{"id":788,"date":"2025-09-08T05:56:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T05:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nilbar.com\/?p=788"},"modified":"2025-09-08T18:07:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:07:52","slug":"practical-ai-guides-for-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nilbar.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/08\/practical-ai-guides-for-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical AI Guides for Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to AI integration in teaching, the first step isn\u2019t about picking the latest tool. It\u2019s about shaping your AI pedagogy. Ask yourself:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why do I want AI in my classroom?<\/li>\n<li>How will it enhance my teaching?<\/li>\n<li>In what ways can it support my students\u2019 learning?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A clear roadmap helps you ground AI practices in pedagogy and align them with your school\u2019s context. From there, look at your own AI literacy. Before guiding students, you need to understand the basics: how AI works, what it can and cannot do, and where its strengths and limits lie.<\/p>\n<p>Next comes vetting tools. You can\u2019t just adopt whatever pops up online. Having a rubric or checklist for evaluating tools ensures they serve real learning goals.<\/p>\n<p>And don\u2019t forget an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/2025\/06\/ai-classroom-policy-guide-for-teachers.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"206984\">AI classroom policy<\/a>, what I like to call a shared agreement. Co-create it with your students to set expectations and responsibilities clearly.<\/p>\n<p>This may sound like a lot, but in reality these steps overlap and connect. They form a cycle that grows stronger over time.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s visual, I pulled together some of the most popular AI guides I\u2019ve shared over the past months. Each comes in PDF format so you can download, adapt, and use them as building blocks for developing your own AI pedagogy.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to use these guides in your classroom practice, PD sessions, or school planning.<\/p>\n<p>1. AI Tools &amp; Resources: Your Companion for Integrating AI in the Classroom<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AI-Tools-and-Resources-Your-Companion-for-Integrating-AI-in-the-classroom-1.pdf\">https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AI-Tools-and-Resources-Your-Companion-for-Integrating-AI-in-the-classroom-1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. 7 Ways to Use AI Critically in the Classroom<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Way-to-use-AI-critically-in-the-classroom-1.pdf\">https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Way-to-use-AI-critically-in-the-classroom-1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Back to School with AI: 15 Practical AI Tips for Teachers<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Back-to-school-with-AI-tips-.pdf\">https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Back-to-school-with-AI-tips-.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. AI in Special Education: Practical Tools and Workflows for Teachers<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AI-in-Special-Education-Workflow.pdf\">https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AI-in-Special-Education-Workflow.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. The Teacher\u2019s Guide to Effective Prompting with AI<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prompting-Guide-for-teachers.pdf\">https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prompting-Guide-for-teachers.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>6. 15 Critical Thinking Skills for Guiding Students\u2019 Use of AI Tools<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/critical-thinking-skills-for-guiding-students-use-of-AI-1.pdf\">https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/critical-thinking-skills-for-guiding-students-use-of-AI-1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>7. AI Simply Explained for Teachers<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AI-Simply-Explained-for-Teachers-1.pdf\">https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AI-Simply-Explained-for-Teachers-1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>8. AI Tools for Teachers (2025 Free Guide)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AI-Tools-eBook.pdf\">https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AI-Tools-eBook.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>9. Your Classroom AI Evaluation Checklist: Guiding Your AI Decisions, One Question at a Time<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Teaching-with-AI-Questions-Every-Teacher-Should-Ask.pdf\">https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Teaching-with-AI-Questions-Every-Teacher-Should-Ask.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-207373 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.nilbar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Practical-AI-Guides-1-819x1024-1.png\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\/2025\/09\/practical-ai-guides-for-teachers.html\">Practical AI Guides for Teachers<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.educatorstechnology.com\">Educators Technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to AI integration in teaching, the first step isn\u2019t about picking the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nilbar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nilbar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nilbar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nilbar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nilbar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.nilbar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":791,"href":"http:\/\/www.nilbar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788\/revisions\/791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nilbar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nilbar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nilbar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nilbar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}