Artificial intelligence is now part of education, and offers interesting and varied opportunities for teachers and students alike. From generative AI writing tools and research platforms to apps that create lesson plans and simplify administrative tasks, there’s a lot to absorb when it comes to AI and its impact on education.
If you don’t know where to begin trying to parse the various kinds of AI, the ever-growing number of apps and platforms, or the trends, Tech & Learning is here to help. To build your AI understanding and toolbox, we offer this regularly updated assortment of resources, tips, and advice from education professionals such as yourself for using AI and edtech.
KEY TERMS
Generative AI - An artificial intelligence system that can generate text, images, or other media in response to prompts. These platforms learn from (or "are trained by") the data and algorithms that the programmers use. These then generate outputs that have similar characteristics based on prompts, often very quickly and with no other effort needed beyond a prompt. Popular examples include ChatGPT, Microsoft CoPilot, and Google Gemini.
Prompts - The words, phrases, and directions that you use with a generative AI platform to craft output. The more detail used in a prompt, the better the result.
Bias - An AI platform is only as good as the data that is fed into it, and since humans choose the data that a generative AI uses, their biases can still be present. Biased outputs can discriminate based on race, gender, social class, and other factors.
Algorithm - An algorithm is a set of instructions that is designed to accomplish a task. Often these are designed to focus in on a user's preferences and tendencies.
Using AI To Explain AI
Here is an AI-generated podcast of this starter kit, created with the Google NotebookLM AI platform. (Image credit: Pixabay)
ALL-PURPOSE EDUCATION PLATFORMS
SchoolAI: How to Use It to Teach
SchoolAI supports teachers and students in bespoke learning using artificial intelligence.
MagicSchool: How to Use It to Teach
MagicSchool uses AI to help with teaching across a range of areas for an all-round offering.
Brisk: How to Use It to Teach
Brisk is an AI teaching assistant that works with the curriculum intelligently.
What Is Colleague AI And How Can I Use It to Teach?
Colleague AI offers bot buddies to assist teachers and students in class and beyond.
What Is Teachable Machine? How to Use It to Teach AI
Teachable Machine is an active way to help students learn about AI creatively.
AI Resources for District Leaders
Educational leaders aiming to effectively integrate generative AI into their schools should consider several key resources.
ASSESSMENTS, ASSIGNMENTS AND FEEDBACK
Creating AI Transparency and Academic Honesty With AI Trust You, A New Free Browser Extension
Developed by Laguna Beach USD, AI Trust You provides an opportunity for honest and ethical use of AI, for both students and teachers.
Class Companion: Teaching With The AI Grading and Tutor Tool
We tested Class Companion, the GPT-4 powered AI tool, which is designed to assist educators in providing individualized feedback to students.
Enlighten AI: How to Use It For Grading
Enlighten AI is smart grading assistant developed to improve student feedback.
What Is Snorkl? How to Use It to Teach
Snorkl AI helps grade, give feedback and guide students all in one time-saving app.
What is Conker and How Can It Be Used for Teaching? Tips & Tricks
Conker's AI platform allows educators to create different types of quizzes quickly.
gotFeedback: How To Use It To Teach
gotFeedback is an AI-powered tool that is built to help teachers mark essay submissions and provide feedback to students that will help them learn from their mistakes.
What Is Khanmigo? The GPT-4 Learning Tool Explained by Sal Khan
Khan Academy has recently announced the release of a new learning guide called Khanmigo, which utilizes the advanced capabilities of GPT-4 to assist a limited group of teachers and learners.
Lessons From An AI Grading Tool Already Assessing Millions of Students
A nonprofit is using a simple AI grading tool in India to provide feedback to more than 50,000 students per day, providing potential lessons about scalability and accuracy standards in AI grading.
CHATBOTS
Perusall: How To Use It To Teach
Designed to harness the best of social media, Perusall is a digital annotation tool that helps students to complete assigned readings.
