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Best AI tools for teachers
Teachers lose evenings to preparation: slides, worksheets, several versions of the same material for different levels, and emails to parents. AI shortens that prep considerably, and the teaching itself stays yours.
- 01 Lesson slides in Google Slides: SlidesAI
- 02 Worksheets, quizzes and parent emails: ChatGPT
- 03 Turning a reading list into study material: Gemini Notebook
- 04 Adapting long documents: Claude
- 05 Classroom visuals and handouts: Canva
Lesson slides in Google Slides
SlidesAI
Free (12 presentations/yr) · Pro from $10/mo
Installs as a Google Workspace add-on and turns pasted notes into a themed deck inside an existing Slides file, with support for over 100 languages. The free plan gives 12 presentations a year; Pro is $10/mo or $120/yr.
- Free tier
- Yes: 12 AI-generated presentations per year, 1,000-character input per presentation, 120 AI credits/year
Worksheets, quizzes and parent emails
ChatGPT
Free · Plus from $20/mo
Free for unlimited everyday text chats, and Custom GPTs let you save a reusable assistant, for example one that always writes quizzes in your format and level. Plus at $20/mo is optional.
- Free tier
- Unlimited everyday text chats (abuse safeguards apply); GPT-5 access capped around 10 messages per 5 hours, then falls back to a mini model
Turning a reading list into study material
Gemini Notebook
Free · Plus with Google One AI
Upload the texts, slides and YouTube links for a unit and it answers only from those, with citations, and can turn them into an audio overview students can listen to. The free tier covers 100 notebooks and 3 Audio Overviews a day.
- Free tier
- No account purchase needed. 100 notebooks, up to 50 sources/notebook (each up to ~500,000 words), 50 chat queries/day, 3 Audio Overviews/day, 3 Video Overviews/day, 10 reports/day, 10 Deep Research sessions/month
Adapting long documents
Claude
Free · Pro from $20/mo
Holds a long curriculum document or reading in one pass without drifting, which makes it reliable for rewriting a text at a different reading level. Projects keep your files available across chats. The free tier has a limited message allowance; Pro is $20/mo.
- Free tier
- Chat on web, iOS, Android, and desktop, plus code generation, content creation, web search, memory, file creation, and connector integration, with a limited session-based message allowance
Classroom visuals and handouts
Canva
Free · Pro from $15/mo
Produces finished posters and handouts without design skills, and the free plan includes templates, real-time collaboration and a capped monthly pool of AI credits.
- Free tier
- Free forever: 5GB storage, unlimited folders, templates/elements, real-time collaboration; capped monthly Magic Studio AI credit pool (reported figures conflict, roughly 50 to 220/mo), resets monthly and does not roll over
What you can skip
Beautiful.ai has no free tier and starts at $14.50/mo billed annually for brand-locked business decks; SlidesAI's free plan covers a teacher working in Google Slides. Beautiful.ai profile.
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