Supercharging Teaching and Learning with Applications

Connected applications for classroom planning, teaching, and learning

August 28, 2026 · Last updated on September 16, 2026

Supercharging Teaching and Learning with Applications for Educators

Connected applications put the tools educators already love to use at their fingertips. They let ChatGPT work seamlessly with the tools teachers use every day, from slide decks and class materials to email, meeting notes, and shared documents. Instead of jumping between tabs to gather context, educators can bring information from their connected apps into one workflow to plan lessons, create materials, communicate clearly, and save time on repetitive tasks.

A teacher may draft a lesson in Google Docs, create visuals in Canva, and build and present with Prezi, check standards in a district document, review quiz performance in Quizlet, and send a family update through Gmail or Outlook. Connected applications make it easier to move across those tasks with more context and less manual copying and pasting and get the benefits of striking visuals, agile synthesis, and context-aware lesson planning.

How teachers can use connected applications

Connected applications supercharge the tools you already use. Good prompts give ChatGPT a concrete job and the right source material and may include naming the class, grade band, objective, file, folder, or document set to use.

Teach Interactively

Prezi

Prezi's plugin takes slides you already have, whether made in ChatGPT, generated in another tool, or uploaded as a PowerPoint or PDF, and places them on Prezi's open, zoomable canvas. A flat deck becomes a highly visual, interactive presentation with a navigable overview of your whole story. You get a full suite of presentation, engagement, and sharing tools that go beyond static slides: features like polls, quizzes, and Q&A help you teach more effectively and increase your students’ retention.

Already have a deck? Bring it in. Or create a new one from a topic or straight from your chat discussion. Get a peek at what’s to come with an inline animated preview as it renders. Once generated, use the chat to make any changes: add, edit, reorder, or remove slides and switch between designer themes.

Present and share your way:

Present live with your content beside you in interactive video, using Newscaster mode

Add custom apps, quizzes, polls, word clouds, and other audience response tools to encourage audience participation

Share or export as a narrated video or a podcast for async review

Share one interactive link where your audience can answer polls and quizzes, submit and upvote questions, and respond to word clouds, live or on their own time

Export to PDF, PowerPoint, or SCORM

Every deck lands in your own Prezi account. You can click into any of your decks and present live or record async content using any of them. New decks are unlisted, meaning they are not listed publicly or indexed, and anyone with the share link can open them. You can change a deck's visibility at any time in Prezi. Signing in with your Prezi account is required.

Sample prompts:

@prezi create an interactive lesson about [topic] for [audience]. Include an opening poll, a visual explanation, a demonstration, two knowledge checks, a word cloud, and a final quiz.

@prezi turn the attached presentation into a zoomable, interactive presentation for [audience]. Create a clear presentation path and add an opening poll, a word cloud after [section], a moderated Q&A, a five-question quiz, and a feedback activity.

@prezi review this presentation and add audience activities in the most useful places. Include an opening poll, a midpoint word cloud, a moderated Q&A, a five-question closing quiz, and a feedback form.

Canva

Canva can help teachers turn rough ideas into polished classroom visuals.

Create anchor charts, classroom posters, and graphic organizers from a lesson objective

Turn a reading passage or concept summary into an infographic for visual learners

Draft a back-to-school night handout with clear sections for routines, supplies, and expectations

Adapt the same content into student-facing and family-facing formats

Sample prompts:

@Canva Create a designed Canva one-pager that explains the water cycle to 4th grade students in simple language with four labeled sections.

@Canva Turn my attached lesson on [topic] into a student-facing infographic for [grade level]. Include [number] key ideas, simple labels, and a visual summary.

@Canva Adapt this [classroom resource] into two versions: one for students and one for families. Keep the core information consistent and adjust the language and layout for each audience.

Practice & Confirm Understanding

Quizlet

Quizlet is useful for studying, retrieval practice, and checking which concepts need reinforcement.

Generate practice questions, flashcard refinements, or vocabulary supports from an existing set

Identify likely misconceptions from a review set and suggest reteach strategies

Turn a unit review into station activities, warm-ups, or homework options

Differentiate study supports for multilingual learners or students needing extra scaffolds

Sample prompts:

@Quizlet - Create a set of flashcards for 7th grade cell biology to create a review game with three difficulty levels and a short teacher answer key.

@Quizlet Review my [unit] study set for [grade level] and identify missing concepts, unclear definitions, and likely misconceptions. Suggest revisions for each.

@Quizlet Use this [unit or document] to create a three-round review activity with vocabulary practice, application questions, and a final challenge. Include a teacher answer key.

Integrate with Your School’s Platforms

Google

Google apps are at the center of many classrooms, making them one of the most useful connected ecosystems for teachers.

Use Google Docs lesson plans, curriculum maps, and shared notes as source material

Pull from Google Drive folders to summarize standards-aligned resources for a unit

Review Sheets-based trackers to spot missing work, trends, or intervention needs

Turn class materials into quizzes, family summaries, or substitute plans

Sample prompts:

@Google Drive - Search my Google Drive for the Grade 2 math unit resources and create a small-group plan for students who need extra practice with multi-digit addition.

@Google Drive - Find the curriculum map, standards document, and lesson materials for [unit]. Summarize the required objectives and draft a [number]-day lesson sequence.

@Google Sheets - Review the [class or assignment] tracker and identify patterns in missing work or assessment performance. Suggest student groups and a targeted next step for each group.

Microsoft

Microsoft tools play a similar role for schools using Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, Sharepoint, and OneDrive.

Summarize curriculum and standards documents stored in OneDrive or SharePoint

Draft class materials from Word documents and existing slide decks

Review Excel gradebooks or trackers for trends that need action

Create meeting follow-ups or parent communication drafts based on Teams notes

Sample prompts:

@Sharepoint - Using the standards documents in SharePoint and my existing PowerPoint, draft a two-day 8th grade history lesson with a primary source discussion and exit ticket.

@OneDrive - Find my materials for [unit] and use the Word documents and PowerPoint deck to create a substitute plan with objectives, activities, timing, and needed files.

@Teams - Review the notes from our latest [grade-level or department] meeting and draft a concise follow-up with decisions, owners, deadlines, and unresolved questions.

Put connected apps to work in your classroom

Lesson planning across tools

A teacher can pull source content from Google Drive or Microsoft SharePoint, check district standards documents, then use Prezi or Canva to turn the plan into student-ready visuals and slides.

Assessment and reteaching

A teacher can review Quizlet materials, exit ticket summaries, or spreadsheet-based performance trackers and ask ChatGPT to suggest reteach groups, practice tasks, and differentiated supports.

Family communication

A teacher can reference classroom plans, calendars, and prior email threads to draft clearer family messages in Gmail or Outlook without rewriting the same update from scratch.

More engaging classroom content

A teacher can take an existing lesson and quickly transform it into an infographic, review deck, visual explanation, or presentation outline using Canva, Adobe, or Prezi.