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The AI in Education Journey: You’re Not Alone

by Lori Gracey
written by Lori Gracey

Back in April of 1993, educators were buzzing about the newest thing in technology: the World Wide Web. Parents and community members were worried about it exposing students to things they didn’t normally have access to, administrators were worried about it distracting students, and teachers were confused about how or even if to integrate it into their classes. 

Fast forward to today and the same thing is happening with artificial intelligence. Some experts are claiming that it can revitalize the school system and learning and others are predicting it will be the end of the world. So, what’s an educator to do?

The AI in Education Journey

TCEA was one of the few organizations that was prepared and ready 32 years ago to help teachers and administrators implement the use of the web into learning, and we are just as prepared today to help with AI. For that reason, our professional development staff members have created the AI in Education Journey for school districts and campuses to use. It’s called a journey because the effective implementation of any new tool is not a one-stop process; it’s a slow and carefully planned expedition that moves through different stages based on the needs of the individual.

TCEA’s AI in Education Journey is an opportunity to work hand-in-hand with our team of educational experts as you harness the power of AI in your school or district. From a personalized pre-assessment to scalable growth strategies, we have the tools and know-how to support you every step of the way. 

Stages in the AI Journey

There are five different stages in successfully implementing AI:

  • Stage 1: Discover AI’s True Potential for Teaching, Learning, and Leading
  • Stage 2: Plan for AI Integration 
  • Stage 3: Master AI Basics with Hands-On Professional Learning
  • Stage 4: Activate AI in Education
  • Stage 5: Sustain and Scale AI

The pre-assessment will tell you exactly what stage your organization is at with the implementation of AI. Some schools may need to start at Stage 1 while others may be ready for a later stage. The Journey is designed to fit each group’s specific needs and meet them where they are at.

Numerous resources are included for each stage of the journey, from custom GPTs to personalized online and face-to-face learning, sample policies, tool rubrics, ideas for student AI use including a K-12 curriculum framework, and so much more. TCEA has done the hard work of gathering all of the necessary materials, concepts, discussion points, and samples to help you move forward.

And, the AI Journey is priced to meet the budgetary limits that schools are currently under, ensuring that every district and campus can take advantage of the program without breaking the bank.

Join Us on the AI in Education Journey

Educators will gain hands-on expertise with the best AI tools to personalize learning, streamline workflows, and engage students. Meanwhile, administrators and leaders will develop actionable strategies, ethical policies, and data-driven insights to implement AI initiatives that drive institutional growth and success.

From foundational awareness to long-term scaling, this journey equips your entire team with the skills, resources, and confidence to lead the way in AI-powered education. Let TCEA be your guide to making AI an integral and sustainable part of your learning community!

If you are interested, please complete the short form at the bottom of this page and we will get back to you to discuss the needs you may have. We look forward to traveling with you!

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Learning by Teaching with AI

by Lori Gracey
written by Lori Gracey

The use of AI tools for student learning is a somewhat controversial topic of discussion today. If students use it to brainstorm or create, are they actually learning? Or are they just copying and pasting the chatbot’s information and passing it off as their own. Dr. Philippa Hardman offers a different approach: inviting students to use AI to learn by teaching.

Research on Learning by Teaching with AI

Empirical evidence shows that the act of teaching others solidifies a student’s knowledge, fosters self-regulatory skills, and provides immediate diagnostic feedback. This is the basis of the powerful instructional strategy the Jigsaw Method. John Hattie found that this strategy has an effect size of 1.20, three times higher than the hinge effect size of 0.4. This makes it one of the most effective ways for students to learn.

The Teaching Others strategy has also been proven to have these benefits:

  • Powerful Active Learning: When students know they will have to teach a concept, their engagement increases. Research (Benware and Deci, 1984) shows the mere expectation of having to teach something leads to deeper processing of material.
  • Self-Regulated Learning: Teaching requires planning, monitoring, and reflecting, which aligns with Zimmerman’s (2002) findings on fostering lifelong learning skills.
  • Immediate Feedback: Students learn more deeply when they receive instant signals about gaps in their own understanding (Okita and Schwartz, 2013).

What is learning by teaching?

Learning by teaching is simply what happens when one student must become knowledgeable about a specific topic to be able to teach another student. Of course, there are some guidelines that must be taught first before students can be successful with this strategy. Below are some detailed, actionable steps for introducing “Teaching Others” in your classroom:

  1. Explain the Rationale
    • What: Communicate that students will master content more effectively by teaching it.
    • Why: Emphasize that teaching reveals gaps in understanding, prompting deeper learning.
    • How: Provide examples (e.g., brief student-to-student explanations, micro-teaching sessions).
  2. Model the Process
    • Demonstrate: Show how you break down a topic into key ideas, check for clarity, and adapt your explanation based on a learner’s feedback.
    • Use Think-Alouds: Verbalize your thought process when planning an explanation—where you begin, how you check if the “learner” is following, and how you handle confusion.
  3. Set Up Structured Activities
    • Peer Teaching: Pair or group students. Assign each person a subtopic and have them teach the others.
    • Jigsaw Method: Divide a larger concept into chunks. Each student becomes an expert in one chunk, then teaches the rest of the group.
    • Feedback Loops: Incorporate time for student-teachers to ask: “What didn’t make sense?” This fosters immediate clarification and deeper insight.
  4. Use Guiding Tools
    • Checklists or Scripts: Provide a structured format students can follow when explaining content (e.g., “Introduction → Key Points → Examples → Questions → Summaries”).
    • Reflection Prompts: After teaching, ask students to reflect: “What questions did you get? What was hardest to explain? What would you clarify next time?”
  5. Assess and Reflect
    • Peer/Self-Assessment: Offer rubrics for both the “teachers” and “learners” to assess clarity, engagement, and understanding.
    • Ongoing Improvement: Encourage students to note where they felt uncertain or where their explanations fell short, then give them a chance to re-teach.

