Claude
Conversational assistant with long-document handling, often used for working through source material and drafting teaching notes.
Research and sources
For teaching preparation, a tool that shows its sources beats a tool that sounds more fluent. The test we apply is simple: ask it something where you already know the answer is contested, and see whether it says so or picks a side silently.
6 tools
Gemini
Google’s assistant, with integration into Google Workspace documents and slides.
Kimi
Chinese conversational assistant known for long-context document and file handling.
NotebookLM
Grounds its answers in documents you upload, and cites the passage each answer came from.
Perplexity
Answer engine that returns citations alongside its answers.
Quark
Search and study assistant positioned around work and learning tasks.