Teaching in Spain is more than a full-time job — it’s a mental triathlon. Between adapting lessons to the LOMLOE standards, differentiating for students in multilingual classrooms, preparing for the PAU, and tackling endless admin tasks (hello, informes and ACIs), it’s no wonder teachers feel stretched thin.
The good news? AI is not here to replace us. It’s here to rescue our weekends.
I’ve tested three AI-powered tools that could make a real difference in your teaching life — whether you’re deep into a 1st ESO class, prepping for Bachillerato, or managing split-level groups in FP Básica. These platforms won’t solve every problem, but they will save you time, boost creativity, and maybe even make you feel more self-satisfied. But wait, here’s the best part: they are FREE. Pinky promise.
✨ 1. MagicSchool.ai — Your new personal assistant.
Imagine having a digital co-teacher who helps you write rubrics for speaking exams, generate student-friendly reading prompts in Spanish or English, adapt tasks for SEND (Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities) students, and even draft polite (but firm) emails to families — all in one place.
That’s MagicSchool. Built specifically for educators, it offers 80+ tools tailored to lesson planning, differentiation, behaviour management, and more. And yes, you can select tone, subject area, age group, and even type of learner (bilingual, SEND, gifted, etc.).
Need a quick scaffolded activity for 2nd ESO based on Bloom’s Taxonomy? Done.
Need to write a report for a student’s significant curricular adaptation? Done.
Need a joke to survive your 5th hour before the Christmas holidays? Also done.
This tool relates to the Spanish classroom landscape better than most. It’s like having someone do all the background work so you can focus on what actually matters — your students.
🧠 2. Eduaide.ai — Design smarter.
If you’ve ever stared at a blank screen trying to design a learning situation for Bachillerato or a quick grammar game for 3rd ESO, Eduaide is going to feel like a lifesaver.
This tool helps you generate high-quality, editable classroom materials — from reading comprehension activities to quizzes and writing prompts. You can customize content by language, level, and learning goals. So whether you’re prepping a unit on Halloween or crafting a year-long project, you’ll have a strong starting point in seconds.
What I love most is its flexibility. You can adjust tone, difficulty, and format, then tweak everything to align with your school’s PGA or the specific competences / subject objectives required under LOMLOE.
It doesn’t take away your creativity — it just gives you more time to use it where it counts.
📝 3. QuestionWell.org — Build better questions (fast!)
Let’s be honest: writing good questions is one of the most deceptively time-consuming parts of planning. Whether it’s formative assessment, PAU-style prep, or oral comprehension checks, you need solid, clear, criteria-aligned questions — and lots of them.
QuestionWell makes this easy. Paste in a short text or select a YouTube video, choose your topic, and it generates a bank of multiple-choice questions, open-ended prompts, vocabulary lists, or extension activities — all editable and exportable to platforms like Kahoot, Google Forms, Moodle, or even your school’s LMS.
The cherry on top? It’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)-compliant, meaning you can use it in Spanish classrooms without worrying about student data privacy — a must in today’s tech-integrated schools.
This is especially handy for preparing materials for initial assessments, end-of-unit competence-based tests, or quickly adapting questions for support teachers, e.g. language assistants.
Why These Tools Matter in the Spanish Context
In Spain, where paperwork often piles up faster than photocopies and classes are becoming more diverse and multilingual every year, AI tools like these offer a real solution.
They won’t fix the education system, but they can:
- Save you hours of prep
- Help you personalise learning for SEND and high-ability students
- Reduce repetitive tasks so you can focus on being present in the classroom
- Support bilingual education by generating materials in multiple languages
- In short? These tools give us room to breathe.
Whether you teach ESO, Bachillerato, Vocational Training, or Primary Education, these AI platforms are worth exploring. They can help you work smarter, not longer — and they’re far more intuitive than many of the digital platforms we’re sometimes forced to use.
You don’t have to go full techie overnight. Start small. Try one tool with one unit. See what it frees up — time, energy, even creativity. You might just find yourself falling back in love with lesson planning
(okay, maybe that’s a stretch… but still 
).