Summer 2026 Classes

Registration form

This summer, I’m offering the following courses.

Sample session: Claude Skills

• 10 weeks (Tue & Thur evening, 7-9 ET; one topic per week)

• Individuals can register for the whole course (10 weeks, $400) or they can pick any week ($50/week (topic)).

  • Classes are held over Zoom, with the recordings of the week’s classes released no later than Monday evening. The recordings are then discussed, reviewed in class.

    Recordings available so far

    What is AI, including its history?
    Where is AI headed?
    What are the real-world/workflow issues related to AI

    
    Prompting fundamentals
    Beyond prompt — context, harnesses, agents, verification, etc
    
    Claude — The basics, “search,” revisions, sourcing, models, intensit/token burn

    Claude — settings
    Claude — Free vs Paid

    Claude — Skills
    
    Available 6-23

    Claude — Design
    Claude — Artificats
    Claude — Cowork
    The App
    Projects
    Scheduled Tasks
    Dispatch

    Available 6-24

    Claude — Code

    Claude — MCP
    Claude — Customization
    
    
    Classes will be supported by Dr. P. Anand Rao, Founder, Center for AI & the Liberal Arts at the University of Mary Washington. We are also organizing an educational leaders cohort (limited to 10 people) for the summer. $2,000/person.