Integrating AI into Learning by Teaching

While some students have learned to use AI to do work for them, this tool can also be effectively used to help them learn content by embracing the idea of the student “teaching” the chatbot. Below are steps to help you embed AI into a teaching-to-learn model:

  1. Set Clear Guidelines
    • Explain the Role of AI: Frame the AI as a “practice student.” Students should teach it step by step, anticipating mistakes.
    • Define Expectations: Students must ask the AI questions, check its understanding, and correct it when it errs. Remind them that the AI might not always respond like a human learner.
  2. Structure AI Teaching Sessions
    • Assess the AI’s “Knowledge”: Have students ask targeted questions to see what AI “already knows.”
    • Plan Explanations: Before each session, have students create a mini-plan of how they will teach the concept (e.g., definitions, examples, practice prompts).
    • Guide and Monitor: Students should carefully observe the AI’s responses for inaccuracies or superficial understanding. Encourage them to probe deeper with follow-up questions.
  3. Encourage Iterative Feedback
    • Correct Misconceptions: If the AI displays incorrect answers, students must identify the error and explain the correct reasoning.
    • Reflect on Gaps: Ask students to note any point where the AI’s response is “too perfect” or changes “persona.” Discuss how these inconsistencies affect the teaching process.
  4. Promote Self-Regulated Learning
    • Plan → Teach → Reflect Cycle: Encourage students to plan an explanation, carry it out with the AI, then reflect on what went well and what needs improvement.
    • Debug and Retry: If the AI’s answer is correct too quickly, challenge students to dig deeper or choose a more complex subtopic. If the AI is incorrect, practice “debugging” the AI’s misconceptions.
  5. Document and Share
    • Track Interactions: Have students keep a log of what they taught the AI and how the AI responded. This helps them see their own progress and recurring misunderstandings.
    • Discuss in Class: As a group, share successful teaching moves and highlight areas where the AI was hard to “teach.” Use these discussions to improve collective teaching strategies.

Tips for Maximizing Impact

  1. Introduce Controlled Complexity
    • Start Simple: Use AI for clear-cut, lower-level tasks or concepts.
    • Scale Up: As students become comfortable, move to more abstract or complex topics that force deeper explanations.
  2. Maintain Realism
    • Acknowledge AI Limitations: AI might not display truly “human” confusion. Remind students that real learners show partial understanding and might need repeated explanations.
    • Supplement with Real Peers: Balance AI-based teaching with real peer-tutoring experiences for richer feedback and authentic misconceptions.
  3. Leverage Reflection for Growth
    • Celebrate “Teachable Moments”: When the AI produces unexpected output, encourage students to refine their own thinking and explanations.
    • Encourage Metacognition: Have students articulate what strategy they used to clarify confusion and how they adjusted for the AI’s strengths or weaknesses.

By weaving these actionable steps into your classroom practice, you can harness the robust research behind Teaching Others and capitalize on new AI possibilities, enabling your students to learn more deeply, think more critically, and grow more confident in their own knowledge.

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Get Instant Feedback with PollGen

by Lori Gracey
written by Lori Gracey

Finding out what students or staff are thinking about things can be a very powerful way to enhance learning and engagement. And there are a lot of different tools available to do just that. I recently found a new one that I really like and wanted to share it with you.

What Is PollGen?

PollGen allows you to create polls in seconds with AI, share them instantly, and gather responses in real time. While it has a very ugly interface, the tool itself is excellent. I quickly created a poll on when people think students should begin learning about the effective uses of AI. I entered my question and the site then:

  • Created a description/reason for the poll
  • Listed four options as answers (you can have as few as two answers and as many as you want)

How PollGen Works

I was able to edit everything very easily. Once I had the poll the way I wanted it, then I had choices as to whether it would be a private poll (only accessible via a link I send out) or visible to anyone) and when I wanted the poll to close (the default is one week up to one year). I then clicked Create Poll and got a link to share in a variety of ways (URL, QR code, email, and different social media apps).

Creating a free account allowed me more features, even in the free version. The paid version is “coming soon,” but there’s not much information available about it yet.

You can vote in my poll by clicking here. Those taking the poll have the ability to add a comment, which I found interesting.

Other features available include:

  • Calendar integration (with Google, Apple, and Outlook calendars)
  • Presentation mode in real time
  • Smart scheduling
  • Real-time analytics

I don’t know what the limit is for how many can take part in the poll, as I don’t see any information about that.

What I liked most about PollGen was how fast I was able to have it up and running. My first poll was created and launched within five minutes. Users also found it simple to respond to. I hope that you’ll try it out and let me know what you think in the comments below!

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Free Tools and AI Resources to Support Social-Emotional Learning

by Diana Benner
written by Diana Benner

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) equips students with essential skills like empathy, collaboration, and self-regulation. This forms the foundation for their academic and personal success. With the help of these SEL resources and prompt generators, educators can seamlessly integrate SEL into their lesson plans. Let’s take a look at a few of the free resources available that will help you support social-emotional learning in your classroom.

1. AI SEL Classroom Integration Plan Generator by Writify.AI

This AI-driven tool tailors SEL strategies to your classroom’s grade level, subject area, and unique needs. The generator creates detailed integration plans. This allows teachers to embed SEL into their existing curriculum effortlessly.

Classroom Applications Generated by Writify.AI:

  • Grades K-2: Create a “Kindness Tree” where students add a leaf every time they perform a kind act. Discuss their contributions during morning meetings.
  • Grades 3-5: Use role-playing scenarios to tackle challenges like resolving disagreements during group projects, with AI-generated prompts guiding discussions.
  • Middle and High School: Integrate SEL into literature discussions by exploring how characters resolve conflicts and develop relationships. Use prompts like, “How might the character have acted differently?”
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2. GenAI Chatbot Prompt SEL Library for Educators by AI for Education

This tool has a variety of prompts to help you with SEL lesson planning. You can use these prompts with GenAI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity. On the site, you can find example prompts as well as additional prompting strategies. Some SEL topics include icebreakers, conflict resolution, and mindfulness practices.

Classroom Applications Generated by AI for Education:

  • Grades K-2: Role-play scenarios like calming down when upset or sharing with peers. Use puppets or stuffed animals to make the activity more engaging.
  • Grades 3-5: Generate group tasks like collaborative debates to teach active listening and respect for differing opinions.
  • Middle and High School: Assign journaling prompts like, “Describe a challenge you overcame. What helped you succeed?” Students can share their reflections digitally using Padlet or Canva’s whiteboard.
Screenshot of the prompting strategies offered by AI for Education.
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3. SEL Prompt Library for Educators by InsideSEL

This resource provides a comprehensive collection of SEL-related prompts designed for educators to use in the classroom. The library includes prompts for self-awareness, self-management, relationship skills, and decision-making. These can be used with AI tools or as standalone discussion starters.

