Control Alt Achieve: EdTech Links

Each week I keep an eye out for the latest edtech resources through blogs, social media, podcasts, videos, user groups, and more. I then try to reshare these resources in many ways.

One way I share these is here on the blog in these "EdTech Links of the Week" posts. See below to explore the latest batch of resources, and be sure to share with others who may benefit.

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And as always, please let me know of any resources that you recommend. I would love to learn from you!

This week I have 4 resources from around the Internet and 4 resources from my blog.

🗓️ Promptember - 700+ AI Prompts for Education

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Over the past couple of years I have created and curated over 700 example prompts for use with AI chatbots. Since it is September, I decided to have a "Promptember" event and pull together all of these prompts into one place. At the link above you can access, copy, edit, share, and use prompts for:

🍎 Math, Science, Social Studies, ELA, Arts, CTE, Sped, ESL, Elem
💼 Teachers, Admins, Librarians, Counselors, Support Staff
🎲 AI Games, Debates, Interviews
💯 Assessment, Brainstorming, Differentiation
And more!

🍑 My 2025 GaETC Sessions

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I am excited and honored to be presenting at the Georgia Educational Technology Conference (GaETC 2023) in Atlanta, Georgia on November 5th and 6th, 2025.

You can access all the details and resources for the sessions I will be presenting at bit.ly/curts-gaetc25 or the link above.
If you are interested in attending you can get all of those details at conference.gaetc.org

➡️ Brisk Teaching Webinar

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Brisk Teaching is one of my favorite AI tools for education. With Brisk you can:

Generate resources such as quizzes, slideshows, rubrics, lesson plans, DOK questions, guided notes, podcasts and more.
Relevel content for different grades.
Provide personalized feedback on student writing.
Monitor the student writing process.
Create school-safe "Boost" activities for students with customized AI chatbots for tutoring, chatting with a character, debating, brainstorming, exit tickets and more.
Plan and bundle instructional materials with Brisk Next.

And all of this comes in a robust free version! To help you get the most out of this versatile tool, I will be presenting a deep-dive webinar:

"Brisk Teaching: The AI Multitool for Education"
🗓️ Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
⏰ 7pm ET / 6pm CT / 5pm MT / 4pm PT
▶️ The webinar will be live-streamed and also recorded for those who can't attend live

You can get more details and register for free at the link above.

✍️ EnlightenAI Webinar

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EnlightenAI is one of my favorite AI tools for student writing feedback. Since I first shared about it a couple years ago, they have continued to add new features for both educators and students. To help catch everyone up on all that is new, I will be hosting a free webinar:

"Engage, Enhance, Encourage: EnlightenAI for Student Writing Feedback"
🗓️ Tuesday, October 14th, 2025
⏰ 7pm ET / 6pm CT / 5pm MT / 4pm PT
▶️ The webinar will be live-streamed and also recorded for those who can't attend live

You can get more details and register for free at the link above.

🎓 Google's AI Literacy Hub

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I am always on the lookout for free resources to help educate folks about AI. Well Google recently launched their new AI Literacy Hub as a one stop shop for resources to help educators, students, and families learn about AI and how it can be used responsibly and effectively.

In the educators section they provide several online courses about AI including "Generative AI for Educators with Gemini" and "Get Started with Google AI in K12 Education" as well as an "AI Resources for Educators" hub.
In the student section they have the new "AI Quests" site where students learn about AI by solving real-world problems in a game-based learning experience.
In the families section there is the new video series (from my friend Clay Smith) called "The AI Playbook for Parents", as well as a new podcast coming later this month on "Raising Kids in the Age of AI".

⏳ Export Chrome History

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Recently I received a request from one of our schools asking for an easy way to export the browsing history from a student's Chromebook. There are certainly lots of tools and options for this, but I came across a free Chrome extension called "Export Chrome History" that did the trick.

Simply install the extension as normal.
Then click on the extension and choose how far back you want to go including a day, a week, a month, or forever (which is actually only 3 months due to Chrome's history limit).
Then just click "Download as CSV" to export the history.
You can now upload that CSV file to Google Drive and open it in Google Sheets.
Since it is a spreadsheet you can easily sort, filter, and search as needed.

🍕 Pizza Hut’s "BOOK IT!" Program

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I remember the Pizza Hut "BOOK IT!" program from when my daughter was young. It was a program that rewarded students with free pizza when they read books. My daughter loved to read, and conveniently I loved to eat pizza! I did not realize the program was still around, but was happy to discover that it is and it starts up in October for this new school year. Here are the details on the current version:

The program is open for grades PK–6 (ages 4–12) and runs from October 1 through March 31 each year.
Teachers can sign up for the program at bookitprogram.com/pre-enroll
Teachers can then access the dashboard where they will manage their classes, students, goals, and progress.
As students read books and meet their goals, they will receive digital Reading Award Certificates, which are redeemable for a free, one-topping Personal Pan Pizza from Pizza Hut.

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Did you miss Kira’s AI Literacy panel last week? Watch the recording here or read the full recap here.