Resources
Resources for Educators and Administrators
Since ChatGPT was introduced in October 2022, I've been researching the implications of artificial intelligence in education and testing countless AI tools to understand what works best for educators. These resources are designed to save you time, enhance your lessons, and spark your creativity. As the role of AI in education continues to grow, it’s important to approach these tools with a focus on ethical and responsible usage. This includes considering sustainability, ensuring human input and insight remain central to the learning process, and fostering opportunities for critical reflection. Finally, while AI can certainly enhance student learning, it should not replace human creativity, judgment, or empathy. Educators should always strive to create a balanced approach that values both technological innovation and the human-centered connections that are vital to meaningful education.
I hope the carefully curated resources below will help you integrate AI into your teaching practice.
AI Tools for Educators
Brisk Teaching: Offers a suite of AI tools through a Chrome extension designed to streamline various teaching tasks. Brisk enhances teacher productivity and improves student learning experiences by integrating seamlessly into existing workflows. Works within Google Docs and Slides.
Canva: A graphic design platform offering various AI-powered tools to help teachers create engaging and visually appealing presentations, lesson plans, worksheets, and other classroom materials.
ChatGPT: An AI language model that can generate quizzes, tests, and lesson plans tailored to specific subjects, grades, student needs, and learning styles.
Diffit for Teachers: An AI-powered tool designed to assist educators in creating differentiated instructional materials tailored to various reading levels and languages.
Edcafe AI: An all-in-one generative AI tool that creates interactive content to actively engage students, including instructional materials and activities.
EduAide.ai: An AI-assisted lesson-development tool that provides educators with over 100 resource types to create high-quality instructional materials, including translation capabilities in more than 15 languages.
Grammarly: An AI writing assistant that checks grammar, spelling, and style for teachers and students, enhancing writing clarity and correctness.
Khanmigo: An AI developed by Khan Academy that offers support for teachers, parents, and students across subjects and grades, acting as a tutor to provide immediate feedback and enable independent practice.
MagicSchool.ai: An AI-powered educational platform designed to help teachers save time by automating tasks such as lesson planning, grading, and generating educational content.
Quizziz: An AI-powered platform that allows teachers to create and share interactive quizzes and lessons, providing instant feedback to students.
QuillBot: An AI paraphrasing tool that helps rewrite and improve sentence structures, enhancing writing quality.
Reclaim: A smart scheduling tool that eliminates back-and-forth emailing, optimizing time management for educators.
Speechify: A text-to-speech solution that converts text to audio, increasing accessibility for diverse learners.
Twee: An AI-powered tool designed to help English teachers create lesson plans quickly and easily, generating questions for YouTube videos, creating dialogues, stories, and more.
Tynker: An AI-driven platform that simplifies coding education with interactive lessons, projects, and games, making it accessible for students.
Visme: A tool that helps create visually appealing presentations, transforming complex information into easily digestible content.
Wolfram|Alpha: An AI-powered computational engine that provides answers and step-by-step solutions to complex concepts, primarily used for math and science subjects.
Professional Development
AI, Chatbots, & ChatGPT for Teachers: This free course is intended for teachers who want to know more about ChatGPT, use it in their practice, looking for inspiration/examples of its power or those trying to improve their use of this AI chatbot.
AI Readiness Credential: Provides foundational knowledge of AI and practical skills for integrating AI tools into education, with a focus on ethics and AI literacy. ($$)
AI for Educators by Khan Academy: Offers workshops and resources on incorporating AI into teaching practices, including how to use AI for tutoring and curriculum planning. (FREE)
AI for Teachers by Teachable Machine: A free tool by Google that helps teachers introduce machine learning concepts through interactive and customizable AI projects. It’s user-friendly, requires no prior coding experience, and supports educators in fostering hands-on AI exploration in the classroom. (FREE)
AI Training by FutureLearn: Offers free and paid online courses on AI, including how it can be applied in educational settings. ($ to $$ depending on the course)
EduTopia: AI in Education: Articles and videos providing practical advice and strategies for using AI in education, along with examples of successful classroom applications. (FREE)
Generative AI for Educators: Resources and tools to help educators integrate AI into their teaching, including lesson plans and training modules. (FREE)
Intel for Youth: A global program providing free curriculum, teacher training, and resources to integrate AI into STEM education. (FREE)
ISTE AI in Education: The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) offers online courses, webinars, and conference sessions focusing on AI’s role in education and how to integrate it effectively. ($$$)
AI Explorations for Educators (ISTE): A program designed to help educators understand AI concepts and implement them in K-12 settings with ready-to-use resources. (FREE)
Microsoft Learn for Educators: Provides free courses and certifications on integrating AI tools like Microsoft Azure and Power BI into educational practices. (FREE)
OpenAI Educator Resources: Provides guides and examples for using ChatGPT and other OpenAI tools to enhance classroom learning and streamline teacher workflows. (FREE)
TeachAI.org: A coalition of organizations providing resources and guidance to help educators teach AI and its ethical implications effectively. (FREE)
Free Lesson Plans
AI4K12 Initiative Activity Resource Guides: Provides a collection of free activity guides to teach artificial intelligence concepts in K-12 classrooms, focusing on AI’s core ideas and applications.
