Support, not substitution
AI can help make teaching material. It does not replace the teacher’s subject knowledge, judgement or relationship with learners.
Optional by design
AI, when it helps.
Your teaching, always.
Lesson Studio is not an AI teacher. It is a creative studio for educators, with optional AI assistance when it saves time or helps an idea take shape. Use it, switch it off, or write and draw everything yourself.
Make it yourselfWrite, code and draw directly.
Ask for focused helpTurn a clear teaching idea into a starting point.
Keep the useful resultEdit it, save it and reuse it from your Library.
Purpose before novelty
Use AI when it makes a useful task quicker or more accessible, not because every lesson needs an AI component.
The teacher decides
Review the result, change it, save it or discard it. Material only becomes part of a lesson when you choose to put it there.
From idea to lesson page
Make it in seconds. Teach with it straight away.
Prepare an interactive Sketch before class, or make one in the moment when a question changes the direction of the lesson. Because AI works inside the same workspace, the result is not stranded in a chatbot. Try it, edit the code if needed, then post it straight into the current lesson.
Students receive the working interactive Sketch, not a screenshot or a link back to AI. They can change the angle and explore the idea for themselves. You can also write all the p5.js code yourself whenever you prefer.
TEACHING IDEA
“Show how the angle changes the projectile’s path.”
01MakePrompt it or code it
02PostSend it to this lesson
03ExploreStudents use the live Sketch
Generate once. Reuse often.
The result becomes part of your Library.
A useful diagram, Sketch, set of notes or other result can be saved, edited and reused in future lessons without asking a model to generate it again. The value stays with the teaching material, not with an endless stream of prompts.
DIAGRAMProjectile paths
Lesson 1Lesson 2Lesson 3
Choose the model
Useful does not have to mean frontier.
Results vary between models and tasks. The newest or most expensive model may help with some complex requests, but focused diagrams, sketches and notes can also work very well with smaller or open models.
Cloud providers
Bring your own account
Connect a supported provider and choose from its available models. The provider’s account, pricing and data policies apply.
Desktop and Ollama
Use open models
Download the Lesson Studio desktop app and install Ollama separately. You can then use compatible models without a cloud-provider API key.
One honest qualification: Ollama defaults to an address on your own computer. If you configure an Ollama server elsewhere, your requests go to that address.
Know what is sent
A prompt can include more than the words you type.
Lesson Studio adds the instructions and relevant workspace context needed for the request. What is included depends on the task.
Cloud model
- Your request and relevant context
- Lesson Studio’s secure relay
- Your chosen provider
Ollama in the desktop app
- Your request and relevant context
- The Ollama address you configure
- Your chosen Ollama model
Relevant context may include recent conversation messages, workspace instructions, selected resources, lesson or canvas details, document text, code, diagram source, web extracts, or an image you explicitly ask the model to interpret. Cloud-provider terms and retention policies still apply. Read the full AI terms for the detailed account.
Ethical use
Use judgement before, during and after.
Lesson Studio encourages AI use that is proportionate, transparent and safe for learners.
Choose it for a reason
Start with the teaching need, then decide whether AI is the right tool.
Review the result
Check accuracy, bias, suitability and rights before using material with learners.
Protect people’s information
Do not submit student, safeguarding, confidential or personal information without proper authority.
Follow your setting’s policy
Be open about AI assistance wherever your school, organisation or context requires it.
Your choice
Use the assistance.
Keep the authorship.
Start with your idea, choose whether AI helps, and shape the result into teaching material that remains useful long after the response is finished.