AI Literacy

Examples of AI Tools

How do I create an effective prompt?

• Role
• What role does the AI need to play?
• Task
• What should the AI create?
• Requirements
• What are specific requirements? What must it include, contain or be.
• Instructions
• What should the AI do to act on the prompt?

https://educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au/teaching@sydney/prompt-engineering-for-educators-making-generative-ai-work-for-you/

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https://myshortanswer.com/3-helpful-teacher-ai-prompts-from-short-answer/

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Example:

You are a 9th grade English teacher. Generate three quizzes about the narrative elements of The Great Gatsby. All quizzes should have 5 multiple choice questions with four answer options. The first quiz should be written at a 2nd grade reading level. The second should be written on a 9th grade reading level. The third should be written at a 12th grade reading level. First, create the three quizzes. Then, provide answers for all questions.

Example:

You are a travel journalist for magazine. Create an article comparing the terrain of Alaska and Florida. The article should be two paragraphs in length, discuss how the terrain of Alaska and Florida have changed in the past 20 years, and compare the terrain of Alaska and Florida. You should describe each terrain individually then compare both terrains.

Your Turn!

• Create a sample prompt using the RTRI Method.
• Need help brainstorming prompts? A good resource is GenAI Chatbot Prompt Library (https://www.aiforeducation.io/prompt-library)

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What is a hallucination?

• When an AI model generates incorrect information but presents it as if it were a fact.
• AI is trained to predict a series of words to match your prompt
• Do not have reasoning ability nor are able to recognize factual inaccuracies
• Causes:
• Insufficient, outdated, or low-quality training data
• Trained on a limited data set
• Use of idioms or slangs
• Prompts aimed to confuse the chatbot

How do I know the output is accurate and credible?

(Caulfield, 2019)

Determining Credibility - Lateral Reading

• Quickly scan your source
• Open a new browser tab
• Search Google or Wikipedia for information related to your source
• Publication, organization, author, affiliates, related sites

So, you’re satisfied with your output…

• Copy/paste into appropriate document (assessment, word processing, etc.)
• Use it for Brainstorming

Student use of AI

• AI is intended for a means to an end rather than an end.
• Brainstorming
• Thought-partner
• Refining text
• Teachers who embrace authentic assessment have more success using AI.
• Looking for ideas for authentic assessments? Ask AI!

Questions?

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Email: mkorona@lcps.org