Gemini: Teaching With Google’s AI Chatbot
Gemini, Google’s flagship generative AI model, can help educators with lesson planning and more, though it's not as effective as platforms specifically designed for education.
Google’s New AI Tutor LearnLM Is Trained On Learning Science and It Shows
We tested Google LearnLM and it’s one of the best AI tools for teaching that we’ve seen.
Navigate AI with New Risk Assessments from Common Sense Media
A new risk assessment framework from Common Sense Media helps educators become critical, empowered, informed users.
AI Chatbots Friendships: Potential Harms and Benefits for Students
Mental health experts worry these connections can be harmful but also see potential if these are designed with real-world relationships in mind.
GPT-4.5 Has Passed The Turing Test. What Does That Mean For Teachers?
In the most rigorous version of the Turing test conducted to date, participants couldn’t distinguish between real humans and certain AI models.
4 Reasons To Use Claude AI to Teach
Features that make Claude AI appealing to educators include a focus on privacy and conversational style.
ChatGPT Talks Now. What Does That Mean For Teaching?
OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode ChatGPT assistant is light years ahead of more common voice assistants, and can sometimes be so lifelike, it’s spooky.
AI In Education Executive Order: What You Need To Know
The President’s executive order calls for AI literacy, a national AI challenge, and more.
Optimizing A Study Schedule With AI
AI tools such as ChatGPT can be powerful assistants in creating a personalized study schedule.
4 Ways to Leverage AI to Bridge Cultural Gaps in K-12 Classrooms
By providing personalized learning experiences, enhancing communication and collaboration, and fostering cultural awareness, AI can help bridge gaps.
Character.AI: What Teachers Need To Know
Your students are already using Character. AI whether it's ready for education prime time or not. Find out more about this character-driven chatbot.
What is ChatGPT and How Can You Teach With It? Tips & Tricks
If you don't yet know about ChatGPT, now is the time to discover its awesome potential for transforming writing and creativity. After all, your students may already have accounts!
5 Ways To Teach With ChatGPT
Erik Ofgang explains how to use ChatGPT in your instruction, while preventing student misuse.
5 Ways to Use ChatGPT to Prepare for Class
Quick and easy ways for teachers to save time with ChatGPT.
ChatGPT Plus vs. Google’s Bard
We compared the performance of Bard and ChatGPT Plus based on responses to some simple prompts.
ChatGPT Lesson Plan
Take opportunity to leverage ChatGPT and similar generative AI platforms in ways that benefit students and teachers.
Claude AI: How To Use It To Teach
Learn how teachers and students can use the powerful intelligence of Claude AI to research questions, grade assignments and more.
DebunkBot: Teaching With The Conspiracy-Busting AI
Created by academics at MIT, Cornell, and American University, and unveiled in what still feels like its beta form, DebunkBot is designed to help “debunk” conspiracy theories.
Gemini: Teaching With Google’s Latest AI
Google's Gemini is now the foundation for Bard, offering a decisive improvement over the previous version.
What is Google Bard? The ChatGPT Competitor Explained for Educators
Google Bard is a soon-to-come AI tool sure to have implications for education and learning.
GPT-4o: What Educators Need to Know
This latest version of ChatGPT has the ability to work with text, video, audio, and images in both its inputs and outputs. And it's fast!
What is GPT-4? What Educators Need to Know About ChatGPT’s Next Chapter
The most advanced iteration of OpenAI's large language model is GPT-4, which currently serves as the backbone of ChatGPT Plus and various educational applications.
What is Juji and How Can It Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks
Aimed primarily at higher education, the customizable Juji chatbot interacts with students using artificial intelligence, freeing up teacher and administrator time.
GPT-4.5: What Educators Need To Know About The New ChatGPT Model
We tested OpenAI's latest and greatest large language model, GPT-4.5. Here's what we learned.
