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AI training is the use of artificial intelligence to create, personalize, and manage learning processes – both in schools and universities, as well as in corporate environments. Through AI, learning becomes more adaptive, faster, and more efficient, aligning with the individual needs of learners and the goals of the organization.
This list contains applications with artificial intelligence for teachers that offer valuable functions for education, as well as artificial intelligence applications for creating digital content, such as applications for generating images, text, or video.
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ChatGPT (free version)
Features: This AI-based chatbot helps teachers generate lesson plans, test questions, summaries, and explanations. Teachers can also use it to answer complex student questions and provide personalized feedback.
Who can benefit: Teachers who need quick help with lesson preparation, content generation, and personalized interactions with students.
Price: Completely free.
Perplexity AI
Features: Perplexity AI is an AI-powered search engine that can provide concise answers to complex questions. Teachers can use it for research, creating classroom materials, or simplifying the explanation of concepts to students.
Who can benefit: Teachers who need reliable, research-based answers to enrich their lessons and explain complex concepts more clearly.
Price: Completely free.
Gamma AI
Features: Gamma AI allows teachers to create engaging, interactive presentations using AI-generated slide designs. It offers templates for easy content generation and visual design. Teachers can quickly create and refine content with the help of advanced AI, making it a fresh alternative to traditional slide decks.
Who can benefit: Teachers who want to create professional presentations quickly and efficiently using AI-generated content and design.
Price: Completely free.
TeachFX
Features: TeachFX is a voice-based AI tool that analyzes dialogue in the classroom and provides insights into student engagement. It tracks teacher talk time versus student talk time, helping teachers encourage a more active learning environment.
Who can benefit: Teachers who want to improve student participation and monitor engagement in class through data-driven feedback.
Price: Completely free with potential paid features.
Ellii
Features: Ellii (formerly ESL Library) provides AI tools for creating personalized worksheets, quizzes, and lesson plans for teaching foreign languages. The platform also includes engaging classroom activities and games for language learners.
Who can benefit: ESL teachers who need AI-generated content to simplify lesson creation and improve language learning.
Price: Completely free, with a paid version also available for additional features.
Scribe AI
Features: Scribe AI helps teachers create step-by-step guides and learning materials by automatically documenting workflows. Teachers can use it to create student guides, explain software tools, or create lesson guides.
Who can benefit: Teachers who want to create visual how-to guides or learning materials for students, especially for digital tools and platforms.
Price: Completely free, with a paid version available for advanced features.
Claude
Features: Claude is an advanced conversational AI that helps teachers generate educational content, answer questions, and provide explanations in a conversational format.
Who can benefit: Teachers looking for an interactive tool to engage with students and improve the learning experience.
Price: Completely free with potential paid features.
Kahoot!
Features: Kahoot! allows teachers to create fun quizzes and interactive games, which encourage student engagement through competition and collaboration.
Who can benefit: Teachers who want to make learning enjoyable while assessing student understanding in real time.
Price: Completely free with a paid version for additional features.
Quizlet
Features: Quizlet offers tools for creating flashcards, quizzes, and interactive games that help students learn various subjects effectively. It also includes study modes tailored to different learning styles.
Who can benefit: Teachers who want to improve learning sessions and make learning more interactive and fun for students.
Price: Completely free with a premium version for additional features.
Edpuzzle
Features: Edpuzzle enables teachers to create interactive video lessons by embedding questions and notes into videos, allowing for better engagement and understanding of the presented material.
Who can benefit: Teachers who want to include multimedia in their lessons while tracking student progress through video interaction.
Price: Completely free, with premium options available for advanced features.
Google NotebookLM
Features: NotebookLM is a research assistant that helps teachers organize their notes and learning materials by summarizing information, generating questions, and providing insights into uploaded content.
Who can benefit: Teachers who need to organize and synthesize large amounts of information, using AI to streamline lesson planning.
Price: Completely free.
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Slidesgo
Features: Slidesgo offers free, customizable templates for Google Slides and PowerPoint so teachers can quickly create visually appealing presentations for lessons, lectures, and seminars.
Who can benefit: Teachers looking for creative templates without design skills.
Price: Completely free with premium options available.
Microsoft Sway
Features: Sway is a presentation tool from Microsoft that helps teachers create reports, newsletters, and presentations by using AI to suggest layouts and content organization.
Who can benefit: Teachers who want to easily create multimedia presentations within the Microsoft ecosystem.
Price: Completely free with a Microsoft account.
MyMind AI
Features: MyMind AI enables teachers to collect and organize information efficiently by turning scattered ideas into well-organized content using smart categorization of images, links, and notes.
Who can benefit: Teachers who need a tool for clean management of their research resources.
Price: Completely free with premium features available.
Design Tools
Microsoft Designer
Features: Microsoft Designer uses artificial intelligence to create graphics, presentations, and social media posts while integrating with Microsoft 365 tools like PowerPoint for design suggestions.
Who can benefit: Teachers who use Microsoft products and want quick slide designs for lessons or educational graphics.
Price: Completely free, with a paid version available through a Microsoft 365 subscription.
Canva
Features: Canva offers tools for creating presentations, infographics, videos, and social media posts with a library of templates and an easy-to-use interface.
Who can benefit: Teachers looking for a versatile platform to create engaging lesson slides without design experience.
Price: Freemium model; a completely free version is available with a paid Pro version.
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Photopea
Features: Photopea is a browser-based image editor similar to Photoshop that allows teachers to edit images without installing software.
Who can benefit: Teachers who need a free tool for easy online image editing or worksheet modification.
Price: Completely free with optional ads-supported donations.
