Three ways to run the same lesson. Same content plan in all three — pick the shell.
Content plan (~45 min, 12 steps): recap training vs inference → context window → system prompts → hallucination → tool calling → pick-the-tool chat → MCP wire diagram → build an MCP call → MCP vs Skills vs Plugins match → quiz. Each preview below is a working miniature — click around.
1a
Stepped lecture — matches "How AI Learns"
You drive with ← →; one activity per screen; class sees one thing at a time. Zero relearning for students.
NOVA ACADEMY · INTERACTIVE LECTURE · FRONTIER LLMS
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What can a frontier model like Claude actually do — and how do we give it superpowers?
Last class we trained a cat-detector. Today we open up a frontier LLM: its memory, its instructions, and how MCP, Skills and Plugins plug it into the real world.
Context window
System prompt
Tool calls
MCP · Skills · Plugins
The context window is the model's desk
Everything Claude "knows" in a conversation must fit on the desk. Drag the class materials on — watch what falls off.
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Class vote: which tool should Claude call?
Student asks: "What's the weather at KL Sentral right now, and book me a study room for 3pm."
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1b
Lab console — chapter rail + lecturer controls
Persistent syllabus rail: jump anywhere, students always see where they are. A lecturer bar gives you Reveal / Reset without leaving the screen.
NOVA ACADEMY LAB
Frontier LLMs: Claude, MCP & friends
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The MCP wire — watch a request fly
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1c
Inside-the-model — the lesson IS a simulated Claude chat
The whole lecture happens inside a mock Claude window with an x-ray panel: as you chat, students literally watch the context window fill, the system prompt sit at the top, and MCP calls fire. Most immersive; least conventional.
Claude — X-Ray Mode
Nova Academy teaching simulator
Lesson 3 / MCP
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X-RAY · WHAT'S IN THE CONTEXT WINDOW
System prompt "You are a helpful campus assistant for Nova Academy students…"