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Hudsonville teachers demonstrate Brisk AI pilot for differentiated instruction
Summary
Bauer Elementary teachers showed the board a classroom pilot of Brisk AI, an education-focused browser extension that generates assessments, adjusts reading levels, and offers 1:1 ‘boost’ tutoring; district staff said the tool is in a limited pilot while the Instructional Technology Director gathers feedback.
Bauer Elementary teachers Delaney Overman and Haley Allstadt demonstrated to the Hudsonville Public School District board how they are using a browser extension called Brisk AI to generate assessments, adjust reading levels and provide one-on-one ‘boost’ tutoring for students.
The teachers showed how Brisk can create Google Form quizzes from videos with subtitles, insert rubric-aligned next-step feedback directly into student work in Google Classroom, and change article reading levels for differentiated instruction. Overman said she uploads the grade-level rubric, hits the tool’s feedback button and, within seconds, receives suggested next steps that she can edit before inserting into students’ assignments.
District staff told the board the work is still a pilot. Amy (district instructional lead) said Craig Steenstra, the district’s instructional technology director, is coordinating feedback from teachers and department chairs. She said the district is cautious about adopting tools that are free at first but could later carry a significant price tag if rolled out district-wide.
Teachers emphasized that AI-generated feedback supplements — rather than replaces — teacher judgment. Allstadt told the board she still reviews and personalizes every piece of feedback before releasing it to students, and uses AI to free time for one-on-one instruction. Teachers also described classroom management features that flag off-topic student activity and a teacher dashboard that suggests follow-up materials based on completed activities.
Board members asked whether the tool is education-specific and how decisions about rubrics and expectations are set. District staff said Brisk is tailored to education uses and that rubric and expectation-setting has generally been a collaborative, grade-level or team-based process; broader implementation decisions will be part of the district’s strategic planning.
The district said most of the features shown are available through a free teacher account; they used a three-month pro trial during initial exploration. The board did not take any formal action on adopting Brisk district-wide and directed staff to continue pilot monitoring and report back as part of the district’s instructional-technology planning.
