Favorite AI Tools

NotebookLM is my go-to when I want AI to work only with my materials. You upload lesson plans, articles, standards, or notes, and it helps summarize, explain, and generate ideas based strictly on those sources. It’s great for planning, studying, or making sense of long documents without worrying about AI pulling in random info.

These are my everyday AI assistants. I use them for lesson ideas, examples, rubrics, feedback, emails, and brainstorming. The real power comes from learning how to give clear prompts so the AI works for you, not the other way around. If you can explain your thinking, these tools save a ton of time.

Curipod is fantastic for interactive lessons. You can generate slides, questions, polls, and activities that keep students involved instead of just listening. It’s especially helpful when you want quick engagement without building everything from scratch.

Gamma makes creating clean, professional presentations ridiculously fast. You focus on the ideas, and it handles layout and design. I like it for overviews, PD sessions, student-facing explanations, and anytime I want something that looks polished without spending an hour formatting slides.

Gamma makes creating clean, professional presentations ridiculously fast. You focus on the ideas, and it handles layout and design. I like it for overviews, PD sessions, student-facing explanations, and anytime I want something that looks polished without spending an hour formatting slides.

Suno lets you create original music using simple text prompts. It’s surprisingly useful in education. I use it to generate background music, songwriting examples, parody songs, and creative hooks for lessons. It’s a fun way to show students how AI can support creativity without replacing the human ideas behind it.