Edtech ThrowdownEpisode 202

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown.  This is Episode 202 called Tech or Treat: 8 (More) Edtech Tools for the Classroom Teacher (Part 2).  In this episode, we will continue exploring a new list of edtech tools that can enhance, engage, and save time.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out.

NIck’s 

1. UniqLearn(Coming Soon)Creates a profile for each student and then develops a lesson to tailor who that student learns best. This forthcoming platform is designed to personalize the learning experience by assessing each student's learning profile and then generating tailored lessons that best match their individual learning style.

1. Common Core Sheets: This tool is an online resource that provides thousands of free, printable math and English language arts worksheets aligned with Common Core State Standards. The sheets cover a vast range of grade levels and topics, giving teachers and parents easy access to practice materials.
2. makeprogressai.ca: This is an AI-powered report card comment generator designed to help teachers quickly create thoughtful, student-specific feedback. By inputting student strengths and areas for growth, the tool instantly generates professional, polished, and personalized comments for reports and assessments.
3. ziplet.com:[Information not found via search]This platform is an engagement and feedback tool that allows teachers to easily collect and act on student feedback using simple questions (ziplets) via a secure link. It helps facilitate open communication and gives teachers real-time insights into student understanding and wellbeing to inform instruction.

Guise’s

1. Rewordify: This is a text leveling tool that helps improve reading comprehension by simplifying complex sentences and words in a given text without changing its core meaning. It identifies challenging vocabulary and phrases, replacing them with easier alternatives to enhance understanding for students and language learners.
2. 123apps.com: This is a free online software suite providing a variety of multimedia tools for everyday use, including audio, video, PDF, and image editing. It operates entirely within a web browser, offering over fifty utilities like a video cutter, audio converter, and PDF editor without needing any downloads.
3. almanack.ai: Almanack is an AI-powered education platform that assists teachers in creating standards-aligned lesson plans, curriculum designs, and various classroom resources efficiently. It functions as an AI teaching assistant, streamlining curriculum planning, resource generation, and assessment creation.
4. Classroomcereal: This is a series of free, short, engaging PDF stories that double as daily grammar exercises. Each story is broken into five parts, and students must act as editors to find and correct five grammatical mistakes in each part.

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• AI For Teachers, Admin, and Parents
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