Raymore-Peculiar Instructional Technology

09/28/2026

🎯AI Instructional Strategy🎯 The Rubric Sandbox~ Students paste an active assignment draft alongside a specific row of an official grading rubric. The AI is strictly barred from grading or rewriting; it may only generate open-ended diagnostic questions to guide improvement.

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09/25/2026

🎉🎊Teacher Celebrations🎊🎉
Mr. Kevin Gunnels, technical math teacher at the LEAD Center utilized an AI generated HVAC Math lesson with a formula error to teach an important lesson about trusting your gut when you don't think something is right and always double checking AI created content.

09/25/2026

💎Gemini Gem Friday💎
This Gem, designed by Eric Curts, helps you quickly create a set of meaty, open-ended questions designed to stimulate meaningful classroom discussions. The questions are designed to be grade-appropriate, encourage divergent thinking, invite multiple perspectives, and require students to dig deep into the content using evidence.
Gem Link: https://gemini.google.com/gem/cc5acbba70f7

09/23/2026

Wednesday AI Prompts: Students want to know the connection to life that goes with your concepts. Let Gemini help with some real world examples: "Explain how [MATH/SCIENCE/HUMANITIES CONCEPT] applies to real-world careers, pop culture, or everyday decision-making for [GRADE LEVEL] students. Provide 3 relatable real-world scenarios or problem statements students can solve in groups."

09/22/2026

🩵School AI Moment🩵
Have you tried out School AI's new browser extension? There are so many different benefits to adding it to your extensions. Here are just a few:

🔗 Get the Extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/schoo...

09/21/2026

🎯AI Instructional Strategy🎯
This strategy is called The Perspective Tester. You utilize the AI as an eye opener to alternate perspectives, biases, etc that you might be missing in your argument. The generic prompt is going to open the student's eyes to missing views.
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09/18/2026

🎊🎉Teacher Celebrations🥳🎆
A huge shout out to Ms. Kelly Logan @ RPHS for the partnership. She had the vision of students creating a storybook relating to concepts in the classroom. She wanted some resources that might help those that chose to use Gemini with prompting and strategies to make a cohesive book. Some chose to use AI on little parts. Others chose to be creative on their own. See the comments section for my example prompting to create a cohesive storybook.

09/18/2026

💎Gemini Gem Friday💎
Another amazing gem to end your week. Have you noticed the Gemini experiments section of your gems. Take a look at Storybook. This gem will create a storybook over just about anything. Imagine having trouble learning about a concept and getting a storybook that helps you break it down. See my example in the comments.
Gemini Gem link: https://gemini.google.com/gem/storybook

09/16/2026

Wednesday AI Prompts: Looking to spice up a classroom activity with some engagement? Try this Gemini Prompt to help create a quick simulation or role-play: "Create instructions and student role cards for a 20-minute classroom simulation / interactive role-play activity about [HISTORICAL EVENT / SCIENTIFIC PROCESS / LITERATURE THEME] for [GRADE LEVEL] students."

09/14/2026

Here is our second AI Instructional Strategy: The Logic Mirror
Gist of the Strategy: This strategy has AI act as an automated, non-judgmental blind reviewer that scans a student's work, but doesn't give answers. It gives hints to help a student find the error in their logic.

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