AI as Personal Tutor
The activity involves using AI as a personal tutor to enhance students’ learning experiences. It includes generating AI responses, evaluating their effectiveness, and reflecting on the learning process.
Critical Thinking
Critical Evaluation of AI Outputs
This assignment asks students to critically evaluate a response from AI by generating a question, examining the response, and writing a short analytical essay.
Meaningful Writing in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence
Students examine the music and social media presence of singers that they know well and compare their findings to the responses the ChatGPT provides about the singers.
Teaching Students How to Use AI Responsibly
Students input their old essays into AI tools to receive feedback and learn to discern between good and bad advice. They also learn about paraphrasing versus plagiarism.
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.
Helping Students Check for Bias in AI Outputs
Students ask probing questions of AI outputs to test their validity and reliability.
Incorporating AI Art Generation in the Classroom
This assignment emphasizes the importance of a rich descriptive vocabulary in art. Additionally, students learn to recognize and report biases in AI-generated art.
Guiding Students to Assess the Merits of Artificial Intelligence Tools
Students critically evaluate the outputs of AI tools, such as ChatGPT, by comparing them to human-generated responses.
Date My Topic
Students conduct preliminary research to assess the interest, relevance, and manageability of a chosen topic before committing to a long-term project, by setting criteria, searching for mainstream and scholarly views, and reflecting on how to refine the topic.
GenAI Platform Privacy Impact Assessment & Remediation
Students conduct a comprehensive analysis of privacy impacts, which involves writing thorough assessments that consider various aspects of data security and user privacy within AI systems.
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.
The Gen/ReGen Log: Refining the Rhetoric of Structured Prompts
Students explore techniques for crafting precise AI prompts through iterative refinement and rhetorical strategy development.
Applying Advanced Generative AI Prompting Techniques
Students refine their writing by crafting precise and effective prompts, improving their ability to convey specific ideas clearly and accurately.
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.
Speaking and Thinking for Ourselves
Students reflect on ethical considerations in the context of communication and technology by comparing ideas in an Immanual Kant essay to current events related to artificial intelligence.
From Consumer to Creator: Analyzing and Producing Machine-Made Stories
Students first analyze stories generated by AI, developing their ability to assess the strengths and weaknesses of machine-made narratives. Next, they create their own stories using AI, allowing them to explore the creative process from a technological perspective.
AI Literacy: Real-World Cautionary Tales
Students analyze real-world case studies that illustrate the potential pitfalls and ethical considerations of AI applications, enhancing their understanding of AI’s impact on society.
Variation in the Writing Outputs of First-year Writing Students and Generative AI
Students compare their writing to that generated by AI, analyzing differences in style, coherence, and quality.
Wrestling with A.I.
Students first read and reflect on articles on the social implications of AI and then participate in class discussions of the ethical dilemmas that AI presents. Additional ideas in the chapter include asking students to play with predictive text and to write position statements on the use of AI.
Co-Creating Intersectional Design Narratives with AI
The assignment emphasizes collaboration with AI tools to enhance creativity and innovation in design, allowing students to explore how AI can contribute to the narrative creation process.
Uses, Benefits, and Limitations of AI Chatbots: Implementing ChatGPT in the First-Year Writing Classroom
Students receive instant feedback on their writing from ChatGPT, allowing them to revise and improve their drafts based on the AI’s suggestions. Students then reflect on their experience using ChatGPT, analyzing its impact on their writing process and understanding its strengths and limitations.
Automated Aid or Offloading Close Reading? Student Perspectives on AI Reading Assistants
The assignment encourages students to critically evaluate AI tools, considering their benefits and limitations, and developing a nuanced understanding of their impact on the reading process.
Developing Media and Information Literacy through Dialogues about AI
This assignment encourages students to engage in meaningful dialogues about artificial intelligence, fostering a deeper understanding of its implications and applications.