Alex Francisco @alexgfrancisco

27 Free Gemini AI Tools for Educators - www.controlaltachieve.com/2025/09/27-f...

🛠️ AI tools for planning, instructional support, assessments, student support, admin tasks & more
🏫 Free for all educators
▶️ Demo video & blog post with all the details

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09.09.2025 19:49 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Frickin’ Packets

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@cultofpedagogy #EduSky #InnEdCO #InnEdCO2025

10.06.2025 02:11 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Beyond the Book - AI for Librarians - www.controlaltachieve.com/2025/04/beyo...

💬 AI Prompts for Librarians
🛠️ AI Tools for Librarians
📗 AI Tools for Book Trailers
🤖 Custom AI Chatbots
🧰 Resource Doc, Slideshow & Blog Post

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21.04.2025 14:22 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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✍️ Poetry Month Projects
🎧 Global Education Station Podcast
✨ AI in Education Roundtable
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🔎 Talpa Search
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16.04.2025 12:44 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Celebrate #PiDay with these #edtech activities:

📈 Discover Pi with Google Sheets
✍️ Create "Pi Poems"
🏙️ Graph a Pi-Line Skyline

Free templates & directions at: www.controlaltachieve.com/2025/03/goog...

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11.03.2025 13:21 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Why Students Hate Group Work (And How to Fix It) Group work frustrates students when roles are unclear and workloads are uneven. Grouper can help make it more effective.

Why Students Hate Group Work (And How to Fix It)

Many students dislike group work due to uneven workload, social conflicts, and unclear roles.

Read More: buff.ly/oR1pUDb

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11.03.2025 19:00 — 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Love this second grade @schoolai.com and @bookcreator.com app smash! 💥✏️💥

💻 Use #SchoolAI to build background knowledge
📚 Create a book about what you learned on #BookCreator!

Learn more about how you can get involved in #BeAnAuthorMonth ⤵️
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07.03.2025 18:15 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

How could you start conceptualizing an educational escape room? Dr. Maddie Shellgren and I turned it into a game to demo how we approach the challenge – based on three random prompts: community organization, trainers, & compliance youtu.be/x1Kas9J9oq4

#learninganddevelopment #edtech

07.03.2025 20:59 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

AI-powered teaching hacks? Yes, please! 🙌 From lesson planning to student feedback, these AI prompt libraries can help educators work smarter, not harder. Ready to explore? 💻

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#aiineducation #edtech #edusky

09.03.2025 02:27 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Hundreds Of Student Handouts & 11 Chapters From Our “ELL Teacher’s Toolbox 2.0” Are Now Freely Available Online Our 600 page ELL Teacher’s Toolbox 2.0 was published last week! Thanks to Valentina Gonzalez, Carol Salva and Stephen Fleenor for contributing chapters to it! And, if you are among the…

Hundreds Of Student Handouts & 11 Chapters From Our “ELL Teacher’s Toolbox 2.0” Are Now Freely Available Online larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/03/04/h...

04.03.2025 11:41 — 👍 19 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0

6 Actions People Can Take Right Now To Oppose What Trump & Musk Are Doing I’ve been writing/publishing two series on how people can effectively oppose Trump’s actions, one at Education Week specifically offering recommendations for educators (which is …

6 Actions People Can Take Right Now To Oppose What Trump & Musk Are Doing larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/02/23/6...

02.03.2025 00:31 — 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

AI-AI-Oh! Awesome AI Uses in Education Artificial Intelligence can be used in so many different ways in schools to improve teaching, learning, creativity, productivity, support, a...

AI can be utilized in numerous ways within education to enhance teaching, foster learning, boost creativity, increase efficiency, & offer support for both educators and students.

How do you implement AI in your classroom?

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#edusky #aiineducation #edtech

25.02.2025 12:50 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

A digitally rendered image features a friendly humanoid robot with a silver body, blue glowing eyes, and a black screen-like face. The robot wears a red tie and a "VISITOR" badge. It stands in a classroom with a chalkboard and papers pinned on the walls. Large bold text reads: "AI Student Learning Activities with Prompts!" Below, keyboard-style buttons display the ControlAltAchieve logo. The image promotes an educational post about using AI in student learning activities.

🤔 Would you let AI be a guest speaker in your classroom?

👉 Check out my latest post & video on "AI Student Learning Activities" www.controlaltachieve.com/2025/02/ai-s...