Figma
Features: Figma is designed for creating digital interfaces focused on UI/UX, but it is useful for designing interactive learning tools or class websites with collaboration features.
Who can benefit: Technology or design teachers who want to collaborate with web-based learning tools.
Price: Freemium model; completely free version with paid options.
GIMP
Features: GIMP is a professional image editor that allows teachers to create high-quality visuals or design posters, without supporting video creation.
Who can benefit: Teachers comfortable with advanced tools who need high-quality images.
Price: 1 leva: Completely free.
Krita
Features: Krita is ideal for creating illustrations; however, it does not support slide or video creation, but it is great for art projects.
Who can benefit: Art teachers who want a tool to demonstrate digital painting techniques.
Price: Completely free.
Inkscape
Features: Inkscape enables the creation of vector graphics such as logos or infographics, but it does not generate AI content; nonetheless, it is useful.
Who can benefit: Teachers who need efficient creation of diagrams or scalable visuals.
Price: Completely free.
Lunacy
Features: Lunacy focuses on UI/UX design, but does not generate content; it integrates well with other design tools like Figma or Sketch and offers layer editing capabilities.
Who can benefit: Teachers who need interface mockups or visual lesson content in technology-related classes.
Price: Completely free.
Adobe Express
Features: Adobe Express enables quick creation of social media posts, presentations, and simple videos with the help of templates and design tools.
Who can benefit: Teachers who need fast ways to create engaging lesson materials without complex software requirements.
Price: A completely free version is available with premium options offered.
Desygner
Features: Desygner allows users to easily create presentations using customizable templates, without requiring advanced design skills or software knowledge.
Who can benefit: Teachers who need simple branded materials such as worksheets or posters created efficiently online.
Price: A completely free version is available with premium options offered.
VistaCreate
Features: VistaCreate offers thousands of quickly created templates; however, it does not provide any form of AI content generation, but it does make creating visual materials easier and more efficient.
Who can benefit: Teachers looking for quick ways to create lesson visuals or infographics online, easily accessible through the templates provided on the platform itself
Price:** Freemium model; completely free version with premium options offered
Snappa
Features:** Snappa simplifies efficient creation of social media graphics, does not support any form of video creation, but allows quick design of posters or visuals for the classroom, easily accessible through pre-made templates provided on the platform itself
Who can benefit:** Teachers who need simple, effective tools specifically designed to create quick, engaging visuals for the classroom online, without requiring complex software knowledge
Prices:** Freemium model; a completely free version is available, as well as premium options
How professional teachers use AI – without replacing pedagogy
Artificial intelligence in education is not a „trick“ and not a substitute for the teacher.
It is a tool for better pedagogical work when used thoughtfully.
Professional educators do not start with the question „Which AI tool is the best?“, but with a much more important question:
Where in the learning process do I lose the most time and where do students face real difficulty?
AI makes sense when it:
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supports preparation, not teaching;
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enables differentiation without additional burden;
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frees up time for real work with students.
When AI starts to „think instead of the teacher,“ learning becomes superficial.
When AI works behind the scenes, learning becomes more meaningful.
Real pedagogical scenarios – how AI works in the classroom
▶ Scenario 1: History teacher (grades 5–7)
Often students have difficulty understanding long texts and lose focus.
How AI helps:
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adapting the same text into 2–3 levels of complexity;
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generating discussion questions;
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structuring timelines and key events.
What AI does not do:
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does not interpret historical processes;
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does not evaluate argumentation;
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does not replace class discussion.
▶ Scenario 2: Math teacher (mixed levels)
A common problem is when there are large differences in student preparation.
How AI helps:
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generating tasks on the same topic but with different difficulty;
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additional explanations for struggling students;
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sample solutions for self-checking.
The teacher decides which student gets what, AI only helps.
▶ Scenario 3: University lecturer
For some students the problem is limited time to prepare exercises and case studies.
How AI helps:
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suggestions for practical tasks;
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structuring complex information;
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questions for self-study.
Important: Expert review is always performed.
Ethics, authorship, and personal data – a topic that cannot be skipped
AI in education inevitably raises questions about:
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authorship,
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assessment,
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personal data,
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trust.
Key rules every teacher should know:
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Never enter student personal data into AI systems.
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Do not use AI for automatic grading without human review.
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Be transparent – students should know when and how AI is used.
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AI is an assistant, not a „shortcut“ to results.
Popular tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini can be useful, but only with clearly defined pedagogical rules.
Why a list of AI tools is not enough
Many teachers start enthusiastically but give up after the first attempts.
The reason is not the tools, but the lack of:
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pedagogical scenarios;
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clarity on when AI is appropriate;
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confidence in how to explain its use;
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rules for students and parents.
AI does not require „one more tool“.
It requires a way of thinking.
Teacher training: what really works
Effective AI training for teachers is not technical. It is pedagogical.
Effective training includes:
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real classroom scenarios;
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clear boundaries and ethics;
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examples of how AI supports, rather than replaces, learning;
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confidence in how to talk about AI with students, parents, and leadership.
This turns AI from an „experiment“ into a sustainable pedagogical tool.
Frequently asked questions about AI in education (FAQ)
Is AI suitable for the primary level?
Yes, but only as a tool for the teacher, not for independent student work.
Can a student submit AI-generated work?
Only with clearly defined rules and transparency.
Is AI banned in schools?
In most cases – no. But the lack of rules creates risk.
Should parents be informed?
Yes, especially in the lower grades.
Do you want AI to work for you, not instead of you?
If you are a teacher or trainer and want:
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clarity on how to use AI confidently;
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practical scenarios you can apply immediately;
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an ethical and professional approach;
then training and consultation are the logical next step.
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AI in education is not the future. It is already here. The question is how we use it.
