This assignment, inspired by Ethan Mollick, is from the Mollick’s Substack post “Embracing weirdness: What it means to use AI as a (writing) tool”. The activity explores using AI as a tool for generating diverse writing styles, analogies, and explanations. By leveraging AI’s capabilities beyond traditional thesaurus functions, students can enhance their writing through creative variations and deeper connections between concepts.
Key Features of This Assignment
- Generating Diverse Writing Styles
- Students use AI to produce multiple stylistic variations of a paragraph, showcasing different writing techniques and approaches.
- Creating Analogies and Explanations
- AI helps students develop analogies, making complex ideas more relatable and easier to understand, even incorporating historical references.
- Interactive AI Editing
- Students interact with AI to refine and edit their work, enhancing their writing process by incorporating AI-generated suggestions.
Find the full version of this resource on Mollick’s Substack.