Recorded Webinar - AI Games, Interviews & Activities for Student Learning

I recently recorded a webinar about using AI as an interactive partner for games, interviews, and activities for student learning.

These can be done with any grade level or subject, either as whole-class activities where the teacher manages the AI but the students still participate, or with students individually interacting with the AI for their own learning experiences. 

In this session we explored a wide range of AI activities including:

• 🎙️ AI Interview
• 🔠 “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories
• 🤔 "20 Questions" games
• ❌ “Two Truths and a Lie” Games
• 📓 Emoji Definition Game
• 🤐 Classroom Taboo Game
• ⚖️ AI Debate
• ✍️ AI Co-Writing

To learn all about using AI for engaging student learning activities, see below to watch my recorded 1-hour webinar and to access the resources from the session.

Recorded Webinar - Making Graphic Novels with NotebookLM

I recently recorded a webinar about creating educational graphic novels with NotebookLM.

A while back I came up with a workflow to use Gemini and NotebookLM to generate graphic novels, which I shared on my blog. 

People have been loving this project and creating so many amazing things to help with teaching and learning in all subjects and grade levels.

To help more people try this out I did a deep-dive hands-on session where we covered the following:

• 🗯️ Graphic Novel Overview
• 📚 Loads of Pre-Made Examples
• 🛠️ How to Create a Graphic Novel
• 💡 Choose a Topic
• 🎨 Choose an Art Style
• 📄 Create the Script
• ✍️ Review and Edit the Script
• 📓 Create a Notebook
• 📖 Generate the Graphic Novel
• ✂️ Edit the Graphic Novel
• 💾 Download and Share the Graphic Novel

To learn all about creating educational graphic novels with NotebookLM, see below to watch my recorded 1.5-hour webinar and to access the resources from the session.

Upcoming Webinar: AI Games, Interviews and Activities for Student Learning

I am excited to be presenting a free webinar about using AI for educational games, interviews and activities for student learning

AI can be the perfect interactive partner for learning activities and games. These can be done with any grade level and any subject, either as whole-class activities where the teacher manages the AI but the students still participate, or with students individually interacting with the AI for their own learning experiences.

In this session we will try out these AI activities live and hands-on as we explore:

• 🎙️ AI interviews
• ⚖️ AI debates
• 🔠 "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories
• ✍️ Co-writing activities
• 🤔 Games including 20 Questions, 2 Truths and a Lie, Classroom Taboo, the Emoji Definition Game

Details for this training:

• 🎲 AI Games, Interviews and Activities for Student Learning
• 🗓️ Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
• ⏰ 3pm ET / 2pm CT / 1pm MT / Noon PT
• ▶️ The webinar will be live-streamed and also recorded for those who can't attend live
• ✅ Register at bit.ly/apr21games or in this Google Form

Feel free to share with others and I hope you will join me for this exciting webinar! Come play and learn!

Recorded Webinar - NotebookLM for Schools

I recently recorded a webinar about NotebookLM for schools.

If you are not familiar with NotebookLM, it is Google's free AI-powered tool where you can load your own trusted sources and then generate engaging resources that are grounded in your vetted content.

In this deep-dive hands-on session we covered the following topics:

• 🗃️ Add sources to Notebooks including your own Google Docs, Slides, PDFs, websites, videos and more
• 💬 Explore how to "chat" with your sources to find specific answers and summarize key concepts
• 🔊 Use the powerful Studio tools to instantly generate Audio and Video Overviews, slide decks, infographics, mind maps, data tables, flashcards, quizzes, and reports
• 💡 Discover practical and creative ways to use NotebookLM for teaching and learning

To learn all about using NotebookLM in schools, see below to watch my recorded 1.5-hour webinar and to access the resources from the session.

Upcoming Webinar: Making Graphic Novels with NotebookLM

I am excited to be presenting a free webinar about creating educational graphic novels with NotebookLM.

A while back I came up with a workflow to use Gemini and NotebookLM to generate graphic novels, which I shared on my blog. 

People have been loving this project and creating so many amazing things to help with teaching and learning in all subjects and grade levels.

