The following are tools and resources that will provide educators the opportunity to delve into using Artificial Intelligence in their work.
Educators can leverage a variety of AI tools to enhance the learning experience for their students. These tools can assist in creating educational content, providing personalized tutoring, and facilitating interactive learning experiences.
AI-powered tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity can assist educators in creating educational content, providing personalized tutoring, and facilitating interactive learning experiences.
A powerful language model that can generate human-like text on a wide range of topics, making it useful for creating educational materials and answering student questions.
Google's AI-powered search tool that can provide concise and accurate answers to complex queries, helping students and educators find relevant information quickly.
An AI assistant developed by Anthropic that can engage in natural language conversations, making it useful for tutoring and answering student questions.
An AI-powered platform that can generate personalized learning experiences, providing students with tailored content and feedback based on their individual needs.
AI Presentation and Collaboration Tools
Gamma.app is a presentation tool that uses AI to help create presentations, making it easier for educators to develop engaging and visually appealing learning materials.
Magic Design by Canva uses AI to create custom presentations and documents in seconds.
Napkin.ai turns your text into images so you can share your ideas visually.
NotebookLM does so many amazing things from creating a study guide based on sources you choose to making a podcast based on the topic of your choice.
Prompt Engineering
Prompt engineering refers to carefully crafting the requests that are made of AI systems (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.) in order to shape their responses in a desired direction. A good prompt is key to successfully using AI.
Check out this article looking at chatbots in education, their opportunities, challenges, potential limitations, concerns, and the prospects of using AI chatbots in educational settings.
Want to try a Chatbot geared toward college admissions? Sign up for the Making Waves Chatbot and see how a personalized AI coaching through text can help answer student questions immediately.
Elevenlabs.io offers generative voice creation capabilities, allowing educators to create custom audio content for their courses or educational materials.
Otter.ai is a powerful transcription and collaboration tool that automatically converts spoken language into written text, making it easy to capture, review, and share meeting notes and conversations.
Wave transcribes and summarizes recorded audio and phone calls, in any language, using AI.
Granola.AI - Takes raw meeting notes and makes them useful.
AI in Education
The Preparing students for a future of AI webinar, hosted by Jeff Silingo, explores strategies for equipping students with the necessary skills to navigate a future influenced by AI technologies.
Teachai.org helps educators build policies around AI usage in educational settings. Helps guide the safe, effective and responsible use of AI in schools.
This paper by RAND explores the emerging impact of generative AI tools like ChatGPT on K-12 education in the U.S., drawing on surveys and interviews with teachers and district leaders to construct a comprehensive overview of AI's role in teaching and learning.
The AI in Higher Education Newsletter provides regular updates and insights on the latest developments and applications of AI in the higher education landscape.
The Effects of AI on College Admissions article by CollegeVine examines the potential impact of AI on various aspects of the college admissions process, including essay writing, activity lists, letters of recommendation, and AI checkers.
Can ChatGPT write my college essay for me? is a video created by PBS that looks at AI usage in college essay writing and demonstrates how a high school student used it in her essay writing process.
Can ChatGPT get into Harvard? We Tested it's Admission Essay, an article by the Washington Post shows why essays written by ChatGPT are not great. An admissions reader from Columbia University demonstrates why the AI generated essays are mediocre.
Sign up here for Tech-Neill-Ogy, an excellent newsletter by Jefferey Neill focused on leveraging technology in college counseling with a focus on AI.
Kollegio.ai - The one stop solution to college apps.
Athenaco.ai - Uses AI to help with the college essay writing process. Great tool for college counselors who work with students in the essay writing process. Helps provide essay reviews.
Take it Further
Check out the AI in College Admissions event calendar highlighting events relating to AI in education in general as well as events specific to AI in college admissions.
Multi unit course on AI for Education. Offers instruction that starts at the beginning and takes you into practical usage in educational settings.