Stop Asking AI for Answers.
Start Thinking With It.
Three courses that transform AI from an answer machine into your most challenging thinking partner
You're using AI to get answers when you should be using it to ask better questions.
There's a deeper way to work.
The Problem with How We Use AI
The default AI interaction is broken. You ask, it tells. But the best educators know that real learning comes from questions, not answers.
The Answer Trap
You ask AI a question, it gives you an answer, and you move on. But the best thinking doesn't come from answers - it comes from better questions. You're using AI as an oracle when it should be a thinking partner.
Half-Formed Ideas
You have ideas that could transform your practice, but they stay stuck in your head. There's no safe space to develop them, test them, or refine them before presenting to colleagues.
Unchallenged Decisions
Every plan looks good until it meets reality. But who has time to stress-test decisions? You need a thinking partner who'll push back without politics or ego getting in the way.
Invert the Dynamic
What if AI didn't give you answers - but asked you better questions? What if it challenged your assumptions, developed your half-formed ideas, and stress-tested your decisions? These courses teach you to use AI as a genuine thinking partner.
Three Courses. Deeper Thinking.
Each course teaches a different way to think with AI. Start with one, or master all three.
Socratic Bot
Transform AI from an answer-machine into a questioning partner that deepens your thinking.
What you'll master:
- Configure AI to ask probing questions instead of giving answers
- Build custom Socratic questioning personas with system prompts
- Master five inquiry modes: Mirror, Devil's Advocate, Curious Novice, Connector, Socratic Ladder
- Design student-facing Socratic activities
The Sounding Board
Use AI dialogue to develop half-formed ideas into structured, stress-tested proposals.
What you'll master:
- Apply the DEVELOP framework for any idea-development challenge
- Use push-back prompting to strengthen proposals
- Rehearse difficult conversations through AI dialogue
- Maintain ownership of ideas while leveraging AI input
Devil's Advocate
Use AI to systematically challenge assumptions and strengthen decisions using the STEEL framework.
What you'll master:
- Apply the STEEL framework to any professional decision
- Master five challenge prompt patterns: Pre-Mortem, Hostile Audience, Assumption Hunter, Stakeholder Simulator, Evidence Prosecutor
- Stress-test policies, curriculum designs, and budget decisions
- Build a culture of constructive challenge using AI tools
From Passive User to Active Thinker
- Ask AI a question, accept the answer
- Ideas stay half-formed in your head
- Decisions go unchallenged until they fail
- AI makes you passive, not sharper
- AI questions your thinking, making it sharper
- Ideas developed into rigorous proposals
- Every decision stress-tested before commitment
- You think better with AI than without it
The most important AI skill isn't prompting - it's knowing when to stop accepting answers and start demanding better questions.
Built for Educators Who Think Deeply
Whether you lead a school or lead a classroom, these courses transform how you use AI for professional thinking.
Invest in Deeper Thinking
Choose the course that fits your needs, or get all three at a special bundle price.
Individual Course
Perfect for trying one course first
- Choose any course
- Self-paced learning
- Downloadable prompt templates
- Certificate of completion
Think with AI Bundle
All three courses
- All 3 courses included
- Self-paced learning
- Complete thinking toolkit
- Certificate for each course
- Future course updates
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Questions? We've Got Answers
Most people use AI in question-answer mode: you ask, it tells. These courses teach you to invert that dynamic entirely. You'll configure AI to question you, challenge you, and develop your ideas through dialogue rather than giving you pre-packaged answers. The thinking stays yours - AI just makes it sharper.
No prior AI experience needed. We start from the fundamentals of how to configure AI behaviour through system prompts, then build up to sophisticated thinking partnerships. If you've used ChatGPT even once, you have enough background.
Start with Socratic Bot if you want to understand the foundational skill of making AI question rather than answer. The Sounding Board builds on this for idea development. Devil's Advocate teaches you the STEEL framework for systematically challenging decisions. For the full experience, we recommend doing all three in order.
Absolutely. Socratic Bot includes a dedicated module on student-facing applications, and The Sounding Board's techniques can be adapted for student use. Many educators find that modelling AI-as-thinking-partner with students transforms classroom discussions.
All courses work with free AI tools like ChatGPT (free tier) or Claude. No premium subscriptions required. The techniques are tool-agnostic, so you can apply them to whichever AI assistant you prefer.
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Join educators who are using AI to sharpen their thinking, not shortcut it.