To help more people try this out we will be doing a deep-dive hands-on session where we will cover the following:

• 🗯️ Graphic Novel Overview
• 📚 Loads of Pre-Made Examples
• 🛠️ How to Create a Graphic Novel
• 💡 Choose a Topic
• 🎨 Choose an Art Style
• 📄 Create the Script
• ✍️ Review and Edit the Script
• 📓 Create a Notebook
• 📖 Generate the Graphic Novel
• ✂️ Edit the Graphic Novel
• 💾 Download and Share the Graphic Novel

See below for details to participate in this training:

• 🗯️ Making Graphic Novels with NotebookLM
• 🗓️ Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
• ⏰ 3pm ET / 2pm CT / 1pm MT / Noon PT
• ▶️ The webinar will be live-streamed and also recorded for those who can't attend live
• ✅ Register at bit.ly/apr2graph or in this Google Form

I hope you will join me for this exciting webinar!

Recorded Webinar - Creating and Sharing Gemini Gems

I recently recorded a webinar about creating and sharing Gemini Gems.

If you are not familiar with Gems, they are reusable, custom prompts that save your best AI workflows for instant access, and they are a game-changer for educators!

In this deep-dive hands-on session we covered the following topics:

• 🔎 Explore Google's pre-made Gems and the 100+ Gems on my EduGems site
• 🛠️ Create new Gems from scratch
• 💬 Learn tips for effective prompting, reference files, and tool selection
• 🔗 Share the Gems we create
• 🗃️ Discover how to build a high-quality Gem repository for your staff and students

To learn all about creating and sharing Gems, see below to watch my recorded 1-hour webinar and to access the resources from the session.

Upcoming Webinar - NotebookLM for Schools

I am excited to be presenting a free webinar about NotebookLM for schools.

If you are not familiar with NotebookLM, it is Google's free AI-powered tool where you can load your own trusted sources and then generate engaging resources that are grounded in your vetted content.

In this deep-dive hands-on session we will:

• 🗃️ Add sources to Notebooks including your own Google Docs, Slides, PDFs, websites, videos and more
• 💬 Explore how to "chat" with your sources to find specific answers and summarize key concepts
• 🔊 Use the powerful Studio tools to instantly generate Audio and Video Overviews, slide decks, infographics, mind maps, data tables, flashcards, quizzes, and reports
• 💡 Discover practical and creative ways to use NotebookLM for teaching and learning

See below for details to participate in this training:

• 📓 NotebookLM: Your Grounded AI Super Tool
• 🗓️ Tuesday, March 17th, 2026
• ⏰ 3pm ET / 2pm CT / 1pm MT / Noon PT
• ▶️ The webinar will be live-streamed and also recorded for those who can't attend live
• ✅ Register at bit.ly/mar17nblm or in this Google Form

I hope you will join me for this exciting webinar!

Upcoming Webinar - Creating and Sharing Gemini Gems

I am excited to be presenting a free webinar about creating and sharing Gemini Gems.

If you are not familiar with Gems, they are reusable, custom prompts that save your best AI workflows for instant access, and they are a game-changer for educators!

In this deep-dive hands-on session we will:

• 🔎 Explore Google's pre-made Gems and the 100+ Gems on my EduGems site
• 🛠️ Create new Gems from scratch
• 💬 Learn tips for effective prompting, reference files, and tool selection
• 🔗 Share the Gems we create
• 🗃️ Discover how to build a high-quality Gem repository for your staff and students

See below for details to participate in this training:

• 💎 Your AI Treasure Chest: Creating & Sharing Gemini Gems
• 🗓️ Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026
• ⏰ 3pm ET / 2pm CT / 1pm MT / Noon PT
• ▶️ The webinar will be live-streamed and also recorded for those who can't attend live
• ✅ Register at bit.ly/mar3gems or in this Google Form

I hope you will join me for this exciting webinar!

Google AI for the New Year - Recorded Webinar

Recently I had the privilege to offer a free online session for the Teacher Innovation Network "EdTech Playground" series titled "AI for the New Year" where the theme was AI updates for schools.

