Teacher Playground

Bringing back this cutie I made years ago! 🐰🥚🌸 Have fun playing this with your students. You can add your own content questions to make it extra fun.

Download it here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dGq0ICmFCNS688Mp2wzZkVjt162Iw7FuW5H55yhww7g/edit?usp=sharing

Hi all! I just wanted to share some awesome resources from EduGems: https://www.edugems.ai/

These are called Gemini Gems which are tools and resources for educators and students. Here is a quick overview of some highlights:

𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 (https://www.edugems.ai/gem/act-math-practice)
Sample problems, explanations for incorrect answers, and performance summaries to help students prep for the ACT Math section

𝗔𝗜 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 (https://www.edugems.ai/gem/ai-prompt-architect)
Build high-quality AI prompts from scratch with clear roles, tasks, and interaction rules

𝗔𝗜 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 (https://www.edugems.ai/gem/ai-prompt-doctor)
Analyze and improve your AI prompts to make them more effective and aligned with your goals

𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆z𝗲𝗿 (https://www.edugems.ai/gem/assessment-data-analyzer)
Analyze student assessment results to spot areas of struggle, mastery, misconceptions, and quick wins for reteaching

𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗿 (https://www.edugems.ai/gem/career-explorer)
Help students explore career paths that match their interests, skills, and values

𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 (https://www.edugems.ai/gem/coloring-page-maker)
Create custom, school-safe coloring pages tailored to student ages and curriculum themes

Sharing in case it is helpful to others.

EduGems Welcome to EduGems! This is a growing collection of pre-made prompts ("Gems") for educators to use with Google Gemini. 💎 Click on any item below to get details on that Gem, with options to use or copy the Gem. 💎 When you click to use a Gem, it will open in Gemini. 💎 Before you begin interac...

𝟏𝟎 𝐅𝐮𝐧 & 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦

Need some quick, plug-and-play ideas to make Thanksgiving engaging for your students? Ditch That Textbook has you covered!

In this post, you’ll find tons of ready-to-go activities, including:

🦃 FREE Turkey Trouble Escape Room
✨ “What Am I Thankful For?” Google Slides Template
📚 Thanksgiving Traditions Read-and-Respond Activity
🎈 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon Google Slides Template

And that’s just the beginning as these activities are all designed to be fun, interactive, and easy to use!

Check it out and make your Thanksgiving lessons extra memorable this year!

Tech-Giving: 10 interactive Thanksgiving activities for the classroom Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and what better way to celebrate in the classroom than with some fun, techy activities! These ideas will have

Accessibility is such an important part of good design, and it touches every part of our lives. It’s not something extra we add at the end. It’s something we think about from the start because it affects how people experience the world around them.

In online learning, accessibility matters even more. The design choices we make can either open the door for learners or quietly shut them out. Simple things like using clear headings, writing meaningful alt text, choosing readable colors, and keeping content organized make a huge difference for learners who rely on assistive technology.

What I love about accessibility is that when we design for people with diverse needs, we end up helping everyone. It makes learning smoother, clearer, and more welcoming for all learners, not just a few.

To me, accessibility is about care. It’s about making sure every learner has a fair chance to succeed. It’s about creating courses and digital spaces where people feel supported, not stressed or left behind.

If we want online learning to truly work for everyone, accessibility has to be part of our everyday design practice. Not an afterthought, not something we fix later, but something we lead with.

Accessibility is good design. Accessibility is inclusive design. And accessibility is simply the right thing to do.