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Hello!

I apologize if I seem like a lost high school student. Because I sort of am.
So a couple of months ago, I set out to address the nationwide issue of low reading comprehension levels. Collaborating with a few other educators, I have identified common concerns, including the lack of engaging online materials for independent student practice and a need for resources allowing educators to effortlessly create custom comprehension materials. So I built an online tool, ReadingDojo. (please keep reading).

Reading comprehension is a foundational skill, crucial for success in state-level testing and standardized exams. ReadingDojo, is a cutting-edge AI tool, is designed to bridge this gap, supporting learners in over ten languages.

Features for Students:

• Custom reading passage generation to maintain engagement.
• Question set generation with up to 20 questions, including MCQs and short answers.
• Real-time feedback on students' strengths and areas for improvement.
• Targeted practice on specific comprehension skills.
• Progress tracking and level-up features.

Features for Educators (You GUYS!!!):

• Host online quizzes with automatically generated questions.
• Export questions in CSV format for use in third-party platforms.
• Share sets with fellow educators.
• Generate printable PDF worksheets for physical assignments.

ReadingDojo is completely free to use if you are willing to sign up right now! It'd greatly support my endeavors and would also make your time easier while trying to help your students improve their reading comprehension, or create reading assessments with ease and make sure that your students actually do the reading that's assigned. Or if you don't want to use it regularly, any feedback would be much appreciated. Or you can give me a reality check to tell me why my product won't work. I understand that teachers are much more busy than a high school student.

Please reach out to me through DMs or at for any questions. I am also available to provide a live demo upon request :)
Here's the website: https://readingdojo.app

Thank you so much for reading the entirety of the post. I once again apologize if I seem like a random high school student pestering you. This is one of the only ways I can reach out to more educators.

Hello! I am working on a tool to detect (and prove) AI content in student writing and need to learn more about how teachers currently combat AI use. So how do you deal with essays you suspect are AI-generated?

If you'd like to be among the first to use this tool once it's released, please shoot me a DM or sign up for a 10-minute chat – your input will be incredibly helpful.

Hey teachers, I'm building 65Words, a daily writing challenge where students aim to write 65 or more words in the language they are learning, and I think it could be helpful.

Check it out at https://65words.com

It's a WIP and my side project. All feedback is welcome! 🙏

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Hello everyone! For my capstone project, I'm working on developing an app aimed at assisting teachers in organizing and managing their classroom libraries or book collections. If you're currently a teacher or have been in the past, I would greatly appreciate your feedback. Thank you so much!

I am searching for feedback from teachers with a classroom library or community bookshelf.
Survey link: https://forms.gle/syDKw51VPXxXUss39

Hi - I'm a doctoral student completing my master's thesis. I'm hoping to interview two to three, P-5th grade, general education teachers about their experiences in consultation. Two interviews spread out over about a month would occur, each lasting 60 minutes or less. If interested, please click the link below to complete a brief (~5 minute) survey. If you qualify, I'll reach out to set up an interview. Thanks for your consideration!

https://missouri.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1IgUY8AuFou3xA2

Hi all,

I wrote a book for young adults (directed primarily at young men) to talk about difficult topics and offer some guidance and perspective. The audio book is FREE to stream via my website: https://www.thathighschoolbook.com/audio-book

I hope you will find this to be a useful tool that can be referred to students, parents, fellow teachers, coaches, and anyone else who works with young adults. It's everything I wish I'd known in high school that would have made that transition from childhood to adulthood a little easier.

Thanks for checking it out!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/Tyler-Chambliss

My company is TitanTome.com, we are hosting a school writing competition in Texas, with the hopes to bring the competition to more schools around the United States. The student that wins the competition will have their story professionally illustrated and published. I'd love to hear any and all feedback from teachers as we work to hone our program.

The thing I dreaded the most when I was a novice teacher, was spending my sundays at home lesson planning. My daily planning period was never enough time to plan my lesson for the next day, and the teachers that I knew to be one week ahead in their lesson plans were my heroes.

That's why after spending years training new teachers, my friends and I created https://www.planningperiod.io/, a suite standards-aligned of tools designed to help New teachers lesson plan more effectively and accurately while including their classroom context into every resource they create for the lesson.

Planning Period is not a lesson generator, we made it so that it helps you create the most time consuming parts of your lesson plan. So please give it a try today! And let me know how much time does it save you, and if there's anything I could change to make it more effective for new teachers to use!

Hi! I'm one of the founders of Dreamwriters, an online creative writing platform for kids. We're all about using artwork to spark young imaginations and inspire some awesome story writing. With the new school year just around the corner, encourage your students to embark on an exciting writing adventure with us. We've curated a collection of captivating artwork that is the perfect starting point when it comes to story writing. Check it out here - www.dreamwriters.press!

https://preview.redd.it/6bnrj3brffjb1.jpg?width=945&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14a3d53eeb1e1ab7717fbeaefc014042f3fcdede

Starting my first classroom in a couple weeks and can use some help getting these items that are pretty essential for the students! Use the code LIFTOFF at checkout and they’ll match the donations

https://www.donorschoose.org/project/first-year-career-changing-teacher/7701978/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=directlink&utm_campaign=ifproject&utm_term=teacher_9201317&rf=directlink-dc-2023-08-ifproject-teacher_9201317&challengeid=22192500

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Hello, my name is Tammy Stevenson. I am a master’s student at the University of Chester. I am conducting a study on transitional practices for autistic children. The survey will take approximately fifteen minutes to complete and asks basic questions that surround the transition of autistic children into a primary school setting (reception class). The current survey is open to all primary school teachers (mainstream & specialised), special educational needs coordinator, and any professional specialised staff such as a speech and language therapist, occupational therapist, (ABA) behavioural specialist, and educational psychologists. Participation is voluntary and all responses are anonymised. I would be very grateful if you could spare some time. Detailed information of the research project will be given on the first page of the survey. All participants must be over the age of 18 to take part. https://chesterpsychology.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV\_821EOWcr0pFzlgW

I’m a graduate student in my final semester. I have created a survey through Google Forms for my research paper and need teachers as my participants. If you are a middle school/high school teacher and wish to help me gather my data, I would be very appreciative. Thank you in advance! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1K1hU1k8ikRHkIQIW_RalJqnB--B3Vx0mFaJaoEjgbOM/edit?usp=drivesdk

Hello, my name is Tammy Stevenson. I am a master’s in research student at the University of Chester. I am conducting a study on transitional practices for children with autism. The survey will take approximately ten minutes to complete and asks basic questions that surround the transition of children with autism into a primary school setting. The current survey inclusion criteria involve all primary school teachers (mainstream & specialised), special educational needs coordinator, and any professional specialised staff such as a speech and language therapist, occupational therapist, ABA behavioural analyst, and educational psychologists who have engaged in the transition process. Exclusion criteria would be professionals who have not engaged in the transition for children with autism into a primary school setting.

The survey is open to participants worldwide. Participation is completely voluntary where all responses will be completely anonymous. I would be very grateful if you could spare some time. Detailed information of the research project will be given on the first page of the survey. All participants must be over the age of 18 to take part.

Please click the following link if you would like to find out more: https://chester.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/school-transition-practices

Thank you for your time.

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Hi, I’m a graduate student in my final semester. I have created a survey through Google Forms for my research paper and need teachers as my participants. If you are a middle school/high school teacher and wish to help me gather my data, I would be very appreciative but if you do not wish to take the survey, disregard this message. Thank you! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1K1hU1k8ikRHkIQIW_RalJqnB--B3Vx0mFaJaoEjgbOM/edit?usp=drivesdk

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