
7. AI Edtech Toolkit
8. Make a Customized Song with Suno
9. Auto-Feedback with Snorkl Student View
10. Teacher Dashboard in Snorkl
11. Set the Tone with Goblin Tools
12. Connecting Google Drive with Canva
13. AI Prompt Library for EDU
14. 3 Wheel of Names Resources
15. There’s an AI For That
16. Content-based Scattergories
17. Padlet Sandbox
18. Twitter Bluesky Bridge
19. Google’s Canva Apps
20. Teacher Resources Using Khanmigo
21. Quizizz Flash Cards
22. Online Stopwatch Tools
23. Google Lens Applications
24. Polls and Quizzes in Canva
25. 3D Models in PowerPoint

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Music Credits:

• Intro and Outro Music- American Idle - RKVC
• Segment Identifiers- Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
• Edtech Throwdown- Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEX

Need a Presenter?

As experienced presenters and content creators, you can contact Nick and Guise to speak at your school, event, or conference. They can customize a workshop that meets your organization’s unique time and content needs. While no topic is out of bounds, we are best known for sessions on:

• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
• 1:1 Chromebook Integration
• EdTech Throwdown
• TargetED Learning
• Gamification (Badge Systems)
• Game-Based Learning (Escape Rooms, Amazing Race, and more)
• Google apps and extensions
• Personalized learning and Choice Boards
• Teacher productivity (Lesson Planning, Online Grading. and Feedback)
• Digital content creation
• Student Podcasting
• Screencasting
• Flipped Classroom
• Student-Centered Learning

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown.  This is Episode 179 called, “How Can Teachers Use Google Lens in the Classroom”  In this episode, we’ll talk about Google Lens, what it is, how to use it, and best of all - ways that it can support learning and make your teaching life easier.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss.  Check it out.

Narrative:  Google Lens does what?

Google Lens is a visual search tool that uses image recognition to understand what you're looking at and provide relevant information.

1. Identifying items: Students can use Google Lens to find names for items they encounter, such as plants or archaeological sites.
2. Biology Outdoor Classroom
3. Solving math problems: Google Lens can help math learners solve problems and understand key conception
4. Teacher Assistant when the teacher isn’t around
5. Getting help with homework: Students can point the Lens at a homework question to get help. 
6. Taking notes: Google Lens can capture images, texts, bar codes, and QR codes, which can be transferred to a file for future reference.
7. Getting synopses: Students can point the Lens towards a book cover to get a synopsis.
8. Image search and product search: find images and items similar to the ones you’ve provided.
9. Scanning QR Codes from a computer screen

Special Education Uses:

1. Reading: Google Lens can convert text images into readable text, which can be helpful for learners with dyslexia.
2. Translating: Google Lens can translate selected words into any language. 
3. Listening to text: Google Lens can listen to selected text, which can help students improve their listening skills and learn pronunciation. 
4. Text detection and OCR: recognize the writing on an image and extract its data.
5. Language detection and translation: identify the language of the text on the image, and then translate it.
6. Accessibility and alt text: find the alt text of the image.

1. NotebookLM Podcast
2. Make Memojis in Canva
3. How-to Guides w/ Tango
4. Top 10 Canva Apps
5. Accessibility Tools For Teachers
6. Canva Guide for Administrators
7. AI Edtech Toolkit
8. Make a Customized Song with Suno
9. Auto-Feedback with Snorkl Student View
10. Teacher Dashboard in Snorkl
11. Set the Tone with Goblin Tools
12. Connecting Google Drive with Canva
13. AI Prompt Library for EDU
14. 3 Wheel of Names Resources
15. There’s an AI For That
16. Content-based Scattergories
17. Padlet Sandbox
18. Twitter Bluesky Bridge
19. Google’s Canva Apps
20. Teacher Resources Using Khanmigo
21. Quizizz Flash Cards
22. Online Stopwatch Tools
23. Google Lens Applications
24. Polls and Quizzes in Canva
25. 3D Models in PowerPoint

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Music Credits:

• Intro and Outro Music- American Idle - RKVC
• Segment Identifiers- Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
• Edtech Throwdown- Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEX

Need a Presenter?

