SchoollyAI · Shawn Pecore

AI in Education.
Explained Clearly.
Used Honestly.

Teachers, parents, and students are navigating AI in education right now, most without a reliable guide. SchoollyAI cuts through the noise with honest, practical insights from a classroom educator. No hype. No agenda. Just clarity.

Practical articles · Free mini-courses
Finding direction in AI education, compass surrounded by data network

Three Audiences.
One Clear Purpose.

SchoollyAI reaches K-12 students indirectly, by equipping the adults who guide them with honest, practical AI literacy they can actually use.

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Parents

Parents navigating AI at home, worried about their children's education, and looking for a trusted, non-alarmist voice.

  • Free, accessible articles on AI in education
  • Plain-language explanations of AI trends
  • Guidance on AI tutoring tools for home use
  • Context on what schools are actually doing
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All Students

K-12 and post-secondary students building AI literacy skills for academic and professional success.

  • Free mini-course access
  • Academic integrity frameworks for AI use
  • Personal AI tutor setup and workflows
  • Career-ready AI literacy skills

Four Pillars.
No Filler.

Every blog article and course module maps back to one of four core pillars, so readers can follow topics from introductory guides to deeper classroom questions.

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AI Literacy

What AI actually is, how it works, and what it can and can't do, explained clearly for educators without a computer science background. No buzzwords, no breathless hype.

How It Works Demystified Foundational
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Ethical AI Use in Education

The hard questions schools are avoiding. Academic integrity, bias, data privacy, equity of access. Not to scare you. Just a framework for making good decisions.

Integrity Policy Frameworks
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The Personal AI Tutor

How to set up and use AI as a genuine learning tool: for students, for teachers building lessons, and for parents supporting learning at home. Practical. Tested. Honest about the limits.

Practical Tutoring Workflows
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AI Trends & Impact

What's actually changing in education because of AI, and what is just noise. Informed by being inside a real classroom, not by watching it from a think tank or a VC portfolio.

Trends Research Classroom Reality

Five Tools.
That's It.

No affiliate-driven tool directories. No EdTech garbage. These are the five AI tools Shawn actually uses and recommends, evaluated for educational quality, not commission size.

Claude
Deep reasoning, long documents, nuanced analysis
Gemini
Google integration, research, multimodal tasks
ChatGPT
General tutoring, writing, broad versatility
Perplexity
Research with citations, current information
NotebookLM
Deep dives on specific documents and sources

Why only five? Because a short list you actually trust beats a long list nobody can evaluate. Every tool here has been tested in a real classroom. Affiliate relationships are disclosed where applicable.

Learn the Foundations.
No Paywall.

Three-section mini-courses on SchoollyAI. Designed for busy educators and parents who need clarity fast.

Each free mini-course covers one critical AI literacy topic in three focused sections. Not a 40-hour certification nobody finishes. Just clear, practical knowledge you can use this week.

  • Structured for self-directed learning. No deadlines, no cohorts
  • All sections open freely. No email required.
  • Related blog articles for additional reading
  • New courses added as content pillars develop
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Featured Course · Free
AI Literacy for Teachers:
The Foundation Course
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    How AI Actually Works Tokens, hallucination, context windows, training data. The mental model every educator needs before making any decisions about AI.
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    Fast AI vs Slow AI The cognitive science of AI and learning. Why quick answers reduce understanding, and what to do about it.
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    AI in Your Classroom: Where to Start The tools worth your time, the 80/20 rule, and how to talk to students about AI.
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Shawn Pecore, SchoollyAI founder and educator
Shawn Pecore
Author · Classroom Teacher · Engineering Geologist

Shawn Pecore is an educator, scientist, and author. He researches, writes, and discusses current issues in AI in education facing educators, parents, and students.

He also writes about where education is heading and publishes children's science books through the MEYE Science Series. Visit shawnpecore.com and follow him on Substack at @shawnpecore.

Hons. B.Sc. Earth SciencesUniversity of Waterloo
Engineering GeologistProfessional background
Bestselling AuthorBusiness & Science · Amazon KDP
AP Physics & ScienceCurrent classroom teacher
MEYE Science SeriesAuthor, Amazon KDP
Canadian EducatorInternational school experience