Classroom Applications from InsideSEL:

  • Grades K-2: Use morning check-in prompts like, “What color represents your feelings today?” to encourage emotional expression.
  • Grades 3-5: Integrate decision-making prompts such as, “What would you do if you saw a friend being treated unfairly?”
  •  Middle and High School: Facilitate group discussions using prompts like, “How can we create a more inclusive classroom environment?”

4. Common Sense Education’s SEL In Digital Life Resource Center

Common Sense Education offers free digital SEL resources that help students build empathy, self-awareness, and responsible decision-making skills. The site provides lesson plans, videos, and interactive activities for various grade levels.

Classroom Applications from Common Sense Education:

  • Grades K-2: Use animated videos to introduce concepts like kindness and online safety.
  • Grades 3-5: Facilitate class discussions on ethical decision-making using real-world scenarios.
  • Middle and High School: Assign digital dilemmas where students analyze and discuss how to navigate online interactions responsibly.

5. Greater Good in Education SEL Resources

Greater Good in Education offers free SEL activities, lessons, and strategies for teachers to integrate SEL into everyday learning. These evidence-based resources focus on emotional intelligence, gratitude, and resilience.

Classroom Applications from Greater Good in Education:

  • Grades K-2: Use gratitude exercises like creating a class gratitude jar where students add notes of appreciation.
  • Grades 3-5: Facilitate self-awareness activities such as emotion-mapping to help students recognize and express their feelings.
  • Middle and High School: Implement perspective-taking exercises that encourage students to consider different viewpoints in social situations.
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These AI-powered and prompt-based tools, along with free SEL resources, make it easier than ever for educators to integrate SEL seamlessly into their classrooms. This will help students develop the emotional and social skills they need for success. For additional SEL resources, be sure to check out our other SEL blog posts.

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Top 5 AI Tools Every Educator Should Know About

by Diana Benner
written by Diana Benner

Imagine walking into your classroom with a toolkit of AI-powered tools that save time, spark creativity, and help students thrive. Sounds magical, right? These tools are game-changers for educators, offering practical solutions and endless possibilities. Whether you’re designing lessons, engaging students, or managing your workflow, these five AI tools can transform your teaching experience. Here’s how they can work for you, with examples for K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12 classrooms!

1. ChatGPT: Your AI Brainstorming Partner

ChatGPT is like having a co-teacher on standby 24/7. This conversational AI can help you brainstorm ideas and create customized prompts. It can answer tricky subject-related questions and even break down complex concepts. It’s incredibly versatile, which makes it useful for educators in all grade levels and content areas.

How to Use It:

  • K-2 Example: Generate rhyming poems for phonics lessons.
    Prompt: “Write a short, fun rhyming poem about the ‘at’ word family.”
    Output:
    A cat with a hat sat on a mat…
    Use this to teach rhyme and extend it by asking students to create their own rhyming words.
  • 3-5 Example: Craft unique story prompts for creative writing.
    Prompt: “Write a story prompt about finding a treasure map.”
    Output: “You discover a dusty old map in your attic. It has strange symbols and a note saying, ‘Only the brave may proceed.’ What happens next?”
  • 6-8 Example: Generate thought-provoking discussion questions for history.
    Prompt: “What if the Declaration of Independence was never signed?”
  • 9-12 Example: Create advanced problem-solving scenarios for science or math.
    Prompt: “Design a physics problem about calculating the trajectory of a rocket.”

2. Canva for Education: Visuals Made Easy

Canva for Education offers free access to premium templates and tools that allow educators to create eye-catching visuals. From classroom posters and interactive graphics to student assignments, Canva simplifies design. It also includes collaborative features, so students can create visuals together. You can sign up for Canva for Education here.

How to Use It:

  • K-2 Example: Design alphabet flashcards with colorful images.
    For instance, create a card for “A” with an apple illustration and the text: “A is for Apple.” Use bold fonts and vibrant colors to captivate young learners.
  • 3-5 Example: Develop a timeline template for history lessons.
    Students can visually map events like the American Revolution, adding images and descriptions for milestones.
  • 6-8 Example: Create a comic strip template for summarizing literature.
    Assign students to retell “Romeo and Juliet” as a comic strip to enhance understanding and engagement.
  • 9-12 Example: Design professional-quality infographics for research projects.
    For instance, create an infographic comparing renewable and non-renewable energy sources, complete with charts and icons.
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3. Quillbot: Simplify and Streamline Writing

Quillbot helps educators simplify instructions, paraphrase complex text, or adjust tone for different audiences. It’s an AI-powered writing assistant that makes writing clearer and more concise.

How to Use It:

  • K-2 Example: Simplify announcements or newsletters for parents.
    Original: “Please ensure your child brings weather-appropriate clothing tomorrow.”
    Simplified: “Make sure your child wears warm clothes tomorrow.”
  • 3-5 Example: Adjust reading passages to suit different comprehension levels.
  • 6-8 Example: Help students rewrite essays for clarity and tone.
    Original: “The water cycle is important because it is how water moves through the environment.”
    Paraphrased: “The water cycle moves water through the environment and is essential for life.”
  • 9-12 Example: Refine scholarship essays and college applications.

4. Padlet: “I Can’t Draw” Feature for Visual Collaboration

Padlet’s “I Can’t Draw” feature revolutionizes visual learning by allowing anyone, regardless of artistic skills, to create meaningful visuals. This tool uses AI to transform rough sketches into polished diagrams, enhancing collaboration and creativity in the classroom.

