Top 3 AI Tools for Educators
Post by Lauren Kelly
September 6, 2024
AI has the potential to save teachers valuable time while transforming students' learning experiences. But with the growing number of AI tools available, where should educators begin? Many platforms offer similar features, making it hard to choose the best fit for your classroom. The key is to start with an AI platform designed specifically for educators, explore its tools, and gradually integrate it into your teaching practice.
To help you get started, we’ve highlighted three popular FREE AI websites that provide a range of features to streamline your teaching tasks. Best of all, these platforms are free for educators and often include professional development resources to support your AI journey.
Side note - this blog post is not an advertisement. We learned about these tools during a recent conference and wanted to share!
Word of caution: AI is a powerful tool that, when used wisely, can significantly benefit classroom learning. However, it's important to carefully review all outputs to avoid sharing incorrect information with students or parents. AI outputs can be biased, inaccurate, or outdated.
Khanmigo
Khanmigo is a free platform for U.S. educators under the Khan Academy umbrella, offering a wide range of AI-driven tools that cater to teachers across all subjects. Designed to enhance student engagement and save time, these tools leverage existing content while sparking new ideas. Khanmigo also provides comprehensive onboarding to guide educators through using their website and AI features effectively.
Differentiate: Tailor content to meet individual student needs. With Khanmigo, you can break down complex texts into manageable chunks for lower-level readers or adjust reading comprehension levels. Additional tools allow you to make lessons more relevant to student interests and connect them to real-world examples.
Create: Generate resources like school event notices, informational texts, assessments, rubrics, and even report comments. Khanmigo also helps clarify directions for assignments and projects.
Plan: Use Khanmigo to assist with creating exit tickets, learning objectives, and engaging lesson hooks. Think of it as your brainstorming partner for developing extra assignments or discussion prompts.
Support: Particularly useful for developing IEPs for SPED students or crafting SMART goals, Khanmigo generates suggestions based on the information you provide, helping you stay organized and proactive.
Learn: The "refresh my knowledge" tool allows teachers to brush up on upcoming content, ensuring you're prepared to teach new material confidently.
Eduaide.AI
Eduaide.AI provides a diverse set of AI tools designed to help teachers create dynamic and interactive learning experiences. The platform starts with a content generator, where you can select the subject and grade level to generate tailored materials. As you explore the platform, you can favorite tools for quick access later. One standout feature is the gamification section, which allows you to transform your content into engaging, educational games such as Jeopardy, Battleship, escape rooms, quests, and bingo. This makes learning fun and interactive for students.
Content Generator: Select subject and grade level to find the best tools for you. Gamification options make content engaging for students.
Other Tasks: AI tools for creating sub plans and emails.
Feedback Bot: Provides feedback on your work or students' work, addressing spelling errors and writing mechanics.
Eduaide.ai Chat: An open prompt system similar to ChatGPT for generating specific results based on your input.
Assessment Builder: Quickly create various assessments, from multiple choice to essays.
History Section: Review what you have created in the past.
MagicSchool
MagicSchool provides a comprehensive range of AI tools for educators and professional development courses to help teachers effectively integrate AI into their teaching. With the largest variety of AI tools available, MagicSchool also includes a dedicated section for student use. Teachers are encouraged to explore and master the AI tools before introducing them to students. You can easily bookmark your favorite tools by selecting the star icon for quick access.
Planning: Create 5E lessons, PBL, unit plans, traditional lesson plans, science labs, and more. Always review what AI creates to ensure accuracy.
Content: Tools for creating worksheets, vocabulary passages, decodable texts, math story problems, and choice boards to enhance your lessons.
Questions: Ask AI to help create review games, spiral reviews, and various assessments to check student understanding.
Intellectual Prep: Empower students by using AI to clarify directions, scaffold assignments, generate common misconceptions, and more.
Student Support: Level any text to your students' reading levels, provide feedback, write IEP goals, create SEL lessons, and generate ideas for behavior interventions.
Communication: Save valuable time by creating thank-you notes, emails, newsletters, letters of recommendation, proofreading texts, translating texts to various languages, and more. Proper use of this section can save you hours of valuable time.
Community Tools: A unique variety of tools, including creating silly jokes, songs, quotes of the day, image generators, and gift suggestions.
OpenAI Chatbot: Magic School offers an OpenAI chatbot where you can input any prompt to get assistance.
By thoughtfully selecting and integrating AI tools, you can transform your teaching practice, saving valuable time while creating more engaging and personalized learning experiences for your students. Platforms like Khanmigo, Eduaide.AI, and MagicSchool offer a wealth of resources to streamline your classroom management, lesson planning, and student interactions. Start by experimenting with one platform, exploring its features, and always reviewing AI-generated content for accuracy. With careful implementation, AI can become a powerful partner in your teaching journey, allowing you to focus on what truly matters—inspiring and educating your students. Embrace the possibilities of AI, and unlock a more dynamic and effective classroom environment!
