AI & Study: the talk
A cinematic, image-first keynote that follows one student through a late night: the promise of AI, the trap of the shortcut, and the fix. Makes the whole-school case for using AI to build real learning.
Study with AI, not from it · NSW Years 7–12
Study Foundations.
One method, every year – smart, safe study with AI, not from it. A whole-school overview, plus a dedicated session for every stage from Year 7 to the HSC.
Students in every year already use AI – mostly as an answer machine, which quietly erodes the very skills school exists to build.
These four courses flip that: they teach students to study with AI, not from it, using one method – the same six moves, grounded in cognitive-science research – to turn the tool into a study partner.
Every course is anchored on NSWEduChat, the NSW Department of Education's own student AI: free for Years 5–12, with data kept in Australia and never used to train AI – private from companies, if not from the school. And because they're built on an agile methodology, each course adapts to your school's model, tools, and approach – from a single session to a whole-school rollout.
What students walk away with
- A study method they own – six moves, any subject
- Faster understanding – and memory that actually sticks
- The judgement to verify AI – and use it critically
- Safe, honest use – NSWEduChat first, integrity always
Four courses, one method
One whole-school overview and / or a session for every stage.
One presenter, ~50 minutes each – as an assembly or in class, with full speaker notes, worked examples, and leave-behinds.
Smarter, not lazier
Opens with how the brain actually learns, then teaches the six moves as a "study buddy" – in plain language, wrapped in age-appropriate safety, age limits, and parent-permission rules.
The right habits, now
The six moves as a study system, defaulting to the safe school tool (NSWEduChat) and the rules for everything else. The HSC is named only as a distant goal – lock in the method while the stakes are low.
HSC success with AI
The six moves pointed straight at the HSC – directive verbs, marks-as-minutes, past papers, extended responses and marking – kept firmly on the right side of NESA's integrity line.
The method
Six moves, in every course.
One evidence-based method students keep for any subject – each move grounded in cognitive-science research.
1 · Understand
Generate the idea – don't just receive it.
2 · Drill
Turn everything into a quiz – retrieval, not rereading.
3 · Space
Spread across days; mix confusable types in a session.
4 · Distil
Notes that test you – not a tidy summary.
5 · Refine
Your hardest marker – never your ghostwriter.
6 · Check
Assume it's confidently wrong until you verify.
The red lines
01 Don't submit its words as your own.
02 Don't cite it as a source.
03 Don't let it do the thinking.
Default to NSWEduChat, the safe school tool – anything else needs a parent's and the school's OK first.
How it works
- One presenter, ~50 minutes – runs as an assembly or in class.
- Full speaker notes on every slide; worked examples in real subjects.
- Evidence-backed – every claim sourced to the research.
- Leave-behinds: photo-ready recap slides + a printable one-page summary sheet.
Book all four – or start with one course.
Run one with a single cohort, measure the difference, then expand. Every enquiry starts with a free consultation.