Ready-to-use prompts include:
🎙️ AI Interview
⚖️ AI Debate
🧩 AI Games
✍️ AI Co-Writing

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19.02.2025 18:47 — 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Connect & Comprehend Shared Read this free ebook by Michelle Gill. Find thousands of free educational ebooks for classroom use at read.bookcreator.com

Excited to share this @bookcreator.com book with teachers! It features engaging video stories & a space for student video responses. Plus, we’ve included story resources created with @diffitapp.bsky.social Perfect for interactive learning!
#ELSky #EduSky

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08.02.2025 00:09 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Tips for Effective Group Work Tips for Effective Group Work includes strategies for structuring collaboration, assigning roles, and using tech tools.

I have some tips for effective student groups (and tech tools to support them).

Research shows thoughtful groupings rather than letting students choose their own group can lead to better outcomes.

Tips for Effective Group Work
alicekeeler.com/2025/02/07/t...

#GroupWork #EdTech #EduSky

10.02.2025 15:16 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

Interesting article here from the AI Language Teacher on running an LLM on your laptop - Some very compelling arguments for it https://buff.ly/3UrSKyT

10.02.2025 17:25 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Seven Strategies to Make K-12 Vocabulary Lessons Unforgettable – TCEA TechNotes Blog Explore seven strategies for teaching engaging K-12 vocabulary lessons. Everything from the Frayer Model to Word Poetry Slams. Explore this and more at TCEA TechNotes Blog, your go-to source for educa...

#EduSky Explore seven strategies for teaching engaging K-12 vocabulary lessons. Everything from the Frayer Model to Word Poetry Slams. blog.tcea.org/7-strategies...

20.01.2025 13:24 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

4 Classroom Design Tactics to Motivate Students Teachers can make small shifts in their classroom design to boost engagement, spark curiosity, and celebrate success.

“What if we’re thinking about motivation the wrong way? What if the secret isn’t inside students, but all around them?”

@cathleenbeachbd.bsky.social shares 4 classroom design tactics to boost curiosity and engagement. 🌟

20.01.2025 21:37 — 👍 13 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

Power Up for Back to School: Unveiling New Features Join us in this lively webinar as we unveil exciting new features in Book Creator, just in time for back-to-school! Hosted by the Teacher Success Team—Janet ...

⚡ It’s Day 11 of the 12 Days of Cozy Creation! Power up your classroom with the latest Book Creator features and tools to inspire creativity in every student. 🎒

▶️ Watch the session here: https://buff.ly/41YixDr

❄️ Share your cozy setups while watching using #GetCozyBC!

04.01.2025 13:36 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Check out my session today Jan 4th www.controlaltachieve.com/2024/12/join...

🤖 "Today's Special Classroom Guest: Mr. A.I. Chatterbot"
▶️ On-demand all day
❓ Q&A session at Noon EST

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04.01.2025 15:08 — 👍 18 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

How to Edit a Google Form How to edit a Google Form. You've made a Google Form... now how do you go back and make changes?

How to edit a Google Form

https://alicekeeler.com/2021/10/04/how-to-edit-a-google-form-2/

Ready to update last year's Google Form to REUSE for this semester?

#GoogleEDU #GoogleForms

02.01.2025 03:39 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Hi there! 😊 Actually, I want to take this opportunity to Thank YOU for all the awesome tips, tools, advice, and teaching material you share on your blog. You have been a constant on my EdTech journey for many years now. You rock! 😉

20.12.2024 11:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Audioalter

"A collection of easy-to-use web tools for all your audio files" 😊 #EdTech #EduSky #Music #Audio
audioalter.com

19.12.2024 11:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

9 Ways to Support Diverse Learning Needs in Physical Education Teachers can adapt activities to make PE inclusive for all students, including those with physical and/or learning disabilities.

Here's an important article by @w1llo.bsky.social on inclusion in PE: www.edutopia.org/article/incl...

25.11.2024 19:20 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

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18.12.2024 13:57 — 👍 24 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Today's the DAY! 🥳

Watch my session with @ditchthattextbook.com on #DitchSummit where I chat about student choice, #podcasts, culturally responsive teaching, literacy, and more!

Take a peek here: ditchsummit.com/stevie-frank...

18.12.2024 14:16 — 👍 26 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 1