AI Guide for Teachers
A practical AI guide for frontline teachers, covering generative AI basics, prompting, classroom agreements, vibe coding, and agent boundaries.
A Note Before Reading
This Generative AI Handbook for Frontline Teachers (《一线教师的生成式AI手册》) began as a set of English materials I wrote while serving as a teaching assistant for generative AI pedagogy at Barnard College in the United States. After returning to teach in China, I noticed that many colleagues felt the same way I did: curious but cautious about AI, eager to use it but worried about stepping into trouble.
So I decided to thoroughly “translate” that more academic English guide into a practical handbook that truly belongs to our teaching context: removing obscure terminology, adding local tools, adapting it to both Chinese and international school settings, and most importantly, making AI feel like a reliable intern at your side rather than a difficult new colleague.
This Chinese edition was rewritten and localized from the original English materials. Its tone was polished with Qwen (通义千问) so that the language would feel lighter, easier to read, and more human. All illustrations were hand-drawn with Tongyi Wanxiang (通义万相), inspired by the visual style of Xiaohongshu (小红书) knowledge creator @机器坏人, aiming to make the ideas clear at a glance and maybe bring a knowing smile.
The guide also refers to:
- The Ministry of Education’s 2025 Guidelines for Teachers’ Use of Generative AI, First Edition (《教师生成式人工智能应用指引（第一版）》)
- Tsinglan School Teacher Guide, 2025-2026 (清澜山学校教师指导手册（2025-2026学年）)
Please note: this is not a policy document. It is a teaching companion meant to be useful. It does not dwell on grand narratives. It talks about small AI techniques you can use tomorrow, pitfalls you can avoid, and rules you can explain clearly.
You are welcome to read it with doubt, curiosity, or even a little anxiety, because real educational wisdom has never lived inside the technology. It lives in your hands.
Li Kaer / Culver
November 2025
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