MagicSchool in 45 minutes

Professional learning · Teachers, Grades 6–12

Plan faster – and keep the evidence of learning.

45 minutes
Hands-on
Bring a lesson you teach next week

The plan

Today’s 45 minutes

5Why and when
15Live demo: plan, rubric, level a text
10Judge the output
5Privacy rules
7Redesign a task
3Exit ticket

You leave with

A lesson plan draft
A rubric students can use
A text at three reading levels
One task redesigned to show learning

Why and when · 5 min

AI drafts. You decide.

Use it for

First drafts of lesson plans
Rubrics and success criteria
Texts at different reading levels
Question banks and worked examples

Keep it away from

Anything with a student’s name or data
Final judgments about a student
What only you know about your class
Facts you have not checked

Live demo 1 of 3 · 5 min

A lesson plan you would actually teach

Open the lesson plan tool and choose the grade.
Give it context: topic, standard, time, what the class already knows – never names.
Generate, then read it as a critic. What would fail in your room?
Edit: fix facts, fit your class, add your own checks for understanding.

What to type

Grade: Grade 8
Topic: Photosynthesis
Time: 50 minutes
The class: Mixed attainment; five students learning English
Goal: Explain the inputs and outputs of photosynthesis

Context + constraints + goal = a better first draft

Live demo 2 of 3 · 5 min

A rubric students can use

Open the rubric tool; paste your task and the learning goal.
Ask for four levels in words a student would understand.
Check every cell: does it describe something you could see in the work?

An example rubric, with one vague cell rewritten
Criterion	Beginning	Developing	Secure	Extending
Inputs and outputs	Names one	Names some	Shows good understanding	Links them to energy
Diagram	Partly labeled	Mostly labeled	Fully labeled	Annotated with arrows
Explanation	Lists facts	Some reasons	Clear reasons	Uses evidence

“Shows good understanding”“Names both inputs and both outputs”

Live demo 3 of 3 · 5 min

One text, three reading levels

Original · Grade 10
Photosynthesis converts light energy into chemical energy, as chloroplasts use carbon dioxide and water to synthesize glucose, releasing oxygen as a by-product.
Leveled · Grade 7
In photosynthesis, plants use light energy to turn carbon dioxide and water into glucose, a sugar they use for food. Oxygen is released.
Leveled · Grade 4
Plants make their own food. They use sunlight, water and a gas called carbon dioxide. They give out oxygen, which we breathe.

Check the leveled text

Is the meaning the same?
Are the key words kept – and taught?
Does it talk up to students, not down?

Activity · 10 min · in pairs

Judge the output

An AI-made quiz · Grade 8 science

Which gas do plants take in for photosynthesis?
True or false: in photosynthesis, plants take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide. Answer: True
Explain how the quantum yield of photosystem II limits the light-dependent reactions.
A boy explains the experiment to his sister, who finds science hard. What should he tell her first?

Find three problems in four minutes

True?Are the facts right?
Right level?For these students?
On target?Does it test the goal?
Fair?Could every student see themselves in it?

Privacy · 5 min

Three rules for student privacy

1No names, no identifiers
Describe needs, not students. If you must work with class data, swap names for codes first with the Data Anonymizer.
2School account, approved tools
Sign in with your school account, in tools the school has approved – never a personal one.
3The parent test
Would you be happy for the student’s parents to see what you pasted? If not, don’t paste it.

Never: health, safeguarding, photosOnly anonymized: results, commentsFine: plans, rubrics, texts

Keep the evidence of learning

When AI can do the task, change the task

Before

“Write a report on the water cycle.”

After

“Here is an AI-written report on the water cycle. Find two errors, fix them with evidence from our experiment, and explain one fix to me in class.”

Make the process visible
Check in during class
Ask students to explain
Use local, personal context

Your turn · 7 min

Redesign one task

The task nowWhat do students hand in?
Where AI could do it for themWhich part could a chatbot finish?
What you will changeProcess, checkpoints, talk, context
The evidence you will seeWhat shows their own learning?

Then set its AI level

1No AI
2AI to plan
3AI to improve
4AI as a partner
5AI to explore

From the classroom poster “Using AI in assessed work”.

Exit ticket · 3 min

Before you go

1
One thing I will try this week
2
One check I will make every time
3
One question I still have

Thank you

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