As experienced presenters and content creators, you can contact Nick and Guise to speak at your school, event, or conference. They can customize a workshop that meets your organization’s unique time and content needs. While no topic is out of bounds, we are best known for sessions on:

• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
• 1:1 Chromebook Integration
• EdTech Throwdown
• TargetED Learning
• Gamification (Badge Systems)
• Game-Based Learning (Escape Rooms, Amazing Race, and more)
• Google apps and extensions
• Personalized learning and Choice Boards
• Teacher productivity (Lesson Planning, Online Grading. and Feedback)
• Digital content creation
• Student Podcasting
• Screencasting
• Flipped Classroom
• Student-Centered Learning

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown.  This is episode 178 called “25 Edtech Resources for 2025”  In this episode, we’ll talk about some of favorite edtech resources that we are excited about heading into 2025.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss.  Check it out.

Narrative:  12 Days of Edtech out… Edtech Advent in!

1. NotebookLM Podcast
2. Make Memojis in Canva
3. How-to Guides w/ Tango
4. Top 10 Canva Apps
5. Accessibility Tools For Teachers
6. Canva Guide for Administrators
7. AI Edtech Toolkit
8. Make a Customized Song with Suno
9. Auto-Feedback with Snorkl Student View
10. Teacher Dashboard in Snorkl
11. Set the Tone with Goblin Tools
12. Connecting Google Drive with Canva
13. AI Prompt Library for EDU
14. 3 Wheel of Names Resources
15. There’s an AI For That
16. Content-based Scattergories
17. Padlet Sandbox
18. Twitter Bluesky Bridge
19. Google’s Canva Apps
20. Teacher Resources Using Khanmigo
21. Quizizz Flash Cards
22. Online Stopwatch Tools
23. Google Lens Applications
24. Polls and Quizzes in Canva
25. 3D Models in PowerPoint

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Music Credits:

• Intro and Outro Music- American Idle - RKVC
• Segment Identifiers- Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
• Edtech Throwdown- Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEX

Need a Presenter?

As experienced presenters and content creators, you can contact Nick and Guise to speak at your school, event, or conference. They can customize a workshop that meets your organization’s unique time and content needs. While no topic is out of bounds, we are best known for sessions on:

• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
• 1:1 Chromebook Integration
• EdTech Throwdown
• TargetED Learning
• Gamification (Badge Systems)
• Game-Based Learning (Escape Rooms, Amazing Race, and more)
• Google apps and extensions
• Personalized learning and Choice Boards
• Teacher productivity (Lesson Planning, Online Grading. and Feedback)
• Digital content creation
• Student Podcasting
• Screencasting
• Flipped Classroom
• Student-Centered Learning

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown.  This is episode 177 called “Canva App Throwdown”  In this episode, we’ll talk about some of the often overlooked Canva apps that make this powerful platform even more awesome.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss.  Check it out.

Narrative:  What's New with Canva?

A lot of people don’t even know that Canva has 3rd party apps, kind of like your phone.  Many of them do very cool things that can enhance the learning taking place in your classroom.  Here are some of our favorites.

Nick’s Picks

1. Equations
2. Google Drive
3. D-ID - Bring historical characters to life as avatars
4. Sketch to Life (rough sketch turns to image) or Speedpaint (picture turns to speed drawn video)
5. Melody Muse - Turn text prompts into music for your next project
6. Character Builder - make your own animated cartoon when used in conjunction with Canva Animations.  LottieFiles has more than 100,000 pre made animations.

