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 help 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.
ASSESSMENTS, ASSIGNMENTS AND FEEDBACK
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.
CHATBOTS
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.
4 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.
DETECTION
6 Ways Teachers Can Tell Students Are Using AI
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.
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.
LESSON PLANNING
AI Lesson Plan Tips
Best practices and tips for when you’re developing AI lesson plans.
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
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.
PRESENTATIONS
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
12 AI Tools Beyond ChatGPT That Can Save Teachers Time
AI tools that educators can use to save time.
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
3 Teaching Resources for Learning More About AI
Teaching resources for understanding how AI technology works and how it might impact society.
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.
SEARCH ENGINES/RESEARCH
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.
