Generative AI tools used by teachers

Below a collection of generative AI tools that teachers are already using to support learning and teaching. Click on any tool to see what it does, who built it, its ST4S status in ANZ, along with the key pros, cons, and other helpful details.

Click here for the results of a January 2026 survey about gen AI use in ANZ schools.

General-Purpose AI Assistants (Chat, Reasoning & Research)

Best for brainstorming, explaining concepts, drafting text, coding help, and general thinking support.

Visual Design, Slides & Creative Media

Image generation, slide decks, posters, video thumbnails and creative assets.

Generative AI education platform focused on teacher-designed AI agents

Teaching & Lesson Design Assistants

Built specifically to save teacher time with planning, differentiation, worksheets, rubrics and feedback.

Guided AI Tutor

Assessment, Questioning & Feedback Tools

Focused on quizzes, question generation, formative assessment and feedback.

Writing, Editing & Literacy Support

Helps with drafting, rewriting, clarity, grammar and tone — useful for both teachers and students.

Audio, Music & Language Learning

Voice, sound, pronunciation, immersion and creative audio.

Student Coding, Computing & AI Literacy Platforms

Supports computational thinking, coding and AI understanding.

AI-Enabled Learning Platforms & LMS-Style Tools

Whole-school or course-level platforms integrating GenAI.

Alphabetical order

This resource has been facilitated by Dr Tim Kitchen from CTL – Creative Teaching & Learning. You can contact Tim via the CTL site to ask him to add other gen AI tools to this resource and to book him to visit your staff or students for some training on safe and ethical gen AI in learning & teaching.

Dr Tim Kitchen