Best AI Tools for Teachers
If you teach, you already know the job never stops at the bell. The best AI tools for teachers take the heavy lifting out of lesson planning, making resources, marking and reporting, so you get time back for the part that matters: your students. This guide covers the tools we would actually recommend to a busy teacher, in plain English.
Most have a free plan, and several are built specifically for the classroom. Always check your school's policy and your local data rules before using any tool with real student information (more on that at the end).
Lesson planning
MagicSchool AI
MagicSchool is the best-known all-in-one assistant for teachers. It plans lessons, writes learning objectives, builds worksheets and rubrics, and can differentiate the same task for different ability levels in seconds. There is a genuinely useful free plan for teachers, with a paid tier from about $9 per month for more.
Try MagicSchool AI →Eduaide.ai
Eduaide packs over 100 teaching tools into one place: lesson plans, activities, assessments and feedback. You generate a draft, then tweak it to fit your class and curriculum. Free tier with a monthly limit, paid from around $6 per month.
Try Eduaide.ai →Brisk Teaching
Brisk is a free Chrome extension that adds AI straight into Google Docs, Slides and any web page. Create a lesson, give feedback on a student's writing, or change the reading level of an article without leaving the page. Free to start, with a paid plan for power users.
Try Brisk Teaching →Designing educational resources and worksheets
Diffit
Diffit is brilliant for differentiation. Give it a topic, an article or even a video link, and it produces classroom-ready reading at the level you choose, complete with questions and key vocabulary. Perfect for mixed-ability classes.
Try Diffit →Canva AI
Canva is a teacher favourite for making worksheets, posters, displays and slide decks that actually look good. Its AI features generate images, write text and lay out designs for you, and there is a free Canva for Education plan for eligible teachers.
Try Canva AI →Quizzes and assessment
Conker
Conker builds quizzes and assessments in seconds from any topic or text, with multiple question types and reading levels. Great for quick, low-stakes checks and revision.
Try Conker →Curipod
Curipod turns a topic into an interactive lesson with slides, polls and activities that students join live on their devices. A fun way to check understanding and keep a class engaged.
Try Curipod →Tutoring and student support
Khanmigo
Khanmigo is Khan Academy's AI helper, and it is free for teachers. It plans lessons and acts as a friendly tutor that guides students towards answers rather than handing them over, which keeps the thinking with the learner.
Try Khanmigo →SchoolAI
SchoolAI lets you create safe, monitored AI tutors and activities for students, with a teacher dashboard so you can see how each child is getting on. Useful when you want pupils using AI in a controlled way.
Try SchoolAI →Analysing data and writing reports
For the admin side, spotting which pupils are falling behind and writing reports, a general assistant is your friend.
ChatGPT
Paste in anonymised marks or notes and ask ChatGPT to summarise trends, suggest next steps, or turn rough bullet points into polished, professional report comments in your own tone. Always remove names and personal details first.
Try ChatGPT →NotebookLM
Upload your curriculum documents, schemes of work or a set of notes, and NotebookLM will summarise them, answer your questions and even create an audio overview. Handy for getting on top of a new topic quickly. It is free from Google.
Try NotebookLM →Presentations and slides
Gamma
Gamma turns a few notes or a topic into a clean, modern slide deck in a couple of minutes, ideal for a lesson presentation or a staff meeting. Free credits to start.
Try Gamma →A note on student data and safety
This part matters. Before you put anything into an AI tool, remove pupils' names and any personal details, and check your school's policy and your local data protection rules (in the UK and EU that means GDPR). Use tools built for education where you can, since they are more likely to handle data appropriately, and never rely on AI marking or feedback without checking it yourself. AI is there to save you time, not to make decisions about children on its own.
The takeaway
If you only try one, start with MagicSchool AI or Eduaide.ai for planning and resources, add Diffit for differentiation and Canva for nice-looking materials, and lean on ChatGPT for reports and admin. Nearly all have free plans, so test two or three on next week's lessons and keep whichever saves you the most time.