Grok: Using The AI Tool To Teach
Grok, from X, offers similar teaching opportunities as other popular generative AI tools, but also has some unique features and advantages that set it apart.
DETECTION
13 Ways To Detect AI Writing
Read what your fellow teachers are looking at to detect students' improper use of AI.
Best Free AI Detection Sites
We test these free AI detection sites to help teachers find tools to detect the use of AI.
What is GPTZero? The ChatGPT Detection Tool Explained By Its Creator
On the heels of the unveiling of ChatGPT comes a new tool designed to help educators and others detect the language generated by the AI-powered language robot.
My Student Was Submitting AI Papers. Here's What I Did
Many educators have been thrust into a brave new world of modern teaching that they have not been trained for and to which an appropriate response is unclear.
IMAGE & VIDEO
Best Free AI Image Generators
We test the best free AI image generators for schools.
OpenAI’s New Viral Art-Generating Tool and Its Potential for Teaching
OpenAI’s new and improved art-generating capabilities have led to a Studio Ghibli-style viral trend and millions of users. What does it mean for the classroom?
What is Runway and How Can It Be Used for Teaching? Tips & Tricks
Runway uses AI to generate images and videos from text prompts and also provides image editing tools.
Midjourney: How to Use It to Teach
Midjourney lets you create images using AI to set kids' imaginations free
LESSON PLANNING
AI Lesson Plan Tips
Best practices and tips for when you’re developing AI lesson plans.
Revising Lessons to Include AI
Revise your lesson plans to take advantage of new AI functionalities to the edtech tools you and your students enjoy using.
Diffit: How to Use It to Teach
Diffit helps teachers generate materials for lessons differentiated by grade.
Eduaide.Ai: How To Use It To Teach
Eduaide.Ai makes lesson planning and assessment easier using smart machine learning
Twee: How To Use It To Teach
Twee is an AI-powered tool that teachers can use to produce test questions and answers, essay topics, vocabulary lists, and more.
LITERACY, READING & WRITING
5 Ways Writing Instruction Should Evolve In The Age of AI
AI is here to stay, and we need to find ways that AI can help our students while also creating assignments that prioritize human creativity and protect "real" writing.
Quillbot Excels As A Free Grammar Checker and Spellchecker
Quillbot is a great spelling and grammar-checking tool even if its generative AI features leave something to be desired.
Membean: How to Use It to Teach Vocabulary
Membean doesn't just teach vocab, it builds word consciousness.
Rewordify: How to Use It to Teach Vocabulary
Rewordify uses digital smarts to build reading and vocabulary skills in students.
Microsoft Reading Coach: How To Teach With The AI Reading Tutor
Designed to help new readers over the summer, Microsoft Reading Coach allows users to generate a story on demand, give personalized coaching, and provide assessments on each student's overall reading proficiency.
Grammarly Authorship: I Tested the New AI and Plagiarism Tool
Grammarly Authorship has some great features that could help teach about citation and prevent AI cheating, but it won’t solve all the problems around AI writing.
AI Prompt Writing For Middle School English
Bill Henry, an 8th grade English teacher, shares prompts and advice for teaching English with the help of AI.
PRESENTATIONS
What is Almanack and How Can I Use It To Teach?
Almanack is an AI tool designed to help teachers create slide decks, report cards, and much more.
Presentations.AI: How To Use It To Teach
Presentations.AI is a slide presentation creation tool that uses artificial intelligence to make the process quick and easy.
Slidesgo: How to Use It to Teach
Designed for education, Slidesgo uses the power of AI to generate slide presentations quicky.
What is SlidesGPT and How Does it Work for Teachers? Tips & Tricks
Explore the best features of this new and exciting AI tool.
PRODUCTIVITY
4 Ways I Improved My AI Prompt Writing
Writing effective AI prompts is an increasingly important skill for educators and their students.
12 AI Tools Beyond ChatGPT That Can Save Teachers Time
AI tools that educators can use to save time.
