In this episode, I share practical ways to use AI to support student readers across content areas and in the reading classroom, from creating audio companions to designing interactive reading activities. You’ll also hear how tools like AI-powered podcasts, text-to-speech, quizzes, visuals, and reader’s theater scripts can help you scale support while keeping learning goals front and center. If you want to use AI to make reading more accessible, engaging, and manageable for both you and your students, this episode has you covered!
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Tips for Using AI in the Reading Classroom
- Use AI tools to create supplemental reading supports at multiple levels without starting from scratch.
- Anchor AI use in clear instructional goals and choose tools that directly support those outcomes.
- Leverage audio, visuals, and interactivity to help students engage with text across content areas.
- Use AI to tackle your instructional “wishlist” and scale strategies you don’t have time to build manually.
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EPISODE RESOURCES
- Connect with Dr. Monica Burns on X (Twitter), Threads, Bluesky & Instagram
- Sign up for the Free Newsletter
- Check out EdTech Books by Dr. Monica Burns
- Explore Artificial Intelligence Resources, Events & Workshops & Free Stuff
- Grab EdTech Essentials: 12 Strategies for Every Classroom in the Age of AI 2nd Edition & download the FREE Study Guide
- Google NotebookLM (AI-powered research & note-taking tool)
- Illuminate (AI-powered text to audio tool)
- Speechify (Text to audio tool)
- Padlet TA (AI-powered tools for teachers)
- Diffit (AI curated teaching resources)
- Adobe Express for Education (Free creation tools)
- Book Creator (Ebook creation tool)
- Brisk Teaching (AI Assistant for Educators)
- ChatGPT (Chatbot)
- Gemini (Chatbot)
- Quick Overview of NotebookLM with Teacher Tips (Podcast Episode)
- 5 Things You Might Not Know About Padlet (Blog Post)
- Make a Custom Reader’s Theater with AI (Podcast Episode)
- How Teachers Can Use AI to Save Time with Brisk Teaching (Blog Post)
