AI fluency for teachers and educators

AI is not new. But most teachers haven't had the chance to sit with these tools properly — to see what they actually do, how they reshape lesson planning and what better use looks like when you're trying to reach thirty different learners at once.

That's what this workshop is for. It cuts through the noise and gives you a practical, first-hand understanding of tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and NotebookLM — what they're good at, where they mislead and how they can genuinely change the way you plan, create and deliver.

No edtech buzzwords. No jargon. Just a clear-eyed look at how the tools work, where the risks are and what smarter use actually looks like in a teaching context.

Why this matters for educators

These tools are already in your students' hands. Many teachers are experimenting too — some getting great results, others hitting walls or not sure where to start. The gap isn't enthusiasm. It's practical understanding.

This workshop is designed to close that gap quickly. It gives you first-hand experience with the tools, shows you what's actually possible right now and helps you make better decisions about where AI fits in your teaching — and where it doesn't.

What the workshop covers

The workshop is built around live demonstration and hands-on use. It covers four areas where AI tools are already changing how teachers work:

Lesson planning and content creation with the big three ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini each handle lesson planning differently. The workshop shows how to use them to draft lesson plans, generate differentiated resources and create content across learning styles — visual, written, structured, exploratory. You'll see where they're strong, where they fall short and how prompting quality changes everything.

NotebookLM for synthesis and multi-format output NotebookLM does something the other tools don't — it works from your source material. The workshop shows how to feed it curriculum documents, textbooks or your own notes and have it generate summaries, study guides, podcast-style audio overviews, FAQs and other formats pitched at different levels. It's particularly useful for taking a dense body of content and making it accessible in ways that suit different learners.

AI tutors and personalised learning AI tutoring is one of the most immediate and practical applications in education. The workshop demonstrates how tools like Claude and ChatGPT can act as patient, always-available tutors — explaining concepts in different ways, adapting to a student's level and giving practice problems with feedback. You'll also see the limitations: where they over-simplify, where they hallucinate and what guardrails matter.

Video and interactive content for deeper understanding Tools now exist that can turn static content into interactive widgets, coded visualisations and video explanations. The workshop shows how educators can use these to make abstract concepts tangible — particularly in subjects where seeing the idea move, change or respond to input helps students understand in ways that text alone can't.

What the workshop gives your team

- A practical, first-hand feel for what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and NotebookLM can do in a teaching context
- Experience using AI to plan lessons, differentiate content and create resources across learning styles
- A clearer picture of where AI tutors, interactive tools and synthesis platforms genuinely help — and where they don't
- Confidence to make informed decisions about how AI fits into your teaching practice
- A shared language and common ground for your school or department to move forward together

Live demonstrations, not slides about AI

The centrepiece of the workshop is live demonstration. Rather than talking about AI from a distance, the workshop shows how the tools behave with real curriculum content — how errors and distortions emerge, what stronger prompting looks like and why seeing the tools work (and fail) builds understanding faster than any slide deck.

About Tim Martin

I'm Tim Martin, founder of net101. Since late 2022, I've specialised in the practical business use of AI.

Most of my work is in-house corporate workshops for teams, leaders and organisations that want a clearer, more useful understanding of tools like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini in the context of real work. I also deliver keynote and guest speaking sessions, and run public AI courses.

Since 2022, I've delivered more than 220 AI workshops and presentations across Australia, New Zealand and Europe for CEOs, executives, teams and leadership audiences. In 2024, I was named Vistage Speaker of the Year.

Enquiries

To discuss this workshop for your school, faculty or education group, please get in touch.