GMTech Gives Access to Multiple AI Models At Once. What Does That Mean For Educators?
Educators might use the tool to prepare teaching materials with the help of AI and to see how students might use AI to cheat.
4 Ways One Professor Uses AI To Save Time and Help Students
Philosopher Graham Clay uses AI to help write letters of recommendation, convert lectures into quizzes, and answer student questions when he’s not available.
Using AI For Mail Merge
The nostalgia of mail merge is back, thanks to analog and AI!
4 AI Tools For Education That Are Nothing Like ChatGPT
If you're looking to go beyond the typical ChatGPT-like function of AI tools, read about these four platforms that educator and Tech & Learning contributor Erik Ofgang finds most promising for teachers.
Using ChatGPT Plugins
Adding ChatGPT plugins are simple and can help you teach more effectively.
Microsoft Copilot: How To Use It To Teach
Microsoft Copilot saves teachers time by helping to summarize text, generate images, and more, using artificial intelligence.
Duet AI for Google Workspace: How to Use It for Teaching
Duet AI is an artificially intelligent assistant within Docs, Sheets, Gmail, Meet, and Slides that allows users to request AI-generated content.
Help me write: Google Doc’s New AI Writing Tool Explained for Teachers
Help me write is an AI writing assistant that is currently available to some Google Docs users. Learn how to access and use Help Me Write, as well as the implications for education.
Educator Edtech Review: Magic School AI
Magic School AI offers 67 AI tools, from professional support to choice boards and icebreakers, with a dashboard that facilitates differentiated instruction, on-the-fly lesson content generation, and improved assessments.
What is TeachMateAi and How Can It Be Used for Teaching? Tips & Tricks
An OpenAI-powered platform, TeachMate AI provides free and premium tools to tackle administrative duties for educators.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
10 Free AI Trainings and Certifications for Educators
These free ai trainings can help build your professional learning and improve your approach to using AI for instruction and assessment.
I Took OpenAI and Common Sense Media’s Free Course For Teachers
The one-hour free course from OpenAI and Common Sense provides lots of good prompt writing advice and an overview of using AI as a teacher.
Navigate AI with New Risk Assessments from Common Sense Media
A new risk assessment framework from Common Sense Media helps educators become critical, empowered, informed users.
Optimizing Teacher PD with AI
How utilizing the best AI tools, including NotebookLM, can improve teacher performance.
Recognizing When Not To Use AI
AI has become part of modern education for teachers and students, but it’s not always the best or most efficient way to accomplish a task.
AI In Education Executive Order: What You Need To Know
The President’s executive order calls for AI literacy, a national AI challenge, and more.
9 Ways School Leaders Can Use AI
Effective ways that building leaders can use AI tools to improve their leadership.
AI’s Remarkably Imperfect Productivity Tricks Us Into Mistakes. Here’s How You Can Avoid These
While AI offers tremendous time-saving efficiency, its integration must be approached with caution and responsibility.
9 Suggestions For Your AI Reading List
Some reading about AI in education to help better understand its potential impacts and harness its capabilities.
AI In Education: 4 Ways To Avoid Falling Behind The Curve
Arizona State University professor Andrew Maynard has tips for educators on keeping up with AI developments and harnessing its educational potential in the process.
4 New Teaching Features For Google Classroom: AI, Accessibility, and More
Google Classroom AI updates and new accessibility features for Chromebooks are among the new features Google recently announced.
Using AI “Speed Dating” To Introduce AI in a Controlled Environment
Helping to ease students into using AI in a controlled environment can make for a smooth introduction to lifelong skills.
One High School Teacher's Strategy For Using AI to Enhance Learning
Kevin Hudson has encouraged his students to use AI in specific ways, and he’s seen their assignments improve as a result.
5 Ways Schools Can Prepare Students For AI
To prepare for tomorrow, AI education must start today.
