3 Straightforward AI Prompts I Train My College students on the First Day
A pupil turns in a superbly written essay about photosynthesis. Once you ask them about it the subsequent day, they stare blankly – they do not keep in mind a single factor they “wrote.” Sound acquainted? That is as a result of they did not write it. AI did. And here is the issue – when college students use AI to do their pondering for them, they are not simply dishonest the system, they’re dishonest themselves out of studying.
However what if we might flip the script? What if as an alternative of combating towards AI, we taught college students to make use of it as their private studying coach? That is precisely what I do on day one in all my pc science courses, and it is remodeling how my college students study. Right this moment, I am sharing the three game-changing prompts that flip AI from a homework machine into a strong suggestions engine – prompts that assist college students suppose deeper, write higher, and truly keep in mind what they’re studying.
On this turbo tip episode, I am sharing the precise three AI prompts I educate my college students on the primary day of sophistication. These prompts flip AI right into a formative suggestions instrument moderately than a writing substitute, serving to college students study to suppose critically whereas utilizing know-how responsibly. You will uncover the best way to assist your college students use AI for understanding, revision, and presentation preparation.
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Present Notes
The Massive Takeaway
College students who use AI to jot down their assignments do not keep in mind what they turned in or the content material they’re imagined to be studying. However once we educate them to make use of AI as a suggestions engine as an alternative of a writing instrument, they develop stronger important pondering abilities and truly retain what they’re studying.
Key Factors Mentioned
- 0:05 – Why I anticipate college students to make use of AI for suggestions, not writing
- 1:12 – The “Clarify It to Me” immediate that transforms advanced ideas into content material they perceive
- 2:14 – The Essay Suggestions immediate that preserves pupil voice and pupil company and delivers suggestions associated to the project aims
- 3:13 – The “TED TALK” Slide Suggestions immediate for presentation excellence and ideas for opening and
Classroom Utility
Here is how this works in my classroom: Once I see college students battling a fancy idea just like the cardiovascular system, I’ve every pupil decide their AI instrument of alternative and create their very own analogy utilizing one thing they perceive. One pupil may use soccer, one other may use video video games.
Then we share and examine – college students usually say “Oh, I can keep in mind it that approach!” It is turn into a strong cooperative studying jigsaw exercise that hurries up understanding whereas retaining college students engaged and the place I am the ultimate say, making certain that the AI instrument is definitely explaining and never obfuscating the true that means of what we’re discussing.
The Three Important Prompts
Immediate #1: “Clarify it to me”
“I don’t perceive [complex topic], however I do perceive [familiar topic]. Clarify [complex topic] to me in phrases I perceive.”
Immediate #2: Essay Suggestions Engine
“Give me suggestions on this essay utilizing the rubric I’ve offered. Checklist all spelling errors, all grammar points, and listing rubric issues individually and ideas for the way I can enhance my writing with out rewriting it for me. Make a bulleted listing I can observe.”
Immediate #3: “Ted Discuss” Presentation Immediate
“Give me suggestions on these slides utilizing the rubric I’ve offered. Checklist all spelling errors, all grammar points, and listing rubric issues individually and provides me ideas on my opener based mostly on the rubric. Additionally estimate the period of time this presentation might take to offer and provides me ideas for making issues extra concise or longer if wanted. Additionally give a suggestion for an opener or nearer in step with what’s seen in TED Talks.”
Crafting AI Prompts (My Gamma Presentation)
That is the presentation I at present use to show prompting to my college students and fellow educators for many who need to perceive the nuances of efficient prompting. I do replace this continually and this embed ought to take you to the present presentation. I made this in Gamma however the entire content material is my very own.
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Your Flip
Which of those prompts will you introduce to your college students first? Have you ever discovered different methods to assist college students use AI as a studying instrument moderately than a shortcut?
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