AI RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS

AI RESOURCES

1.     Some well-known adaptive AI platforms known for their personalized learning capabilities are: 

a.     Knewton – is an adaptive learning platform that provides personalized content and recommendations based on students’ learning profile. 

b.     Dreambox – offers personalized math lessons for students in kindergarten through eighth grades by adapting to students’ abilities and learning styles.

c.     Duolingo – is a language learning platform that adapts to a learner’s abilities and performance so that they can learn a new language. 

d.     IXL Learning – provides personalized learning experiences in math, language arts science and social studies for K-12 students based on their performance and areas of improvement. 

e.     Alex Learning – offers personalized learning paths, assessments and resources across different subjects to k-12 students.

f.      SmartSparrow – offers adaptive tools that help educators create adaptive simulations, lessons and assessments. 

2.     Some notable intelligent platforms are: 

a.     Tutor.com – offers online tutoring service that uses AI tools to assess students’ needs across various subjects, including language arts, math and science. 

b.     Brainly – is a collaborative learning platform that uses AI to connect students to their peers who can answer questions. It promotes peer – to – peer learning and provides real – time solutions. 

c.     Cognii – offers an AI-driven virtual tutor that provides instant feedback on written assignments, helping students improve their writing skills

d.     Yup - is an on-demand tutoring platform for math and science subjects. It connects students with tutors who can provide instant help via text messaging and drawing tools.

e.     Thinkster Math is an AI – driven math tutoring platforms that offers personalized math coaching and adaptive assignments to elementary and middle school students. 

3.     Some useful grading and feedback platforms are: 

a.     Scribe sense – uses AI to provide automated grading and feedback for assignments that are handwritten. It also converts handwritten notes into digital text making it easier for teachers to share their notes with students. 

b.     Grammarly – is known primarily as a writing assistant, but Grammarly’s AI powered tools can help with grammar and spelling checks and suggest improvement in writing style. 

c.     Edulastic – is an assessment platform that uses AI for automatic grading and gives feedback on various kinds of questions like multiple-choice, open-ended, and essay questions. 

d.     Codecademy – uses AI-powered assessment tools to automatically evaluate and provide feedback on programming assignments and coding exercises. 

4.     Some content creation and generation platform for educational purposes are: 

a.      Quizlet – offers tools that can be sued to create flashcards, quizzes, and games. Teachers can create different kinds of customized study materials in various subjects. 

b.     Kahoot – is a game – based learning platform that helps teachers with creating interactive quizzes and games that can used for both engagement and assessment. 

c.     Edpuzzle – helps teachers in creating video lessons where they can add questions to quizzes and notes to existing videos. It also tracks student progress and engagement. 

d.     Storyboard That – it is a platform for creating digital storyboard, comics and visual narratives. It can be used for storytelling, creative projects and even history lessons. 

5.     Some virtual labs and simulation platforms being used in education are: 

a.     Labster – is an AI powered platform that provides virtual labs for biology, chemistry and physics. It offers realistic 3D simulations with interactive experiments and assessments that gives students hands – on experiences. 

b.     BioMan Biology – this platform offers biology simulations and virtual labs that can be sued for middle school and high school students.

c.     ChemCollective – offers virtual chemistry labs that allow students to explore various chemical reactions and concepts. It can be sued for both high school and college level students.  

d.     Physics Classroom – provides a variety of physics simulations and interactive material covering a wide range of physics topics. 

e.     LabXchange – this free platform offered by Harvard University has virtual labs, interactive lessons and courses pertaining to various science disciplines. 

6.     Some commonly used platforms for administrative tasks and communication are: 

a.     PowerSchool - this is a widely known and used Student Information System (SIS) that manages student data such as enrollment, attendance, schedules and grades. 

b.     Infinite Campus – offers a lot of SIS features to record attendance, grading, communication and reporting. 

c.     ClassDojo – is a platform for classroom management that helps teachers with engaging with parents and students.

d.     Remind – is a communication platform that allows teachers to send messages and updates to parents about students.

e.     Google Classroom – is a free platform that provides tools for assignment management, communication and collaboration.

f.      Schoology – is a learning management system (LMS) platform which is used in many schools for course management, assessment, tracking attendance, group announcements, collaboration and communication. 

7.     Some widely used plagiarism detection software used in education are: 

a.     Turnitin – is a widely used platform for detecting plagiarism and preventing it. It checks submitted assignments, research papers, essays for originality and generates similarity reports. 

b.     Copyscape – is a web – based plagiarism detection tool that scans the internet for duplicate content. It can be used to check the online articles and essays for their originality. 

c.     Unicheck – is an AI powered plagiarism detection tool that can integrate with learning management systems like Canvas, Blackboard and Moodle. 

d.     Dupli Checker – is a free online plagiarism checker that scans writings for duplication and offers various kinds of tools to check the originality of content. 

e.     Academicplagiarism – is an online checker for both grammar and plagiarism and it designed for both students and teachers. It offers free as well as paid plans. 

f.      SafeAssign – is a plagiarism prevention tool in Blackboard that detects unoriginal content in students’ papers and essays by looking for similarities in submitted assignments and existing works. It checks submitted assignments against a database of academic content. 

8.     Some examples of AI platform designed to help students mentally and emotionally are: 

a. Woebot – is an AI – driven chatbot that is sued to provide emotional support and mental health resources to students often using conversation – based therapy and mood tracking. 

b. Youper – is an AI powered health platform that offers personalized therapy and has tools that help students manage stress, anxiety, depression and mood swings.  

c. Calm – is a meditation and relaxation app can be beneficial for both teachers and students as it helps in reducing stress and improves mental health.  

d. Wysa – is an AI powered chatbot that provides emotional support and mental health resources. It helps with providing coping strategies for students, self – help exercises etc. 

e. Talkspace for Students – this platform offers online therapy and counseling services. It uses video, audio or text messaging services to connect students to licensed therapists that can help them through mental health concerns.