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EduSummary is ready to excite you! This newsletter focuses on AI tools and techniques that benefit you and your class. Scroll down to learn how to use AI to foster your students' critical thinking and fact-check skills, read about AI scholarship programs from Amazon, get inspired by a visual task prompt, and know what other teachers think about releasing workload.

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CASE STUDIES

Gladiator VS AI: A historian’s path

Sarah E. Bond teaches history at the University of Iowa. And it’s her first semester with AI integrated into the schedule. To focus on the gap between AI and the human mind, she uses Readly Scott’s masterpiece Gladiator. In previous years, she had asked her students to review historical inaccuracies in the movie. But this time, she wants them to query ChatGPT and analyze the algorithmic biases. She believes that’s an excellent way to teach kids to be AI savvy. Click here to go into more details.

Strength test for ChatGPT

Right after ChatGPT proved it would become a serious game player, Mary Martin, an English language Arts teacher from Platte County High School, Missouri, came up with a brilliant idea: why not challenge her students even more? So she said: “Artificial intelligence can do any of your class assignments. Now prove me wrong.” Her class received terrific results, which significantly boosted their creativity. Finally, she created an extracurricular AI club with a librarian. Go here to dive deep into how this teacher apprehends AI with her students.

Be AI supervisor

Let students understand chatbots, not merely use AI responsibly. That was the goal C. W. Howell, a Clinical Assistant Professor at Washington State University, set after ChatGPT erupted into the classroom. He required students to generate an essay in ChatGPT and evaluate it as if they were profs. They had to leave comments and ask several questions. Surprisingly or not, all the 63 essays contained errors. Go here to learn more about the idea and its outcomes.

NEWS

Learn to speak, then learn to code

The future coders may be much younger if the hypothesis of Brandon Da Silva, AI Areca CEO, about the tech proficiency of youngsters, proves to be correct. He believes “it’s important to equip kids in time for this new world ahead of them.” That’s why Arena X Labs now teaches kids AI literacy via play. Their next step is to set up a platform to let teens start coding. Read more about the innovative tool here.

An AI pill against post-covid learning loss

One-third of college instructors recently interviewed by Morning Consult for a McGraw Hill survey reported that most, if not all, of their students struggled due to learning loss. The other thing this survey shows is the attitude towards technology in studying. 80% of the 500 undergraduate students interviewed said they were using social media or ChatGPT for learning. Moreover, 62% of students and 58% of instructors agree that AI will improve learning rather than do harm in the future. Click here to know more.

Free AI Amazon courses for 2M people

“AI Ready” is a series of online courses that teach how to develop and use generative AI. This Amazon program for tech workers is available for free. According to The Messenger, this company will spend up to $12 million on generative AI scholarships for over 50K students worldwide. Go here to find out more about the opportunity. Read about scholarships here.

WEEKLY INSIGHTS

From the “worst invention” to the inevitable tool

Soon after being released, ChatGPT affected schools so fast that teachers often considered it the worst invention ever. Moreover, OpenAI still holds age restrictions: ChatGPT users shouldn’t be younger than 13, and teenagers under 18 must receive parental consent. Still, several months after ChatGPT appeared, teachers started introducing this tool into the schedule. Now, OpenAI is working on educational apps to boost the learning process. Read more about the forthcoming OpenAI instruments here.

AI to release your workload

What can make teachers love their work more? Let’s talk about decreasing burnout. According to the 9th Annual Educator Confidence Report, 82% of teachers need more balanced work. AI-optimistic teachers suggest that using technology might help a lot. Francie Alexander, chief research officer at HMH, stresses that AI increases productivity, makes communication with colleagues and students’ families easier, helps accumulate teaching data, etc. Go here to discover more AI ideas to release workload.

AI to change education in the hospitality sector?

In his blog, Jens-Henning Peters, head of Vocational Education & Training by EHL, suggests AI will benefit education in the hotel industry, culinary, and other spheres. The only two obstacles are the need for facilitators and the high equipment cost. In his opinion, the best option to make up-to-date vocational education more accessible is to introduce AIGC-powered gamified vocational training in VR. Read more here.

PROMPT OF THE WEEK

AI is much about well-organized visual data. That’s why the EduSummary prompt choice for this week will fit design and technology teachers. It’s retrieved from Mrs Foster's X page.

Input:

You are a DT teacher in England. 
Create a simple exploding diagram of a toy car. It must contain the axle.

Output:

This diagram shows the different parts of the toy car and how they fit together. 
The axle is clearly visible in the diagram.

These are the search results EduSummary received:

TOP TOOLS

This week, we recommend this set of AI instruments for you and your students to foster better learning results.

• Stealthwriter detects ChatGPT, GPT-4, Bard, Bing Chat, Claude, and more. It is available to start for free and without registration. The upgraded plan costs $20 monthly.

• Khanmigo is an AI tutor and teaching assistant working on GPT-4. It is a pop-up chatbot students can use to discuss any issues they learn. Join the pilot program to try it for free, or contact the district's partnership team to learn about the paid version.

• MyAI is a ChatGPT-powered chatbot you can access via Snapchat. Here, students can get AI assistance by asking about school subjects. It is free to use.

• Bing Chat is a Microsoft AI assistant that works on an advanced OpenAI language model. You can access GPT-4 for free here. AI-generated images, coding, math problems, and more are available here. In Bing, you can access the sources used for the answers.

• Blaze is a helpful tool to release time writing emails and optimize your workflow. The limited basic version is free to use for up to 20 snippets. To get 1000 snippets, upgrade to the PRO version for $2.99 per month.

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