Pilot 2026
Grades 8–12
Crash Course: AI Literacy Fundamentals
Three class periods that give students a shared language for how generative AI works and a first honest look at their own AI use.
Course detailsClassroom curriculum
Ready-to-teach lessons that build shared experiences and AI literacy.
Each course pairs classroom-ready lessons with TAU, so students practise using AI and then see how they used it. Written by classroom teachers. More courses are on the way.
On request
A semester- or year-long AI literacy unit
A longer unit for schools that want to go further than three sessions. Email us to talk through what your school needs.
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Crash Course: AI Literacy Fundamentals
Most students already use AI for schoolwork. Fewer can explain what it is doing, or notice when they have stopped doing the thinking themselves. In three class periods, students get a clear picture of how generative AI works and a first honest look at their own AI use.
By the end, students can
- Explain in their own words that generative AI predicts likely next words rather than reasoning the way people do.
- Name their own agency level and describe the four dimensions TAU reads.
- Revise a draft with a specific, personal goal for how they use AI.
- Describe how using AI differs on a topic they know versus one they are still learning.
Sessions
Students start as the expert, judging AI on a topic they know well. They end as the learner, using AI on something new and checking what it tells them. Each session is one class period of 40 to 45 minutes.
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What is AI, and how does it affect our thinking?
Students name what they know, want to know, and worry about. A mini-lesson covers how a large language model predicts the next word, why hallucinations happen, and where AI is and isn't reliable. Then they write a short article in TAU on a topic they know well, so they are the expert judging the output.
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Reading your own TAU report
Students reflect on their first report before anything is defined for them. The class works through the four agency levels and the four dimensions, then students write a second draft for a new audience.
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Learning with AI
Partners compare drafts and write about each other's process. Then a short article on something new, with two sources in MLA format that students verify themselves. The class closes by returning to its day-one questions.
Agency language
Four agency levels describe where a student's thinking came into the work. Students learn them by reading their own report, as a starting point for reflection, never a grade.
Levels
Transformative
You led the AI to investigate and challenge your ideas, developing new ones that changed your work.
Directive
You led with your own ideas and used the AI to develop them.
Reactive
The AI gave you the ideas; you made them into your own work.
Passive
You asked the AI for the answers and used them almost unchanged.
Dimensions
Prompting Quality
Did you drive the chat?
Selective Use
What survived?
Calibrated Skepticism
Did you check what you were told?
Original Contribution
Is the thinking yours?
What's included
- A ready-to-teach slide deck for all three sessions
- A teacher lesson plan with timings, classroom setup, and facilitation notes
- Printable student pages: Session 1 exit ticket, Session 2 report worksheet, Session 3 partner reflection
- An optional 10-point assessment with an answer key
- Three assignment templates in TAU: The Expert Article, Draft 2, and The Research Article
- TAU access for each student
- A short list of reliable resources for teachers who want to go deeper
Common questions
Do teachers need AI experience to teach this?
No. The slides and lesson plan carry the content, and the setup session is there for teams who want support.
How much class time does it take?
Three periods of 40 to 45 minutes each.
Does TAU grade student work?
No. The report describes how the work was made. The teacher still marks the article.
What do we need beforehand?
Classes and the three assignment templates set up in TAU before Session 1. TAU runs in a browser on the computers, tablets, or phones students already use.
Ways to start
Any of these works for any course.
Book a demo call
A 30-minute call to see TAU in action, including a real student report, before you decide anything.
Book a demo callGet pilot pricing
Each bundle includes slides, lesson plan, printables, assessment, TAU access for each student, and class setup in TAU. Pricing is based on your number of students and teachers. Tell us your grade levels and class sizes and we'll send a quote.
Request pricingSchedule a setup session
Our education team meets your teachers online, sets up classes and the assignments in TAU, and practises reading reports together, so the first session runs smoothly. Priced by number of teachers and licences.
Request setup pricingFor professional learning on AI in the classroom, see workshops for teachers.