Using AI for Icebreakers In The Classroom
Icebreakers can be an awkward lead into an even more awkward conversation. But with the use of AI, what was once cringe can now become comfortable.
Explaining Your School’s AI Approach To Parents
As more and more schools are using AI, an award-winning educator shares tips for making sure parents are on board with it.
3 Teaching Resources for Learning More About AI
Teaching resources for understanding how AI technology works and how it might impact society.
The Ups and Downs of AI in Special Education: Legal Considerations
Educators need to be thoughtful and proactive in addressing the potential positive and negative impacts of using AI in special education.
How To Harness AI In The Classroom
Collaborators at the Deeper Learning New York Conference discuss how they’re using AI as a tool for teaching and learning.
4 Tips for Designing AI-Resistant Assessments
These four principles help to guide educators in creating tests that can't easily be gamed by students.
5 Ways To Avoid AI 'Snake Oil,' According To ISTE Experts
Learn how to vet AI tools before using them in the classroom
AI Is Getting Better At Grading. Should Teachers Use It To Grade?
Can teachers ethically use AI to grade student work? If so, is it useful?
How to Overcome AI Fatigue
Tired of reading AI papers? You're not the only one.
High School Math Students Used A GPT-4 AI Tutor
A cautionary study looks at how students fared when using an AI tutor to prepare for exams.
How to Prevent ChatGPT Cheating
Five ways for educators to subtly shift instruction to defang the ChatGPT monster.
What is aiEDU and How Can It Be Used for Teaching? Tips & Tricks
A not-for-profit organization, aiEDU serves as an artificial intelligence training program for teachers and students.
Developing AI Pedagogical Practices
A new classroom technology, such as AI, requires new pedagogical approaches.
Navigating AI Biases in The Classroom
As students learn to use generative AI, it’s important to recognize and navigate the biases present.
Teaching Students To Use AI More Effectively
Learn all about the FLUF test and how to use AI to support real learning in the classroom.
What is TeachAI? The AI Education Resource Explained by ISTE’s Chief Learning Officer
TeachAI offers guidance and policy recommendations for the education world regarding computer science and artificial intelligence.
AI Use By Predators: What Schools Should Know And Do
AI is increasingly be used by predators to connect with underage students online, so here are steps educators can take to protect students.
SEARCH ENGINES/RESEARCH
Poe AI: How to Use It to Teach
Poe AI is the one-stop spot for AI that can be a powerful education tool.
What Is ResearchRabbit And How Can I Use It to Teach?
ResearchRabbit is an AI-powered tool for literature search and discovery.
DeepSeek: Everything Educators Need to Know About The New AI Model
DeepSeek R1 is a new reasoning AI model that has made the next generation of AI tools more readily available to students and teachers.
Google Scholar's New Outline Tool Explained By Its Founder
Google Scholar PDF reader uses Gemini AI to read research papers and creates direct links to the paper’s citations and a digital outline that summarizes different sections.
Consensus: How to Use It to Teach
Consensus is an artificially intelligent tool geared toward taking the research work out of lesson prep to save time and get more out of the process.
Elicit: How To Use It To Teach
Elicit allows educators to explore unfamiliar literature with conversational-style interactivity.
Google’s NotebookLM
NotebookLM is an AI-powered research and writing assistant that works with sources contributed by the user.
Perplexity AI: How To Use It To Teach
Perplexity AI is a search engine that uses AI to understand queries and provide conversational answers.
STORM AI
STORM is an AI tool designed by Stanford University computer scientists to generate Wikipedia-like entries within minutes.
SPEECH TO TEXT
AudioPen: How to Use It to Teach
AudioPen is a web-app based software tool that uses OpenAI to transcribe the user's voice into written notes, automatically removing pauses or stumbles.
What is Otter.AI? Tips & Tricks
Otter.ai is a versatile transcription tool and virtual assistant that harnesses the power of AI can be integrated with video conferencing platforms such as Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams.