For my session I presented on new AI features for Gemini, NotebookLM, and Google Classroom from the last few months, and how they can be used for teaching and learning. This included:

• 3️⃣ New Gemini 3 model
• 🍌 Nano Banana 3 Pro for advanced images and infographics
• 🖼️ Slideshow creation in Gemini
• 💯 SAT Practice Tests in Gemini
• 💎 Gem sharing and the EduGems website
• 🔊 Audio lessons in Classroom
• 📊 NotebookLM infographics, slidedecks, and data tables
• 🗯️ NotebookLM for graphic novels

The Teacher Innovation Network was kind enough to make the recorded video available for people to view if they were not able to attend the live session. See below to watch the recording, as well as access the resources I shared in the session.

Feel free to share with others who may benefit, and let me know what AI updates you are most excited about.

Recorded Webinar - Learning Genie

I recently recorded a webinar about a super-helpful AI-powered EdTech tool called Learning Genie. (Disclosure - Learning Genie sponsored this webinar, but all opinions were my own.)

If you are not familiar with Learning Genie it is a tool which helps educators quickly develop a comprehensive and well-structured teaching unit. Here are some key features:

• 🧰 Create complete unit plans with all the needed resources (plans, slideshows, worksheets, assessments, more)
• 🏫 Works with any subject and any grade (PreK-12)
• 🎯 Aligns with state standards and uses Al to support interdisciplinary learning and connect instruction with assessment
• 📍 Localizes curriculum to engage students in meaningful and relevant learning experiences
• 💰 Robust free version

To learn all about Learning Genie, see below to watch my recorded 1-hour webinar and to access the resources from the session.

Learning Genie Webinar

I am excited to be presenting a webinar about a super-helpful AI-powered EdTech tool called Learning Genie!

Over the last year I have had a chance to learn a lot about this tool from some of my good EdTech friends including Jon Corippo and Toby Fischer. 

I then had the opportunity to speak with Gene Shi, the founder of the company (the "Gene" behind the Learning Genie) and explore the tool for myself.

If you are not familiar with Learning Genie - https://www.learning-genie.com - it is a tool which helps educators quickly develop a comprehensive and well-structured teaching unit. Here are some key features:

• 🧰 Create complete unit plans with all the needed resources (plans, slideshows, worksheets, assessments, more)
• 🏫 Works with any subject and any grade (PreK-12)
• 📍 Localizes curriculum to engage students in meaningful and relevant learning experiences
• 💰 Robust free version

To help you learn more about this powerful tool, I will be co-hosting a deep-dive webinar with Gene Shi:

• 🧞 Learning Genie Webinar
• 🗓️ Wednesday, January 21, 2026
• ⏰ 7pm ET / 6pm CT / 5pm MT / 4pm PT
• ▶️ The webinar will be live-streamed and also recorded for those who can't attend live
• ✅ Register at bit.ly/jan21genie or in this Google Form

I hope you will join me for this exciting webinar!

Recorded Webinar - Dive into Snorkl for Student Learning

I recently recorded a webinar about one of my favorite AI tools for education - Snorkl. (Disclosure - Snorkl sponsored this webinar, but all opinions were my own.)

With Snorkl, students record their reasoning with a verbal and visual explanation, and then receive instant AI-powered feedback to drive deep and meaningful learning.

Here are the basics for how it works:

• ❓ You create a problem, question, or prompt for your students (any subject, any grade).
• 🎙️ Students record themselves solving the problem or answering the question while explaining their reasoning.
• ✒️ If needed the student can draw on the digital whiteboard while speaking.
• 💯 The AI then reviews the student's explanation based on the guidance you have provided.
• 💬 The AI then provides personalized feedback for the student (and you) on their work.

Having students record themselves to explain their understanding is an excellent way to truly assess what a student knows and can do, while helping to address academic integrity concerns. The challenge has always been how long it would take a teacher to watch the recordings for every one of their students. With Snorkl this is no longer a daunting task.

And all of this comes in a robust free version! To learn all about Snorkl, see below to watch my recorded 1-hour webinar and to access the resources from the session.

Snorkl Webinar

Snorkl is another one of my all-time favorite AI tools for education. I have been sharing about this great tool since 2023 when I included it in my list of "EdTech Cool Tools" for that year.

With Snorkl, students record their reasoning with a verbal and visual explanation, and then receive instant AI-powered feedback to drive deep and meaningful learning.

