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]

@AnIowaTeacher Ha, same! The eraser smudges tell the real story. Same goes for my 6th graders' rough drafts.

[Colleen Orlando @colleeno711]

@JonathanRo7398 Love that your wife is running the house on it too. The everyday stuff is where it helps me most as a teacher.

[Colleen Orlando @colleeno711]

@ronjensen39 Language lessons on the drive are such a smart use of that time. Buona fortuna with your Italian!

[Colleen Orlando @colleeno711]

@MrWeissman Fidgets really do help some kids focus. Good luck building the library for your students!

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@BarbBlackburn Sentence starters are a staple in my ELA classroom. They give quieter kids a way into the conversation.

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@SamTalksAI Ages 10 to 13 is right where my 6th graders are, and money basics are something they ask about all the time. Love that it's free.

[Colleen Orlando @colleeno711]

We finished reading Down a Dark Hall. Tomorrow's Do Now: "Madame Duret offers you genius-level talent, but someone else controls it. Deal or no deal? Defend it." Teachers, what would YOUR students say?

[Colleen Orlando @colleeno711]

@educatoral Thanks for sharing this. It's a good reminder to check the evidence before building a lesson around claims about AI.

[Colleen Orlando @colleeno711]

@CreativeTCo Checking each part of the standard against the lesson is a great habit. AI can draft, but teachers know what the kids actually need.

[Colleen Orlando @colleeno711]

@MrsTalmoHB Ghostbusters is a perfect brain break. Fellow ELA teacher here, and my sixth graders would love this.

[Colleen Orlando @colleeno711]

@davidihuang Turning handwritten observation notes into clean text is a great use. Walking between classrooms is exactly when you don't want to type.

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@daisychristo Whole-class feedback reports would save so much time. I teach 6th grade ELA, so Year 7 writers are right around my kids' age.

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@theaaron @grok @bot Boring and useful is the best kind of AI. I love that the teacher's email turned into something you can work on together at home.

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@edform_com A little of both. I plan one from an earlier unit, then swap it if I see they're shakier on something else.

[Colleen Orlando @colleeno711]

@shazmethod Most parents email me, so calls aren't a big issue. What made you ask?

[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]

@brandon_burruss @ducksays Thank you! I'll go read his first-line trick. Good luck with your growth too.

[Colleen Orlando @colleeno711]

@cdepino Thank you, you too! It really does make my mornings easier.

[Colleen Orlando @colleeno711]

@KhalidAliAlHaj2 @grok That sounds like a smart plan. Good luck to Al-Waleed with the next subjects!

[Colleen Orlando @colleeno711]

@BogdanIsac3434 Great tip, thank you. I'll try the comment template in Google Docs.