How to Use It:

  • K-2 Example: Create visual stories.
    Activity: Students draw basic shapes or stick figures to illustrate a story. Padlet’s AI refines their sketches into professional-looking visuals, helping young learners tell their stories with confidence.
  • 3-5 Example: Design concept maps for science.
    Activity: Students sketch a food chain (e.g., sun, plants, animals). Padlet’s AI enhances the sketches, producing clean, colorful diagrams for presentations or posters.
  • 6-8 Example: Generate historical timelines.
    Activity: Students sketch events like the signing of the Declaration of Independence or Civil Rights marches. Padlet refines their illustrations, creating a visually compelling timeline.
  • 9-12 Example: Build infographics for research projects.
    Activity: Students outline key points for a report (e.g., renewable energy sources) with rough visuals. Padlet’s AI enhances these into sleek, presentation-ready graphics.
Images of Little Red Riding Hood from Padlet's "I Can't Draw" feature.
Screenshot by Author from Padlet’s “I Can’t Draw” feature.

5. Magic School AI: Your AI-Powered Classroom Assistant

Magic School AI is a versatile platform designed specifically for educators. It offers AI-driven tools for lesson planning, grading, classroom management, and personalized learning. With its focus on simplifying teacher workloads, Magic School AI is a game-changer for creating engaging learning experiences.

How to Use It:

  • K-2 Example: Create personalized phonics exercises.
    Prompt: “Generate a worksheet with simple vowel-consonant-vowel words for early readers.”
    Output: A colorful worksheet with words like “cat,” “bat,” and “dog,” including matching and fill-in-the-blank activities.
  • 3-5 Example: Design quizzes aligned to math standards.
    Prompt: “Generate 10 multiple-choice questions on fractions, aligned to Common Core standards.”
    Output: Printable and interactive quizzes with varied question types, complete with an answer key.
  • 6-8 Example: Automate grading for short-answer quizzes.
    Upload student responses, and Magic School AI provides instant grading, feedback, and insights into areas for improvement.
  • 9-12 Example: Develop advanced project-based learning templates.
    Prompt: “Create a project outline for a physics experiment on Newton’s Laws of Motion.”
    Output: A comprehensive guide with objectives, required materials, steps, and evaluation criteria.

These tools aren’t just about efficiency—they’re about empowering educators and students to thrive. Whether you’re sparking creativity with ChatGPT, designing professional-quality visuals with Canva, or creating quizzes with Magic School AI, these resources unlock endless possibilities. To learn more about AI, be sure to check out these AI-related blogs on the TCEA TechNotes.

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AI and SOLO Taxonomy: A Path to Deeper Learning

by Miguel Guhlin
written by Miguel Guhlin

The debate about AI in education focuses on its effect on learning. Critics argue tools like ChatGPT let students avoid hard thinking, eroding critical skills. Others push for stronger AI literacy to prevent overreliance and cheating.

During a talk with my colleague Diana Benner, an idea took shape. What if we stopped resisting AI and embraced its role? We could tie it to teaching models like SOLO Taxonomy, which guides learning from basic knowledge to deep understanding.

SOLO Taxonomy: A Framework for Learning Growth

SOLO (Structure of Observed Learning Outcomes) Taxonomy describes learning across five stages. Here are my notes on the subject, poorly adapted from Geoff Petty’s Evidence-Based Teaching:

  1. Prestructural: The learner struggles with the task, providing irrelevant information and missing key points.
  2. Unistructural: The learner addresses the task from a single perspective, lacking a broader or integrated view.
  3. Multistructural: The learner explores multiple aspects of a topic but fails to connect or reconcile conflicts between them.
  4. Relational: The learner integrates perspectives, understands relationships, and resolves inconsistencies, forming a coherent view.
  5. Extended Abstract: The learner transcends the immediate context, applying principles to novel situations, weighing conflicting evidence, and creating new frameworks.

This progression aligns with the natural cognitive and metacognitive processes in disciplines like science, where learners hypothesize, test, analyze, and ultimately synthesize data into general principles. You can see this in action via the PRISM framework series.

In the meantime, this infographic incorporates an AI Connection into the SOLO Taxonomy:

The SOLO Taxonomy with AI Connection (author generated)
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Matching AI Tools with Learning Phases

John Hattie’s insights on learning phases—surface, deep, and transfer—are key to understanding how and when to incorporate AI. They serve as ways to broadly describe the levels of the SOLO Taxonomy. Let’s take a look at these:

  1. Surface Learning: At this phase, students need exposure to foundational knowledge. AI tools like Edulastic or Quizlet can provide scaffolded retrieval practice and basic quizzes to build their schema.
  2. Deep Learning: Here, students begin to see patterns and relationships. AI can facilitate discussions, prompt deeper questioning, or curate diverse perspectives on a topic. Tools like Google Keep, MS OneNote, markdown editors can assist students in structuring notes or synthesizing key ideas. Again, which digital tools you use (or not) should take into account student age and grade level. It’s even better to rely on handwritten notes to activate the brain. After all, “What the hand does, the mind remembers.”
  3. Transfer Learning: Students apply their understanding to solve problems or innovate. AI shines here, supporting complex tasks like generating alternative hypotheses or testing scenarios. Tools like ChatGPT can serve as a sparring partner for debating ideas or running simulations.
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Classroom Strategies: AI Meets SOLO in Action

Wondering what this might look like in the classroom? Here are some suggestions that focus on the use of digital tools. Please note that paper-n-pencil activities can work as well, or better. AI tools are not always necessary and can be a distraction at the early levels of concept attainment, formation, and connection.

1. Prestructural and Unistructural Levels

  • Activity: Introduce a topic using AI-generated questions for retrieval practice. Tools like Blooket or Knowt gamify this phase, making foundational knowledge acquisition engaging.
  • Outcome: Students solidify basic concepts, building a base for deeper inquiry.

2. Multistructural Level

  • Activity: Use AI tools to curate diverse viewpoints or data sets about a controversial topic. For instance, students might analyze AI-summarized articles to compare arguments.
  • Outcome: Learners practice comparing perspectives, though they may struggle to resolve contradictions.

3. Relational Level

  • Activity: Guide students in reconciling conflicting viewpoints with AI as a brainstorming assistant. Tools like ChatGPT can suggest frameworks or connections they may not have considered. For both this level and the next (i.e. Extended Abstract), you can take advantage of trained AI thought partners.
  • Outcome: Students construct a coherent understanding and begin to apply it across contexts.

4. Extended Abstract Level

  • Activity: Challenge students to design a solution to a real-world problem, with AI assisting in generating models, testing hypotheses, or refining presentations.
  • Outcome: Learners demonstrate mastery by applying principles innovatively and defending their approach against scrutiny.