Here are the basics for how it works:

• ❓ You create a problem, question, or prompt for your students (any subject, any grade).
• 🎙️ Students record themselves solving the problem or answering the question while explaining their reasoning.
• ✒️ If needed the student can draw on the digital whiteboard while speaking.
• 💯 The AI then reviews the student's explanation based on the guidance you have provided.
• 💬 The AI then provides personalized feedback for the student (and you) on their work.

Having students record themselves to explain their understanding is an excellent way to truly assess what a student knows and can do, while helping to address academic integrity concerns. The challenge has always been how long it would take a teacher to watch the recordings for every one of their students. With Snorkl this is no longer a daunting task.

And all of this comes in a robust free version! To help you get the most out of this versatile tool, I will be presenting a deep-dive webinar:

• "Dive into Snorkl for Student Learning"
• 🗓️ Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025
• ⏰ 7pm ET / 6pm CT / 5pm MT / 4pm PT
• ▶️ The webinar will be live-streamed and also recorded for those who can't attend live
• ✅ Register at bit.ly/dec2snorkl or in this Google Form

I hope you will join me for this exciting webinar!

EnlightenAI - Your New T.A. for Grading and Feedback

I recently recorded a webinar about one of my favorite AI tools for education - EnlightenAI. (Disclosure - EnlightenAI sponsored this webinar, but all opinions were my own.)

If you are not familiar with it, EnlightenAI is an AI-powered tool that works hand-in-hand with a teacher to assist in guided grading and personalized feedback for student writing.

Here are a few key aspects of how EnlightenAI works:

• You can pull in writing assignments from a wide range of sources (Google Classroom, Illuminate, Canvas, Form, Docs, and more)
• You can provide the AI with your rubric, the assignment prompt and materials, exemplars, guiding instructions, and more.
• The AI will use that information to provide grades and feedback for student writing.
• You can override any grade and customize any feedback which will train the AI even more to learn your style and grading requirements.
• The AI will provide insights into strengths and weaknesses for every student, as well as customized lessons and activities to help address those.
• The AI can also provide instant writing feedback directly to students while they are writing to support revision during the writing process.

And all of this comes in a robust free version! To learn all about EnlightenAI, see below to watch my recorded 1-hour webinar and to access the resources from the session.

Recorded Webinar - Brisk Teaching: The AI Multitool for Education

I recently recorded a webinar about one of my favorite AI tools for education - Brisk Teaching. (Disclosure - Brisk sponsored this webinar, but all opinions were my own.)

If you are not familiar with it, Brisk is a free Chrome extension that provides AI-powered tools for teachers and students. 

It does so many things, I often call it the "Swiss Army Knife of AI Tools".

With Brisk Teaching you can:

• Generate resources such as quizzes, slideshows, rubrics, lesson plans, DOK questions, guided notes, podcasts and more. 
• Relevel content for different grades. 
• Provide personalized feedback on student writing. 
• Monitor the student writing process. 
• Create school-safe "Boost" activities for students with customized AI chatbots for tutoring, chatting with a character, debating, brainstorming, exit tickets and more. 
• Plan and bundle instructional materials with Brisk Next. 

And all of this comes in a robust free version! To learn all about Brisk, see below to watch my recorded 1-hour webinar and to access the resources from the session.

Brisk Teaching Webinar

Brisk Teaching is one of my favorite AI tools for education. I have been sharing about this great tool since 2023 when I included it in my list of "EdTech Cool Tools" for that year.

Brisk is a free Chrome extension that provides AI-powered tools for teachers and students. It does so many things, I often call it the "Swiss Army Knife of AI Tools".

With Brisk Teaching you can:

• Generate resources such as quizzes, slideshows, rubrics, lesson plans, DOK questions, guided notes, podcasts and more. 
• Relevel content for different grades. 
• Provide personalized feedback on student writing. 
• Monitor the student writing process. 
• Create school-safe "Boost" activities for students with customized AI chatbots for tutoring, chatting with a character, debating, brainstorming, exit tickets and more. 
• Plan and bundle instructional materials with Brisk Next. 

