Flint
Flint is an AI-powered tool designed to assist K-12 teachers in creating classroom activities, worksheets, quizzes, and handouts quickly and easily. With Flint,...
Last verified:
What is Flint?
Flint is an AI-powered platform designed specifically for K-12 schools to enable personalized learning at scale. Teachers use it to create interactive AI activities, worksheets, quizzes, and tutoring sessions powered by Sparky, an advanced AI teaching assistant that adapts to each student's skill level, interests, and goals. It supports every subject from English and math to world languages and computer science, with features like content uploads, web search, and LMS integrations ensuring seamless classroom integration.
Key features include math accuracy with built-in calculators and LaTeX editors, image processing and generation via DALL·E 3, interactive whiteboards for student work display, and evidence-based feedback with clickable citations. Students benefit from 1-on-1 tutoring that guides thinking without providing direct answers, text-to-speech in 50+ languages, and custom rubrics for assessments. School admins gain full visibility into all chats, automatic flagging of inappropriate content, and detailed usage analytics to oversee responsible AI use.
Flint prioritizes safety and compliance with features like Google/Microsoft SSO for under-13 users, GDPR/KCOPPA adherence, and customizable guardrails to prevent cheating. Regular updates add tools like slide generation, video creation, and district analytics, making it a comprehensive solution for teachers, students, school leaders, and districts seeking to enhance engagement, performance, and differentiated instruction.
Trusted by hundreds of schools worldwide, Flint saves teachers time on planning while fostering student independence and deeper learning through AI literacy resources, webinars, and community-shared activities.
Flint pricing
Pricing model: Free
Free tier for up to 150 users with basic features. Paid plans: $3,000/year (up to 150 users, $1.67/user/month), $4,000/year (up to 250 users, $1.33/user/month), $6,500/year (up to 500 users, $1.08/user/month), Custom for over 500 users with lower per-seat prices. All paid include SIS/LMS integration, school-wide analytics, dedicated support. Supports students under 13 via SSO.
Flint pros
- Creates AI activities in seconds
- Personalizes learning per student skill level
- Supports 50+ world languages and dialects
- Math accuracy with built-in calculator
- Interactive whiteboard for student work
- Image generation with DALL·E 3
- Web search with in-line citations
- SIS/LMS integrations for rostering
- Full admin visibility into all chats
- Automatic flagging of inappropriate content
- Evidence-based feedback summaries
- Custom rubrics for AP/IB grading
- Text-to-speech and speech-to-text
- Code editor with syntax highlighting
- Graphing for math visualizations
- School activity library for sharing
- Usage analytics and pie charts
- Print/export sessions to PDF/Word
- Timed and deadline-based assignments
- AI literacy courses for teachers/students
Flint cons
- Paid plans start at $3000/year
- No free tier for full schools
- Limited to up to 500 users per plan
- Custom pricing for large districts
- Requires admin setup for integrations
- Dependent on internet connectivity
- AI moderation may flag valid content
- Steep learning curve for advanced features
- No offline mode available
- Contact sales for all paid access
Frequently asked questions about Flint
What is Sparky in Flint?
Sparky is Flint's AI teaching assistant that powers personalized tutoring, activity creation, and feedback. It adapts to student levels using Claude 4 Sonnet, combined with math calculators, web search, and content uploads for accurate, customized responses across subjects.
How does Flint ensure student safety?
Flint provides full admin visibility into all chats, automatic flagging for inappropriate language like violence or harassment, custom guardrails to prevent cheating, and SSO for under-13 users. It is GDPR and KCOPPA compliant with no data selling or model training on user content.
What integrations does Flint support?
Flint integrates with major SIS like Veracross, Blackbaud, PowerSchool and LMS like Canvas, Schoology, Google Classroom for easy rostering. It also supports Google Drive, OneDrive, and SSO with Google/Microsoft accounts.
Can Flint handle math accurately?
Yes, Flint uses background calculators for complex math, LaTeX formatting, formula editors, and graphing on 2D/3D planes. Unlike basic AI, it verifies work like a human tutor with a calculator.
How does Flint support world languages?
Flint communicates in 50+ languages/dialects with ACTFL/CEFR levels, text-to-speech, speech-to-text at 98.5% accuracy, and roleplay for conversational practice while guiding corrections.
What analytics are available?
Admins get usage analytics, pie charts by subject, student performance summaries, class-wide strengths/improvements, and AI chat for queries like 'most active math users' or activity trends.
Can teachers share activities?
Yes, teachers publish to a school-wide activity library where others can view, remix, and use them. Features include folders, previews, and community templates.
Does Flint generate images and videos?
Flint uses DALL·E 3 for image generation with watermarks, processes uploaded images/webcam for feedback, and recent updates add customizable video generation and slide creation.
How is feedback provided to students?
Feedback is evidence-based with clickable hyperlinks to session evidence, follows custom rubrics, includes teacher overrides, and generates follow-up activities for class or individual improvements.
What devices does Flint work on?
Flint is web-based, accessible via app.flintk12.com on desktops, laptops, tablets like iPad with camera flip for whiteboard/math work, and supports printing/exporting sessions.