Understand the choices
Compare everyday uses and different tools and models. Learn what tokens mean for the information AI processes and how some services measure usage.
AI for everyday life. Go beyond the chat.
A practical, one-day group workshop for people who have tried chatting with AI and want to do more for themselves. For individuals, friends and community groups, with clear explanations and guided practice.
Learn together, at a welcoming pace
A day to ask, explore and create.
We begin with the group’s interests and concerns. Clear explanations lead into practice, with creative demonstrations in the afternoon.
- Morning
Start with you.
- Share your interests, questions and what puts you off AI.
- Explore everyday uses, tools, models and tokens.
- Try clearer instructions, personalisation and privacy settings.
- Afternoon
See it. Then make it.
- Watch a creative demonstration, then choose a small project.
- Build a simple game or a personal website draft with guidance.
- A few volunteers share what they made and learned.
- End of the day
Make thoughtful choices.
- Check answers and practise spotting suspicious requests.
- Discuss benefits, limitations and environmental impact.
- Choose one useful thing to keep practising.
Lunch and screen breaks are built into the day. We agree the final programme with your group.
More possibilities. Better judgement.
Make AI more useful to you
Try clearer instructions, response preferences and reusable prompts. Explore planning, learning, creativity or personal admin using fictional examples.
Know what you are sharing
Look at privacy and model-training settings, what connections to email or files can access, and how to check or remove permissions. Controls vary by tool and account.
Stay curious and check
Question confident answers, look for missing evidence and practise safer responses to scams. Discuss AI’s benefits, limitations and environmental impact without treating it as the answer to every task.
Choose one thing to build.
After a demonstration, try one small project with guidance. In a larger group, selected volunteers share their work.
A small game
Turn an idea into a simple game you can test and improve.
A personal website
Draft a page about an interest or fictional profile. Try a layout, edit the words and check how it works.
These are learning projects. Public publishing is a separate choice after checks; you do not need to share private information.
Your day, at a glance.
One day, with time for questions, lunch and breaks. Times and activities are agreed before booking.
Open the full example agenda
- 09:00–09:30
Welcome and your starting point
Meet the group, share interests and concerns, and try a short starting task.
- 09:30–10:15
AI tools, models and everyday uses
Explore what different tools are for, what a model is and what tokens mean.
- 10:15–10:45
Make the conversation work for you
Practise clear instructions and save preferences or reusable instructions.
- 10:45–11:00
Break
Time to step away from the screen.
- 11:00–11:45
Your information and connected apps
Look at privacy and training settings, connection permissions and how to remove access.
- 11:45–12:30
Ask, check and improve
Use fictional examples to compare answers, spot assumptions and improve a request.
- 12:30–13:30
Lunch
A full break from screens.
- 13:30–14:30
A creative demonstration, then your own build
Choose a small game or website draft. Work through a guided example, then invite a few volunteers to share.
- 14:30–14:45
Break
Pause, move and come back refreshed.
- 14:45–15:30
Scams, fakes and checking answers
Practise questioning urgency, checking important claims and verifying requests through a trusted channel.
- 15:30–16:00
Benefits, trade-offs and environmental impact
Discuss when AI is useful, where it falls short and why thoughtful use matters.
- 16:00–16:30
Try again and improve
Return to your project or a personal-use task, check it and make one useful change.
- 16:30–17:00
Questions and your next step
Repeat a short skills check, reflect on confidence and choose what to practise next.
A few practical details.
- Bring a laptop and the chosen AI account. We agree tools, access, group size and fees before booking.
- Examples use fictional information. You will not be asked to open private emails or share sensitive details with the group.
- Connections are optional and depend on the chosen tool, account and permissions. We can use a prepared demonstration instead.
- You do not need coding experience. The focus is learning for yourself, with support from the group and trainer.
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