Unlock the �Power of AI

Dr. Kevin Hopkins, khopkins@sbuniv.edu

Mathematics Professor Emeritus, Southwest Baptist University

(32 ½ years)

Senior Training Specialist, Next Level Solutions

(3 years)

Rate Your Experience

• I don’t consider myself an expert, but I have used it a lot
• This talk was built assuming most of my audience is in the first 3 categories
• Feel free to ask question at any time

• Will go quickly to see a variety of prompts and responses
• Won’t take the time to read all the responses.
• The PowerPoint and chat responses similar to what the Chat programs will generate for us are available at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1T3Jl7k-RrHeCDx1Zcy7hKRT0QfPcTtVF?usp=drive_link
• As is another version I gave a few days ago to another audience of math and science teachers.

• AI is taking the world by storm, but where does it fit in your math classroom? This session explores three cutting-edge AI chat tools—ChatGPT, ClaudeAI, and Google Gemini—and shows you how to harness their power. Discover how to craft smart prompts that can help you build course outlines, design engaging lesson plans, create dynamic presentations, and even tailor assessments to your students' needs. Enhance your teaching with AI, one prompt at a time! 

Questions I plan to �address about Generative AI

• How to use it (in general)?
• What is prompt engineering?
• How I think math & science teachers might use it?
• How I think students (parents) might use it initially?
• Where could you learn more?

What is it?

Questions I do NOT plan to �address in much detail

• Ethical Concerns
• Biases
• Plagiarism concerns
• Acceptable Use Guidelines
• How models are trained/specific differences in models.
• How to implement AI within schools
• Such theoretical concerns are appropriate, but until you see the practical potential uses such theoretical concerns are too vague.
• https://all4ed.org/future-ready-schools/emerging-practices-guides/demystifying-artificial-intelligence-ai-for-k-12/

• My first prompts were not as developed as the ones you’ll see today
• Practicing is the best way to learn
• I had a bit of skepticism going in.
• AI did NOT write that song (but it can compose parody songs)
• AI did compose the images you see in the talk, but we likely won’t have time to talk about image creation.

How to use it/What is it?

• We’ll look at 3 of the many chat programs out there
• ChatGPT https://chat.openai.com/
• ClaudeAI https://claude.ai/chats
• Google Gemini https://gemini.google.com/app
• They all use some form of Machine Learning-Using statistical models to find patterns (in existing LARGE data sets provided to them) and make predictions (to provide responses to the prompts given to them).

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How to use it/What is it?

• I have a free account on each of these using my Google account
• They have some limits on how many responses they will give
• Each time you prompt (ask for something), you may get different responses.
• They keep copies of the conversations we have

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How to use it/What is it?

• Use prompts-starts a conversation (and can continue it)
• Let’s ask various chat programs to define AI
• How would you define yourself?
• Change the response “level”
• Change this response so a five year old would understand
• How much information have you been trained on?

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How to use it/What is it?

• Tell me about hallucinations?
• Tell me about hallucinations in Artificial Intelligence?
• Put this in the form of a poem. (then read it aloud)
• Put this in the form of a song to the tune of Gilligan’s Island Theme song.
• Write the original response on AI hallucinations in the form of a script in the style of Disney’s Aladdin.
• What are some concerns people have about AI and its use?
• Is there anything else I should know about Artificial Intelligence?

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• As you see there are lots of things that Gen AI knows
• There is lots it doesn’t know as well
• Who you are
• What you want
• Why you want it
• How you want it (in table, in bullet list, in paragraph, …)
• You will have to tell it those things if you want it to use that in some way in forming its response
• Can try to tell it all at once or tell it in a conversation (prompt chain)

Customize ChatGPT

• ChatGPT allows you to give some information about yourself that it stores long-term
• Thus you don’t have to repeat it in every chat
• In other programs, you will need to repeat useful information at the start of each chat if that information would be helpful in generating the response.

Personal Account

• What would you like ChatGPT to know about you to provide better responses?
• I am a technical trainer at an insurtech company. I taught math at the University level for 32 1/2 years and I am returning to adjunct one class in Fall 2024 semester.

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• The class I am teaching is called Math Technologies. We will be looking at how interactive technologies like a graphing calculator, GeoGebra, and Desmos can help in understanding and reviewing concepts from Calculus and High School Geometry. I want to create lab activities to help students discover ideas using the interactive technology rather than simply delivering facts.

• How would you like ChatGPT to respond?
• Respond in a friendly, conversational tone.

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• Don't give the final answers, but suggest approaches to solving problems.

Work Account

• What would you like ChatGPT to know about you to provide better responses?
• I am a technical trainer at an insurtech company. Many of my questions will be related to building training content. I want to help trainees learn the content by reinforcing key ideas in an engaging manner. I want to use interactivity in the training more than a strict lecture format. I want to establish a connection with the trainees.

