Teachers are overwhelmed by AI.
I fix that.
Practical AI for college teachers: customized hands-on training and step-by-step systems you can run in your next class. No jargon, no hype, no fluff.
- years teaching college
- 20+
- years teaching college
- colleges using the curriculum I cofounded
- 200+
- colleges using the curriculum I cofounded
- educators helped to use AI in their teaching
- 15K+
- educators helped to use AI in their teaching
- readers across the newsletter and LinkedIn
- 30K+
- readers across the newsletter and LinkedIn
What I hear from teachers
If any of this sounds familiar, you’re in the right place.
My students are using ChatGPT for everything and I have no idea how to grade their work anymore.
I know I need to redesign my assignments. I don't know where to start.
Every week there's a new AI tool. I'm always three months behind my own students.
I keep banning AI in my syllabus. Students keep using it anyway.
I spent an hour writing a prompt and it gave me garbage. What am I doing wrong?
Half my colleagues are all-in on AI. The other half won't talk about it. Nobody is helping me figure out what to actually do in my classroom.
I read the articles, watch the webinars, bookmark the tools. I still haven't changed a single thing in my course.
I want to use AI to prep faster. I don't trust the output enough to put it in front of students.
My students can tell when I'm using AI badly. I want to use it well. I have no idea how.
I'm exhausted. I can't keep pace with my own students.
I'm scared to ban AI. I'm scared to allow it. I don't know what the right move is.
Every time I try to integrate AI into a lesson, it takes twice as long to prep and the class falls flat.
Grab the Teacher AI Prompt Pack. Free.
Ten copy-paste prompts that take real work off your plate this week: rubrics, feedback, assignments AI can't fake, and more. Drop your email and it's yours, along with one practical idea from me every week.
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For departments and deans
Three ways to bring this to your faculty, from a $500 session for one department to a licensed six-week program your campus runs itself.
AI training for faculty
The Department Lab, department training days, and the AI-Fluent Faculty Program. Hands-on, built on your faculty's real courses.
See the training ladderCurriculum and course development
Entrepreneurship programs and mastery-based learning systems, built with the team that will teach them.
See curriculum workConsulting and speaking
Instructional design consulting across programs, and keynotes that send faculty home with something to run Monday.
See consulting and talksWhere I’ve spoken
Watch the TEDx talk
Rethinking how we teach, in twelve minutes.
Common questions
Who is Dr. Doan Winkel?
Dr. Doan Winkel is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at John Carroll University and the founder of Rethinking Inc. He helps teachers and institutions use AI in the classroom without the hype. He cofounded the Experiential Entrepreneurship Curriculum, used at roughly 200 institutions, and reaches more than 30,000 educators through the How To Teach With AI Newsletter and LinkedIn.
What does Rethinking Inc. do?
Rethinking Inc. offers three things: hands-on AI training for faculty and leaders, curriculum and course development, and strategic consulting and instructional design. Every engagement is built to give teachers specific tools and step-by-step systems they can use the next day.
How can teachers start using AI without feeling overwhelmed?
Start with one assignment, not your whole course. Pick a single task you already grade, add a clear AI boundary, and watch what changes. The free prompt pack and the products on this site each do exactly that: one small, copy-paste system you can run in your next class.
What makes Doan's approach different from other AI-in-education experts?
No inspiration without instruction. Most AI talks leave you motivated but empty-handed. Doan hands you the specific tools, the step-by-step, and the copy-paste prompts, so you walk out able to do the thing, not just think about it.
Does Doan Winkel speak at conferences and run workshops?
Yes. He delivers keynotes of 45 to 60 minutes, half-day workshops, and full-day intensives on AI in education, the future of teaching, mastery-based learning, and entrepreneurship. He is a TEDx speaker and has presented at USASBE, NACCE, and institutions across the US and abroad.
How do I work with Doan or book him?
Use the contact page to tell him about your institution's challenges and what you want to accomplish. He responds within 48 hours. You can also subscribe to the How To Teach With AI Newsletter to see how he thinks before you reach out.