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We have invented technologies, from axes to helicopters, that boost our

physical capabilities; and others, like spreadsheets, that automate complex
tasks; but we have never built a generally applicable technology that can
boost our intelligence. Now humans have access to a tool that can emulate
how we think and write, acting as a co-intelligence to improve (or replace)
our work.

Mollick, Ethan. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI (pp. xix-xx).

Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

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Outline

1. Introduction
2. AI Presentation Makers
3. AI Text to Speech Tools
4. AI Lesson Plan Creation Tools
5. AI Text to Image Tools
6. AI Video Tools
7. AI Chrome Extensions for Teachers
8. AI Tools for Adjusting Reading Levels
9. AI Academic Search Engines
10. AI Tools to Chat with PDFs
11. AI Meeting Assistants
12. AI Writing Assistants
13. AI Checkers
14. AI Translators
15. AI Transcription Tools
16. About the Author

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Introduction

Since November 2022, when ChatGPT was first released to the public, generative AI

has rapidly transformed the way we teach, learn, and interact with educational

content. I know a sizeable portion of teachers and educators still doubt AI's relevance

and worry about its impact on education. Skepticism, as history shows us (e.g., see

Ong, 1982),1 is a natural response to any new technology, from the invention of writing

to the rise of the printing press and, more recently, the advent of the internet. Almost

all of these new technologies followed the same path: initial resistance, followed by

cautionary adoption, and eventually widespread integration as their benefits became

clear.

AI is no exception! Within a very short period of time, AI and ChatGPT became

household terms. Everywhere you go, you hear discussions about AI's potential, its

risks, and its applications across industries. In education, this buzz is especially

significant as teachers, schools, and institutions are still trying to come to terms with

how to effectively integrate AI while also addressing concerns about ethics, equity,

bias, and more.

I know through your feedback on my social media profiles and blog posts that several

of you have legitimate concerns about the impact of AI in education, especially those

related to data privacy, academic dishonesty, and plagiarism.

1. Ong, W. (1982). Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word. Routledge.

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While these concerns are valid and deserve careful consideration, it’s also important to

explore the potential benefits AI can bring when used thoughtfully. Tools such as

ChatGPT and Claude are like smart research assistants that are available 24/7 to

support you with all kinds of tasks from drafting detailed lesson plans, creating

differentiated materials, generating classroom activities, to summarizing and

simplifying complex topics. Likewise, students can use them to enhance their learning

by, for instance, brainstorming ideas for research projects, generating constructive

feedback on assignments, practicing problem-solving in a guided way, and much more.

The point here is that AI is here to stay and expand, and we better learn how to use it

thoughtfully and responsibly rather than avoid it out of fear or skepticism. One way to

make the best of generative AI is to understand how to communicate with it more

effectively using well-crafted prompts. Hence the importance of prompt engineering.

This is the practice of writing well-structured and precise inputs to guide AI generators

to produce outputs with a higher level of accuracy. I have written an entire book on

this subject entitled ChatGPT for Teachers: Mastering the Skill of Crafting Effective

Prompts.

Another way of leveraging the potential of AI in education is by having access to the

'appropriate' educational AI tools to use in your teaching. There are now tons of AI

tools out there, and it is really sad that the market is being saturated with tools that

often overpromise and underdeliver, leaving many teachers frustrated and skeptical.
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I know this from my own experience reviewing educational AI tools and seeing how many

tools fail to live up to their claims. And this is where the current guide proves helpful. In it, I

featured a wide variety of AI tools I handpicked and reviewed in my blog. I did the heavy

lifting of sifting through, testing, and evaluating piles of AI tools to come up with a distilled

list of the most reliable and effective options for educators. And no, I am not affiliated with

any of these tools, so you can trust that my recommendations are unbiased and based

solely on their value and performance.

The purpose is to provide you with a free and easily accessible guide to help you integrate

AI into your instruction. Needless to mention, the multiple caveats you need to keep in mind

as you interact and use AI tools. I won’t go into details about these caveats here (my

upcoming book on AI for Student Researchers addresses them comprehensively), but

suffice it to say that you should always edit, verify, and fact-check anything AI-generated.

