AI Peer Tutor: teach others to use AI well

01

Before this course, and what a peer coach does

In simple words

A good swimming buddy does not swim for you. They stand at the edge, watch, ask "how did that feel?" and tell you when something looks unsafe. A peer coach for AI is the same: you stay at the edge, you ask questions, and you point to the rules. The classmate does the swimming.

Key facts

Before this course: course 1.10.3 (AI Study Systems) and course 1.10.2 (AI Research & Writing). In lesson 1 of this course, check that you can do these four things: tell help from cheating with a tutor-style prompt, keep a source log, keep an AI-use log, and explain to a friend why AI answers must be checked. If one is shaky, redo that lesson first. You cannot teach what you cannot do.
The International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI) describes academic integrity as a commitment to six fundamental values: honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage. These six words are a good base for everything you coach.
UNESCO's page on AI in education says its mandate "calls inherently for a human-centred approach to AI." In a teacher video on the same page, a teacher says students should use AI as a "thought partner, not a shortcut." This is the spirit of peer coaching.
A peer coach is a student who helps another student learn. A peer coach is not a teacher, a judge or a police officer. You do not grade work, you do not decide guilt, and you do not make rules.
Peer tutoring training programs at universities commonly teach questioning, referrals, when to stop a session and academic integrity. For example, the Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) Level I tutor workbook has a unit on critical questioning, plus referrals, when to stop a session and academic integrity.
Coaching has three jobs:

Job	What it looks like
Ask	Questions that make the other student's thinking visible
Show	A short model of a good habit, for example how you check one claim
Refer	Pointing to the syllabus, the teacher or student services when a question is not yours to answer

Your limits: you do not write, edit or complete another student's assignment, you do not tell them what AI rules apply unless you can show the written rule, and you do not collect their private information.
A coach who cuts corners teaches corner-cutting. Your own AI-use log should be clean and up to date.

Step by step

Write the four "ready" checks above on a page and tick each one honestly. Redo the earlier lesson for any you cannot tick.
Copy the six ICAI values on a card. Next to each, write one example of how it shows up in AI use (for example, honesty: telling your teacher when you used AI).
Write your own "coach's promise" in three lines: what you will do (ask, show, refer) and what you will not do (write their work, judge them, decide the rules).
Check your own AI-use log: every AI use in your own work has a row.
Choose one classmate or friend who agrees to be your practice learner for the course.
Check: you have a ticked ready list, a value card, a coach's promise and a practice learner.

Watch on YouTube

The Do's and Don'ts of Peer TutoringAimee Smith · YouTube · youtube.com

Videos by other creators on YouTube, for reference. They are not made by or affiliated with The Future Market.

LESSON 01Before this course, and what a peer coach does

LESSON 01 / ANIMATED LESSON / AI VOICE00:00 / 01:00

Voice

Read the video script

[Host] "A good swimming buddy does not swim for you."
[Text on screen: Ask · Show · Refer] "A peer coach has three jobs: ask questions, show a good habit and refer to the rules or the teacher."
[Text on screen: Honesty · Trust · Fairness · Respect · Responsibility · Courage] "Six values of academic integrity guide everything you coach."
[Text on screen: You do not write, judge or make the rules] "You do not write their work. You do not judge. Your school sets the rules."
[Host] "Check your own log first. A coach teaches by example."

Try it now

Write your coach's promise and your six-value card. Tick the four "ready" checks. Show the promise to a teacher or advisor and note any change they suggest.

ClaudeStuck? Copy a ready-made prompt for Claude

Copy this, open Claude, paste it, and Claude will walk you through the lesson step by step.

For a grown-up: Claude is for adults (18+). Copy this, paste it into Claude, and use the answer to explain the lesson to your child.

I'm learning "AI Peer Tutor: teach others to use AI well" on The Future Market. Lesson 1: "Before this course, and what a peer coach does".

What the lesson teaches:
- Before this course: course 1.10.3 (AI Study Systems) and course 1.10.2 (AI Research & Writing). In lesson 1 of this course, check that you can do these four things: tell help from cheating with a tutor-style prompt, keep a source log, keep an AI-use log, and explain to a friend why AI answers must be checked. If one is shaky, redo that lesson first. You cannot teach what you cannot do.
- The International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI) describes academic integrity as a commitment to six fundamental values: honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage. These six words are a good base for everything you coach.
- UNESCO's page on AI in education says its mandate "calls inherently for a human-centred approach to AI." In a teacher video on the same page, a teacher says students should use AI as a "thought partner, not a shortcut." This is the spirit of peer coaching.
- A peer coach is a student who helps another student learn. A peer coach is not a teacher, a judge or a police officer. You do not grade work, you do not decide guilt, and you do not make rules.
- Peer tutoring training programs at universities commonly teach questioning, referrals, when to stop a session and academic integrity. For example, the Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) Level I tutor workbook has a unit on critical questioning, plus referrals, when to stop a session and academic integrity.
- Coaching has three jobs:
- Job - What it looks like

The exercise I'm working on:
Write your coach's promise and your six-value card. Tick the four "ready" checks. Show the promise to a teacher or advisor and note any change they suggest.

I'm stuck. Please:
1. Explain the main idea in plain, simple words with one everyday example.
2. Walk me through the exercise one small step at a time. Ask me what I've done so far before giving the next step.
3. Don't just give me the final answer. Help me do it myself, and check my work when I share it.

I'm a parent helping my child (about 8 years old) with a lesson called "Before this course, and what a peer coach does" from the course "AI Peer Tutor: teach others to use AI well".

Here's what the lesson says:
A good swimming buddy does not swim for you. They stand at the edge, watch, ask "how did that feel?" and tell you when something looks unsafe. A peer coach for AI is the same: you stay at the edge, you ask questions, and you point to the rules. The classmate does the swimming.

The activity:
Write your coach's promise and your six-value card. Tick the four "ready" checks. Show the promise to a teacher or advisor and note any change they suggest.

Please explain this so an 8-year-old understands: short sentences, a fun everyday example, and no hard words.
Then give me 3 simple questions I can ask my child to check they understood, and a way to do the activity together, one tiny step at a time.

Open Claude

Sources

International Center for Academic Integrity, Fundamental Values: academicintegrity.org/resources/fundamental-values
UNESCO, Artificial intelligence in education: www.unesco.org/en/digital-education/artificial-intelligence
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, TutorFundamentals Integration Level I (workbook): www.kpu.ca/sites/default/files/Learning%20Centres/KPU_TutorFundamental

My notes

I learned this

02