Resources
The Seven-Question AI Check (our decision framework)
Section titled “The Seven-Question AI Check (our decision framework)”The poster we use in every class — a decision tree for whether AI is appropriate for a given task. If you can’t answer YES at some point, the tree says skip AI.
- Original article & full explanations of each question: Curtis D. Fry, “Should I Use AI? A Visual Guide for the Appropriate Use of Artificial Intelligence”, The Comm Spot.
- Print/digital poster: the author sells a high-res classroom version — buying it is itself a model of Question 5 (credit where due).
- Note how the article discloses its own AI use at the end (brainstorming prompts with ChatGPT, human-edited text, human-designed visual). That’s our model for the prompt log.
Fact-checking & verification sources
Section titled “Fact-checking & verification sources”Used in Classes 2, 5, and 9 — free, teen-appropriate, and built for cross-checking:
- llm-quiz.com — “Easy Problems That LLMs Get Wrong” — the 30-question bank we use to stump the AI in Class 2, with measured AI pass rates per question. The research paper and its GitHub repo (logged model answers) if you want to go deeper — and there’s a Hard Mode for anyone who feels the machine got off easy. ⭐
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook — pay, growth projections, and education requirements for hundreds of careers; our Class 9 ground truth.
- Wikipedia — with the lesson attached — great starting point, never a stopping point; trace claims to the cited sources.
- TODO: add library database / newsroom sources your school subscribes to.
Course frameworks & reading
Section titled “Course frameworks & reading”- What’s an AI Model? — The Pour Over’s “TPO Explains” short article (~3 min): company vs. product vs. model (Apple → iPhone → iPhone 16 Pro Max), why vendors ship model tiers, and what “rogue AI” headlines actually mean. Companion video from the same series: What Is AI? (Even NASA Can’t Decide) (15 min). Good companion to Class 1’s “how does a model actually work?”
- Is AI Going to Take Over the World? — The Pour Over’s “TPO Explains” article (~3 min) on the AI panic cycle: recursive self-improvement, what industry leaders are actually warning about, and a calm Christian perspective; links the companion podcast conversation with Tony Reinke (author of God, Technology, and the Christian Life), also on YouTube.