A Decision Tree to Guide Student AI Use

This activity provides a decision tree model to guide students in responsible AI use for enhancing their learning. It emphasizes critical engagement, iterative use, and transparency in AI interactions, fostering metacognitive reflection and ethical clarity in writing.

Help Students Think More Deeply With ChatGPT

This assignment guides students in using ChatGPT to enhance their critical thinking skills. It encourages them to engage deeply with content, ask insightful questions, and analyze AI-generated responses for accuracy and relevance.

AI and Art

This project engages students in exploring artistic styles and how AI neural networks can learn and apply these styles to create new artwork. Through this activity, students enhance their understanding of AI, machine learning, and artistic expression.

Interview a Chatbot

This activity introduces students to AI and its applications in writing as they interview a chatbot to learn more about how the AI tool works.

Prompt-a-thon

Students engage in a creative “Prompt-a-thon” to explore AI-generated writing prompts that focus on wicked problems facing the local community.

The Five “S” Model

Following the 5 “S” Model, students write prompts designed to elicit detailed and relevant responses from AI, enhancing their understanding of prompt engineering and its impact on communication clarity and content quality.

Museum Label Writing

This assignment focuses on developing students’ skills in writing compelling museum labels by using AI-generated content as a starting point. Students analyze ceramic objects, generate prompts for ChatGPT, critique the AI-generated labels, and reflect on the writing process.

Using Character Chatbots in English Class

This assignment allows students to engage with AI-generated characters, providing a dynamic method for exploring and understanding character motivations and behaviors.

Generative AI: The Voice of the Other

Students compare their own writing with AI-generated texts to understand their unique writing voice, identify differences in vocabulary, tone, and style, and apply this knowledge to enhance their writing authenticity.

Collaborative Research with ChatGPT

Students conduct a rhetorical analysis of the outputs generated by ChatGPT, critically evaluating the AI’s responses and the effectiveness of their own writing in eliciting meaningful and accurate information.

Introductory Activity for Generative AI

Students engage in crafting and refining prompts to elicit specific responses from LLMs, enhancing their understanding of precise and effective communication.

Rhetorical Prompt Engineering

Students develop their rhetorical analysis skills by examining and creating prompts, learning how to craft questions that elicit thoughtful and effective responses. Their revision work focuses on documents related to the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster.

Writing Imagery: Multimodal AIs in History and Digital Art

Students engage in multimodal composition, blending written text with digital images, sounds, and other media forms to create a rich, layered project. Students also conduct in-depth historical research to inform their creative work

AI Literacy Workshop Series

This collection of activities were part of a series of workshops on AI literacy, touching on tools, prompt writing, and more. The activities can be used individually or as a full series.

AI Literacy Workshop: Prompt Engineering

This assignment provides a comprehensive introduction to prompt engineering, explaining its significance in guiding AI outputs and teaching students how to craft effective prompts for AI tools.

Search: Seminal Scholars, Studies, and Other Materials

The assignment teaches students to use ChatGPT to identify significant scholars, studies, and materials within a given field, providing a foundational understanding of important contributors and key texts in the subject area.

Search: Explanations for Wrong Answers

By using ChatGPT to identify and correct misconceptions, students can clarify their understanding of complex topics, ensuring that incorrect knowledge does not impede future learning and comprehension.

Search: Narrowing Search Results

The assignment teaches students to use quotation marks and Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to narrow down search results effectively, ensuring they receive precise information tailored to their specific needs.