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🧩 Exploring AI Extensions for Educators
🧩 Exploring AI Extensions for Educators
AI-powered browser extensions are small but mighty tools that can make a big difference in the classroom. These mini-applications are added to your web browser (like Chrome or Microsoft Edge) and work alongside the websites you’re already using. Many are free or have educator versions, and they can help streamline tasks like grading, writing, planning, or even managing student work.
Both teachers and students can use extensions—depending on your school’s device settings or admin permissions. For example, an extension might help a student reflect on their AI usage within a Google Doc, or help a teacher quickly generate a rubric or summary while lesson planning.
To install an extension, just visit the Chrome Web Store (or your browser’s extension store), search the tool’s name, and click "Add to Chrome." Be sure to double-check your district’s technology policy before having students use an extension.
Below, you’ll find a curated list of useful AI-related extensions—each designed to support instruction, simplify tasks, or enhance student engagement.
An extension that provides assistive technology tools and support for users.
A free tool for Google Docs.Â
Teachers can be clear on how AI can or cannot be used for an assignment.Â
Students can be transparent in their AI usage (what ways and what tools were used).
Docs Voice Typing
Docs Voice Typing
Speech to text tool built into google docs
Acts as an on-page AI assistant.
Summarizes text, rewrites instructions, generates quizzes, and more.
Captures and summarizes live transcripts of meetings or virtual classes.
Helpful for teachers conducting online lessons or IEP meetings.
Adds voice notes and feedback in Google Classroom, Slides, or Docs.
Speeds up grading and makes feedback more personal.
Text-to-speech extension for helping students with reading difficulties.
Useful for UDL (Universal Design for Learning) strategies.
Acts like a research assistant for both teachers and students.
Answers questions with cited sources, which can support student inquiry work.
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