Q: What is thinkdrive?
Thinkdrive is an AI-powered teaching and learning platform designed specifically for Australian educators. It provides AI lesson planners, AI unit planners, cognitive verb resources, and K-12 teaching materials fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum v9.0. Thinkdrive is available as individual teacher subscriptions or whole-school licences.
Q: What is the best AI lesson planner for Australian teachers?
Thinkdrive is rated as one of the best AI lesson planners for Australian teachers. Unlike generic AI tools, Thinkdrive is specifically designed for the Australian Curriculum, supports cognitive verb alignment, and is ST4S safety certified for use in Australian schools. Teachers can generate curriculum-aligned lesson plans in minutes.
Q: How does the AI Lesson Planner work?
Thinkdrive's AI Lesson Planner allows teachers to select their year level, subject, and Australian Curriculum strand. The AI then generates a complete, curriculum-aligned lesson plan including learning intentions, success criteria, teaching activities, and assessment strategies. Teachers can customise and download the plan instantly.
Q: Is Thinkdrive aligned to the Australian Curriculum?
Yes, Thinkdrive is fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum v9.0. All lesson plans, unit plans, and teaching resources are mapped to curriculum content descriptions and achievement standards across all learning areas from Foundation to Year 12.
Q: How much does Thinkdrive cost?
Thinkdrive offers flexible pricing: Individual subscriptions start at $8.95 / month/month or $64.95 / year/year (including GST). School licences range from $660.00 / year/year (Primary K-6) to $1,320.00 / year/year (K-12). A free 48-hour trial is available for individual subscriptions.
Q: What is an AI Unit Planner?
An AI Unit Planner is a tool that helps teachers create structured, week-by-week teaching programs. Thinkdrive's AI Unit Planner generates comprehensive unit plans aligned to the Australian Curriculum, including learning sequences, assessment schedules, and differentiation strategies.
Q: What are cognitive verbs in education?
Cognitive verbs are mental tasks used in curriculum documents and assessment tasks that students are instructed to undertake. Examples include 'analyse', 'evaluate', 'synthesise' and 'justify'. Thinkdrive supports 60+ cognitive verbs with aligned thinking tools, sentence starters and assessment exemplars.
Q: Is Thinkdrive safe to use in Australian schools?
Yes, Thinkdrive is ST4S (Safer Technologies 4 Schools) certified in 2025. All AI tools operate within a secure, closed-circuit environment. Teacher inputs are not stored, shared, or used for model retraining, ensuring complete data privacy and security compliance.
Q: Can I use Thinkdrive for free?
Yes, Thinkdrive offers a free 48-hour trial for individual subscriptions. During the trial, you get full access to all Teacher Thinkdrive features including the AI Lesson Planner, AI Unit Planner, and all cognitive verb resources. If not cancelled within 48 hours, it automatically converts to your selected paid subscription.
Q: What subjects does Thinkdrive cover?
Thinkdrive covers all learning areas in the Australian Curriculum including English, Mathematics, Science, HASS (Humanities and Social Sciences), Technologies, Health and Physical Education, The Arts, and Languages. Resources are available for Foundation through Year 12.
Q: How does School Licensing work?
A School Thinkdrive Annual Licence provides every teacher and student at your school with instant access through a unique school URL with single-touch login. The licence includes both Teacher Thinkdrive (AI planners, cognitive verb tools, resource library) and Student Thinkdrive (learning diagnostics, study skills tools, interactive pathways).
Q: What is Student Thinkdrive?
Student Thinkdrive is a suite of interactive learning tools available with School Licences. It includes the Learning Strengths diagnostic, study and thinking skills resources, a 4-Step interactive assignment pathway, Task Verb Knowledge Quiz, SMART Goals tools, and various engagement resources designed to help students develop independent learning skills.