21d • Educators 🕮
Learn Faster, Teach Easier
This pillar is for anyone who has to learn fast and then show others how to do it—students, interns, team leads, freelancers. The skill isn’t “use AI.” The skill is “turn messy info into clear, repeatable systems,” and prove it saved time or raised quality.
If you can do this for someone else, you can charge them money for it. It's organizing and creating insights, a real in-demand skill when you're bombarded with access to more information than any other point in history.
What “Good” Looks Like (Outcomes You Can Show)
- A quiz bank built from slides with answer keys and rationales.
- A three-level explanation set (simple → exam → expert) for one tough topic.
- A clean, 1-page process doc, a 5–7 slide mini-deck, and a 5-question check.
- A “before/after” metric: time to ramp an intern, mistakes per task, or rework rate.
- A short portfolio blurb or LinkedIn bullet with numbers (time saved, errors reduced).
Part 1 — AI Study Partner (Learn fast, keep your group on track)
For reference purpose, "doc" refers to any Notion, NotebookLM, Obsidian, OneNote, or Google Drive you typically arrange information in.
Step-by-step (90 minutes)
Ingest (10 min)
Put lecture slides/notes into a doc. Add the syllabus learning goals. Label sections clearly.
Generate quizzes (20 min)
Prompt:
“From these slides, create 15 questions: 6 multiple choice, 6 short-answer, 3 ‘explain why.’ Map each to a learning goal. Provide correct answers + 1-sentence rationale. Flag any content not found in the slides.”
Explain at 3 levels (20 min)
Pick 3–5 confusing concepts.
Prompt:
“Explain [concept] at three levels: (A) Explain it to me like I'm 12, (B) Exam-ready definition with 1 example, (C) Expert pass with edge cases or common traps. Include a 2-line ‘how to remember’ hook.”
Study guide (20 min)
Prompt:
“Summarize Unit [X] into a 2-page study guide: key terms, 5 big ideas, typical exam traps, and a 10-item self-check. Keep sentences punchy and concrete. Reference slide numbers where possible.”
You can (optionally) use Magicschool.ai (Teacher Suite) for free to create similar modular lessons for yourself.
Part 2 — Micro-Teaching / Training (Teach tiny, teach often)
Everyone teaches at work: onboarding a new hire, handing off a role, walking a client through your process. Package it once, reuse it forever.
The Tiny Teaching Pack (TTP)
A) 1-Page Process Doc (SOP-lite)
Purpose: When do we run this?
Inputs: files, access, links.
Steps 1-5: bullets, each with expected output.
Checks: how we know it’s correct.
Time/Owner: who does this, how long it should take.
Risks: top 3 pitfalls + fixes.
Version footer: v1.0, date, author.
Prompt:
“Draft a 1-page SOP for [task]. Use the structure above. Keep steps actionable. Include a ‘3 pitfalls + fixes’ box and a 60-minute target time.”
B) 5–7 Slide Mini-Deck
Problem: why this exists.
The outcome we need.
The workflow (diagram or numbered flow).
Live demo checklist.
Common mistakes & how to avoid them.
Quality bar (what ‘done right’ looks like).
Next steps + where to get help.
Prompt:
“Outline a 7-slide training deck for the SOP above. 5 bullets per slide max. Add 1 call-and-response question per slide to keep it interactive.”
C) Quick Quiz / Checklist (3–5 items)
2 questions on critical steps, 1 on quality, 1 scenario.
Or a “Did we do this?” checklist to self-certify.
Prompt:
“Create a 5-item check: 3 yes/no process checks, 1 scenario choice, 1 ‘what would you do if…’ response. Provide the answer key.”
45-minute build flow
- 15 min: draft SOP from your notes.
- 15 min: deck outline → fill bullets.
- 10 min: quiz/checklist.
- 5 min: add version footers + publish links.
Accessibility & clarity
- Use verbs first (“Open… Upload… Verify…”).
- One idea per bullet.
- Add 1 screenshot where words fail.
- Keep reading level ~Grade 9–10.
- Measure impact
- Ramp time: days from start → first independent run.
- Error rate: issues per 10 runs (before vs. after).
- Hand-offs: # of times someone asks for help (drop is good).
- Adoption: % of teammates using the pack.
End prompt.
Part 3 — Guardrails (Be the adult in the room)
Accuracy: Always fact check the source slide/page. Correct hallucinations.
Integrity: Quizzes are for practice; don’t submit AI’s words as your own graded work.
Privacy: Strip client names/data. Use dummy records in screenshots.
Part 4 — Pillar Tie-Ins
Classroom Innovation
- Teachers: repurpose slides → auto-quizzes, tiered explanations, and a “Friday 10-minute check.”
- Students: make peer-teaching kits; each member owns one topic per unit.
Service Provider / Freelance
- The same assets sell as part of your offer:
- Client Onboarding Guide: 1-pager + 7-slide explainer.
- SOP pack for a small team: 3–5 SOP-lites with checks.
- Training as deliverable: include the deck + checklist in every project.
This is the leap McKinsey talks about: move from ticket-writer to problem-solver by designing repeatable learning and doing systems.
Appendix — Prompt Snippets (Copy/Paste)
Quiz Bank (mapped to goals)
“Using these slides and learning goals, create 12 questions: 4 MCQ, 4 short-answer, 2 ‘explain why,’ 2 scenario. Tag each with a learning goal, provide the correct answer + 1-sentence rationale, and reference the source slide. Flag anything not supported by the slides.”
Three-Level Explanations
“Explain [concept] at three levels:
A) Everyday analogy (≤120 words).
B) Exam-level definition + 1 worked example.
C) Expert note with edge cases/common traps.
Finish with a 2-line ‘how to remember’ hook.”
SOP-Lite (1-Page)
“Draft a 1-page SOP for [task]. Sections: Purpose, Inputs, Steps 1–5 with expected outputs, Checks (how we verify), Time/Owner, 3 Pitfalls + Fixes, Version footer. Write at Grade 10 level, verbs first.”
Mini-Deck (5–7 slides)
“Outline a 7-slide training deck for the SOP. Slide titles: Problem, Outcome, Workflow, Live Demo Checklist, Common Mistakes, Quality Bar, Next Steps. ≤5 bullets per slide. Include one audience question per slide.”
Checklist / Quick Quiz
“Create a 5-item checklist for [task]: 3 yes/no process checks, 1 scenario with choices, 1 ‘what would you do if…’ free-response. Provide the answer key or acceptance criteria.”
Metrics Logging
“Suggest 3–5 simple KPIs for this process (ramp time, error rate, rework). Propose a 2-column log format (Date / KPI value) and a 1-sentence rule for when to update from v1.1 → v1.2.”
Use AI to draft. You decide what’s true, useful, and reusable.
Ship the tiny teaching pack, track one metric, and publish your receipts.
That’s how you learn faster, teach easier—and look like a problem-solver, not a ticket-writer. Compress the time it takes to arrange information for you to comprehend it quicker.
Bend time.
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