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
97 episodes
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...
9 Classroom-Tested AI Lessons for Teachers
Kane from the Teachers AI Cafe shares key lessons from podcast interviews with teachers and school leaders about using AI in schools.00:00 Welcome to Teachers AI Cafe00:23 Biggest Lesson From AI01:27 Lesson One Workload Not...
Ai Update for educators 15th June
Kane from the Teachers AI Cafe shares an AI update for educators dated June 15, focused on practical classroom impact.00:00 Welcome to AI Cafe00:23 This Week’s AI Update00:46 Claude Fable 5 Breakthrough01:18 Export B...
AI in the Music Classroom: Nick on Moises, Human Creativity, and Smarter Teacher Workflows
Kane welcomes Nick, head of music at a low-SES north metropolitan WA school, to discuss practical AI use in music education and teacher admin. Nick describes his long technology journey, current classroom tools (iPads, GarageBand, Reaper, Ablet...
Ai Update for Educators 8th June
Kane from Teachers AI Cafe discusses a Deloitte study describing 2026 as the year AI visibly reshapes the Australian labor market, noting that while employment may still grow, job vacancies—especially for entry-level roles—are beginning to fall...
Why AI Succeeds (or Fails) in Schools: Copilot Case Studies
Kane from Teachers AI Cafe examines why AI works in some schools and fails in others, arguing the difference is leadership, pedagogy, and change management rather than the tool itself. He reviews Microsoft Copilot case studies from England’s Di...
AI update for Educators 1st June
Kane from the Teachers AI Cafe shares a June 1 update focused on practical, low-jargon ways AI can save teachers time and reduce stress, alongside a shift to a “weekly update” format to avoid repetitive tech news.00:00 Welcome to Teacher...
5 Teacher-Friendly Prompt Upgrades for Better AI Results
Kane welcomes listeners to the Teacher’s AI Cafe, shares that he’s experimenting with NotebookLM’s new video feature to create infographic and short video summaries of episodes on YouTube, and introduces a downloadable brochure via his newslett...
Ep81 teach update for educators 25th May
Kane from the Teacher’s AI Cafe shares a May 25 AI update focused on education trends rather than new product releases. 00:00 Welcome to Teachers AI Cafe00:18 May AI Update Overview00:47 Survey How Teachers Use AI<...
Gemini Gems vs ChatGPT Custom GPTs vs Claude Skills: The Best AI Setup for Teachers (Save Hours Weekly)
Kane from the Teachers’ AI Cafe explains that teachers often get poor AI results because they rewrite the same prompts instead of building reusable assistants, then compares three customization tools: Gemini Gems, ChatGPT custom GPTs, and Claud...
AI Update for Educators 16th May
Kane from Teachers AI Cafe shares an AI update for educators, highlighting OpenAI adding Codex to the ChatGPT mobile app to make AI automation more portable, including voice use via CarPlay. He notes Microsoft Edge now embeds Copilot to interpr...
AI Is Already Changing Careers: How Schools Must Update Pathways, Curriculum & Guidance
Kane from the Teachers AI Cafe argues that AI is already reshaping employment and career planning, yet many schools still treat AI as a classroom tool, a cheating issue, or avoid it altogether. Citing Australian reports, he notes growing worker...
Ai Tech Update for Educators 11th May
Kane returns with the May 11 tech update, apologizes for missing last week due to work, and says a new episode will follow on Wednesday while inviting teachers to share their AI journeys.00:00 Welcome to AI Cafe00:23 Weekly Update...
Ai Tech Update for Educators 4th May
Kane from the Teachers’ AI Cafe shares a weekly AI tech update for educators, noting a shift from which model is “smartest” to how AI is embedded in everyday work. 00:00 Welcome to Teachers AI Cafe00:20 May the Fourth Intro
Ai Tech update for Educators 27th Apr
Kane from the Teacher’s AI Cafe shares a tech update for April 27, 2026, focused on major moves from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic and what they mean for educators.00:00 Channel Welcome00:21 Weekly AI Headlines01:09 OpenAI ...
AI in International Schools: Equity, Assessment, and Teacher Wellbeing with Daniel Budd in Hong Kong
In this Teacher’s AI Cafe episode, Kane interviews his friend Daniel, a Perth-to-Hong Kong educator with a tech and computer science background working at a large American-style international school. Daniel describes how AI disrupted both Engli...