Difficulty: Medium Cost: Free Time: 25 minutes For many teachers, there’s a very real tension between wanting to provide personalized feedback and attention and wanting to have personal time to avoid burnout. I am attempting to address some of this by greatly reducing the time it takes to provide personalized progress reports with grows andContinue reading “Create impressive personalized reports instantly with Apps Scripts”
Author Archives: danbernst
Use AI as your personal teaching assistant.
Difficulty: Easy Cost: Free to start Time: Negligible The term AI conjures very different connotations for different people. Some may worry it will lead to a future dystopia à la Terminator while others hope it will solve all the world’s problems. At its heart, AI is a field dedicated to using computers, and often machineContinue reading “Use AI as your personal teaching assistant.”
Take 43 seconds to never type your email address again.
Difficulty: Easy Cost: Free Time: 43 Seconds This automation is one of the simplest ways you can possibly optimize your iPhone experience. I don’t like taking the time to type my email address on my phone, and I don’t like the idea that I might type it incorrectly on an important document. Because of this,Continue reading “Take 43 seconds to never type your email address again.”
Supercharge your homework and bell work procedures with iOS Shortcuts and IFTTT Part 1
Difficulty: Medium Cost: Free Time: 30-45 minutes For teachers, a quick and easy homework procedure is key for keeping students accountable without sacrificing instructional time. In the past, I’ve used checklists, stickers, stamps, and turn in baskets. This year, however, I intend to go fully digital and contactless. I’ve designed an iOS shortcut that drasticallyContinue reading “Supercharge your homework and bell work procedures with iOS Shortcuts and IFTTT Part 1”
Schedule your Google Sheets to clear automatically
Difficulty: Minimal Code Cost: Free Time: 5 minutes If you’ve gone through the trouble of making a Power Automate email or text automation, you probably don’t want to waste time clearing the sheet each day to ensure it doesn’t double message parents. With a few lines of simple code, and the addition of a button,Continue reading “Schedule your Google Sheets to clear automatically”
Create digital escape rooms students love!
Difficulty: Easy Cost: Free Time: 30+ minutes While creating a digital escape or breakout room from scratch takes some work, it’s a very rewarding process. The days I use these in my class, students always remark how much they love working together to solve the puzzles. Below, I’ve linked an example breakout room whichContinue reading “Create digital escape rooms students love!”
Send personalized emails with the touch of a button–Google Sheets
Table of Contents What do I need? Step 1: Create a new Google Sheet with a unique name Step 2: Fill in your information Step 3: Start creating the automation in Microsoft Power Automate Step 4: Build out the rest of the flow Use example: You want to send emails to inform parents how theirContinue reading “Send personalized emails with the touch of a button–Google Sheets”
The Automated Teacher 