AI basics
What these tools are, what they are good for, and what stays with you.
Generative AI for teachers: a plain explanation that helps
It predicts the next words from patterns, so fluent output is not the same as correct output, and everything it produces gets checked.
How teachers can use AI: five jobs, one decision
Five verbs, one boundary, and the prompt that starts small tonight.
AI guide for teachers: a practical first week
One low-risk task a day, ten minutes each, nothing reaches students until you read every word.
Generative AI in education: a department plan
Drafting moves to the tool. Judgment stays with the teacher.
AI tools for teachers: the three kinds worth knowing
Pick the right kind for the job in front of you and keep the rest simple.
Teaching & lesson planning
Planning, activities, feedback and assessment, one task at a time.
AI for lesson planning without losing the lesson
The tool drafts the period. You check it and keep control.
AI for classroom activities: getting past the worksheet
The tool suggests the activity. You check it against your objective, your room, and your students.
AI for teacher feedback that still sounds like you
Spot patterns across a class set, build a reusable comment bank, and keep every word that reaches students in your own voice.
AI for assessment: Questions that reveal thinking
Draft the items. Check them. Decide what reaches your students.
AI for differentiated learning: one reading, several versions
Start with your objective, draft adjusted versions of the same text, and check that the core meaning survives.
ChatGPT & AI tools
Getting useful drafts out of the tools you already have.
ChatGPT for teachers: better prompts, safer checks
Turn vague requests into reusable prompts and keep the final say with the teacher.
AI prompts for teachers: seven parts of a usable request
One weak prompt, three rebuilt prompts, and the seven pieces that make the difference.
AI writing tools for teachers: directions that work
Draft clearer directions, handouts, and rubrics with AI writing tools for teachers, then check the result and keep your own voice.
AI productivity tools for teachers: emails and notes
Denise Carter deletes another draft of a difficult message home.
Responsible AI
Privacy, student data, integrity and checking before anything reaches a student.
AI and academic integrity: assignments that still mean something
Detection is a losing game. Design is not.
Student data and AI: what never goes into the prompt
What never goes into the prompt, and how to clean what can.
AI privacy for teachers: settings and habits to check
Your prompts can expose more than you intend.
Responsible AI in education: five house rules a class can adopt
Five rules a class or department can post and follow tomorrow.
Evaluating AI-generated content: a six-step routine for teachers
The tool drafts the worksheet. You run the checks. You decide what stays.
AI detectors: why scores are weak evidence and what to do instead
A detector score is a reason to ask, not proof; start with the work, the student, and your school policy.
Free teacher resources
Prompts and checklists you can copy or print tonight.
Teacher prompt library: 15 prompts to copy tonight
Fifteen prompts drawn from the book's seven ingredients, each followed by the exact check you run.
AI teacher checklist: before, during and after any task
Three stages keep the teacher in charge with ready checkboxes.
AI Lesson Planning Checklist: Draft, Check, Decide
Start from your objective and what students already know, then check timing, accuracy, and fit before you decide.
Free AI resources for teachers: what to use and check
Free prompts, checklists, and a book sample, plus five questions to judge any other free resource before you paste anything.