• How would you like ChatGPT to respond?
• Respond in a friendly conversational tone.

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• Feel free to suggest improvements to any training materials I provide.

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• When giving learner feedback, be positive and encouraging.

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• Always add the confidence level of your answer. When your answer includes facts, always provide a valid URL with the source for your answer. If you speculate or predict something, inform me.

What is prompt engineering�or prompt design?

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• Writing prompts according to a pattern to add in more context
• Some patterns I have seen that were helpful to me
• Role, Goal, Restrictions, Format
• Characters, context, limitations, output, style
• Prompt-ingredients-one-pager.pdf (microsoft.com)
• Do a search for ChatGPT Cheat Sheet to find many others.

From LinkedIn

What is prompt engineering�or prompt design?

• Think of GenAI as a student teacher (or intern)
• They’ve been trained on theory of education
• But, they need specifics as to what you expect them to do with that theory
• Such as-what grade level, what topic, what type of activities, what classroom management challenges they might experience
• It remembers within the context of each conversation, but each new conversation is back to original blank slate
• Or think of it as a student, who isn’t understanding the assignment yet

Prompt design examples

• I am preparing a presentation for K-12 math and science teachers. What are some key ideas in prompt engineering?
• I am a 3^rd grade math teacher. What are some of the ways you can help support me in my work?
• I am a 7^th grade math teacher just starting to work with generative AI. Can you provide the top 5 prompts for me in order to demonstrate a wide range of use cases.

Ask Chat program for help

• Assume the role of an experience prompt engineer with over 20 years of experience. I am a 2^nd grade math teacher working on lesson plans for the year with the goal of having more hands-on activities. Give me 10 prompts that will help me become more productive in my job.

Use information provided to it

• You can provide it documents
• Perhaps to show examples
• Perhaps to limit content it uses

How I think math teachers might use it?

• Content ideas
• When am I going to use this?
• I am teaching an algebra class to high school freshman. To show how solving the quadratic equation can be useful to students, I want to demonstrate using a play. Write a short script, with scene information, with at least two characters talking about how useful the quadratic equation can be.

How I think math teachers might use it?

• Creative test questions
• As a kindergarten teacher in Illinois teaching students about Counting. Prepare some assessment questions using names (which will be replaced by actual student names from the class). Give multiple choice, matching, and sorting questions. Provide the answer and feedback for each question.
• This type of prompt has worked much better for me when I have given it specific information (slide bullet points)
• https://www.isbe.net/Documents/math-standards.pdf are the standards in IL. Can we tell if the chat program was aware of these standards?

Interesting Quote seen on LinkedIn (Joshua Wohle)

How I have used it

• I am teaching a Math Technologies class
• With careful prompting, getting ChatGPT to write the labs for me
• “Build out a lab activity for graphing mathematical function using the following three graphing utilities: TI-83 graphing calculator, Desmos, GeoGebra. Include specific steps to do in each and include 10 questions that students will respond to based on their explorations. Some of those questions could involve submitting screenshot of their completed work in these programs.”

Other planned uses

• “Suggest some famous data results that could be discovered using GeoGebra or a similar program?”
• “Build out a lab activity for Scatter Plots. Include specific steps to do in GeoGebra and include 10 questions that students will respond to based on their explorations.”
• “Suggest some famous triangle results that could be discovered using GeoGebra or a similar program?”
• “Build out a lab activity for ___. Include specific steps to do in GeoGebra and include 10 questions that students will respond to based on their explorations.”

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Image Creation

• ChatGPT will create images
• Bing has an image creator: https://www.bing.com/images/create
• Act as a kindergarten teacher. Create a coloring page of a zebra that I can print for student use.
• Act as a High School Math Teacher. Give me an image of a rectangle that is not a square and is rotated so it is not horizontal.

• Karana Phillips from St. Louis Community College gave a keynote address at the Spring 2024 Conference of the Missouri Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges on AI
• She gave 5 prompts that I felt fit very well with what I wanted to share here
• I made some minimal changes to what she shared to better address specific audience interests.

• I need a detailed lesson plan for teaching Number Sense to 3^rd -grade students in Missouri. Include an outline with objectives, engaging examples, multimedia resources, and interactive activities suitable for both in-person and online classrooms.
• Variation:--pull from MO standards for math/science by grade level (may have to provide them?)
• https://dese.mo.gov/media/pdf/curr-mls-standards-math-k-5-sboe-2016

• Generate a set of differentiated assignments on heredity for 3^rd graders. Include varying levels of difficulty, focusing on typical examples and real-world application problems. