This handout addresses the challenges of integrating AI in education, focusing on the limitations of AI detection tools and the importance of balancing AI assistance with direct learning engagement. It emphasizes the role of productive struggle in education and the need for teachers to balance challenge and support. The handout also covers strategies for creating AI-resistant assignments and assessments, the importance of transparency in AI usage, and introduces OpenAI's prompt strategies and the RICCE Framework for effective AI utilization.
Use AI to try this activity in your role.
Use this prompt if you need help getting started:
a. Create a detailed lesson plan for my (class name) teaching the concept of (Topic) utilizing the instructional strategy "'Analyzing a Photograph." The lesson should be (Minutes long) and should be designed to enhance students' visual literacy and critical thinking skills. Design the Lesson.
b. Create an image that could be used for the lesson plan above.
Observe the Image
Carefully examine the image of early humans gathered around a fire.
Identify key elements: expressions, body language, fire’s role, and environmental details.
Guiding Questions:
What do you notice first?
How do the individuals seem to react to the fire?
What emotions or thoughts might they be experiencing?
Draw Parallels to Generative AI
Consider how fire was a groundbreaking discovery
Discuss how this mirrors the introduction of Generative AI in education and society.
Guiding Questions:
How did fire change the way early humans lived?
What were the benefits and risks of fire?
How does this compare to the potential of Generative AI?
In what ways can AI be a transformative tool, and what challenges does it present?
Synthesize Your Insights
As a group, craft a 25-word GIST statement summarizing your discussion.
Select a recorder to post your statement on the shared Harness Powerful Forces Padlet. Harness Powerful Forces Padlet.
Utilize Copilot or https://firefly.adobe.com/ to generate an image that could be used as part of a classroom lesson for “Analyze a Photograph.”
Use this prompt if you need help getting started:
a. Create a detailed lesson plan for my (class name) teaching the concept of (Topic) utilizing the instructional strategy "'Analyzing a Photograph." The lesson should be (Minutes long) and should be designed to enhance students' visual literacy and critical thinking skills. Design the Lesson.
b. Create an image that could be used for the lesson plan above.
Task: Based on a student’s grade, a student is on track not to pass the class. Your task is to draft an encouraging email to the students, sharing how they are doing in the class and what they can do to improve.
Download the RICCE Framework document to follow along with this activity.
A Financial Aid Officer at a community college notices a student’s financial aid file is incomplete. The student has not submitted the required verification documents, which puts their financial aid award at risk. Your task is to draft a concise, respectful, and action-oriented email reminding the student about missing documents, offering guidance on how to complete the process, and providing resources to support them.
Download the RICCE Framework document to follow along with this activity.
Task: Create a five-slide presentation outline using the OER “Educational Psychology - Second Edition” by Seifert and Sutton. Focus on Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development with “Social Constructivism: Assisted Performance." Integrate Generative AI to enhance content delivery and understanding. Identify one slide to add an AI generated image.
Tips:
Constraints on presentation outlines may include the number of bullet points, the number of words per bullet point, and/or the Lexile level.
Only use the portion of the text that should be included to address Vygotsky's Zones of Proximal Development.
DO NOT attempt to create the image within the same prompt as asking for the presentation outline. Remember to break tasks into smaller subtasks.
Download the OER Resource for the "You Do" Series. -“Social Constructivism: Assisted Performance."
Task: Using "Educational Psychology - Second Edition”, Develop five multiple-choice questions aimed at assessing higher-order thinking skills (Blooms level 5-6 or Costa’s Level 3). These questions should not only test knowledge recall but also challenge students to analyze, evaluate, and apply concepts related to Social Constructivism and the Zone of Proximal Development.
Task: Create an AI-enhanced 60-minute lesson plan using "Educational Psychology - Second Edition" by Seifert and Sutton. Once the lesson plan structure is created, provide a step-by-step collaborative project the students can complete together as a team.
Task: Design an assignment where students write a 5-page essay on Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development in APA format. Provide directions and a rubric on understanding, analysis, research, writing quality, and personal reflection. Incorporate AI tools for research and drafting assistance, emphasizing critical thinking and originality in applying educational theories. Identify the roles AI should play as part of the project. Remember, you may ask AI advice on what role AI should play and even how to make the assignment "AI-Proof."
AI's Role in Education
AI Tutoring Super Prompt - Original Version created by Ethan Mollick (ChatGPT users can use this ChatGPT link)
AI Academic Advisor for NC Community College Students - Dr. Lane Freeman (ChatGPT users can access the AI Advisor ChatGPT link)
NCCCS Delivery Guide GPT - Requires ChatGPT 4
ChatGPT 4 - Prompt 1
Act as a colleague in adult education. I am a college faculty member in an adult education program, and I want your help providing feedback to my college sophomores on a paper they wrote. The students should be assessed assuming they are at the 1200 Lexile level. I will upload the directions and a rubric, and I want your assistance in providing feedback. Let me know when you are ready for me to upload the Rubric and Directions.
Resource: Essay Directions- Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development
Resource: Rubric - Vygotsky’s ZPD Essay
ChatGPT - Prompt 2
I have attached the student assignment. Assess the assignment for alignment with the goals of the assignment. Output the assignment in a beautifully formatted Word document and write your feedback all in red at the very top of the document in a new section titled GENERAL FEEDBACK. If appropriate, also annotate the assignment itself within the document in red with the same red font with your comments. Each annotation should be unique and address a specific point. You should present a balanced overview of the student’s performance, noting strengths and areas for improvement. Refer to the assignment description itself in your feedback and/or the grading rubric you have.