Addressing AI Overreliance

To prevent overreliance, educators should:

  • Assess Learning Phases: Align AI use with the phase of learning, gradually reducing support as students progress.
  • Teach Critical Evaluation: Empower students to question AI outputs, identifying biases or inaccuracies.
  • Model Ethical Use: Show students how to integrate AI responsibly into their workflows, using it as a tool rather than a crutch.
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Do’s and Don’ts of AI Use in the Classroom

Exploring SOLO and AI in the Context of the Writing Classroom

One of the questions I have going around in my mind? What does this look like in the writing workshop I facilitated at elementary and secondary grade levels? One possibility might be allowing AI in these ways, as well as keeping focus on key concepts. It might look like this:

SOLO StageActivityAI GuidelinesCommunity Building
Prestructural
Lacks understanding or prior knowledge.		– Quizzes to gauge understanding.Allowed: Basic prompts or vocabulary lists.
Focus On: Student explanations and connections to the topic.		– Sharing Circle: Discuss connections.
Unistructural
Single ideas with limited connections.		– Write thesis statements or summaries.Allowed: None.
Focus On: Peer and teacher feedback for developing independent writing skills.		– Talk Read, Talk Write: Group discussion before writing.
Multistructural
Multiple ideas but no integration.		– Collect and analyze evidence.Allowed: None.
Focus On: Independent research, analysis, and organizing ideas manually.		– Sharing Circle: Share sources and justify choices.
Relational
Ideas are connected into a coherent whole.		– Draft essays linking multiple arguments.Allowed: AI for outline refinement after a full draft.
Focus On: Building connections and arguments independently.		– Talk Read, Talk Write: Peer feedback on outlines.
Extended Abstract
Applies knowledge creatively or to novel situations.		– Apply writing to new scenarios.Allowed: AI for brainstorming refinements or counterarguments post-draft.
Focus On: Original ideas and creative problem-solving.		– Sharing Circle: Peer Q&A on solutions.

Do you think this is too strict? I find myself agreeing with this perspective from educator Thomas Hummel:

“Over-reliance on AI for simple tasks can rob students of the opportunity to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. “

-Thomas hummel (source)

A Parting Thought

AI gives teachers and students a chance to dive deep into their work. With tools like SOLO Taxonomy, we can push students to master skills and think for themselves.

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2024 Google Resource Roundup

by Diana Benner
written by Diana Benner

Every year, I gather all the fabulous Google resources from our blog. This year, we have had some amazing posts on topics ranging from AI-Powered Google AI tools to Google experiments. Check out this fantastic list of Google blog posts from this past year categorized by topic/tool.

AI

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Docs

Experiments

Forms

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Sheets

Slides

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Various Google Topics and Tools

In addition, don’t forget to check out our google resource roundups from previous years.

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Interactive Fiction Game Design with Claude Artifacts

by Miguel Guhlin
written by Miguel Guhlin

Ever wish you could design interactive fiction games, like text-based Zork from back in the day combined with something like space opera? I sure do. And the good news is that making the game of my dreams is now possible (and simple!) through the use of AI. I bet your students would even love the opportunity to experience game design with Claude Artifacts, too!

“My query to ChatGPT was this: Create a choose-your-own-ending game that uses Haiku as the central text.
Within seconds, I had the framework of a narrative, embedded with haiku….” Be sure to check out Kevin’s (Dogtrax) exploration of ChatGPT for a similar type experience with interactive text!

Read An Interactive Text Game of Poetry Haiku Quest

Adventuring Through the Stars

A few years ago, one of my favorite space stories, Battle Beyond the Stars, found its way into my heart again. Surfing my Roku box for sci-fi thrillers, I stumbled down a wormhole of old space operas and movies. The story immediately captivated me again. The synopsis is stunning and simple:

“A farm boy recruits a band of outlaws to save the planet Akir from forces that threaten to wipe them out from the face of the universe. A battle stretching beyond the stars begins here.”

Battle Beyond the Stars, IMDB

This is the kind of storytelling I could see my third through sixth grade students doing. The only thing beyond them? The coding. But what if they could interact with an AI and guide it to do the coding?

As I watched this exciting show, I found myself wondering, “How hard would it be to create a Zork style game based on a space adventure?” In this blog entry, you will see one simple example that involves using Claude’s Artifact feature. You will also see a way you can raise up some game-makers of your own.

Screenshot by author of IMDB's website movie poster for movie
Screenshot by author of IMDB’s website movie poster for movie

Game Design with Claude

After all, designing games can be fun. The problem is, the tools available to elementary and middle school students can be… anemic, or difficult to master in a short time. For imaginative story weavers, the focus is more on the story, less the code. The whole idea of changing life into a game you play to survive has its appeal. How many of us, as thirteen year olds, wanted to design a Zork style game? These interactive fiction games, a.k.a. text adventures, can be quite engaging.

Image of Zork I game box cover via Wikipedia
Image of Zork I game box cover via Wikipedia

“How hard could it be to design an interactive fiction space adventure?” I found myself thinking. But, I may be getting ahead of myself. Let’s back up a bit.

Becoming a Game Designer

To be a game-maker, you have to know how to code, to strategize, and to plan big. More importantly, you have to know how to create a meaningful story. Let’s take a quick look at what game design is all about:

Game design is a subset of the field of video game development. Relying on several fields of study, the skills of a game designer are specific to computer science and programming, creative writing, and graphic design.

Designers take the creative lead in imagining and bringing to life game elements. Those elements include video game stories, characters, gameplay, rules, interfaces, dialogue and environments. The game designer is a cross between a writer, artist and programmer. It is a person who presents a comprehensive artistic vision.

The designer must have the technical skill to lead or contribute to various efforts. Those efforts include programming, image rendering, level design. Also, digital editing and other construction aspects of game design. (source)

How can teachers scaffold young learners’ design efforts? One approach may be to introduce them to game creation tools that are less about coding yet ensure that game design efforts and activities are possible. Focus on students creating engaging stories about topics of interest to them.

