AI course for teachers
Level 1: Beginner course
Focus: Efficiency, basic knowledge and administrative relief.
Course objectives
- Demystify AI: Understand what artificial intelligence can (and cannot) do in a classroom.
- Time saving: Use AI to automate repetitive tasks such as lesson planning and emails.
- Security: Learn the most important rules for data protection and ethical use of AI.
Lesson 1: The basics of AI and the ‘GOLD’ rule
- Topic: How generative AI works (as a “prediction engine”) and the importance of human oversight.
- Activity: Learn how to write a “GOLD” prompt (Goal, Output, Level, Details) to get high-quality results instantly.
Lesson 2: 60-second lesson plan
- Topic: Turn a single topic into a complete lesson structure.
- Activity: Use AI to generate a lesson overview, specific learning objectives, and interactive exercises, presentations, worksheets, quizzes, etc.
Lesson 3: The resource factory
- Topic: Create the ‘paperwork’ for teaching.
- Activity: Create an assessment matrix, a classroom information sheet, and a professional email to parents based on a specific student scenario.
Lesson 4: Differentiation for All
- Topic: Adapt content to different learning needs.
- Activity: Take a text and ask AI to rewrite it for three different reading levels (e.g., simplified, standard, and advanced).
Competency Area
Level 1: Beginner (Assistant)
Prompt
Can write a basic ‘GOLD’ prompt for clear assignments.
Administration/Preparation
Uses AI to create lesson plans and emails.
Assessment
Uses AI to create traditional assessment criteria and quizzes.
Ethics
Understands basic data protection rules.
Level 2: The advanced course
Focus: Educational innovation, students’ AI knowledge and assessment design.
Course objectives
- Strategic planning: Use AI as a ‘thinking partner’ to improve curriculum design.
- AI-resistant assessment: Create assignments that verify students’ real learning in an AI world.
- Student guidance: Teach students to use AI ethically as a guide, not as a shortcut.
Lesson 1: Thought Chain and Critical Friend
- Topic: Advanced techniques for asking questions.
- Activity: Ask AI to ‘think step by step’ through a complex topic and use it to ‘critique’ an existing lesson plan to find potential pitfalls for students.
Lesson 2: Redesign assessment
- Topic: Move away from traditional ‘home-written’ essays.
- Activity: Design an assignment where students must ‘fact-check’ an AI-generated text or verbally defend their work.
Lesson 3: AI Socratic Tutor
- Topic: Turn AI into a tool for students.
- Activity: Create a prompt that acts as a tutor (asking students questions to guide them to an answer) rather than just giving them the solution.
Lesson 4: Visual aids and multimodal learning
- Topic: Using AI for more than just text.
- Activity: Create customised educational diagrams, images or presentations to make lessons more visually engaging.
Competence area
Level 2: Intermediate (Partner)
Prompt
Can use ‘thought chains’ to solve complex problems.
Administration/preparation
Uses AI to critique and improve existing curricula.
Assessment
Designs ‘AI-resistant’ tasks and process-based grading.
Ethics
Teaches students how to cite AI and detect bias.