10 Practical Ways Teachers Can Use AI to Save Time

10 AI Teacher Time Savers List

1. Brainstorm Lesson Ideas

Sometimes you know the standard or learning objective but need a fresh activity.

AI can help brainstorm:

• Warm-ups

• Discussion questions

• Projects

• Practice activities

• Review games

• Exit tickets

• Extension activities

The teacher still chooses what is appropriate.

AI simply gives you ideas to work from.

2. Create a Lesson Outline

Give an AI tool your:

• Grade level

• Subject

• Standard or objective

• Time available

• Student needs

• Materials

Then ask for a lesson outline.

A useful prompt might look like:

"Create a 45-minute lesson outline for [topic]. Include a five-minute warm-up, 20-minute mini-lesson, guided practice, independent practice and a five-minute exit ticket."

The more context you provide, the more useful the result is likely to be.

3. Differentiated Instruction

Differentiation can take a tremendous amount of time.

AI can help you brainstorm ways to adapt an activity for different learners.

For example, you might ask:

"Give me three ways to adapt this activity for students who need additional support and three ways to extend it for students who are ready for a challenge."

Always review the suggestions and make sure they fit your actual students.

4. Create Practice Questions

AI can generate question sets that you can review and edit.

You might ask for:

• Multiple-choice questions

• Short-answer questions

• Discussion questions

• Review questions

• Vocabulary questions

• Application questions

Be specific about the material.

Don't simply ask:

"Make a quiz about science."

Instead, provide the concepts students actually need to know.

5. Create Study Guides

Teachers can give AI a collection of notes, concepts or vocabulary and ask it to organize the information into a study guide.

Possible sections include:

• Key terms

• Important concepts

• Examples

• Practice questions

• Things to remember

This can save time while also giving students a clearer way to review.

6. Improve Parent Communication

Teachers often know exactly what they want to say but don't have time to make every message sound polished.

AI can help rewrite a rough message into a professional and friendly communication.

For example:

"Rewrite this message so it sounds warm, professional and respectful. Keep the information exactly the same."

For teachers who do a lot of writing, Quillbot can also be useful for editing, paraphrasing and improving written communication. Its current tools include grammar checking and paraphrasing alongside other writing features.

7. Create Classroom Resources

AI can help brainstorm and draft:

• Worksheets

• Review activities

• Graphic organizers

• Checklists

• Vocabulary activities

• Discussion prompts

• Writing prompts

Teachers should always review generated resources before giving them to students.

AI can make factual errors, use inappropriate examples, or produce activities that don't match the intended learning objective.

8. Turn Written Lessons Into Videos

Some students benefit from having information presented in multiple formats.

A written explanation can potentially become a narrated video.

Tools such as Fliki can convert text into videos with AI narration, visuals and captions, and the platform specifically supports educational and training use cases.

This could be useful for:

• Review videos

• Mini-lessons

• Tutorials

• Flipped learning

• Online instruction

• Student resources

9. Create Audio Versions of Materials

Audio can provide another way for students to access information.

AI voice technology can be useful for narration, pronunciation activities, instructional audio and other projects.

ElevenLabs is one option to explore for AI voice and audio creation.

As always, teachers should consider accessibility, privacy and whether the particular use is appropriate for their students and school policies.

10. Reduce Administrative Work

AI can also help outside the actual lesson.

For example, you can use it to organize:

• Meeting notes

• To-do lists

• Project ideas

• Planning notes

• Professional-development notes

• Content calendars

An all-in-one AI workspace such as Krater.ai may be useful for people who want several AI capabilities in one place. Krater currently offers multiple AI models along with research, content creation, app connections and scheduled tasks.

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