The Game Design Process and Rapid Prototyping

You can find many different design processes online. It would be important to settle on some process to introduce your students to. For example, this game design process presents some interesting stages. Imagine cooperative groups of students working to design a game. Watch video overview of the Game Design Process for an overview of the process.

The infographic below tries to capture this process:

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Another key aspect of game design is failing fast to succeed faster. Rapid prototyping is a must in game design.

A good rapid prototyper would realize that failure is ok! That’s what prototyping is for, so go crazy! If you fail, there will be dozens more, and chances are, you’ll learn something anyway. By embracing the possibility of failure, rewarding experimentation becomes possible.(Source)

Ready to get started?

Designing an Interactive Fiction, Space Adventure

With Claude Artifacts, you and your students can easily design a text-based adventure game (use your imagination for applying this to educational settings).

I don’t know about you, but I’m intrigued! This is the kind of game I would have given up recess and lunch for as a child, pictures or not.

How to Get the Game

Save this zip file with the game to your computer. Extract (a.k.a. unzip) the compressed zip file. Then, open it in your web browser.

Claude. “Name this chat “S…” A.I. Archives, 31 July 2024, https://aiarchives.org/id/iApJa45JzHQLTUplnVcL

But how did we get here?

A Step by Step Process to Game Design with Claude

Game design with Claude Artifacts is shockingly easy. You can see a breakdown of the prompts to design this game here:

Prompt #1
Analyze the game design image attached. Design a game that follows this approach focused on a text-based game like Zork I that you could design in Claude Artifacts.

Prompt #2
Add evocative images to each part of the story. use the path "images/filename.png" where filename is the suggested image

Prompt #3
Add a splash page that has a spaceship (images/spaceship.png) with the TCEA logo displayed in bottom right corner. The splash should be identical to the previous Word Wizard except that it reflects this game unique features

Prompt #4
Generate a readme.txt file explaining the whole process, etc. similar to the one you did for the Word Wizard game. (included at the end of this blog post)

Here’s the step by step process that Claude came up with to design a game:

Let's go through each step of the process to create a Zork-like game using Claude Artifacts.

1. Capture:
The core concept is a text-based adventure game set in a mysterious abandoned space station. The player must navigate through different sections, solve puzzles, and uncover the story of what happened to the crew.

2. Brainstorm:

Setting: Abandoned space station orbiting a distant planet
Main objective: Discover what happened to the crew and escape
Puzzles: Based on repairing systems, decoding messages, and combining items
Atmosphere: Eerie, suspenseful, with elements of sci-fi horror
Key locations: Command bridge, living quarters, engineering bay, medical bay, hydroponics lab
Potential items: Key cards, tools, data pads, emergency supplies


3. Prototype:
Let's create a basic prototype of the game's core mechanics and a small section to test.

4. Playtest:
We can now playtest this prototype to see how the basic mechanics work. We'll need to test various commands, try to solve the simple puzzle (using the keycard), and see if the game flow is intuitive.

5. Iterate:
Based on playtesting, we might want to iterate on several aspects:


- Add more locations and items
- Implement a more complex inventory system
- Create more intricate puzzles
- Add a scoring system
- Improve the narrative elements and story progression


6. Implement:
After several iterations, we can implement a full version of the game with a complete story, multiple puzzles, and a satisfying conclusion.

This process allows us to start with a basic concept and gradually build it into a fully-fledged text adventure game. The React component we've created serves as a solid foundation that can be expanded upon in future iterations. We can add more locations, items, and puzzles, as well as enhance the storytelling aspects to create a rich, immersive experience.

Child’s Play

So, you see, game design with Claude is child’s play. It offers us the opportunity as educators to combine various important elements and can engage students while offering the opportunity for direct instruction.

Author generated overview of game design process
Author generated overview of game design process (View | Get a copy)

Details of the Readme.txt File

As you read the text below, realize that this was all generated by Claude.ai. An appropriate action would be to have students create it.What I find interesting is the inclusion of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills.

Space Station Adventure Game

Created: July 31, 2024

Game Creator: Miguel Guhlin at TCEA.org (https://blog.tcea.org)
Code Author: Claude, AI Assistant. “Space Station Adventure Game.” Anthropic, 31 July 2024, chat.openai.com.

Description:

Space Station Adventure is an educational text-based adventure game designed to engage students in problem-solving, reading comprehension, and critical thinking. Players explore an abandoned space station, solving puzzles and uncovering the mystery of what happened to the crew.

Game Design Process:

This game was created following the game design process outlined by Game Design ED:

  1. Capture: The core concept of exploring an abandoned space station was established.
  2. Brainstorm: Ideas for locations, puzzles, and narrative elements were developed.
  3. Prototype: A basic version of the game was created using React components.
  4. Playtest: The prototype was tested to ensure basic functionality and engagement.
  5. Iterate: Based on playtesting, improvements were made to the game mechanics and narrative.
  6. Implement: The final version was created as a standalone HTML file for easy distribution and play.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Referenced:

This game aligns with the following TEKS:

  1. §110.7. English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 5
    (b) Knowledge and Skills
    (6) Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to:
    (C) make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures
  2. §126.7. Technology Applications, Grade 5
    (b) Knowledge and skills.
    (1) Creativity and innovation. The student uses creative thinking and innovative processes to construct knowledge, generate new ideas, and create products. The student is expected to:
    (D) create original products using a variety of resources
  3. §111.7. Mathematics, Grade 5
    (b) Knowledge and Skills
    (1) Mathematical process standards. The student uses mathematical processes to acquire and demonstrate mathematical understanding. The student is expected to:
    (A) apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace

Intended Audience:

This game is designed for students in grades 4-6 (ages 9-12). It is particularly useful for:

  • Developing reading comprehension and problem-solving skills
  • Encouraging critical thinking and logical reasoning
  • Engaging students in a narrative-driven educational experience
  • Introducing basic concepts of computer interaction and text parsing

Game Instructions:

  1. Open the HTML file in a web browser to start the game.
  2. Read the introduction on the splash screen and click “Start Adventure” to begin.
  3. You will see a description of your current location and an image representing it.
  4. Type commands into the text input to interact with the game world. Basic commands include:
  • go [direction]: Move in a specified direction (e.g., “go north”)
  • look: Examine your surroundings
  • take [item]: Pick up an item
  • use [item]: Use an item in your inventory
  • inventory: Check what items you’re carrying
  1. Navigate through the space station, collect items, and solve puzzles to progress.
  2. The game ends when you reach the final location or solve the main mystery.

