Do not build a curriculum. Build one lesson from a question you care about, retrieve it the same day, and stop while the habit still fits in a small sitting.
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Create an account and pick a role
Sign up and choose Student, Educator, or Independent learner. Students should use the email their teacher invited. Educators can create classes later. Independent learners can ignore classrooms entirely and still use the full loop.
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Make a lesson from one specific question
On Home, start a new lesson. Enter a topic, paste text, add a link, or upload a document. Prefer a sharp prompt — “how photosynthesis moves energy through a leaf” — over a field of study. Generation takes a moment. If it fails, retry.
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Read the sections (understand)
Open the lesson and read. This is encoding: you are building the first memory trace. Skim only if you already know it; otherwise give the explanation the same attention you would a short chapter.
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Practice before you reread (retrieve)
Use flashcards or a quiz while the explanation is still fresh but no longer in front of you. Mark items again, hard, good, or easy. That rating is more honest than a highlight. If you want, filter by Bloom level when recall is easy and application is not.
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Stop, then come back (consolidate)
End the first session after you have retrieved something. Tomorrow, open the same lesson and see what still stands. Spacing is the unglamorous part, and it is the part unstructured notes almost never get.
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If you teach, assign only after you review
Educators can create a class, enroll students by email, and assign the lesson. Read the generated material first. Progress you will see later is a signal, not a grade. Students may also keep personal lessons that are not part of the class.
A good first lesson is small
If the topic would take a semester, you will never retrieve it today. Pick the next idea you would be embarrassed to keep Googling. Finish the loop once. The second lesson is easier because the habit already has a place to live.