The "Just Right" Problem
Goldilocks would have hated teaching. You have a classroom where five students read at a college level, ten are on grade level, and five are struggling to read the textbook. Finding a single article that works for everyone is impossible. You usually end up spending hours rewriting paragraphs or hunting for "easier" versions of the same story.
AI tools for education solve this specific pain point. They allow you to take one concept—like "The French Revolution"—and instantly generate three different versions of the text so every student can access the curriculum. Among these tools, Diffit is the best "Equalizer" we have found. It doesn't just find resources; it adapts them to your students' exact needs in seconds.
What Is Diffit?
Diffit is an AI-powered "differentiation engine." While ChatGPT is a generalist, Diffit is built for one specific job: taking complex content and making it accessible.
It works in three ways:
"Literally Anything": You type a topic (e.g., "Photosynthesis"), and it writes a leveled reading passage for you.
From URL: You paste a link to a New York Times article or a YouTube video. Diffit reads (or watches) it and converts it into a reading passage.
From PDF: You upload a dense textbook chapter, and it simplifies the language while keeping the facts.
The Killer Feature: Instant Leveling
The magic of Diffit is the "Reading Level" slider. When you generate a resource, you simply select the target grade (2nd Grade to 11th+ Grade).
For ELL Students: You can instantly translate the text into 50+ languages while keeping the questions in English.
For Advanced Learners: You can take a simple concept and "up-level" the vocabulary to challenge your high achievers.
This ensures that every student learns the same content, even if they are reading different text.
Export to Everything
Most AI tools trap you on their website. Diffit understands that teachers live in Google Drive.
Once you have your reading passage, summary, and vocabulary list, you can click "Export." It automatically formats the content into:
Google Slides: For a lecture.
Google Forms: For a graded quiz.
Printable PDF: For a quiet worksheet activity.
It connects the AI brain directly to your existing classroom workflow.
The Vertech Strategy: Content First, Leveling Second
Diffit is amazing at adapting content, but you still need to define what that content is.
To get the most out of it, pair it with Vertech Academy:
Plan the Lesson: Use the Lesson Planner prompt (from the Teacher's Complete Package) in ChatGPT to outline your unit and define the key vocabulary words you need to hit.
Generate the Text: Take those specific vocabulary words and paste them into Diffit with your topic.
Differentiate: Let Diffit create the leveled reading passages that support your lesson plan.
This ensures the reading material isn't just "easy to read," but actually aligned with your teaching goals.
Safety and Privacy
Diffit is built for schools.
Compliance: It is FERPA and COPPA compliant.
Data: It does not sell teacher or student data.
Sources: Unlike ChatGPT, which sometimes makes up facts, Diffit cites its sources (when you use the URL feature), so you know where the information came from.
Try This Today: The "Video to Text" Trick
Students love YouTube, but they can't highlight or annotate a video. Diffit fixes this.
Find a great educational video on YouTube (under 15 minutes).
Copy the URL.
Go to Diffit.me and paste the URL.
Select "5th Grade Reading Level."
In 30 seconds, you will have a printable reading passage that summarizes the video perfectly. Hand it out during the video so students can read along while they watch.