Technical Notes:

  • The game is built using React and runs in the browser without need for compilation.
  • It requires an ‘images’ folder with specific PNG files for each location and the splash screen.
  • The TCEA logo should be placed in the ‘images’ folder as ‘tcealogo.png’.
  • The game logic is contained within a single HTML file for easy distribution and play.

Future Enhancements:

  • Add more locations and puzzles to extend gameplay
  • Implement a scoring system
  • Include audio elements for increased immersion
  • Develop a hint system for players who get stuck

Enjoy exploring and learning with Space Station Adventure!

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Teach Critical Thinking with These Action Writing Strategies: Part Two

by Miguel Guhlin
written by Miguel Guhlin

Ready for more action writing strategies that encourage critical thinking in an AI world? In the first part of this blog entry, you saw three powerful action strategies. Those strategies included collaborative writing workshop, structured debate blogs, and reflective journaling with metacognitive prompts. In this follow-up to part one, you will see two more action writing strategies. These two strategies, just like the first three, are designed to engage student writers and improve their analytical skills.

4. Multi-Draft Writing with Peer and Teacher Feedback

In my fifth grade writing workshop, modeled after Nanci Atwell’s, I had one on one mini-conferences with students. Meeting with them frequently allowed me to gain insight into their writing progress on self-chosen topics of interest to them. During the class period, I delivered mini-lessons addressing specific areas I had noticed in previous conferences. Then, after mini-lessons, I invited students to review their writing to address a particular area of growth. This allowed both the student(s) and I to focus on one component that needed work, rather than a laundry list of issues.

This often resulted in nosy teacher neighbors, red pens in hand, reading student work on the walls with a critical eye. “Can’t your students write?” I would have to explain that their efforts in a particular piece focused on a particular issue, while ignoring others. Over time, their writing improved dramatically as did our relationship, enabling them to take even more ownership of their writing and correcting issues.

This is my understanding of multi-draft writing that incorporates elements such as strategic feedback. Each draft of a piece of writing is improved with a focus on a specific area, eventually until a piece achieves the level desired by the writer. One way to assist students in thinking through their writing involves the use of success criteria or rubrics.

When offering feedback, it’s important to focus on feedback focused on tasks, process, and/or self-regulation. Avoid praise (effect size is 0.14) as feedback. The chart below clarifies the types of feedback to provide (read more):

spoken feedback

Adapted from David Perkins (2003) The Ladder of Feedback and John Hattie (2014) The Power of Feedback. You can also: Get Your Own Copy in Google Slides format

Feedback is information provided by an agent (e.g., teacher, peer, book, parent, self/experience) regarding aspects of one’s performance or understanding that reduces the discrepancy between what is understood, what is aimed to be understood, and where to move next in their learning.(source)

As you might imagine, Feedback (effect size is 0.51) and “Writing programs” (effect size 0.45) are powerful strategies at play here. In fact, effective feedback answers three questions:

  • Where am I going?
  • How am I going?
  • Where to next? (source)

The approach to use that is quite effective with feedback involves cues and reinforcement (effect size 1.01). That’s whopping big effect size. Reinforcement and cues let students know how to take their next steps in learning, or writing to learn in this case. Let’s look at each in turn below.

Cues that guide the writer towards a desired performance, or help direct attention to important aspects of a task. Think of one on one writing conference or writing circle feedback. This type of feedback often focuses on where and how writing is progressing. Cues can be structured as hints, prompts, or guiding questions.

In regards to reinforcements, encouraging repetition of correct behaviors or offering constructive criticism can be helpful. With multiple conversations about their drafts focused on cues and reinforcement, students engage in iterative revision and analysis. This has the effect of improving critical thinking.

Classroom Application

You can focus on multi-draft essays with the WRITE model for multi-draft writing. It’s pretty easy, as you can see below, and helps keep the focus where it needs to be:

  • W – Workshop mini-lesson
  • R – Revise with focus
  • I – Individual conference
  • T – Target one element
  • E – Exhibit and evaluate

This model is designed to assist the writing workshop teacher during one on one writing conferences. It’s less useful for students unless they are older and are curious about the process you are following.

5. Cross-Disciplinary Synthesis

A lot of learning takes place at the Surface Learning phase of learning. That is, when new ideas and concepts are being introduced. Most of the writing I most enjoy connects concepts from multiple subjects. It analyzes how those connections are made, and explores the juxtaposition of ideas and information. When the writer makes those connections, the reader in me marvels at the skills and thinking in those hypertext connections.

A component of critical thinking means making visible how authors bridge the distance between diverse concepts. These interdisciplinary connections are the equivalent of poems like Jacob Bronowski’s The Abacus and the Rose. The part of the poem that uncovers for the reader the connection of natural science and emotion for me is this excerpt:

The force that makes the winter grow
Its feathered hexagons of snow,
and drives the bee to match at home
Their calculated honeycomb,
Is abacus and rose combined.

When I first read it in 1984, my mind struggled to see the connections. It was unable to encompass how all the pieces fit together. It’s only now, forty years later, that I see how these connections are made in writing. Making those connections visible is what cross-disciplinary synthesis is about. It is juxtaposing contradictory (on the surface) ideas and seeing what the connection is.

To do this, we have to take what we have learned, have come to understand, and apply it in a way that is new or novel. And that experience shifts our learning from Surface to Deep (where connections are made) to Transfer Learning. It is the last that proves, yes, we see and understand at the deeper level how abacus and rose combine. For this, Transfer Strategies (0.86) and Summarization (0.79) are in effect.

Classroom Applications

One way to approach this is to use the MIX model (view | get a copy). That is, to encourage openness to seeing ideas from different subjects and how they connect to one another. The MIX model includes:

  • M – Match ideas from different subjects or disciplines
  • I – Imagine new connections
  • X – eXplain your thinking

Here’s an example of what that might look like from the perspective of a fifth grader:

Here’s the updated markdown table with a merged row at the end containing a sample narrative in a fifth-grader’s voice:

MIX
Match ideas from different subjectsImagine new connectionseXplain your thinking
In science, we learn about force and motion. At home, we play kickball.Kickball shows force and motion in action. Kicking uses force. The ball moves. We run and stop. We catch the ball.Kickball is like a force and motion game!

