Each morning built one layer of the system on top of the last — starting with the person, ending with something that runs without them.
Day 01
Mon · Jun 1
Empathy
Who are you as a teacher?
We didn't open with tools. We opened by asking teachers to surface what they actually believe about how people learn — the real version, not the evaluation-rubric one. From there they drafted their Source Code, the foundation everything else runs on, and stood up their Course Brain — an AI trained on their classroom that would grow with them all week.
If a stranger walked into your classroom while you were absent, what would tell them who you are?
What they built
The opening of their Source Code and a Course Brain ready to receive a year's worth of work.
Day 02
Tue · Jun 2
Analysis
What does your classroom actually do?
There's always a gap between the teacher you intend to be and the room you actually run. Teachers audited what was already there — procedures, layout, transitions — and translated their Source Code into visible architecture that holds without their voice carrying it. Then they made it audible: a short podcast walking a listener through what their classroom is actually like.
If you didn't remind them, would your students know what to do?
What they built
A clear read on their current classroom, a draft architecture tied to their Source Code, and a classroom podcast.
Day 03
Wed · Jun 3
Daydreaming
What could your year actually look like?
Most teachers are handed a pacing guide and sent back to their room. Instead, teachers brought the real shape of their year into one place, kept training their Course Brain on their content and their voice, made the pitch — a commercial on why a student would want to be in their classroom — and started building their first Google Gem.
Do your students know where they are in the year, and where they're going?
What they built
Their year mapped on their terms, a Course Brain growing, a classroom commercial, and a first Google Gem underway.
Day 04
Thu · Jun 4
Prototyping
Build the thing.
No more drafts, no more groundwork. Teachers learned to direct the AI with real intent, then brought their Google Gem to life — seated with their Classroom OS, trained on their content, calibrated to their students. And they built for the real classroom: something to hang on the wall, something to use the first week of school, and a sub plan that runs the room without them in it. This was the day the AI went live the way it was designed to.
If you got a call tonight that you couldn't come in tomorrow, would you feel ready?
What they built
A live Google Gem, something for the classroom wall, a first-week-of-school resource, and a sub plan that runs on the system, not on their presence.
Day 05
Fri · Jun 5
Testing
Does it work without you?
The whole week pointed here. In “Slopped” — equal parts AI slop and Chopped — teachers had to defend their Gem against live curveballs: “You just got a student from Ecuador who only speaks Spanish. What do you do?” A real stress test of the system against the unpredictable reality of a classroom. It held. Then they learned to ship it — sharing their Gems and putting them to work in Google Classroom.
They already knew the answer.
What they built
A complete Classroom OS, stress-tested live, plus their Gems shared and running in Google Classroom — proof it holds up when reality doesn't cooperate.
