One of the biggest reasons that teachers burnout is because of the constant adding of more and more to our plates. Sometimes the tasks that are added aren't even necessary for us as professionals to do and if we want to take control of our tasks, you have to start working smarter.

If you're looking to start working smarter and not harder this school year and beat burnout, you need to start automating your classroom. Automation doesn't have to be super techy and intimidating. In fact, in this episode, we will introduce you to three SIMPLE AI tools that you can easily implement to automate your classroom and reclaim your precious time.

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[0:00] Hey, hey, you're listening to episode 58 of the Resilient Teacher Podcast.

Today's episode is legit one of my favorite topics to discuss.

Do you know what it is?

If you guessed automation, you would be 100% on the money. I am obsessed with automating everything I possibly can because I nerd out on anything that really simplifies a process and then increases efficiency.

I automate things in my podcast, in my classroom, and it's even trickled down into my home life, which allows me to really show up and be who I want to be without doing all the things.

Because if you're anything like me, you want to do all the things, but who has time for that?

I mean, imagine a concept that could alleviate the burden that teachers are experiencing from job creep, from decision fatigue, eliminating that repetitive, boring work, and just allowing us the time to do what we love, adding towards more value-driven work in our classrooms.

That is what is so transformative about using automation and why I believe in it so much when it comes down to beating the teacher burnout cycle.

And with the rise of AI and ChatGPT, which we've talked about on the podcast, I want to give you three simple AI teacher tools that aren't getting enough notoriety, but I truly believe you need to start using them to begin automating your classroom and beat teacher burnout by fall. So what do you say? Let's jump into today's episode.

Seriously, without you, I'd be a weirdo in my office just kind of talking to myself.

But over the past year, over 10,000 of you have listened in.

We've reached almost 100,000 downloads and you guys have impacted so many teachers by sharing this free, no-cost podcast, leading us to being one of the top 100 education podcasts on the charts, and I just want you to know that in this last year, it has brought me such immense joy to be part of your rides to and from school on your lunch break, and a part of your burnout recovery journey.

[2:56] In general. So thank you so, so, so much. To celebrate the first birthday of the Resilient Teacher Podcast, I want to give back to you guys in a huge way. So I decided that I would do a little giveaway. Three very lucky podcast listers will win their choice of a free all-access pass to the Summer Self-Care Conference, which is coming up July 21st through the 23rd with over 20 plus teacher experts and presenters and over $500 in premium bonuses, or a free spot in the Automate Your Classroom program, complete with the Automation Tech Vault, AI for Educators e-book, and using AI with Automation Workshop, which is an over $600 value.

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So I think one of the biggest reasons that teachers struggle with burning out.

[4:07] Is because we're tasked with a crap ton of things to do.

So many of the tasks that we do don't help our students progress.

They don't tend to their emotional needs. And all those extra tasks that we have to do, they add up.

So if you've never heard me talk about automation before, it's basically where you use either a simple or more complex technology to do things for you.

Those tasks that like you shouldn't even have to do.

[4:32] Those kind that aren't the best use of your skills and knowledge.

This isn't about like replacing you, it's about enhancing where you shine.

When I talk about automation, I'm talking about just eliminating those tasks from your to-do list that aren't a good use of your time and your energy.

I went through a whole sustainability series in episodes 42 through 46.

So if this is the first time like you've ever heard about this kind of concept, then definitely head back to those episodes and come back and it'll make a lot more sense.

One of the biggest automation advances that is taking the world by storm is no doubt artificial intelligence.

And it's been around for a while, but I think that because of chat GPT showing up and making it more accessible, we hear about it a lot more often.

And if you didn't know that I love me some chat GPT, if you're like, what the heck is a chat GPT?

Again, go back, listen to episode 46 because I go into what that is and how it can help us beat burnout, some really great ways to use it, all of that jazz.

I personally like chat GPT because I feel like it's like the Google or let me like date myself a little bit and say, ask Jeeves of AI tools.

I'm also.

[5:46] Though pretty realistic. Not everybody's going to sit down and figure out how to chat with a robot or prompt it to get exactly what you need. Yeah, you can talk to them, but.

[5:57] There are other tools out there that are powered by ChatGPT that are tailored to specific tasks so that you don't have to worry about saying things just right to get a good response.

The makers of these three tools have already set it up so you get what you need and really kicked it up a notch because it's very interactive.

But I've played around a lot with different tools lately and I want to share three of them with you because if you can get into using just these three this summer, then you'll be ahead of burnout by fall.

The first one I want to share with you is one of my favorites.

And if you're a teacher who loves to do the most, but you just don't have the time and energy to do it all, ClassPoint.io is your go-to classroom companion that allows you to do the most with the minimal effort.

So it integrates seamlessly into your PowerPoints to make presenting a gamified experience.

When I've done presentations in the classroom, like I've had to have 10 tabs up to do all the things that this one tool will do in one tab.

[7:00] Like I used to go to a website for a countdown timer, one for a name picker, head over to Kahoot or Blookit for a quiz.

