In this video I walk through some of my favorite ways to bring AI into classroom learning activities without giving students direct access to an AI tool. That’s a big deal for a lot of schools right now because of age requirements, privacy concerns, and academic integrity worries. So instead of “students ask the bot,” I show how the teacher can run the AI as a whole-class experience and still get all the engagement, creativity, and critical thinking that AI can spark. I demonstrate several practical, classroom-ready formats: a live AI interview where the AI takes on a role (a historical figure, an expert, a character, etc.), an AI-powered debate where the class challenges claims and evidence, and interactive AI games that get students thinking on their feet. I also share a co-writing approach where students plan, critique, and improve writing with AI support—without turning it into a shortcut. To make this easy, I include free prompt templates you can copy, tweak, and reuse so you can focus on teaching, not prompt engineering.