Guise’s Picks

1. Brandfetch
2. Bulk Create
3. Image Upscaler     
4. Lucky Wheel
5. YouTube Embed
6. Charts

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Music Credits:

• Intro and Outro Music- American Idle - RKVC
• Segment Identifiers- Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
• Edtech Throwdown- Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEX

As experienced presenters and content creators, you can contact Nick and Guise to speak at your school, event, or conference. They can customize a workshop that meets your organization’s unique time and content needs. While no topic is out of bounds, we are best known for sessions on:

• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
• 1:1 Chromebook Integration
• EdTech Throwdown
• TargetED Learning
• Gamification (Badge Systems)
• Game-Based Learning (Escape Rooms, Amazing Race, and more)
• Google apps and extensions
• Personalized learning and Choice Boards
• Teacher productivity (Lesson Planning, Online Grading. and Feedback)
• Digital content creation
• Student Podcasting
• Screencasting
• Flipped Classroom
• Student-Centered Learning

Edtech Throwdown

Episode 176: Super Lesson Throwdown with Gabby Migliore

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown.  This is episode 176 called “Super Lesson Throwdown with Gabby Migliore”  In this episode, we’ll talk about how to engage all students from bell to bell with edtech at your side.  We’ll each share 1 sample lesson that you can use or take ideas from for your own classroom.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss.  Check it out.

Segment 1: 

Narrative:  Differentiation PD Day

Segment 2: Superlesson Showdown

Without further ado, our guest today is a former math teacher turned current teacher of physics and astronomy pursuing a doctorate in math education, as well as one of the most capable new educators around.  Welcome to the show Gabby mill your ee.

Guise introduces the showdown

1. The most perfect science lesson of all time?  Yup!!!  Flipped classroom, phenomena opener, POGIL in small groups, Quizizz whiteboards to monitor progress and spark discussion, model creation exit ticket

1. A spectrum for technology use? BINGO! Nick isn’t the only one who can ask questions– we’ve got technology and information literacy, multiple representations, and of course my Aunt Lucky’s favorite game. 
2. Diffit
3. Flippity Randomizer
4. Flippity Bingo Board
5. Canva Bingo Template
6. Duo Cards

1. Gamification Station Rotation- English Lesson for the Roaring 1920’s and the Great Gatsby
2. Station 1:  Background
3. NotebookLM Podcast that describes the color symbolism in the great Gatsby
4. Listen to Podcast and take notes for what each color symbolizes
5. Station 2:  Symbolism
6. Have examples of symbolism from the book on index cards
7. Students use the notes from station 1 to help them categorize the examples under the proper color category
8. Students count the number of examples from each color and put the answer into a google form for immediate feedback
9. Station 3:  QR Code Time Line
10. Students view QR Codes and put events in chronological order
11. Each QR code is embedded into a picture from the book
12. Easily Generated in Canva
13. Use Google Forms to enter 
14. Station 4: Guess Who
15. Create a fake tweet using Tweetgen that describes an event from the book.  Have the students match the tweet to the character from the book.  For this one you could use a picture of each character and place it on a different color of construction paper.  For the tweets, you can have the twitter handle be the name of the person and a # which tells the students the order that they would use for the google form.
16. Station 5:  Themes of 1920
17. Have a 3x3 grid of 9 themes from the 1920’s with their definitions or explanations.  Have pictures that represent each theme.  Each picture must include a number or mathematical operation (+,-,X,or/).  The themes on the left and right get numbers and the middle column gets operations.  Each line becomes a formula.  The answer gets put into the Google Form.

Edtech Throwdown: 

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Segment 3: Where to Find EdTech Throwdown

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Music Credits:

• Intro and Outro Music- American Idle - RKVC
• Segment Identifiers- Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
• Edtech Throwdown- Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEX

Need a Presenter?

As experienced presenters and content creators, you can contact Nick and Guise to speak at your school, event, or conference. They can customize a workshop that meets your organization’s unique time and content needs. While no topic is out of bounds, we are best known for sessions on:

• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
• 1:1 Chromebook Integration
• EdTech Throwdown
• TargetED Learning
• Gamification (Badge Systems)
• Game-Based Learning (Escape Rooms, Amazing Race, and more)
• Google apps and extensions
• Personalized learning and Choice Boards
• Teacher productivity (Lesson Planning, Online Grading. and Feedback)
• Digital content creation
• Student Podcasting
• Screencasting
• Flipped Classroom
• Student-Centered Learning

Edtech Throwdown

Episode 175: The British School Replacing Teachers with AI - Can It Work?

