AI tools for teachers

The AI tools teachers use most, each shown with a real example.

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Content Development

7 tools
  • Vocabulary GuideDrafts key vocabulary cards and practice exercises for a topic.
  • Interactive MaterialsAdds check-for-understanding questions to a video or PDF you use in class.
  • LevelerRewrites a text at a different reading level, for example for pupils with EAL.
  • Text to SpeechReads a text or document aloud in a natural voice, ready to play in class.
  • Article GeneratorWrites a reading text on your topic, pitched to the year group you teach.
  • Educational VideoProduces a short sketch-style explainer video on your topic.
  • Dialogue CreatorWrites a dialogue between characters on your topic, useful in languages and history.

Activity Planning

6 tools
  • Lesson HooksSuggests ways to open a lesson that link the new topic to what pupils already know.
  • Real-World ConnectionsFinds everyday examples that make an abstract idea concrete.
  • Transfer ActivitiesDrafts tasks that ask pupils to apply what they have learned in a new situation.
  • Essential QuestionsDrafts the big questions that frame a unit and guide class discussion.
  • AI-Supported TasksDrafts tasks that build in a planned, teacher-led use of AI.
  • Collaborative LearningDrafts structured group activities with a clear role for each pupil.

Assessment

4 tools
  • Homework IdeasSuggests homework that consolidates the lesson you have just taught.
  • Formative AssessmentDrafts low-stakes questions to check what the class has secured during a lesson.
  • AI Assessment ScaleHelps you judge how much AI was used in a piece of work you paste in.
  • AI Assignment GeneratorDrafts homework tasks that build in a planned use of AI.

UbD Tools

4 tools
  • Transfer-Oriented ActivitiesDrafts activities from a unit's transfer goals, using the Understanding by Design model.
  • Understanding-Oriented ActivitiesDrafts activities from a unit's understanding goals, using the Understanding by Design model.
  • Essential Questions ActivitiesDrafts activities built around a unit's essential questions.
  • Performance Task ActivitiesDrafts a performance task with the GRASPS template, from goal and role to product and success criteria.

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