And all of this comes in a robust free version! To help you get the most out of this versatile tool, I will be presenting a deep-dive webinar:

• "Brisk Teaching: The AI Multitool for Education"
• 🗓️ Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
• ⏰ 7pm ET / 6pm CT / 5pm MT / 4pm PT
• ▶️ The webinar will be live-streamed and also recorded for those who can't attend live
• ✅ Register at bit.ly/brisk-oct7 or in this Google Form

I hope you will join me for this exciting webinar!

EnlightenAI Webinar

EnlightenAI is one of my favorite AI tools for student writing feedback. In short, EnlightenAI is able to build a model based on how you grade, your style of communicating, your rubrics, and what is important to you, and then provide personalized, detailed feedback on student writing.

I have been sharing about this great tool since 2023 when I included it in my list of "EdTech Cool Tools" for that year.

Well since that time, EnlightenAI has continued to develop with many new features for both educators and students. To help catch everyone up on all that is new, I will be hosting a free webinar all about EnlightenAI. Here are the details:

"Engage, Enhance, Encourage: EnlightenAI for Student Writing Feedback"

• 🗓️ Thursday, October 23rd, 2025
• ⏰ 7pm ET / 6pm CT / 5pm MT / 4pm PT
• ▶️ The webinar will be live-streamed and also recorded for those who can't attend live
• ✅ Register at bit.ly/enlightenai or in this Google Form

Topics to be covered:

• Learn how teachers leverage EnlightenAI to save huge amounts of time providing high quality writing feedback to students and freeing teachers to focus on students
• See how AI feedback tools can unlock powerful data analytics and clearer insights for ELA progress
• Hear how other districts are using EnlightenAI to give students more, faster, and better writing guidance to grow scores
• Get valuable tools and resources you can use on your next summative or state test prep assignment

I hope you will join me for this exciting webinar!

The Bionic Educator - Banzai Recorded Webinar

A few weeks back I had the privilege of presenting my "Bionic Educator" keynote to kick off Banzai's virtual "Back-to-School Bootcamp".

If you are not familiar with Banzai - https://banzai.org/ - here are some quick details about them:

• They provide totally free online courses for students in grades 3 through 12.
• The courses cover personal finance, digital citizenship, college and careers, and more.
• The courses are highly interactive with games and resources that allow students to make mistakes, learn, and succeed from the safety of their classroom.
• Teachers instantly view student progress with a powerful grading interface.
• Banzai complies fully with restrictions set by COPPA and FERPA, and does not store any personally identifiable information.
• And it really is free, thanks to the support of banks, credit unions, and other organizations.

My keynote was "The Bionic Educator" which explores the impact of AI on education, with the key question being "Will AI take our jobs, or help us do our jobs better?" The recording of the keynote is now available! See below to watch it and access more resources from Banzai.

Back-to-School Bootcamp with Banzai

I am excited and honored to be providing a keynote to kick off Banzai's free virtual "Back-to-School Bootcamp" on August 5, 2025 from 11am to 3pm MT (1pm to 5pm ET).

If you are not familiar with Banzai - https://banzai.org/ - here are some quick details about them:

• They provide totally free online courses for students in grades 3 through 12.
• The courses cover personal finance, digital citizenship, college and careers, and more.
• The courses are highly interactive with games and resources that allow students to make mistakes, learn, and succeed from the safety of their classroom.
• Teachers instantly view student progress with a powerful grading interface.
• Banzai complies fully with restrictions set by COPPA and FERPA, and does not store any personally identifiable information.
• And it really is free, thanks to the support of banks, credit unions, and other organizations.

You can sign up for my keynote here - Registration link - or sign up for any of the sessions on the Bootcamp website. I hope you can join us!

World Snorkl Day 2025 - Recorded Videos

I recently had the privilege of presenting a session for "World Snorkl Day". This was a free live streamed PD event with six hours of awesome content from amazing educators presenting a wide range of sessions to help you learn, explore, and apply Snorkl even better.

If you are not familiar with it, Snorkl was one the featured AI tools in my "Cool Tools 2023" series. For more details you can read that original blog post and watch my 12-minute tutorial video all about the tool.

This year I got to provide the closing session on "Level Up All Learners with Snorkl" where we did a deep dive into how Snorkl can support all students with feedback, personalized learning, accessibility, and more. 

See below for the 30-minute recording of my session, as well as links to all the other recorded sessions from the event.