AI can make lesson design faster, but the real value comes when teachers stay in charge of the thinking.
The workflow, inspired by Pascal Bornet’s Irreplaceable: The Art of Standing Out in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, offers a practical way to balance human judgment with AI efficiency.
It helps you keep pedagogy at the center while letting AI handle the repetitive or mechanical parts of planning.
Everything begins with clarity about what you want students to learn. Before turning to AI, set a specific learning goal and craft a clear prompt that explains what you need.
For example, you might decide to create a lesson on World War II for 8th graders and outline the key vocabulary, inquiry questions, and core concepts you want them to grasp.
This step keeps your intent visible.
AI becomes much more useful when it knows your direction.
Author’s summary: Balancing human judgment with AI efficiency in lesson design.