A tidal wave of AI tools are here with more coming every day

AI Text Generation Tools

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ChatGPT

ChatGPT is free

ChatGPT plus=$20/month (usage cap)

Uses:

  • Compose messages such as emails to parents
  • Create a Unit outline or lesson plan
  • Get help with simplifying a complex topic
  • Generate assignment directions
  • Generate reading passages
  • Provide word problems
  • Create a test or rubric to check for understanding

Gemini(use to be called Bard)

Free

Uses:

  • Pretty much the same uses as with ChatGPT
  • Has a handy feature that allows you to check validity by clicking on the Google search
  • Can be integrated within Google Apps by using extension or share icon
  • Bard Extension can search email, drive, and more to find information or to help you compose information.

Bing (now called Co-Pilot)

Free

Bing Enterprise $5/month

Uses:

  • Uses ChatGPT 4 for free!
  • Pretty much the same as with ChatGPT and Bard
  • Can be used to create images
  • Run by Microsoft and Bing search

Merlin Chat Extension

Free

Uses:

  • Uses ChatGPT technology / no need to go to a separate site.
  • Helps search queries
  • Can be used across search engines (Google, Bing, etc.)
  • Generate responses to emails

Perplexity

Free

Claude-2=$20/month

Uses:

  • Pretty much the same uses as with ChatGPT
  • Built for education
  • Gather resources for a unit of study (with citations!)
  • Teach critical thinking skills (where is the information coming from?)
  • Create prompts

AI Education Tools

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Diffit

Currently free / in Beta

Uses:

  • Will take any text and level the reading according to grade level desired.
  • Creates multiple choice or open ended questions.
  • Converts leveled text over into an interactive worksheet or Google Slide that can then be put into Google Classroom.
  • Provides key vocabulary words to know.
  • Can be used with Youtube videos
  • Can change text on a website into a PDF

SchoolAI

Free / paid subscription

Uses:

  • Teach students how to use AI in a safe and teacher monitored environment.
  • Can be used to have students talk to pre-built AI such as historical characters or famous people
  • Can be used as part of a book study with students answering and asking questions with the AI
  • Many teacher tools available such as lesson plan, worksheet, text leveling and even IEP goal creations. More added all the time.

Mizou

Free / still in Beta form

Uses:

  • Teach students how to interact with an AI chatbot in a safe and teacher monitored environment
  • Can be used to help students with understanding of a unit on a deeper level
  • Teachers can create their own chatbot based upon their learning objectives or use one already built and shared by others.
  • Can be used in grades 1-12 (and college level)

MagicSchool AI

MagicSchool Student releasing in 2024

Free limited version

$19 - $449 a month depending on plan

Uses:

  • There are more than 40 different tools created for teachers to use!
  • Connect with Raina - a personal instructional coach ai
  • Lesson plans
  • Differentiate for students
  • Write emails
  • Write IEP’s
  • Youtube summarizer and question generator
  • Song generator and so much more!

Almanack AI

Free / Paid subscription

$8/month

Uses:

  • Created to assist teachers in creating lesson plans and units of study based upon standards (includes KS)
  • Material for teaching generator
  • Can create a worksheet, assessment and even recommend videos
  • With free account, you can use 15 Pro tools every month
  • Report cards and integrations coming soon

Teach Anything

Free

Uses:

  • Created for teachers to help break down complex concepts for students
  • Provides instructions on how to introduce concepts
  • Provides clear and helpful explanations over topics

Curipod

Free

Premium 7.50/month

School/District license as well

Uses:

  • Create interactive slides!
  • Add activities to existing slides
  • Easily add discussion questions, polls, word clouds, drawing prompts, exit tickets and more to a presentation.
  • Create lessons

SlidesAI.io

Free

Uses:

  • Easily convert text or notes into a slide presentation in Google Slides.
  • Is a Google Slides Add-on / no need to go to a separate site
  • BETA lets you create a presentation from a topic
  • Can use to easily edit a presentation
  • Can use MagicWrite if needed

QuestionWell

Free

Upgrade $7/month

Team $6/month per member

Uses:

