The Teachers AI Café

Kane from Teachers AI Cafe reviews Chalkie, an AI wrapper site for creating teacher resources, testing the free plan (five resources per week) and comparing it to Magic School AI. He signs up via Google, selects Australia/British English, and builds a Year 10 Treaty of Versailles slide deck and worksheet, explores themes, exports to PDF/Word, and notes teacher notes and an answer key. He tests cur...

Kane shares a weekly AI update for educators, focusing on new Google Gemini features and one OpenAI release.  00:00 Welcome to Teachers AI Cafe 00:23 Weekly AI Update Setup 01:27 Gemini Immersive Explorations 02:42 Gemini File Creation in Chat 03:40 Gemini Bulk Slides Editing 04:45 OpenAI Terra 6.1 Overview 06:27 Wrap Up and Listener Call Subscribe the the newsletter for podcast cheatsheets Find t...

Kane from Teacher’s AI Cafe reviews MagicSchool by signing up as a new educator on the free plan and testing key tools to see how it compares with ChatGPT and Claude. He explores pricing, notes the free version’s limitation that generated resources can’t be edited, and tests the worksheet generator (Ancient Egypt mummification; Treaty of Versailles), image generator (Colosseum and feudal system),...

Kane from Teachers AI Cafe shares weekly AI education updates. 00:00 Channel Welcome 00:27 This Week AI News 00:36 Gemini Notebooks Insights 01:16 Gemini Notebook Integration 01:48 Copilot Education Plugin 02:43 Claude Do It Assistant 03:33 Grok Bot On iPhone 04:08 Claude Code TV Hacks 04:25 ChatGPT Locked Chats 05:05 ChatGPT Presentations 05:29 Gemini Notebook Slide Review 05:49 Wrap Up And Subsc...

Kane from the Teachers AI Cafe shares the B.I.L.D. framework—Brain, Invent, Leverage, Decide—to help teachers and students use AI effectively, responsibly, and ethically while keeping human judgment central. He explains starting with your own knowledge and purpose, using AI to brainstorm possibilities, leveraging AI for practical support like drafting resources or feedback, and then deciding what...

Kane shares a Teachers AI Cafe weekly update for October 19 00:00 Welcome to Teachers AI Cafe 00:23 Weekly Update Kickoff 00:42 Upload Audio to ChatGPT 01:17 Classroom Uses and Caveats 02:18 Enterprise Plugin Permissions 03:28 New Study and Planning Tools 04:48 Research Trial Results 05:47 What It Means for Teachers 07:24 Wrap Up and Next Steps Subscribe the the newsletter for podcast cheatsheets...

The episode shows teachers and students how to use ChatGPT “switches” (slash commands) to improve assessment results, especially during Year 12 exam preparation. It demonstrates /quizme to generate an 8-question multiple-choice quiz on a topic, /socrates to prompt deeper thinking through guided questions, /feynman and /eli5 to simplify explanations at different levels, and image-based tools like /...

Kane from the Teachers AI Cafe tests pre-made ChatGPT slash commands as practical time-savers for teachers, recording for both podcast and YouTube while generating graphics. He demonstrates five education-focused tools—/timelineview, /anime-explainer, /mindspace-map, /handwritten, and /explodedview—mainly using D-Day, 1066, the Great Pyramid of Giza, and Greek black-figure pottery as examples. He...

Kane hosts the Teachers AI Cafe tech update for October 5. 00:00 Welcome to Teachers AI Cafe 00:23 October Tech Update 00:55 Gemini Student Hub 01:52 Flashcards Caution 02:19 ChatGPT Scan to PDF 03:09 Classroom Uses for Scans 03:54 Cognitive Offloading Warning 05:25 AI Monitoring Teachers 06:42 Dots and Bot Risks 07:06 Wrap Up and Next Project Subscribe the the newsletter for podcast cheatsheets F...

Kane from the Teacher’s AI Cafe compares Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.5 and OpenAI’s ChatGPT-6 lineup (Sol and Luna), arguing the real story isn’t “who wins” benchmarks but two different strategies: Opus 5.5 pushes maximum intelligence for complex, high-stakes work, while ChatGPT-6 emphasizes efficiency and lower cost at scale. He shares benchmark notes, pricing differences, and weaknesses like Opus...

Kane from Teachers AI Cafe shares quick AI updates for educators. 00:00 Welcome to Teachers AI Cafe 00:23 Footy Grand Final Chat 01:34 Claude Opus 5.5 Upgrade 02:49 ChatGPT Voice Gets Apps 03:41 Voice Only Lesson Challenge 04:08 ChatGPT Inside Word 04:39 School AI Policy Shifts 06:13 Rapid Fire AI Updates 06:46 Wrap Up and Next Week Subscribe the the newsletter for podcast cheatsheets Find the You...

Kane hosts an “Ask Kane/What Would Kane Do?” Q&A episode of Teacher’s AI Cafe, sharing classroom-tested ways teachers can use AI to save time and reduce workload. He explains how to improve existing worksheets, create student worksheets from PowerPoints, build lessons from curriculum descriptors, rewrite readings for different literacy levels while preserving key content, and turn YouTube vide...

