Amplifying AI: Abby S.

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Abby Switzer describes Brisk and other AI tools as breaths of fresh air. After spending time after school with her, I’d also describe Abby as the breath of fresh air. She is in her third year of teaching 2nd grade at Promise Road Elementary and is already making a big impact. She “fell in love” with Brisk at our first professional learning day in August 2024. It wasn’t long before she became fluent in the app and was ready to present to Promise Road staff for our January professional learning day.

Brisk is completely teacher-facing. No rostering or student login is involved. Teachers can create an account for free and download the Chrome extension if desired. Abby’s team has mainly been using Brisk to develop common formative assessments. Here is the workflow.
  1. The teacher provides Brisk with an Indiana Academic Standard to create an assessment.
  2. Within 30 seconds, Brisk generates an assessment as a Google Form based on that standard.
  3. Abby’s team links the Google Form in Seesaw for their students.
  4. Students open Seesaw and complete the activity. As part of the assessment, students select a picture of their teacher to increase the likelihood of choosing the correct teacher name.
  5. Abby exports the results to Google Sheets and collates the data by classroom.
  6. They are PLC-ready!
Abby loves how Brisk keeps her team on the same page. She demonstrated how they use Brisk to differentiate content for PRE All Means All intervention time. Each teacher divides their class into three groups representing three growth areas in math. Abby then submits the growth areas to Brisk, prompting the platform to create four problems per group. Done in a minute!
“I used to think AI would require a lot of work to create materials and format them the way I want, and now I think it’s so easy. I get to go in and do the fun part.”
Interested in learning more? Here are some support materials Abby shared with me.
When I asked Abby if she thought Brisk was saving her time? Her answer– absolutely.
If you ask whether I think Abby is a rising star. My answer– absolutely.

Kristin Patrick
Blended Learning Coach


* I Used to Think … Now I Think is a core routine within the Harvard Graduate School of Education Project Zero Thinking Routines Toolbox.

Comments

  1. AnonymousMarch 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM

    This sounds great! Thanks!

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  2. AnonymousMay 4, 2026 at 11:16 AM

    I appreciate the reminder about this resource. I'm would love to know more about how to thoughtfully use this resource to help with writing instruction in our Language Arts block. Specifically, feedback.

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  3. AnonymousMay 4, 2026 at 12:29 PM

    I appreciate how Brisk can be used to collect data for the entire PLC. It would make formative assessment results so much easier to discuss!

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  4. AnonymousMay 5, 2026 at 9:53 AM

    Brisk is such a huge help! After Abby's presentation on it, I started utilizing it in my first grade classroom. It is the best for sub plans!

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  5. DBMay 5, 2026 at 11:22 AM

    I've been a little "Brisk Shy" since its deployment. This information makes it much less intimidating to me. Thank you for the information!

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  6. AnonymousMay 6, 2026 at 11:23 AM

    I loved learning about Brisk from Abby. These are such great ideas that every teacher can use.

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  7. AnonymousMay 20, 2026 at 12:02 PM

    I like the idea that data collection can be used for PLC's. This will help us when reviewing our assessments and making sure they hit the standards we want to hit!

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