Finally, I have spent several days carefully researching, testing, and compiling this guide to

ensure it provides you with valuable, practical tools to integrate AI effectively into your

teaching. While I’m offering this guide as a free resource for you to download and use in

your instruction, I kindly ask that you contact me if you wish to use it for any other purpose

other than educational. Your understanding and support mean a lot and help me continue

creating free, high-quality resources for educators.

Med kharbach, PhD

January 7, 2025

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AI Presentation Makers
(All tools in this guide are hyperlinked)

AI Tools Description
Offers EduSlides, a tool to generate themed slide decks
Almanack from various resources like files, videos, and URLs.

AI-powered platform for creating interactive lesson slides,

Curipod with features like “Curify my Slides” to transform existing
presentations.

AI Chrome extension to turn online content into educational

Brisk Teaching materials, including slides, directly in your browser.

Provides detailed slide outlines with ideas and questions

Eduaide to develop into full presentations using other AI tools.

Easy-to-use tool for creating visually rich presentations

Canva AI using Magic Design and Magic Write features.

Diffit Generates detailed educational resources, including

customizable slides, from topics or standards.

AI platform offering tools to create PowerPoint slides from

MagicSlides various sources like PDFs, keywords, and YouTube videos.

Slidesgo AI tool to generate editable presentations with

customizable styles, tones, and slide counts.

AI-driven presentation tool that helps you design

Beautify professional-looking slides with smart templates and
automation.

Google Slides add-on for creating AI-generated

Slides AI presentations with editable text and images.

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AI Text to Speech Tools

(All tools in this guide are hyperlinked)

AI Tools Description
Offers natural voices in 30+ languages, voice
Elevenlabs changer, and dubbing tools.

Reads text with celebrity voices; includes an AI

Speechify summarizer and mobile photo-to-text feature.

Supports 90+ languages, voice cloning, and browser

NaturalReader integration.

Generates voiceovers in 100+ languages with

LOVO customizable accents.

Speech Central
Reads articles with RSS support.

Provides 200+ voices, emotional nuances, and

Murf voiceovers for presentations.

Creates realistic voiceovers and allows voice cloning

Resemble AI for unique projects.

Offers lifelike voice generation for podcasts and

Play.ht professional projects.

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AI Lesson Plan Creation Tools

AI Tools Description
Generate lesson plans with slides, worksheets, and
Almanack tailored activities.

Create interactive lessons by typing a topic or uploading a

Curipod document.

Turn online resources into lessons, presentations, and

Brisk Teaching engaging activities.

Generate lesson plans, activities, and assessments with

Eduaide over 150 AI-powered tools.

Access 60+ AI tools like lesson plan generators and

MagicSchool customized rubrics.

Diffit Quickly differentiate instructional materials like

worksheets and quizzes to suit various learning levels.

Simplifies lesson planning with interactive templates and

Twee content ideas for teachers.

Claude
AI tool to generate editable presentations with
customizable styles, tones, and slide counts.

AI-driven presentation tool that helps you design

ChatGPT professional-looking slides with smart templates and
automation.

A platform for creating student-centered discussion

Edcafe activities and lesson ideas, fostering collaboration and
critical thinking.

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AI Text to Image Tools

AI Tools Description
Generate beautiful visuals and images using text or image
Midjourney prompts

Create stunning visuals with seamless ChatGPT

DALL-E integration and editing tools.

Freepik
Offers artistic styles and custom parameters for detailed
visuals.

Includes style referencing, prompt generation, and

Leonardo aesthetic control.

Features diverse art styles like Anime, Renaissance, and

Deep AI Pop Art.

Instantly generate images directly in Bing with descriptive

BIng Image prompts.

Converts text or images into visuals with batch creation

FOTOR options.

Night Cafe
Creates stunning digital artwork from text prompts or
images.

Canva's Text to Image tool transforms your text prompts

Canva AI into unique, customizable visuals

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AI Video Tools

AI Tools Description
Turn text into videos with pre-designed
Invideo templates and collaborative tools.

Synthesia
Create videos with AI avatars and lifelike
voiceovers in 100+ languages.

Convert blogs or text into videos with

Lumen5 automated scene matching.