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown.  This is episode 175 called “The British School Replacing Teachers with AI - Can It Work”  In this episode, we’ll share the story of the british school that is experimenting with a “teacherless” classroom led by AI!  We’ll also talk about why human teachers don’t have to worry as we discuss the best ways that AI can integrate with humans, not get replaced by it.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss.  Check it out.

Segment 1: AI Taking Over Teacher Jobs?

Narrative:  We heard lots of gloom and doom about AI in schools, but this is likely overblown.

There IS however, a school that is experimentally trying to replace teachers with AI.

https://www.inavateonthenet.net/news/article/uk-school-to-replace-teachers-with-ai-programme

The David Game College in London will replace its traditional teaching programme with an AI-enabled ‘adaptive learning’ system, opening a ‘teacherless’ course for 20 students in September.

The students will use a mix of artificial intelligence platforms on their PCs, in conjunction with VR headsets. Dubbed the Sabrewing programme, each student will receive a personalised learning experience with a self-paced approach that is ideal for examination resit students.

More on the  Sabrewing programme …

One important message for teachers - this WILL NOT BE THE NEW NORM

Stay tuned for segment 2 where we’ll talk about the ways AI will continue to incorporate with live human teachers, not replace them.

Segment 2: AI Will Integrate with Human Teachers, Not Replace It

1. AI as an interactive tutor
2. SchoolAI
3. Khanmigo
4. AI study aids 
5. Diffit 
6. Quizizz AI Flashcard generator 
7. AI writing guides
8. Textblaze
9. Scribe
10. Tango
11. AI assistive tech
12. TutorAI
13. Thinkster Math
14. Learning Ally Audiobooks
15. AI for questioning
16. Yippity.io
17. AI for Writing
18. Grammarly
19. AudioPen
20. AI for Project Ideas
21. Canva Magic Write
22. ChatGPT
23. Science Fair
24. STEM Research Ideas
25. AI for Video/Image/Song Generation
26. Suno AI
27. AI for Audio Content
28. NotebookLM 
29. AI for Differentiation
30. Diffit
31. Quillbot
32. AI for Grading
33. Gradescope
34. Snorkl
35. Brisk

Edtech Throwdown: 

Vote on twitter @edtechthrowdown and under the pinned post on the profile.

Segment 3: Where to Find EdTech Throwdown

Do us a few favors:

1. Subscribe to the Edtech Throwdown Podcast
2. Apple Podcasts
3. Spotify
4. Amazon Podcasts
5. Stitcher  
6. YouTube  
7. Twitter   
8. Facebook
9. Write us an Apple Podcast Review!
10. Tell your friends about www.edtechthrowdown.com
11. Tell your friends about the Teach Better Podcast Network

Subscribe to our Podcast Channels and Socials

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• Spotify  
• YouTube  
• Twitter   (@edtechthrowdown)
• Facebook
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Connect with us on Social Media

Guise’s Social Media

• Twitter (@guisegotteched)
• LinkedIn

Nick’s Social Media

• Twitter (@nickgotteched)

Music Credits:

• Intro and Outro Music- American Idle - RKVC
• Segment Identifiers- Duck in the Alley - TrackTribe
• Edtech Throwdown- Born a Rockstar (Instrumental) - NEFEX

Need a Presenter?

As experienced presenters and content creators, you can contact Nick and Guise to speak at your school, event, or conference. They can customize a workshop that meets your organization’s unique time and content needs. While no topic is out of bounds, we are best known for sessions on:

• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
• 1:1 Chromebook Integration
• EdTech Throwdown
• TargetED Learning
• Gamification (Badge Systems)
• Game-Based Learning (Escape Rooms, Amazing Race, and more)
• Google apps and extensions
• Personalized learning and Choice Boards
• Teacher productivity (Lesson Planning, Online Grading. and Feedback)
• Digital content creation
• Student Podcasting
• Screencasting
• Flipped Classroom
• Student-Centered Learning