The Teachers AI Café
The Teachers AI Café is a podcast designed for educators eager to harness the power of artificial intelligence in their classrooms. Join us for engaging conversations, practical tips, and real-world examples on how AI can streamline lesson preparation, provide insightful feedback, and foster student skill development. Whether you’re a tech novice or a digital native, this café is your go-to space to learn, share, and revolutionize your teaching with AI.
Episodes
113 episodes
Educators Ai update 21st Sept
Kane from the Teachers AI Cafe shares a September 21 update on key AI-in-education developments. 00:00 Welcome to Teachers AI Cafe00:23 Weekly AI Update Kickoff00:32 Study AI Boosts Homework Hurts Exams01:06 Gem...
How to Create AI-Powered History Graphic Novels for Low-Literacy Students
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/...
Educators AI update 14th Sept
Kane shares the Teachers AI Cafe audio update for September 14.00:00 Welcome to Teachers AI Cafe00:26 Weekly Update Format00:48 AI News for Educators01:17 Beyond AI Detection02:08 UK Calls for Guidance0...
AI in Education After 4 Years: Tutor Revolution or Learning Crisis?
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 s...
Ai Educators Update 7th Sep
Kane from the Teacher’s AI Cafe shares the September 7 Educators Update, highlighting six major AI-in-education stories. 00:00 Channel Welcome00:23 Weekly Update Setup00:42 GPT 6 Astro Release01:50 New York AI M...
Educators Ai update 31st Aug
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 Cafe00:23 Weekly Update Overview00:56 Gemini Interactive Simulations01...
ChatGPT Sites for Teachers: Build & Host Interactive Classroom Websites in Minutes
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 demonstrat...
Educators' AI Update 24th Aug
This Educators Update for AI covers major education AI news from the past week: 00:00 Weekly Update Kickoff00:19 ChatGPT for Teens01:42 Google Classroom AI02:50 Renaissance Intelligence04:07 The Real Cost...
Educators Ai update for 17th Aug
Kane from the Teachers AI Cafe shares an Educators Update on AI for August 17.00:00 Welcome to Teachers AI Cafe00:23 This Week in AI00:48 Study on AI Feedback01:52 Why It Matters02:32 How They Tested It...
AI That Makes Students Think: Retrieval Practice, Feedback, and Smarter Classroom Implementation
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 c...
Ai Update for Educators 10th Aug
Kane from the Teachers AI Cafe shares AI and education updates for August 10, 00:00 Welcome to Teachers AI Cafe00:20 This Week’s Big Question00:53 When Not to Use AI01:21 Digital Backlash in Schools02:38 ...
ChatGPT vs Claude for Teachers: Best AI Models + New Educator Plugins
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 l...
Ai update for Educators 3rd Aug
Kane from Teachers’ AI Cafe shares an Aug 3 weekly AI update for educators. 00:00 Welcome to AI Cafe00:23 Weekly AI Update Intro00:48 AI Destroying Old Books02:16 Why Physical Books Matter02:54 Anthropic ...
Build Classroom Websites in Minutes with ChatGPT Sites (Codex): Escape Rooms, Quizzes & Offline HTML
Kane from the Teachers AI Cafe demonstrates OpenAI’s new ChatGPT/Codex “Sites” feature, showing how teachers can quickly build and refine custom student websites with low-literacy-friendly content, quizzes, and shareable URLs. He walks through ...
Ai update for Educators 27th Jul
Kane shares an AI update for educators.00:00 Welcome to Teachers AI Cafe00:23 AI Agent Escape Warning02:19 What It Means for Schools03:51 ChatGPT Work and Codex App04:35 Gemini Notebook Upgrade<...
AI Levels for Teachers: From Chatbot Beginner to Agent Orchestrator (Claude & ChatGPT)
Kane from the Teachers AI Cafe explains a six-level progression for educators using Claude (and applicable to ChatGPT)00:00 Welcome to AI Cafe00:27 Episode Setup and Mailing List01:38 Level One Amateur Basics03:59 Le...
Ai update for Educators 20th July
Kane from the Teacher’s AI Cafe shares a weekly AI tech update for educators.00:00 Welcome to AI Cafe00:23 Google Gemini Notebook02:34 Claude for Teachers04:37 ChatGPT Search and Projects05:36 Grok Automations...
Claude Skills for Teachers: Stop Repeating Prompts and Build an AI Teaching Toolkit
Kane from the Teachers AI Cafe explains Claude Skills as a way for teachers to avoid repeatedly copying long prompts by saving preferred instructions, lesson structures, and reference documents into reusable “skills,” similar to templates but m...
Ai update for Educators 13th jul
Kane from the Teacher’s AI Cafe shares this week’s AI updates for educators.00:00 Welcome To AI Cafe00:29 OpenAI 5.6 And Work02:10 Agent Risks For Schools02:28 ChatGPT Live Voice Mode03:45 Atlas Browser Shutdo...
AI Won’t Replace Teachers, It Will Expose Weak Learning
Kane from the Teachers AI Cafe argues that AI won’t replace good teachers but will expose weak thinking and weak assessment by making polished output easy to generate without real understanding. He warns against mistaking fluent AI work for gen...
Ai Update for Educators 6th jul
Kane from the Teachers AI Cafe shares a weekly AI update for educators focused on practical classroom use. 00:00 Welcome to AI Cafe00:23 This Week’s AI Update00:39 NotebookLM Short Videos01:24 Classroom Uses and...
AI Update for Teachers 29th June
Kane from Teachers AI Cafe shares a late-June AI news update for educators, focusing on changes affecting classroom and workload. 00:00 Welcome to Teachers AI Cafe00:35 OpenAI 5.6 rollout shifts01:49 Agentic AI with Co...
Fast AI Wins for Teachers: Better Prompts, Graphic Novels, WebQuests & more
Kane from the Teachers AI Cafe shares a live PD session on practical, classroom-tested ways AI can save teachers time and support low-literacy students. He explains that AI won’t replace teachers but works best with strong teacher judgment and ...
AI Version of 22nd June update
**This is an AI version of me. It's the same content of their other recording but it reads a script word for word. It's one experiment, but I don't like the outcome of this first attempt. It seems flat. Let me know your ...
Ai update for Educators 22nd Jun
Kane from Teachers AI Cafe shares a June 22 update on key AI-in-education developments, stressing a human-centered approach that protects student thinking and teacher judgment. He highlights Reuters reporting Norway moving toward a near-total b...