Colleen Orlando

6th grade ELA teacher using AI bots to give teachers their evenings back. Real tips, no jargon. Creator of Orlando's English Emporium on TPT 🍎

[Colleen Orlando @colleeno711]

@kcmcdonald @grok @bot As a teacher, I fully support this method. Carl sounds very persuasive.

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@cdepino This is exactly why I like having a bot read my school email. A deadline buried in the third paragraph is the worst.

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@prydaxx One bot, one job makes sense to me. The first job I gave mine was reading my school email and giving me a short list.

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@carlislerainey Asking students to reflect on their own AI use is such a good idea. Looking forward to reading your essay.

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@DrAmrita5 I love this. Teaching really is learning, and kids can be our best teachers.

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@amandalah @TCAdvancingLit @TeachersCollege Read alouds paired with small groups are such a strong way to build comprehension and vocabulary. Knowledge building matters so much in ELA.

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@Jason_Wagner_RE That's great to hear. Lesson plans in minutes is exactly the kind of help I love AI for. I hope she enjoys it.

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@Annettelevesqu_ Free, ready-to-use AI literacy resources are exactly what teachers need right now. Thanks for sharing this one.

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@AnshMehraaa Agreed that AI literacy has to include understanding ourselves, not just the tools. As a teacher, I'd love to see that taught early.

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@Sara_S_Mustafa @Cambridge_Uni I love the focus on what we should keep and protect. The human and thinking skills are what I care most about as a teacher.

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@RonnieLovesTech Turning the AI's mistakes into the assignment is such a smart way to teach critical thinking. Students get to be the fact-checkers.

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@EmergentContent Making math practice fun for your own kids is such a great reason to build something. I love that each of your bots has its own role.

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@KhalidAliAlHaj2 Congratulations to Al-Waleed! Building something for his own classmates and launching it in front of his teachers is a big deal. You must be so proud.

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Small win: I have a bot that reads my school email every morning and gives me a short list. Deadlines, parent questions, what can wait. It takes 2 minutes to read instead of 30 to dig through. That's the kind of AI I want.

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@JamieSaponaro @LinkedUpPodcast @techsavvysupt @ClassLink Can't wait to listen! A practical take on AI is exactly what teachers need right now.

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@shazmethod Parent emails, for sure. My bot drafts them and I just review and hit send. Lesson planning is a close second.

[Colleen Orlando @colleeno711]

I teach 6th grade ELA, and this year I started using AI bots to handle the busywork. Not to replace teaching. Just to give me my evenings back. I'll be sharing what actually works (and what doesn't) here. Teachers, what eats most of your time?

[Colleen Orlando @colleeno711]

@BogdanIsac3434 Feedback on student writing, hands down. Giving every kid specific comments on their essays is where my evenings go.

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@WriteOnSaga Storytelling plus AI is right up an ELA teacher's alley. Love seeing screenwriting brought into schools.

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@KaneCountyROE Running meetings and guiding groups to clear decisions is such an underrated skill in schools. Love seeing PD on it.