Colleague AI Newsletter, December 9th
Sign in to Start Unlock a Smarter, More Personalized AI Assistant đź’ľ Turn on memory, personalize your profile, and train your AI to output your way. Rethinking EdTech investment: insights on why AI in EdTech needs funding now. Feature Highlight Unlock a Smarter, More Personalized AI Assistant 💾🗂️ Did you know you can […]
Colleague AI Newsletter, December 2nd
Sign in to Start Discover Colleague AI’s New Advanced Image Generator đź–Ľ Discover our new advanced image generator, mark your calendar for the December podcast on UDL, and connect with Colleague AI at CSBA 2025. Feature Highlights Discover Colleague AI’s New Advanced Image Generator Unleash your creativity with Colleague AI’s new Advanced Generate […]
The EdTech Paradox: AI Is Booming—So Why Isn’t Investment in AI-Powered Learning?
In the last few months, as I’ve started more conversations with investors, I keep hearing the same familiar refrain: “EdTech is not traditionally an attractive industry for investors.” This sentiment feels increasingly contradictory to the world we’re living in—one where AI is driving unprecedented excitement, market activity, capital inflow and even national security. In 2025 […]
Colleague AI Newsletter, November 25th
Sign in to Start Warm Wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving 🍂✨ New podcast recording: Turning Misconceptions into Learning Opportunities. Hear how educators use AI to uncover student thinking and transform misunderstandings into learning moments. Our Community Podcast Recording: Turning Misconceptions into Learning Opportunities with AI 🎙️ Hayley Spohn Ryan Fries In this episode, two […]
Student Growth Insights with Research Based Analytics
Student Growth Insights: Understanding your students just got easier With the Student Growth Insights feature in Colleague AI Classroom, you can access a comprehensive snapshot of student thinking, engagement, and performance—all in one place. Here’s what you’ll find: Teaching Aide Summary: See what questions students are grappling with, what topics interest them, and how engaged […]
Streamline Student Assessment, Feedback, and Grading with Colleague AI
We’re excited to introduce the Assessment feature in Colleague AI—a powerful way to streamline how you create, manage, and grade student work. With Assessments, you can: Create and customize: Add a title, description, attach documents (PDF, Word, articles, or organizers), or connect an interactive activity you’ve built. Control visibility: Choose whether your assessment is in […]
AI Tutor for Students, Conversation Summary for Teachers
Meet AI Tutor: Flexible, Personalized Support for Every Learner AI Tutor is a feature on Colleague AI Classroom designed to offer students a freeform chat experience—a space where they can explore ideas, get homework help, engage in independent practice, or receive on-demand tutoring on topics they’re struggling with. Teachers also stay fully informed. You’ll see […]
Create AI Tools for Your Students: Teaching Aide in the Classroom
Teaching Aide in the Classroom: Think of Teaching Aide as an extra set of hands in your classroom. It’s not here to replace you — it takes on the routine parts of guided practice so you can focus on high-value teaching moves. Just like you might use a personal assistant or station activity, Teaching Aide […]
A Jetpack for Special Educators: How AI Can Lighten the Load So Students Can Fly
As students interact with AI tools in schools, it is important to make sure that teachers and school administrators can review and supervise these interactions. In addition to providing educators full access to student-ai chat logs, at Colleague.AI we also create summaries of these conversations to allow educators to quickly see high level insights into what students are discussing with the AI. We’ve engaged in a rigorous research and development process to create these conversation summaries.Â
Write Effective Prompts to Leverage AI for Instructional Efficiency
Introduction Many of us would agree that a teacher’s most precious, limited resource is time. Using it thoughtfully and efficiently in the classroom is crucial for student learning, and maximizing planning time to prepare lessons is just as crucial and a great challenge. Colleague AI, a specialized AI assistant, can be a powerful tool for […]