Day of AI from MIT RAISE: Offers hands-on lessons and activities designed by MIT’s RAISE initiative to teach K-12 students about AI, its impact on their lives, and its ethical implications.
AI Literacy Lessons from IBM SkillsBuild: Provides free, student-friendly lessons that explore what AI is, how it works, and its role in society, with activities that emphasize ethical considerations and critical thinking.
AI Across the Curriculum
Artificial Intelligence and The Future of Learning: A guide for educators on incorporating AI into multiple disciplines, emphasizing global perspectives and inclusive AI education.
101 Creative Ideas to Use AI In Education: Crowdsourced collection of inventive ways to use AI tools like ChatGPT, DALL-E 2, and Midjourney in education. With contributions from educators and students in 19 countries, this resource offers creative, ethical, and practical ideas to inspire learning, teaching, and scholarship. Available as an Open Educational Resource (OER) under a Creative Commons license, it’s perfect for teachers seeking to innovate and experiment with AI in their classrooms.
Resources for School Leaders
AI4K12 Guidelines for K-12 Education Leaders: This comprehensive framework for integrating artificial intelligence into K-12 education offers practical resources for curriculum development. teacher training, and classroom implementation.
AI for Education's State Guidance for K12 Schools: Compiled by AI for Education, this resource aggregates official AI guidance and policies from 22 state departments of education. It provides summaries and links to the full guidance for each state, offering insights into diverse approaches to AI integration.
AI Guidance for Schools Toolkit from Teach.AI: Developed by TeachAI, this toolkit offers a comprehensive framework for schools to navigate the safe, effective, and responsible use of AI. It includes practical resources such as real-world examples, sample language, and downloadable materials for staff, parents, and students.
AI Policy Landscape from Pedagog.ai: This resource from Pedagog.ai offers a detailed overview of current policies shaping AI integration in education. Designed for educators and administrators, it provides actionable insights for creating effective AI policies that balance innovation with responsibility.
Chicago Public School's AI Guidebook: Guidelines for the responsible integration of Generative AI (GenAI) from Chicago Public Schools. Provides detailed policies and procedures to ensure ethical and effective use of AI technologies by students, educators, administrators, and IT staff.
Oregon Department of Education: Provided by the Oregon Department of Education, this guide assists schools in formulating policies and protocols for the use of generative AI. It addresses considerations for ethical AI use and offers recommendations for policy development.
US Department of Education AI Toolkit for Education Leaders: Developed by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology, the toolkit provides a comprehensive guide for implementing artificial intelligence in K-12 education. The toolkit includes case studies, actionable insights, and policy recommendations to help education leaders make informed decisions about AI adoption.
Washington State's Human-Centered AI Guidance: Provides a framework to ensure AI technologies enhance human inquiry, creativity, and learning while addressing challenges like bias, data privacy, and equitable access. Designed to help educators and administrators integrate AI into classrooms and operations thoughtfully.
Other Resources
A Teacher's Prompt Guide to ChatGPT: Short instructional guide for teachers on using ChatGPT (aligned with CESE NSW "What Works Best in Practice").
100+ Quick ChatGPT Prompts for K-12 Educators: Google Doc with quick prompts for brainstorming and generating ideas with ChatGPT.
Disclaimer: The tools and resources listed on this page are intended to support educators in integrating AI into their classroom workflows and assignments. Privacy policies, terms of use, and the features of AI tools may vary and change over time. Teachers should always verify the current status, terms of use, and privacy policies of any tool before implementing it in their teaching or recommending it to students. While every effort is made to keep this list accurate and up-to-date, AI developments are rapidly evolving. Additionally, AI tools may transition from free to paid versions, update their terms, or be discontinued. I encourage you to independently review each tool to ensure it aligns with your needs, institutional guidelines, and privacy standards. Please use these tools thoughtfully and discuss their broader implications with students to encourage informed, reflective, and ethical engagement with AI in the classroom and beyond.
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