Pictory
Add captions, transcribe, and create
instructional videos from web content.

Vidnoz AI Generate videos with customizable virtual

characters and creative templates.

SORA Transform text into animated videos with a

focus on storytelling and education.

Convert text into professional videos with realistic

Fliki voiceovers in multiple languages.

Veed Edit and enhance videos with text-to-video

tools, subtitles, and creative templates

Adobe Transform text or photos into stunning videos for

Firefly pitches, b-roll, and effects.

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AI Chrome Extensions for Teachers

AI Tools Description
Chat and research with AI models, videos, and
Merlin documents seamlessly.

Text Blaze Save time with smart text templates and

shortcuts for repetitive tasks.

Your versatile AI assistant for writing, translating,

Monica drawing, and more.

Summarize YouTube videos with timestamps and

Eightify extract key insights.

Enhance writing with AI-powered grammar,

Grammarly clarity, and style suggestions.

Answer AI
Highlight questions to generate step-by-step
answers and solutions.

Brisk Create lessons, quizzes, and feedback integrated

Teaching with Google tools.

Access 50+ AI tools for lesson plans, rubrics,

MagicSchool quizzes, and feedback.

quizizz Generate quizzes and assignments from any

webpage or document.

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AI Tools for Adjusting Reading Levels

AI Tools Description
Brisk Adjust web page reading levels and save the
Teaching modified text to Google Docs.

Lexile Tool Simplify or increase text complexity for any reading

by Eduaide level using Lexile Increaser or Decreaser tools.

Diffit Adapt texts to any reading level and generate tailored

teaching materials like quizzes and summaries.

Almanack Use the Lexile Level Adjuster to convert texts into

grade-appropriate levels and create lesson bundles.

Twee Customize reading passages to specific Lexile

levels, enhancing accessibility for diverse learners.

Rewordify Simplifies complex English text for struggling readers,

while maintaining original meaning.

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AI Academic Search Engines

AI Tools Description
Visualizes connections between papers, helping
to identify trends and build bibliographies.

Maps paper connections using seed papers and

visualizes them with customizable graphs.

Analyzes citation context, offering citation checking,

reference management, and citation network
visualizations.

Customizable research feeds with a 'Similar Papers'

feature and a Q&A bot for real-time interactions.

Offers insights from papers with customizable

filters and a library to organize research.

Synthesizes insights from papers with summaries,

advanced filters, and quality indicators for efficient
literature reviews.

Multiple AI models with cited responses, file

analysis, and visualization tools like DALL-E.

AI-powered search with filters, TLDR summaries, and

citation analysis to find relevant research quickly.

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AI Tools to Chat with PDFs

AI Tools Description
Upload multiple PDFs, synthesize insights, compare info,
and generate summaries, perfect for literature reviews.

AI Chatbots Upload PDFs, ask questions, extract key info, generate

(e.g., ChatGPT, Claude AI) summaries, and get citations for quick research insights.

Upload PDFs, interact by asking questions, and generate

summaries. Unique audio feature creates podcasts
hosted by two AI agents.

Instant summaries for research papers, plus chat

features to explain figures, tables, and ask questions.

Upload PDFs, ask questions, get summaries, and

organize documents. Supports multiple PDFs in one
conversation.

Instant summaries, key insights, and OCR support for

image-based PDFs. Multi-language support and a
browser extension.

Upload PDFs, get summaries, ask questions with

citations, and explore related papers and methods.

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AI Meeting Assistants

AI Tools Description
Records meetings, generates transcripts, and
summarizes key points. It offers real-time translation
and integrates with Google Meet, Teams, Zoom, ETC.

Records, transcribes, and highlights key points. It

integrates with Slack, Google Docs, and supports 28
languages.

Transcribes and summarizes meetings, offering AI search

to find key information quickly. It works with Google
Meet, Teams, Zoom, and more.

Zoom AI Companion drafts emails, summarizes

meetings, and provides smart recordings. It requires a
paid Zoom subscription.

Offers real-time transcription, action item tracking, and

speaker identification. It integrates with Zoom, Google
Meet, Teams, and is available as a mobile app.

