Description
Formative AI is an amazing educational platform designed for educators and students of every field who prefer to have their lessons in their style. Users can improve their learning environment by efficiently using artificial intelligence technology. What I like about this tool is that it gives an all-in-one facility within a single platform, like managing your study materials, generating summaries, conclusions and explanations of that content, generating multiple types of questions regarding that content and many more. The best part of this tool is that it also helps educators to extract essential topics and can generate various types of questions to elevate their experience.
Features of Formative AI
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Real-Time Assessment: Formative allows teachers to provide immediate feedback on student submissions, enabling timely interventions and support.
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Interactive Question Types: Educators can generate multiple types of assessment as Formative AI offers a wide variety of question types that make learning engaging.
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Data Analytics: The platform provides powerful analytics features that allow teachers to analyze student progress, identify their learning gaps, and change lessons accordingly.
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Personalized Learning Paths: This tool is best for students who prefer to personalize their learning based on their performance and needs.
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Integration with other tools: FormativeAI integrates with popular educational tools and platforms, which helps users in efficiently using the tool.
Pros
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Enhanced Engagement: Formative AI offers interactive assessments to keep students engaged and motivate them for their studies.
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Immediate Feedback: Using this tool, teachers will receive real-time data so that they can give instant feedback and improve their learning.
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Flexibility and Customization: Formative AI offers a wide variety of options for customizing question types according to their needs. It also offers multiple options of content type so that anyone with a certain disability can use this tool efficiently.
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Collaboration and Communication: The collaboration feature in Formative is very beneficial as it allows educators and students to create a learning environment and enhance their learning progress.
Limitations
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Learning Curve: While the platform is user-friendly, some educators still may require time to fully understand and utilize all features of Formative AI effectively.
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Potential for Overreliance: Heavyly depending on technology can lead students to become lazy and they tend to lose their creativity and reasoning skills.
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Data Privacy Concerns: As it is an online platform, there may be some concern regarding data privacy and security, especially for student information.
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Cost Considerations: Although the platform offers a free version, to utilize every feature effectively the user must get the paid version, which may limit the usage of an individual.
Pricing
Formative AI is an educational platform where educators and students create a virtual schooling environment where educators generally handle things as an admin. Here are some plans offered for educators:
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Free Paid Teacher Trail: This is a 45-day free trail that starts from the day you create your account.
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Paid Teacher:
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This plan provides the advanced features with an anti-cheating feature, audio content and many more.
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$16/month.
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School and District:
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Include everything of the paid teacher plan plus scale assessments across classrooms, schools and districts.
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Co-teaching, no file size limit, recovering deleted content and many advanced features.
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Customized pricing according to needs.
Examples
Use Cases
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Homework Assignments: Educators can assign interactive homework that students complete online, providing insights into their understanding before the next class.
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School Education: Teachers can use Formative AI to generate interactive assessments for testing students understanding in real-time.
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Higher Education: This tool can also be used by bachelors for elevating their study to the next level by generating multiple-level questions to check their skills and progress.
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Professional Development: Teachers can collaborate with each other and share their practices through the platform, improving their teaching style and enhancing their strategies and effectiveness.
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Remote Learning: Formative is particularly useful in remote learning environments, allowing teachers to create interactive assessments, provide real-time feedback and track student progress encouraging engagement and understanding while maintaining effective communication in virtual classrooms.
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Flipped Classroom Models: This helps students learn things at their own pace through pre-class material. This enhances engagement and understanding by enabling active application of knowledge during in-class activities.