This Week’s Free & Useful Artificial Intelligence Tools For The Classroom

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At least, for now, I’m going to make this a weekly feature which will highlight additions to THE BEST NEW – & FREE – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS THAT COULD BE USED IN THE CLASSROOM:
Voice to Picture won’t actually produce a photo but, instead, a drawing.
Free AI Tool For That shares…free AI tools.
No, Direct Instruction Will Not Have a Renaissance at Alpha School is by Dylan Kane.
It continues to disturb me that some educators & edupundits whom I have previously thought highly of are speaking highly of Alpha School
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Practical Ways To Get Started Using Claude For Educators is from A.J. Juliani.
The Broken Record by Audrey Watters is very good. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles Highlighting Why We Need To Be Very Careful Around Ed Tech.
I’m adding this post to THE “BEST” IDEAS FOR USING CHATGPT, BARD, & OTHER FORMS OF AI WITH STUDENTS:
In some classrooms, teachers ask: Can AI teach students to write better? wapo.st/3MScTxD gift link
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 22, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Important and comprehensive story here regarding Google’s new hijacking, er I mean partnership, with ISTE+ACSA to purportedly train every teacher and higher ed facult in the US to be “AI ready.”
I am quoted at some length, and I bet you can predict how I feel.
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— Benjamin Riley (@benjaminjriley.bsky.social) February 23, 2026 at 5:27 AM
‘A.I. Literacy’ Is Trending in Schools. Here’s Why. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/b…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) February 23, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Keep your SAT prep on track with practice tests in Gemini. is from Google.
Google packs Search and Gemini with new AI study tools is from TechCrunch.