Aila vs Brisk Teaching

Aila is Oak’s free web-based AI lesson assistant for teachers. It creates editable, downloadable lesson packages containing one lesson plan, one slide deck, two quizzes, and one worksheet. Teachers can also request glossaries, tasks, and quizzes for Oak lessons or their own material. Lessons can be adapted by changing content, reading age, geographical context, tasks, and activities. Aila uses retrieval-augmented generation from Oak content written by teachers and checked by subject experts, with emphasis on the English national curriculum. Its FAQ says the system is built to use ChatGPT-4 while Oak evaluates other models. Usage is subject to request limits for lessons and resources, and fair-use limits may apply. Aila is in beta and under active development, so Oak advises checking generated material. It does not currently make images or diagrams, and results are weaker in some subjects, particularly STEM and modern foreign languages. Use requires a laptop or computer with internet access; mobile use is unsupported.

Brisk Teaching helps educators create materials, give feedback, and adapt instruction within tools they already use. Its tools cover lesson and unit planning, practice tests, guided notes, translation, feedback, and student learning activities. Brisk Boost can turn articles, YouTube videos, Google Docs, and PDFs into student activities, with settings for grade level, language, guardrails, and learning objectives. The service is available on the web and as a browser extension supported by Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Listed integrations and supported tools include Google Docs, Slides, Forms, Classroom, YouTube, Microsoft tools, Canvas, Schoology, Blackboard, Kahoot!, and Nearpod. The Free plan includes 20+ tools, and new sign-ups receive 14 days of Premium access. Premium and Intelligence customers receive customer success support, onboarding, and professional learning; Intelligence also includes white-glove curriculum setup. Brisk says it does not sell or share personal data or use student or teacher data to train AI models. It also reports SOC 2 Type II compliance and encryption in transit and at rest. AI-generated math content has limitations the company says it is working to improve.