The Intelligent Hoodlums · Las Vegas · Est 2014
Silver State Technology Conference 2026 · Hosted by NV-SIDE

MAGIC: Human-Centered
AI for Beginners.

Thanks for spending part of your Saturday with us. This is the plain-language, human-first way to bring ai into your classroom, for teachers who aren’t sure where to start. Tell us what landed, and we’ll write back.

Make your own copy.

Here’s the doc from the session. The button makes a copy in your own Google Drive, so you can edit it, add your own notes, and share it with your team.

Make a copy (Google Docs, opens in new tab)

You’ll need to be signed in to a Google account. If your school account blocks it, try a personal one.

Open Gemini Notebook.

Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) holds the sources you come back to, like your unit plans and standards, so you build the context once and reuse it instead of rewriting prompts from scratch.

Open Gemini Notebook (Google, opens in new tab) Watch how we use it

The second link opens “Assets,” episode 2 of our free Google Classroom series. Look for the chapter on Gemini Notebook.

Get first access to Curator.

Curator is our planning tool. It builds the folders and sheets behind your classroom system in your own Google Drive, so the work stays yours. Sign up, and we’ll tell you when the doors open.

Sign up for early access (opens in new tab)
Leave us a message

Don’t be a stranger.

Leave us a question, a reaction, or the thing you want to try first. Type it, record it, or send something you already made. We read every one, and a Hoodlum will write back.

Who’s writing

We use it to reply, and to send the newsletter if you ask for it below. We won’t share it.

Your message

Not sure what to say? Pick one of these starters and skip the rest:

  • One thing: what stuck with you from the session?
  • A question: what do you wish we’d covered?
  • Your room: what are you hoping to try with ai?
  • A hello: tell us who you are and what you teach.
REC 0:00

Press Start when you’re ready. You’ll get a live preview and up to 2 minutes. Re-record as many times as you like.

Your browser handles the recording, and nothing uploads until you hit send.

Bigger than 45 MB? Email it to whenindoubt@theintelligenthoodlums.com and we’ll grab it from there.

What brings you (optional)

Check any that fit, and the right Hoodlum will follow up.

Stay in the loop

Want this for your whole staff?

A conference session gives you an hour; a workshop gives your staff a day to practice with their own lessons. We bring human-centered ai, and the rest of our PD, to schools and districts, in person or virtually. Tell us what your teachers need, and we’ll build the day around it.

Book us for PD

Want the bigger picture? Read the white paper on the full Classroom OS experience →

Watch our ISTELive 26 session.

Want more before we write back? Our ISTELive 26 Idea Lab, “Human-Centered AI Collaboration for Beginners,” covers the same ground in 50 minutes. Our free Google Classroom series is in the Catalog, with no account required.

Let’s keep the conversation going.

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