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3 AI Tools for Making Choice Boards
Choice Boards provide students with options which enable students to own their own learning. A Choice board presents learners between “two and generally nine different options.” However, curating engaging, well-rounded choice boards “that align with clear goals can be time-consuming.” This is where AI can be a timesaver for teachers.
Magic School
While this tool has a paid and free option, a teacher can access choice boards with the free one.
Here’s how Magic School works: Log in to Magic School, locate the search box at the top of your screen, and type in the word “choice board.” Then, select the UDL Choice Board icon that appears on your screen. Next, fill in the grade level, learning goal, and additional information about your choice board. The more information, the better! Magic School will quickly populate a diverse list of activities that you can use to create your choice board.
For more information about Magic School, select Audrey Dierdorff’s June 2024 web-based class activity, Put a Little MagicSchool Into Your Classroom.
Gemini
Another free Generative AI tool which offers choice board and rubric creation. It is operated by Google, so your Google sign in will allow access.
How Gemini works: Log in to Gemini with your Google account and locate the prompt box at the bottom of your screen. Then, create a detailed prompt in Gemini of what you are looking to create. Once again, the more specific information you provide, the better! For example, I asked Gemini, “Create a choice board with three different options for my 7th grade students to demonstrate their understanding of mitosis. Be sure to include detailed instructions to support my students. Include a variety of different project options to meet my diverse student needs.”
Copilot
Microsoft’s AI Companion is Copilot. Like the other two tools, with a topic and learning goals, Copilot will generate a “range of activities.”
How Copilot Works: “Log in to Copilot with your credentials and locate the prompt box at the bottom of your screen. Then, create a detailed prompt in Copilot of what you are looking for. Once again, the more specific information you provide, the better! For example, you might want to tell Copilot to “create a table containing all of the choice board options,” which will make it easy to export into Excel. Then, choose “Submit” and Copilot will create a choice board for your students, which may contain some different options compared to Magic School and Gemini. This is the beauty of using multiple Generative AI! You can pick and choose the best ideas from each tool and use them on your choice board.”
Engage learners with a choice board and save time with AI.
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