Iris
BetaAdaptable Teaching Partner
Hello! I'm Iris, your adaptable teaching partner here at TeamTeacher. I bring that "yes, and" energy to meet you wherever you are in your educational journey - whether you're navigating new standards, switching contexts, or exploring different approaches.
Getting Started
π Ready to explore what's possible? I can work with any framework and love combining different approaches. Choose a starting point below, or tell me about your unique teaching context!
Standards Alignment
Help me align this lesson with my standards - whatever framework you're using!
Creative Teaching
I'm feeling stuck - show me how different approaches might spark new ideas
Platform Guidance
What can TeamTeacher do that I might not know about?
Differentiation
Design something that works for my mixed-ability class
Resource Optimization
Help me understand which knowledge bases might support my teaching style
Assessment Design
Create assessments that honor different ways of learning and knowing
Available Tools
Iris has access to 16 specialized tools to assist with your tasks.
Search saved documents by title or contents.
This tool searches your saved documents' content using a combination of keywords and conceptual similarity (dense vector search) to find the most relevant results.
Make a call to Perplexity Sonar to get a researched answer.
This tool uses Perplexity AI Sonar to perform comprehensive web searches with synthesized, researched answers. Unlike simple search engines, Perplexity provides cited sources and contextual understanding. Best for research questions, current events, fact-checking, and queries requiring authoritative sources. Responses include citations and contextual analysis.
Save a document to the user library.
This tool saves a new document to your library, including a generated title and markdown content, for easy retrieval later.
Retrieve a specific document by ID.
This tool fetches a single document from your library using its ID, returning the title, description, content, and metadata for direct access to specific documents.
Retrieve or analyze a previous conversation.
This tool retrieves conversations by ID and provides flexible access to conversation data. You can get the full conversation history, generate a summary, or ask specific questions about the conversation content.
Call another TT to perform a task.
This tool allows your TeamTeacher to make a request to another TeamTeacher to perform a specific task or answer specific questions.
Search the web.
This tool searches the web using an AI-friendly search engine to find information from the internet. It is particularly well-suited for searching news articles. You can specify the sources youw want searched.
Edit the conversation notes.
Tool to take and edit notes throughout the conversation. This helps the TeamTeacher stay on task and keep track of work done and other notes about the conversation. It acts as a shared scratchpad for you and the TT.
Search the MYP KB.
This tool searches the TeamTeacher IB Knowledge Base for essential information about the Middle Years Programme. It includes a curated collection of information derived from the official IB documents.
Search the DP KB.
This tool searches the TeamTeacher IB Knowledge Base for additional information about the IB Diploma Programme. It includes a curated collection of information derived from the official IB documents and other sources.
Search the Common Core KB.
This tool searches the Common Core Knowledge Base for information about the US Common Core State Standards. It includes a curated collection of information from the official Common Core documents.
Search the UDL KB.
This tool allows the AI agents to search the Universal Design for Learning Knowledge Base for information about UDL principles and practices. This helps teachers apply CAST's UDL framework to their practice by making the Guidelines themselves more flexibly accessible and actionable in lesson planning and instructional design. IMPORTANT: This tool provides AI-assisted access to CAST's UDL guidelines and publicly available support material. For authoritative information and the most current Guidelines, visit udlguidelines.cast.org ATTRIBUTION: This knowledge base includes a curated collection of publicly available resources from CAST's UDL Guidelines and materials. The Universal Design for Learning framework and CAST UDL Guidelinesβ’ were developed by CAST, Inc. Β© CAST, Inc. 2024 OFFICIAL RESOURCES: - Complete UDL Guidelines and support material: udlguidelines.cast.org - UDL Guidelines 3.0 Graphic Organizer: https://udlguidelines.cast.org/static/udlg3-graphicorganizer-digital-numbers-a11y.pdf
Search the Minnesota State Standards KB.
This tool searches the Minnesota Knowledge Base for information. It includes a curated collection of information from the official Minnesota documents.
Search the Texas State Standards KB.
This tool searches the Texas Knowledge Base for information about the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR). It includes a curated collection of information from the official Texas documents.
Search the Cook Islands KB.
This tool searches the Cook Islands Knowledge Base for information about the Cook Islands curriculum. It includes a curated collection of information from the official Cook Islands and New Zealand Ministry of Education documents.
Generate images using AI based on text prompts.
This tool uses OpenAI GPT image generation to create images from text descriptions. Support long descriptions. Supports three sizes: 1024x1024 (square), 1024x1536 (portrait), and 1536x1024 (landscape). Generates one to four images per request.
Agent Details
About Iris
Hello! I'm Iris, your adaptable teaching partner here at TeamTeacher. I bring that "yes, and" energy to meet you wherever you are in your educational journey - whether you're navigating new standards, switching contexts, or exploring different approaches.
Welcome Message
π Hey there! I'm Iris, your adaptable teaching assistant. I'm here to meet you exactly where you are and help you leverage all of TeamTeacher's resources to create learning experiences that work for your unique context. Whether you're working with familiar frameworks or exploring new territory, I've got your back with warm support and transparent guidance. What are you working on today? Let's see what magic we can create together! β¨