As AI tools become an integral part of the educational system, teachers have been left struggling to decide which tools are best to use. While there are many options, a few stand out.

Over the past several years, AI has reshaped the workplace. Now, the technology is beginning to reshape the classroom. With new AI tools being actively integrated into educational spaces, students are learning, and teachers are working in bold new ways. From district-wide platforms that streamline grading and parent communication to language-learning apps that generate custom exercises in seconds, educators now have tools that save time, personalize instruction, and protect student privacy in ways unimaginable a decade ago.

AI at the District Level

For school districts looking to standardize AI adoption, Edsby offers a secure, centralized learning management platform used by millions of teachers, students, and parents across Canada, New Zealand, and Georgia. 

Dallas Kachan, VP of Marketing at Edsby, says, “We have centralized all these AI requests in our software system to a secure pipe, a secure channel that is never monetized. We pay the AI companies to use their services to make sure that all of our customers’ data is never, ever exposed or trained with the AI.”

Rather than allowing individual teachers to use unvetted tools that risk exposing student data, Edsby routes all AI requests through a secure, paid API, ensuring no student information is ever used to train external AI models. Instead, this platform makes it easier for teachers and the larger team to stay up to date on students’ grades, performance, and overall standings. 

Kachan explains, “They can press a little magic button that says, write an appropriate comment based on what Raphael’s done in my class. And it’ll suggest two or three sentences of text just like that, which the teacher could then massage if they like it. It saves them time without exposing Raphael to the big bad internet and having his information being out there forever.”

The platform’s AI layer integrates seamlessly into existing teacher workflows: it can generate grade-appropriate test content or draft personalized report card comments based on a student’s actual grades stored in the system, all without creating a permanent digital footprint outside the school’s control. 

“A teacher might want to come up with report card comments for little Joey and paste in some of Joey’s marks, and the name gets associated with Joey’s marks. Well, that AI then knows forever what Joey’s academic history has been.”

AI for Language Learning

Language teachers face a specific challenge: students need frequent, short practice sessions. However, traditional homework setups can make five-minute study breaks feel entirely impractical. Fortunately, Edumo, founded by Morten Olsen, addresses this with an AI-powered platform. 

She explains, “All of my classmates and other language learners said that they all do the homework in one sitting because it doesn’t feel feasible. When you’re all set up, you don’t do just five or ten minutes and then put everything away again.”

Edumo generates custom vocabulary, listening, and comprehension exercises from any text in seconds, then delivers them through a Duolingo-style mobile app. Teachers save hours of material-creation time, while students can practice in short bursts on their phones, between classes, on the bus, or before bed. 

“All of them spent time, to some extent, on creating learning materials. Even if they all complained about not having time or not being paid enough for doing these materials, they all created them.” 

Olsen’s ultimate hope for the platform is that it will become an intelligent co-teacher. 

“I want to be a tool for the teacher and student together for teacher-led education. But still it can be this thing that they can use whenever they want, and they can ask it questions, and it will know the context of what you’re learning from your classes.”

Final Thoughts

As AI moves into educational settings, there is significant concern about how these tools can be implemented not only to improve students’ learning capabilities but also to enhance teachers’ workflows. The most effective AI tools for teachers are not necessarily the most flashy; instead, they are those that integrate smoothly into existing workflows, safeguard sensitive information, and allow educators to dedicate more time to what truly matters: student learning. 

As platforms such as Edsby and Edumo continue to develop, the role of artificial intelligence in the classroom is becoming increasingly sophisticated.