Kane from the Teachers AI Cafe shares a September 21 update on key AI-in-education developments.  00:00 Welcome to Teachers AI Cafe 00:23 Weekly AI Update Kickoff 00:32 Study AI Boosts Homework Hurts Exams 01:06 Gemini Notebook Becomes AI Tutor 01:46 Chat Lands in Microsoft Word 02:02 Claude Shifts to Autonomous Workflows 02:15 Classroom Win Personalized Social Story 02:52 Wrap Up and Connect Subs...

In this Teachers AI Cafe episode, Kane demonstrates how to create engaging, historically accurate graphic novels for students—especially low-literacy learners—using an AI script template and NotebookLM’s Slide Deck feature. They explain a page/panel-based Word template, show generating a full 10-page script from researched source text using tools like ChatGPT Work or Claude, then uploading the scr...

Kane shares the Teachers AI Cafe audio update for September 14. 00:00 Welcome to Teachers AI Cafe 00:26 Weekly Update Format 00:48 AI News for Educators 01:17 Beyond AI Detection 02:08 UK Calls for Guidance 02:58 ChatGPT New Features 04:14 Wrap Up and Comm Subscribe the the newsletter for podcast cheatsheets Find the YouTube version of this here Go to this Facebook group to access the cheatsheet h...

Four years after ChatGPT’s debut, the episode contrasts optimistic claims that AI will personalize learning and reduce teacher workload with concerns that it fuels distraction, weakens thinking, undermines assessment, increases isolation, and sidelines teachers. Kane compares UK headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh’s view that children don’t work for screens and need relationships, authority, and cha...

Kane from the Teacher’s AI Cafe shares the September 7 Educators Update, highlighting six major AI-in-education stories.  00:00 Channel Welcome 00:23 Weekly Update Setup 00:42 GPT 6 Astro Release 01:50 New York AI Moratorium 02:38 APA Engagement Warning 03:25 Boston AI Ambassadors 04:13 Stanford Relationship Research 05:09 Quick Tool Updates 05:43 Wrap Up and Sign Off Subscribe the the newsletter...

Kane from the Teacher’s AI Cafe shares practical, classroom-focused AI updates for August 31, highlighting three main stories. 00:00 Welcome to AI Cafe 00:23 Weekly Update Overview 00:56 Gemini Interactive Simulations 01:37 Claude for Teachers Expansion 02:42 AI and Critical Thinking Study 03:39 Quickfire Tool Updates 05:03 AI Rollouts and Costs Debate 05:41 Community Invite and Wrap Subscribe the...

In this Teacher’s AI Cafe episode, the host explains ChatGPT’s new paid-only “Sites” feature that lets teachers build and deploy custom task-specific websites when existing sites don’t fit classroom needs. Using the desktop app, they demonstrate creating a Year 10 Munich Putsch site with timelines, quizzes, and activities, adjusting sharing from private to public, and iterating to add primary sour...

This Educators Update for AI covers major education AI news from the past week:  00:00 Weekly Update Kickoff 00:19 ChatGPT for Teens 01:42 Google Classroom AI 02:50 Renaissance Intelligence 04:07 The Real Cost of AI 05:45 Human Centered EdTech 06:17 Screen Time Backlash 07:09 Teaching AI Failure 08:43 Wrap Up and Next Steps Subscribe the the newsletter for podcast cheatsheets Find the YouTube vers...

Kane from the Teachers AI Cafe shares an Educators Update on AI for August 17. 00:00 Welcome to Teachers AI Cafe 00:23 This Week in AI 00:48 Study on AI Feedback 01:52 Why It Matters 02:32 How They Tested It 03:08 Key Findings and Uses 03:46 Moderation and Second Voice 04:58 Wrap Up and Questions Subscribe the the newsletter for podcast cheatsheets Find the YouTube version of this here Go to this...

Host Kane interviews Kevin, a Philadelphia educator with 12+ years’ experience and a PhD in educational psychology focused on retrieval practice. They discuss how retrieval improves learning, why feedback timing and quality matter, and how AI can scale personalized practice through tools like Flint and other Socratic dialogue and writing-tutor products. Kevin explains using ChatGPT for self-testin...

Kane from the Teachers AI Cafe shares AI and education updates for August 10,  00:00 Welcome to Teachers AI Cafe 00:20 This Week’s Big Question 00:53 When Not to Use AI 01:21 Digital Backlash in Schools 02:38 Denmark’s AI Proof Assessments 03:31 Oral Defense Questioning 04:24 Microsoft Study Partner Agent 05:20 Google Gemini Video Tools 06:11 Model Updates and Atlas Shutdown 06:43 Guardrails and C...

Kane from the Teachers’ AI Cafe shares an update for educators on AI platform usage, model selection, and new OpenAI tools. He cites a report reviewing 9,500 AI tools (May 2025–Apr 2026) and 144B visits across the top seven platforms: ChatGPT leads with 64.7B (44%), followed by Canva 10.5B (7.3%), Gemini 6.9B (4.8%), DeepSeek 3.8B (2.6%), Claude 3.4B (2.5%) with 250% growth, Grok 2.5B (1.7%), and...

Kane from Teachers’ AI Cafe shares an Aug 3 weekly AI update for educators.  00:00 Welcome to AI Cafe 00:23 Weekly AI Update Intro 00:48 AI Destroying Old Books 02:16 Why Physical Books Matter 02:54 Anthropic Response Concerns 04:14 Sandbox Escape Hacking 05:02 Policy and China Models 05:32 OpenAI Research Access 06:14 Gemini Spark Tasks 07:08 Copilot Super App Push 08:13 Magic School District Rol...