Purpose
What will students show?
Name the learning expectation and the evidence that would show understanding. Be precise about the thinking the activity needs to require.
AI & teaching
Bring AI back to
the work of teaching
Learn where AI can help with planning and materials, how to check what it produces, and what a new tool or update might mean for your classroom.
A useful place to start. A reason to keep learning.
The teaching decisions come first
A state standard names a learning expectation. A pacing guide gives it a place in the course. A classroom task needs to connect those expectations to what students will actually read, say, write, make, or explain.
Useful AI work gives the tool that context and gives the teacher something they can check. The result still needs a review for accuracy, reading demands, accessibility, and whether it asks students to do the intended thinking.
Check the tool’s current policies and your school or district’s rules before using it with classroom information. Keep student identifying details out of practice prompts, and review materials before they reach students.
A practical approach
Start with your classroom
These questions guide the approach to AI throughout CLSM.
Access
What will help them enter?
Describe the language, directions, organization, and supports that fit the students. Keep the learning goal in view.
Review
What needs checking?
Read the output like a teacher. Check the facts and sources, test the directions, and compare the task with the actual standard.
Monthly learning for educators using AI
CLSM AI Studio is being developed as a subscription for educators who want ongoing, practical learning about AI. Each planned monthly member brief will link to its sources and explain what changed, what it means for teaching, and what to check before using it.
A practical classroom walkthrough will take one use of AI from the teaching goal through the draft and teacher review. Members will have something specific to try and questions to help them judge the result.
A Prompt Lab inside the studio
Prompt coaching is one part of that learning. The planned Prompt Lab will help teachers practice, receive focused feedback, and revise prompts with their own state standards and pacing information in view.
The aim is to understand why a revision helps, then carry that thinking into the next task. Membership availability and access details are shown on the CLSM AI Studio page. Enrollment is not open yet.
Explore CLSM AI StudioThe classroom articles remain public. The monthly AI briefs and member practice will be additional subscription content.