Generalist AI gives answers, removes friction, and does the thinking. That’s great for productivity—but when AI does the cognitive work, students don’t build the skill. AI Friction Labs offers a solution: Socratic dialogues, role-plays, and scenarios that resist easy resolution. Students do the thinking. The AI provides the resistance. The transcript becomes the assessment—a full record of how each student navigated difficulty.

Artificial Intelligence Tools to Enhance Teaching and Learning

Despite initial apprehensions, teachers are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) in classrooms but cite a need for better training and affordability. Teacher feedback helped shape TeacherServer, an AI platform addressing these concerns by providing free practical tools that enhance teaching and learning experiences and prioritizing data privacy.

AI Tool for Creating Lesson Plans, Assessments and More

Eduaide.Ai makes lesson planning and assessment easier for teachers, using smart machine learning. Developed by a teacher, the tool uses generative artificial intelligence to automate many tasks that would otherwise have teachers stretching themselves administratively, often taking time away from quality teaching.

Science Assessment in a Playful Gaming Environment

Can assessment be more embedded? Can it be more exciting? Or more flexible? In November 2023, the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) unveiled a 3D digital assessment on the Roblox gaming platform that determines how well middle schoolers have learned, and can apply, Newton’s Second Law of Motion.