  • Generate endless supply of questions from a block of text, youtube video, website, or thin air based upon your prompt
  • Questions can be exported to Kahoot, Blooket and more

Canva AI

Free for Education

Uses:

  • Magic Design will help create projects from scratch/templates like Canva presentations
  • Magic Write will create content for you to use in posters, cards, slides, etc.
  • Canva AI has a free AI image creator.
  • AI Photo Editor lets you change and customize photos

Brisk AI Chrome Extension

Limited Free Access

School Subscription

Uses:

  • Works within a Google Doc so no need for copy/pasting (Google Slides integration is coming)
  • Works in multiple languages
  • AI writing detector!
  • Give formative feedback
  • Change article reading levels
  • Create a quiz, lesson plan, or resource
  • Help provide feedback

eduGPT

Currently it is free

$10-15/month subscriptions

Uses:

  • This is an AI Faculty site. This means, there are AI generated Teacher Support personal to help you with using AI in different tools from Kahoot to Youtube to SeeSaw
  • There are also AI Teacher’s Assistants to help you with your needs broken down by grade level and content.
  • Create Lesson Plans
  • Create IEP Plans
  • Create Activities
  • Help with Parent Communication

HelloHistory

Free

In-App purchases

Uses:

  • Speak to historical figures from all walks of life.
  • Can be used by students to ask unique questions that further their learning on a variety of topics.
  • Bring a chapter of a book to life
  • Have histories greatest minds “teach” a class about itself
  • Make homework interactive by allowing students to chat with historical characters

AI Image Generation Tools

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Adobe Firefly

Free with watermark

$4.99/month and up

Uses:

  • Create 2D images using text prompts
  • Can create letters with images inside
  • Generative fill on existing images
  • Generative re-coloring on existing images
  • Soon to come - sketch to image

Leonardo Ai

Free and paid. Free account gives you so many credits per day

Uses:

  • Create a 2D image using text prompts.
  • Images can be downloaded
  • Has additional features such as Leonardo Alchemy
  • Beta Form for video production
  • Can turn the image into a GIF

OpenArt.ai

Free Trial

$7/month on up

Uses:

  • Create 2D images from text prompts
  • Can remove background and enhance with credits
  • Can upload an image and paint the part you want to change/generate
  • Many built in apps such as image blender and Anime creator

Ideogram.ai

Uses:

  • Create images with text
  • Can remix other prompts to suit your needs

Bing Image Creator

Free to use

Uses:

  • Microsoft AI image creation
  • Very easy to use
  • Can download images
  • Uses Dall-E to produce the images.

Padlet AI

Free for 3 Padlets (can be reused)

$7.00/month and up

Uses:

  • Create and save AI created images in a group
  • Padlet allows you to compile and share a list of resources around a topic
  • Can download and save created images to be used in other apps.

Craiyon

Free to try

$6.00/month and up

Uses:

  • Create pictures based upon description
  • If using the free option, will have a crayon watermark

DALL-E

Free to try

Uses:

  • Create pictures to use in presentations with text prompts
  • Explore different art styles for art classes.
  • Has a Beta editing tool available

Fotor

Free to try (3 credits)

Purchase more credits for $3.33 a month or $39.99 a year

Uses:

  • A free site to create images to use in presentations with text prompts

Scribble Diffusion

Uses:

  • Creates pictures based upon your scribble
  • Uses a combination of text and your scribble to generate image
  • Can be used in Art classes to explore different styles

AI Music Creation Sites

Suno.com

Free to use / certain number of tokens a day

Uses:

  • Extremely easy to create a song with only a prompt

Want More? Click on the links below

6 Ways to Prepare Students for an AI Future by Matt Miller

        30 AI Tools for the Classroom - DitchThatTextbook by Matt Miller

17 Exciting AI Websites for Teachers

A.I. Tools (Bard) Presentation by Eric Curts

Artificial Intelligence/Natural Misuse by Eric Curts (guidelines for AI)

Cool Cat Teacher 

A.I. for Educators by Microsoft

AI To Help Differentiation by Eric Curts