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This tool generates voiceovers for material taken from websites, documents, and DRM-free epub books. Great for students with dyslexia.

Great tool for creating images, characters, scenes, etc. using text-based specifications. Users describe what they would like their photos/cartoon images to look like, and the program creates them.

This is a cloud based music software that I use in my music classroom. Students can create their own music and share it with others. There is a collaboration feature that allows students and teachers to work together on a song. One of my favorite tools is the podcasting feature. My students instead of written summative tests create a series of podcast episodes where they speak about what they have learned, and they can collaborate together and even have guests on their episodes. This podcasting feature is great for students who struggle with writing and are better with speaking.

I love using Canva to create multimedia presentations. I often pair it with Google Slides to create activities for my students. There are many pre-made templates and so many tools for creating your own.

This site, The Cool Cat Teacher, was very appealing to me. There is a great layout of useful information for technology, assessment, lesson plans, etc for multiple grade levels and content areas. This particular podcast stood out to me this week as I'm getting prepared for our Data Team meeting at my school next week. I also found it interesting in our content this week that online learning is perceived to be more individualized. In that case, being able to take data and use it to drive the direction of your classroom learning is very important.

Despite concerns about Chat GPT being used for dishonest behavior (e.g., cheating), Chat GPT should be viewed as a tool that promotes critical thinking responses, prevents cheating, helps analyze data/processes, and provides suggestions to make procedures/duties more efficient and effective in K-12 schools. Therefore, schools must embrace GPT to prepare students for the future.

This authoring tool is great for designing interactive digital content (that is SCORM-compliant) for online and blended classrooms. It is free and requires no coding skills.

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Great info about setting norms for synchronous and asynchronous learning environments