Top AI Resources for Students in the Year 2025
In the realm of education, artificial intelligence (AI) is making a significant impact, particularly in Africa. This article explores how AI tools like Quillbot, Grammarly, Google Gemini, Elicit, and NotebookLM are revolutionising the learning experience for students.
Quillbot, an AI-powered paraphrasing and writing tool, offers a robust suite of features designed to enhance the writing process for students. Its advanced AI paraphrasing engine rewrites sentences in various tones and styles, promoting clearer, plagiarism-free expression of ideas. A strong grammar checker improves writing quality, while tools like summariser, citation generator, plagiarism checker, and AI humanizer cater to comprehensive writing needs. Features that aid brainstorming and content organisation can speed up and enhance the writing process.
However, it's essential to note that while Quillbot provides a powerful set of AI tools, there are potential drawbacks. Over-reliance on AI could impede the development of independent writing and critical thinking skills. Paraphrased text may sometimes be awkward or unnatural, requiring careful human editing. AI may not always fully understand context or nuances, leading to inappropriate rewrites. Furthermore, some features may require paid subscriptions or may not integrate seamlessly with all student workflows.
NotebookLM, Google's AI-powered research and study tool, is another game-changer. It helps students summarise documents, create study outlines, and ask questions about their uploaded materials. Notable features include the Audio Overview, which creates audio files with explanations of complex concepts, and the Spaces feature, which allows users to upload personal files and query and search through these uploaded files and the general web simultaneously.
Gamma, while only available on web browsers for now, offers a unique feature: it creates presentations in multiple languages, such as Yoruba and Swahili. It also supports real-time collaboration and feedback with other students. Basic image generation using AI tools is another feature worth mentioning.
Elicit, an AI research assistant, finds, analyses, and summarises academic papers for students, helping them find relevant summaries of academic papers and compare different parts of a research paper.
Google Gemini, Google's AI chatbot and search assistant, is integrated with Google Workspace and includes 'Gems' for specific tasks, aiding students in writing, research, coding, and generating ideas.
However, it's important to remember that while AI tools are valuable resources, they should not replace core learning or critical thinking. Some students worry they are becoming too dependent on AI and are deliberately scaling back their use. Lecturers in Nigerian universities, for instance, remain wary of AI, arguing that it could erode students' intelligence and independent thinking.
AI tools such as Quillbot, Grammarly, Google Gemini, Elicit, and NotebookLM are becoming study companions for students in Africa. They offer a range of benefits, from time-saving features to improved writing quality, but it's crucial to approach AI as a tool to supplement, not replace, human intelligence and critical thinking.
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- In the realms of lifestyle and home-and-garden, AI technology is yet to make significant strides, but in education-and-self-development, it is revolutionizing the learning experience, with tools like Quillbot, Grammarly, Google Gemini, Elicit, and NotebookLM becoming study companions for students in Africa.
- Quillbot, an AI-powered paraphrasing and writing tool, offers a robust suite of features designed to enhance the writing process for students, including a summariser, citation generator, plagiarism checker, and AI humanizer.
- Gamma, an AI tool available on web browsers, creates presentations in multiple languages, such as Yoruba and Swahili, and supports real-time collaboration and feedback with other students.
