Khanmigo for Teachers
Hi! I'm Michelle, a professional learning specialist here at KH Academy and a former classroom teacher just like you. Meet Kigo, your AI-driven companion who's revolutionizing teaching for a more engaging and efficient experience. Kigo has many exciting features that support teachers, and this video will showcase ways that you can use ConMigo to create course-specific content to enhance the learning experience for all of your students.
Throughout this video, we'll explore ways Kigo can assist you with creating unique and engaging lesson plans and student-centered activities that get students excited about learning while saving you time. Ready to see the teaching assistant you've always wanted? Let's take a look!
This is Kigo's dashboard. It's filled with a plethora of unique and helpful features designed to enhance your teaching experience and save you time. Let's begin with the Lesson Hook feature. Igniting a passion for mathematics can be challenging, but it's profoundly impactful and a definite game changer when accomplished.
Empowered by Kigo, I'll be able to design captivating math lesson introductions that ignite students' curiosity and spark a thirst for knowledge in math. Once I select the button, I just have to let Kigo know the grade level this is for. My 7th grade class! Then, I let Kigo know the topic we are working on: two-step inequalities. With just one click, ConMigo will create three engaging lesson hooks that will be sure to capture my students' attention.
With my students' curiosity now ignited, it's time to craft my lesson. ConMigo's lesson plan tool will help me design a customized plan aligning with my curriculum and my students' needs. Once I enter the lesson plan feature, Kigo asks me to detail the topic I intend to teach. It then presents a selection of topics from KH Academy's rich course offerings. If my topic isn't listed, Kigo allows me to incorporate my own.
I'm going to select this lesson! Once I make my selection, Kigo swiftly generates a structured, detailed lesson plan tailored to my curriculum and my students. The plan includes learning objectives, warm-up activities, exit ticket questions, direct instruction, independent practice, and so, so much more. One of my favorite parts is that this lesson plan is fully customizable!
I can effortlessly modify any part to better fit the needs of my students. I don't think my students will do well with this warm-up, so I'm going to change it. Again, with one click of the button, Kigo appears, and I can ask ConMigo to make changes to it, or I can just ask Kigo to try something different. I'm not really sure what I want to change it to, so I'm just going to ask Kigo to please try something different.
Once again, with one click, ConMigo will create a different warm-up. After my lesson plan is complete, I'm able to print it or I can export my lesson plan to a Word document, a PDF, or save it to my Google Drive. This has saved me so much time! Thanks so much, Kigo!
As an educator, I understand the value of exposing students to grade level text and vocabulary. However, balancing this with comprehension is crucial. My upcoming unit on the play "Julius Caesar" often presents a comprehension challenge for high school students, especially in understanding Shakespearean language. Grasping Brutus' speech in Act Two is crucial to the play, and I want to make sure that my students understand.
Once I let Kigo know the title of the text, I just copy and paste the original text in the space provided and let Kigo know the grade level that I'd like it leveled to. I would like this on a seventh-grade level, please! And again, with just one click, all of my students will be able to understand Brutus' speech. Thanks again, Kigo!
"Refresh My Knowledge" is another super cool feature with Kigo. It's like a friendly nudge to help you review topics that you've learned before, but you may be a little bit rusty on. That's why I plan to use it before I begin my unit on the First Amendment. First, Kigo wants to know the topic and what grade level I'd like a refresher on. We are about to work on the First Amendment, and this is for my 10th grade history class!
Once I provide that information, Kigo gives me the option of quizzing me on the topic or learning through conversation. When I select learning through conversation, Kigo gives me five major concepts at this grade level to select from, which helps me review and prepare for my lesson. Now that my memory has been sufficiently refreshed, I want to bridge the lesson with real-life scenarios to enhance my students' engagement with the topic. Kigo's real-world context generator will do that for me in a matter of seconds, boosting my students' interest and investment in the topic.
I just have to let Kigo know the grade level and the topic, and with just one click, ConMigo creates three creative ideas on how I can bring the First Amendment to life for my students. Everything ConMigo creates is completely customizable, so I can apply it to topics that interest my students. I would like to change this to something about sports. My students are absolutely going to love this! Thanks, Kigo!
The next feature I'm going to explore is the informational text generator. This feature will create an informational text passage for the grade level that I want— from first grade all the way through the collegiate level. Once you input the intended grade level and topic of your choice, you're able to select the length of the passage you'd like to create and whether you select 100 words, 300 words, or 750 words. ConMigo will do the rest!
This is also an excellent feature for integrating cross-curricular content, because it provides students with multiple ways to engage with the material. As an educator, I aim to craft thought-provoking discussion prompts tailored to specific topics for my students. My goal is to ignite their curiosity and stimulate intellectual discourse, so I'm going to use the discussion prompt feature.
I let Kigo know the grade level and topic: photosynthesis in organisms. In a matter of seconds, Kigo creates multiple detailed and thought-provoking discussion questions that will be sure to get my students chatting, but in a good way! If you're looking for a fun, engaging way to learn for your students, you have to try our fun class summary poem feature. It's a unique rhythmic way to summarize lessons for your students!
Let's give it a try! When I select the button, ConMigo wants me to ask my class what they learned today. Today in my peer counseling class, we talked about goal setting, and then I want to ask them for a fun word that will inspire your poem. They all scream out "summer!" Now Kigo will do the rest, and here's our poem:
"In the heart of summer, under the sun's beaming ray,
We set our goals, not astray.
Like ice cream melting, time will fleet,
But our ambitions the heat can't beat!
We'll reach our dreams, come what may,
Just like the sun at the end of the day."
I love it! It's not just a poem; it's a memory booster, a creativity enhancer, and a super cool learning tool. Thanks so much, Kigo!
As you can see, integrating Kigo into your classroom routine empowers you to tailor Kigo's ideas and suggestions to your curriculum while factoring in student needs, learning objectives, and creative resources. Kigo's insights not only enrich the learning experience for all of your students, but it will also free up your time, enabling you to concentrate on what truly matters—your students.
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