A MIX Example: Force and Motion

“Hey guys, watch this!” I yelled as I ran up to kick the bright red ball. My foot connected with a satisfying thud, and the ball soared through the air. As it arced across the sky, I couldn’t help but think about our science lesson.

“Whoa, nice kick!” my friend Jess shouted. “How’d you do that?”
I grinned, feeling proud. “It’s all about force and motion,” I explained. “Remember what Ms. Rodriguez taught us? The harder I kick, the more force I use, and the farther the ball goes.”

Jess’s eyes lit up. “Oh yeah! So when I catch it, I’m stopping its motion, right?”

“Exactly!” I nodded enthusiastically. “And when we run bases, we’re changing our own motion. It’s like we’re doing a science experiment while we play!”

As we continued our game, I saw force and motion everywhere. The bounce of the ball, the sprint to first base, the arc of a throw – it was all science in action. Who knew our neighborhood kickball game could teach us so much?

Turning the Page

When I turned twenty something, I switched from handwriting notes to typing. I had been writing with a word processor since age thirteen, and it made sense to type, not write, my notes. Then, when I read the research, newly presented a few years ago, I switched back to handwritten notes. What a difference! This quote founds its way to my inbox:

“When we measure the brain activity of people who write by hand, we see that they form more connections in the brain than when they write using a computer,” says brain researcher .

Audrey van der Meer, a professor of neuropsychology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) as cited in Futurity.

More connections is good, right? I can’t imagine writing this blog series by hand, though. Not with all the links and edits I’ve made. Instead, I write my notes by hand, then put them into a word processor as an article. When I see technology, now AI, short-circuiting the brain activity made possible by handwriting, I do worry a little. But we need to do the hard work. We need to model writing by hand, note-taking, concept mapping, and more with students in the classroom. In my classrooms in Texas K-12 public schools, I did that. But the writing workshop remains a contentious time sink for some educators, administrators, and legislators. The arrival of AI on the scene underscores the importance of NOT ignoring the research any more. Even if it means saying, “AI may not be right for our children to use until after they have activated their brains more.”

Get a Copy of These Action Writing Strategies

Want a copy of the action writing strategies featured in this blog entry? Get a copy via Canva, and/or view full-size. All images, including the feature image, were created by the author and are freely shared to spur learning and inspire your creativity, AI-assisted or otherwise. What’s more, you are free to use these. To generate the ideas for these models, I wrote each section, then fed that into Perplexity.ai. I asked it to give me a model appropriate for grades 3-12 that would match my writing. Then, after reviewing it, I fine-tuned the model in Canva for the posters.

The Inspiration Behind These Action Writing Strategies

This blog entry on action writing strategies was inspired by two articles I read about the despair teachers are experiencing surrounding AI. The two articles are ChatGPT Can Make English Teachers Feel Doomed: Here’s How I’m Adapting by David Nurenberg (Education Week, 10/16/2024) and I Quit Teaching Because of ChatGPT by Victoria Livingstone (Time, 09/30/2024).

How are you coping with AI? Let us know in the comments below!

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PDF Presentation Tool: Meet Sumatra PDF

by Miguel Guhlin
written by Miguel Guhlin

Ever wish you could easily display a PDF full screen? Every other Zoom or Google Meet meeting, I found myself wishing I could make a PDF into a full-screen presentation without having to install fancy software. Now, turning your PDF into a dynamic presentation is easier. A tool to use is Sumatra PDF. It is simple to use and free. Use it to read PDFs, ebooks, comic books, as well as view images on Windows computers. And, you will also find a grab bag of AI PDF Summary tools below. Come along and take a look.

Before I share more about Sumatra PDF, let’s see how these align to the TCEA Essential Learning Expectations (ELEs) for Teachers.

Essential Learning Expectations (ELEs) Alignment

The most important alignment is the one focused on Digital Literacy. Working with digital documents to create presentations remains a challenge for many. How many times have you gotten a PDF from the web or a colleague, then had to share it at a staff meeting?

ELEAlignment
1.0 Tech IntegrationSumatra PDF seamlessly integrates technology into teaching practices (1.1)
2.0 Digital LiteracyEnhances digital document presentation skills (2.1)
5.0 Critical ThinkingAllows for interactive analysis of digital content (5.1)

There are several ways to share a PDF full-screen, of course.

Alternate Ways to Share a PDF

You can always drop a PDF into Canva for Education (free), Google Slides, or MS Powerpoint. You can even choose to use Adobe Acrobat.

Once there, you can turn it into a presentation. But the drawback to that? That PDF is now filling up your cloud storage space. And, the translation of an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) may not work well.

If you are on Windows, you have another alternative that is free and portable. In fact, I’m putting PDF Slideshow on my USB flash drive as one of my must-have tools on the go.

Unleashing the Power of PDFs

With Sumatra PDF, you can now view or present your PDF files. It describes itself in this way:

SumatraPDF is a free PDF, EPUB, MOBI, CHM, XPS, DjVu, CBZ and CBR reader for Windows. It’s small, fast, customizable and full of features.

As you can see in the screenshot above, it’s easy to flip to fullscreen or presentation mode with a Ctrl+L or press F11 function key on your keyboard.

Pricing

If you are wondering, “How much does Sumatra PDF cost?” you need not worry. It is free. You can get it in a variety of versions, including a portable version that can be run from a USB drive. This makes it a perfect helper in situations where you are working in an academic setting and want a reliable PDF viewer on the go.

AI-Powered Summaries

Before you leave, let me share a list of AI-powered PDF Summary tools. These are popping up everywhere, so make sure to check out my list. If you don’t see your favorite one, let me know, ok?

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A list of AI-powered PDF Summaries

Conclusion

SumatraPDF offers an easy to use, versatile solution. Use it to quickly display PDFs full-screen, or set up a computer to cycle through the PDF. What’s more, it comes in a portable version you can take with you on a USB flash drive. That might make it the perfect solution for a presentation station or wall-mounted display. Give it a spin.

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