The Shake Up Learning Show with Kasey Bell

258:  Need to adapt a reading passage, create classroom materials, or help students explain their thinking? Explore 21 AI tools for teachers in this updated guide from Kasey Bell. Get a practical overview of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Canva, Brisk, Diffit, MagicSchool, and more, with ideas for matching each tool to the work you actually need to do. You'll also learn a simple way to compare AI tools, what to check before using them with students, and why you don't need to try every new tool. Choose one teaching task, find a tool that fits, and put it to work without adding to your overwhelm. 🔗 Access the full show notes and blog post here ⭐ Join the Powerful Teaching Book Study  🎟️ GET CREDIT for listening to this episode: Join the ALL ACCESS Membership 📺 Visit Shake Up Learning on YouTube

257: Most teachers know AI can create lesson plans, quizzes, and parent emails—but those obvious uses barely scratch the surface. In this episode, Kasey shares unexpected ways teachers can use AI to build better classroom systems, think through difficult decisions, prepare for challenging conversations, learn new tools, and solve the small recurring problems that quietly consume time and energy. You'll also discover how the new AI Prompt Library inside ALL ACCESS helps teachers find uses for AI they may never have considered—and provides ready-to-customize prompts so you can skip the blank box and get straight to solving the problem in front of you. 🔗 Access the full show notes and blog post here ⭐ Join the Powerful Teaching Book Study  🎟️ GET CREDIT for listening to this episode: Join the ALL ACCESS Membership 📺 Visit Shake Up Learning on YouTube

256:  If you're only using Canva to make cute slides, you're leaving most of it on the table! In this episode, Kasey shares 10 powerful Canva for Education features that can save teachers time, simplify classroom workflows, and help create more engaging learning experiences. Discover how to use Bulk Create, Canva's AI Quiz Generator, Magic Activities, Magic Write, the Learn Grid, classroom Brand Kits, LMS integrations, and more. Plus, get a look at Canva's new Live Learning Sessions, which allow teachers and students to collaborate in real time. Whether you're new to Canva or use it every day, you'll find practical features you may have overlooked—and ideas you can start using in your classroom right away. 🔗 Access the full show notes and blog post here ⭐ Join the Powerful Teaching Book Study (starts September 23) 🎟️ GET CREDIT for listening to this episode: Join the ALL ACCESS Membership 📺 Visit Shake Up Learning on YouTube  

#255: Some of the study strategies your students rely on most- rereading notes, highlighting, cramming the night before- actually give them a false sense of learning. In this episode, I'm breaking down four research-based strategies from the book Powerful Teaching by Pooja Agarwal and Patrice Bain that help learning actually stick, not just look like it stuck in the moment. ⭐ Get the book: Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning ⭐ Join the Powerful Teaching Book Study (starts September 23) In this episode: The difference between encoding, storage, and retrieval, and why familiarity can fake you out into thinking students have learned something Power Tool #1: Retrieval Practice, low-stakes ways to get students pulling information from memory instead of just rereading it Power Tool #2: Spacing, why cramming works short-term and fails long-term, and simple ways to bring old learning back Power Tool #3: Interleaving, mixing related concepts so students have to decide which strategy applies instead of following a pattern Power Tool #4: Feedback-Driven Metacognition, helping students get honest about what they actually know versus what just feels familiar A one-move classroom challenge you can try tomorrow, no new app, no prep 🔗 Access the full show notes and blog post here 🎟️ GET CREDIT for listening to this episode: Join the ALL ACCESS Membership 📺 Visit Shake Up Learning on YouTube  

#254: Google Classroom got a whole lot of updates this summer, and in episode 253 I promised I'd come back and go deeper. This is that episode. I'm walking through the redesigned homepage, how to build and assign a Gemini Notebook or a Gem right from Classwork, the new AI rubric generation, and the learning goals tracking that quietly showed up in your gradebook. Plus the honest caveats: what your admin has to turn on, and what you can't see about how your students are using AI. In this episode, you'll learn: What actually changed on the new Classroom homepage, and why yours may look different from mine How to assign a Gemini Notebook or a Gem straight from the Classwork page How to build a Study partner Gem from a unit doc you already have (this week's AI Tip) How to generate a brand new rubric from inside the assignment creation page How to track learning goals and see student performance by standard What the student Gemini tab means now that it's open to all ages, and what you can't monitor The three questions to send your admin before you plan a single lesson around this ⭐ Full show notes and links: https://shakeuplearning.com/254 ⭐ Gemini AI in Google Classroom masterclass: https://shakeuplearning.com/geminimaster 🏆 Want PD credit for this session? ALL ACCESS members earn a certificate.  👉 Back-to-School Sale: 50% off quarterly ALL ACCESS through August 30 — https://member.shakeuplearning.com 📺 Visit Shake Up Learning on YouTube