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Most popular AI-driven education apps AI Question Paper Generator. Teachers can feed in the chapter
or text content and specify the type of questions: multiple-
Personalized learning choice, descriptive, coding-based questions or queries.
Khan Academy. Offers AI-powered personalized learning The app will generate a question paper tailored to the target
paths. audience and skill set to be assessed.
DreamBox Learning. An adaptive math program tailored to Accessibility and inclusion
individual student needs. Read&Write by Texthelp. Provides text-to-speech, word predic-
Edmodo. Combines AI with social learning to enhance class- tion, and more for students with learning disabilities.
room collaboration. Microsoft Immersive Reader. AI-powered reading tools for
Language learning improved accessibility.
Duolingo. Uses AI to personalize lessons and track progress Classroom collaboration and engagement
in languages learning. Nearpod. AI-driven interactive presentations and assess-
Babbel. Focuses on conversational skills with AI-enhanced ments.
feedback. Classcraft. A gamified learning platform that uses AI to moti-
Elsa Speak. An AI-based app for improving pronunciation and vate and engage students.
speaking fluency. Career guidance
Tutoring and assistance Coursera. AI recommends courses based on career aspira-
Brainly. AI-powered homework help with community and tions and learning history.
expert support. LinkedIn Learning. Provides tailored skill-building suggestions
Photomath. An app that uses AI to solve math problems by using AI insights.
scanning them with a camera. STEM learning tools
Quizlet. Employs AI to create customized study sets and Labster. Virtual labs powered by AI for science and engineer-
adaptive quizzes. ing education.
Content creation and enhancement Tynker. An AI-based coding platform for children.
Knewton. Personalizes content delivery to students based on Others
their learning style. ChatGPT. It’s the go-to chatbot for students to get instant and
Google Classroom. Integrates AI to streamline assignment detailed explanations on a wide range of topics.
distribution and grading. Perplexity AI. Similar to ChatGPT but with an added advan-
Turnitin. Employs AI for plagiarism detection and feedback on tage, Perplexity provides references for further information,
writing. aiding students in deep research.
Assessment and Feedback Gemini: Developed by Google, its advanced AI capabilities
Gradescope. AI-assisted grading for assignments and exams. enhance teaching, learning, and administrative processes.
Socratic by Google. An AI app that helps students solve prob- Copilot. Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered assistant which
lems and understand concepts. assists in content generation, assessment, data insights,
EdTech Assessment Tools. Platforms like Proctorio and Exam- among others.
Soft use AI for proctoring and exam integrity. Source: ChatGPT & EW Research

customised content for children with potential to quickly provide quality of GDP rut since independence, despite
learning disabilities such as dyslexia, education for all,” says Rakshit, who several government committees start-
to make education truly inclusive. AI in recent years has focused on AI secu- ing from the Kothari Commission in
can rapidly expand the pool of quali- rity spearheading initiatives in AI ‘red 1967 to most recently NEP 2020 rec-
fied teachers by providing coaching on teaming’ and trustworthy machine ommending it is doubled to 6 percent
mass scale. By reducing their admin- learning. of GDP.
istrative burden, AI reduces teachers’ Indisputably, new wonder AI tech- Until this first step of substantially
workload freeing them to focus on nologies are all set to precipitate a raising investment in public education
teaching-learning, thus improving knowledge revolution worldwide. But, is taken, AI-enabled teaching-learning
their job satisfaction and retention. for AI empowered technologies to be- is an unlikely prospect in the vast
It can test and diagnose learning defi- come a reality in India’s 1.4 million majority of India’s primary-second-
cits of every student in real-time and schools — especially 1.2 million gov- ary schools. And this will widen the
provide educators lesson plans for ernment schools — requires substan- knowledge and learning gap between
remedial teaching. Therefore there’s tial investment in IT infrastructure India and developed OECD/fast-track
an urgent national necessity to train and teacher training. Unfortunately, countries of south-east Asia, nullifying
teachers to use AI technologies ef- India’s public spending on education India’s much proclaimed demograph-
fectively and responsibly. AI has the has been mired in the 3-3.5 percent of ic dividend.

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