But with ClassPoint, it's all right there in your presentation.

So you never have to leave the presentation again.

You can embed a browser right into your presentation, you can do multiple choice quizzes, open-ended responses, and other ways to just keep your kids engaged right inside your lesson.

I'm telling you, it's revolutionary. But recently, they added an AI aspect, which is where instead of you creating these quizzes, instead of you creating these questions when you create your PowerPoint presentation.

[7:36] ClassPoint effortlessly generates quiz questions from any PowerPoint slide in a matter of seconds.

So what it does is it quickly scans the slides and then it examines the content and then it automatically transforms it into instant quiz questions.

Like I said before, it's powered by OpenAI, which is ChatGPT's like mother, but they've created the algorithms to do the work for you with.

Flexibility, that way you can do some customized quizzes. And these aren't just like simple questions, like it creates a range of engaging question formats, multiple choice, short answer, fill in the blanks.

You can incorporate levels of Bloom's Taxonomy, which allows you to really tailor the complexity of the questions, even going as far as to bridge language gaps for your English language learners.

Like ClassPoint supports multiple languages, So this kind of allows you to generate questions in whatever language you need to.

Not to mention, you can see this in real time, your students' progress.

It automates the grading and you can award students points and badges for participation.

The free version of it that you can use for some more basic features will save you tons of time, but I think the paid version, you know, includes that AI upgrade and things like that.

[8:54] Which is at a really affordable price point.

The only downside is if you don't use PowerPoint or if you don't wanna convert your slides into a PowerPoint presentation.

Like it doesn't have that capability yet, but if you're cool with adding it on to PowerPoint, I'm telling you, total game changer.

The second AI tool that I've been playing around with is really a great tool for any teacher who uses YouTube in your classroom.

Platform is called knowledge.io, spelled N-O-L-E-J dot I-O. And basically this tool is one that will create.

[9:32] Interactive e-learning in literally minutes. Like all you have to do is upload or provide a URL to any content. So this could be text, it could be videos, it could be audio, it could be files, YouTube links, website pages, and it builds entire teaching modules with micro learning activities from whatever source you've provided with. So it creates this interactive overlay in the video, definitions of key terms as they appear in the video. It also will pause throughout the video to like assess comprehension using like fill in the blank, pop-up text, other types of interactions. So if you're familiar with Edpuzzle, it's very similar to that but you can input whatever source you want.

The coolest part of it I think is its ability to directly embed into your current learning management system. So Google Classroom, Schoology, Moodle, Canvas, whatever program you use to make it really accessible for students so they're not having to go like to another website but it's embedded straight into what you already use. Again there is a free version of this as well but obviously the premium paid account does offer more usage. It's just a really cool concept and it can save teachers a lot of time and effort if you use more interactive and engaging things without a whole lot of time and effort, right?

Is one that I'm pretty excited about. Obviously, like I'm a special educator at heart, and it has a ton of uses for students in the classroom, but I can see me using this for myself, too.

This tool is more for use with students who maybe struggle with some of those executive functioning skills, like planning things out or doing things step by step.

And it's a goal-based generative tool called Socra.

Thanks, Socrates. SACRA helps plan, track, and navigate goals from start to finish.

The way I think about it is you could have your students using it for planning projects, building routines, just creating and accomplishing any type of goal, but it uses artificial intelligence to build these goals, or what they call journeys, and each journey has a trained model.

So you can only ask and get answers on that specific goal. So maybe if you get sidetracked with other ideas or things like that on chat GPT, this could be really helpful as well.

And as you answer the AI's questions, it can create smaller, more manageable tasks to get you to meet your goal.

Some of the really cool features once you create a journey is it has this like duration.

So it might tell you how long it could take you accomplish the overall goal, how difficult or doable the goal is going to be. It gives an AI estimate of the probability of success when completing the item and then a reminder of when it's due, which you can actually adjust. I think it could be revolutionary for our students who have trouble with completing tasks and really make it more interactive. This is just another free tool, but again, there's premium and pro options.

It'll give you more daily usage.

All in all, there's literally hundreds of these kind of tools that have surfaced since ChatGPT was introduced. And I don't think this is going to be slowing down anytime soon.

These tools are powered by and are trained to be used for a specific manner. And while I still think Chat GPT is the GOAT. For those of you who need it done for you and are ready to start automating, these are just three of the AI tools that can start saving you a ton of time, reduce burnout this school year. I shared a full and always growing list of these types of plug and play AI tools in the Automate Your Classroom program. So if you're a student, you can see that in the Automation Tech Vault. And if you haven't got in on the Automate Your Classroom program, I am celebrating one year birthday of the podcast by doing a flash sale this coming week for waitlist members only So make sure you get on the waitlist at teachingmindbodyandsoul.com slash automate your classroom You can get the links to these tools and more by heading over to the show notes at teachingmindbodyandsoul.com slash episode 58, Do not forget, you're a resilient teacher. We're in this together. You've got this.