Designed by a practitioner.
Built for the classroom.
Heather Schneiter
Academic Technologist · AI Literacy Educator · Creator of FOCUS & READY
🎓M.S. in Education Technology, Minnesota State University Mankato · degrees in film production and mass communication
I saw a gap in AI understanding. AI Kairos is here to help you learn it, question it, and use it wisely.
I built AI Kairos Learning Lab because AI literacy should not belong only to engineers and tech insiders. It belongs to teachers, parents, students, nurses, lawyers, tradespeople — anyone navigating a world that is changing fast.
As an Academic Technologist, I spend my days designing learning experiences that actually work. I have trained faculty in D2L Brightspace, run AI literacy workshops for educators at every level, and watched firsthand what happens when people use AI without a framework. The results range from frustrating to genuinely dangerous.
FOCUS and READY are my answer to that problem. They are not just tools for prompting or evaluation — they are a mindset. They teach people to think first, question always, and own every decision they make with or without AI.
Everything I build here is grounded in real pedagogy, tested in real classrooms, and designed to work for the people who actually teach.
FOCUS + READY: The Foundation of Everything
Both frameworks were created by Heather Schneiter and are original intellectual property of AI Kairos Learning Lab. They appear in every product, every bundle, and every lesson.
- F Function — what do you want AI to do?
- O Objective — what is the goal?
- C Context — what background matters?
- U User / Tone — who is the audience?
- S Specifics — what are the constraints?
- R Recognize — identify AI in your world
- E Evaluate — verify accuracy with sources
- A Apply — use AI correctly and safely
- D Develop — build new skills through practice
- Y Your responsibility — own your decisions
⚠️ Independent Project Disclaimer
AI Kairos Learning Lab is an independent educational project created and operated solely by Heather Schneiter. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or associated with any school district, university, college, government agency, or technology company, including but not limited to Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, or any AI platform provider. The FOCUS and READY frameworks are original works of Heather Schneiter. All content, resources, and products on this site reflect her personal pedagogy and professional experience as an Academic Technologist. No external organization has reviewed, approved, or taken responsibility for any content published here.