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Free lessons. Bite-sized. Designed for absolute beginners but useful even if you've been using Claude for a while. New lessons added weekly.
Getting started with Claude — your first conversation
Never used Claude before? Here's the absolute beginner walkthrough — sign up, send your first message, and learn the three things that make …
Chat vs Cowork vs Code — which Claude tool when?
Claude isn't one product, it's three. Most beginners pick the wrong one for their task and get frustrated. Here's the 60-second decision tre…
Claude Cowork tutorial — the beginner walkthrough
Cowork is the Claude feature that produces real files, runs tools, and works autonomously. Here's the no-jargon walkthrough for non-develope…
Claude Projects — the feature most beginners ignore (but shouldn't)
Projects are how you stop repeating yourself in every chat. Set up your context once, and every conversation starts with Claude already know…
30 Claude prompts every teacher should steal
Lesson plans, IEP drafts, parent emails, marking, differentiation, assessment — 30 copy-paste prompts that took me from "AI is interesting" …
Claude vs ChatGPT — an honest comparison after using both for a year
No fanboy nonsense. Where Claude is better, where ChatGPT is better, and which one you should pick if you can only use one. From a teacher w…
Claude Skills, explained — what they are and why they matter
Skills are reusable instruction packs that turn Claude into a specialist. Once you understand them, you stop re-explaining yourself in every…
Lesson planning with Claude — my full weekly workflow
My exact 20-minute Sunday process for planning the week. Built over a school year of trial and error. Steal it, adapt it, save 5 hours a wee…
Claude prompt engineering basics — write prompts that actually work
Prompt engineering is just learning to ask properly. The four parts of a good prompt, a template you can steal, and the mistakes beginners m…
Claude MCP explained — connect Claude to your apps
MCP sounds like developer jargon. It's the plug that lets Claude read your calendar, email and files. What it is, how to set it up, and whether it's safe…