Provides real-time feedback on speaking times, gender

balance, and participant engagement. Auto-generates
transcripts, action items, and meeting summaries

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AI Writing Assistants

AI Tools Description
A popular AI tool offering human-like text generation,
ChatGPT document analysis, audio typing, and AI-powered
search through ChatGPT Search.

Known for summarizing papers, generating abstracts, and

Claude assisting with critical analysis, Claude is perfect for
research and academic tasks.

Gemini
Google’s AI chatbot, integrated into Google’s ecosystem,
excels at text summarization, data analysis, image
generation, and audio processing.

It enhances productivity with AI-powered assistance

Copilot integrated into Microsoft Edge for tasks like
summarizing web pages and generating insights.

An AI-powered chatbot that provides cited responses,

Perplexity AI
making it ideal for research. It supports file uploads, allows
for in-depth document analysis, and offers advanced AI
search functionalities
WriteSonic offers a chatbot, over 100 templates, and
Writesonic tools for paraphrasing, text expanding, article
summarizing, and more.

Rytr
A fast AI writing assistant with templates for various
writing needs, over 20 tones of voice, plagiarism
checking, and text improvement features.

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AI Checkers

AI Tools Description
Detects AI content, checks for plagiarism, scans
websites and images, and provides readability scores.
Free plan for up to 2000 words.

Detects AI content from major models, with a Chrome

extension, plagiarism checker, and AI content scanning on
websites. Free and paid plans available.

Offers AI detection, plagiarism checker, paragraph

rewriting, and a "Recreate" tool to humanize AI content. 5
free uses weekly.

Provides AI content detection with probability scores,

plagiarism scan, and multi-language support. Free plan
for up to 10,000 words.

Free AI checker with no signup, detecting AI-generated

text and offering paragraph-level feedback and
multilingual support.

Accurate AI detection, plagiarism checking, text

comparison, OCR, and file uploads. Chrome extension and
collaborative report features.

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AI Translators
AI Tools Description
A free tool supporting 103 languages with contextual
translations, audio and image translations, and automatic
language detection. Includes a conversation mode for
mobile.

Uses neural networks for highly accurate translations in 35

languages. Features text-to-speech, alternative translations,
document translation with formatting, and tone adjustments.
DeepL Pro supports larger files and unlimited translations.

Translates text in 60 languages with real-time, audio,

and offline support. Includes conversation mode and
photo translation through the mobile app.

Specializes in large volumes of user-generated content

with deep learning techniques for natural-sounding
translations in over 5000 language combinations.

ChatGPT and Claude provide multi-language support,

offering translations with context to bridge language
barriers for personal, academic, and business use.

Supports over 100 languages for text, website, and

conversation translation. Features voice recognition,
autocomplete, and an instant camera tool for image
translations. Offers offline translation in 4 languages.

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AI Transcription Tools

AI Tools Description
High-accuracy transcription with search functionality
and document uploads. Offers human transcription for
added precision.

Real-time transcription with note-taking, slide capturing,

and automatic summaries. emailed to participants.

Multi-language transcription with speaker labeling,

timecode realignment, and customizable dictionaries.

Transcribes meetings, analyzes conversations, and

creates AI-generated summaries.

AI-powered meeting assistant that transcribes,

records, and summarizes meetings.

Converts audio and video into accurate transcripts,

offers subtitle creation, and supports automatic
translations in 20 languages.

Transcription with custom formatting, ADA compliance,

and integrations with platforms like Zoom, Twitch, and
YouTube for live captioning and translations.

Transcribes and analyzes audio/video, extracting key

phrases and performing sentiment analysis.

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 About the author

Med Kharbach, PhD, is the editor of www.educatorstechnology.com. A seasoned

educator with over 13 years of classroom experience, Med earned his doctorate in
Educational Studies from Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Canada. His
scholarly work includes numerous publications in prestigious peer-reviewed
journals, alongside co-authoring several impactful book chapters. Med's latest
work is a book titled ChaGPT for Teachers: Mastering the Skill of Crafting
Effective Prompts. Currently, Med’s research is passionately focused on exploring
the integration and implications of AI in education. Med is currently working on a
book on the use of AI in academic research.

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