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The Definitive Guide to Using AI Safely in K-12 Classrooms

For classroom teachers. How to use AI for planning and feedback without pasting student records into a tool your school has not approved. About 30–40 pages. Your copy is watermarked with your email.

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What’s inside

A classroom guide, not a product tour

  1. Safety first: FERPA, COPPA, and CIPA in plain words, a never-paste list, and a five-question tool check.
  2. Seven teacher jobs with a prompt, a before/after, and a safety note — planning, leveled texts, rubrics, parent email, accommodations, quizzes, and writing feedback.
  3. Teacher-mediated student activities for K–2, 3–5, 6–8, and 9–12.
  4. AI literacy for students, with the free units from Schoolhouse.
  5. Academic integrity by redesigning the assignment, not by running a detector.
  6. Templates: a one-page classroom AI policy, a parent letter, and a principal pitch.
  7. A tool directory with privacy notes.

General information for educators, not legal advice for your district. When a tool would touch student information, ask your privacy or technology lead first.

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The guide pairs with the free AI literacy materials

The cheat sheet is classroom language you can use this week. The glossary is the vocabulary behind it. The curriculum is the full K-12 sequence.

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