Relating AI tools to Pedagogy

This handbook is a practical guide to AI tools that may support teacher workflow. It is not an endorsement of any tool, platform or company listed. Tools change rapidly. Do not build your practice around a tool. Build it around your teaching.

The most important things in this handbook are not the tools. They are the prompts, the pedagogy and the professional judgement you bring to every output AI produces. 

The purpose of this site is to support a collaborative conversation so leaders and teachers can determine which pedagogies and strategies align with their school and what types of AI tools could facilitate / evolve these practices.

AI cannot know your students. It cannot read the room, notice who is struggling, build a relationship with a child who has had a hard morning, or make the thousands of micro decisions a skilled teacher makes every lesson.

The curriculum is your source of truth, not AI. Every output must be verified against the NSW syllabus before use.

The teacher is the expert. AI is a drafting tool. The human must always be in the loop, reading, adjusting, owning and delivering every piece of work that reaches a student, a family or a school record.

Use these tools to protect time for what matters most: your relationships with students, your professional expertise and your presence in the classroom.

All AI output needs to be viewed with a critical lens. Use staff with expertise: your Aboriginal Education Officer, Learning and Support teacher, EAL/D teacher, School Counsellor and your leadership team to ensure bias and inaccuracies are recognised and addressed. This is particularly important for cultural data sovereignty and trauma informed practice.

AI models train on data. Many AI tools use the text you enter to train future models. Never paste student names, student work, identifying information or confidential school records into any AI tool. Use DoE approved tools such as NSW EduChat and Microsoft Copilot where data sovereignty is protected.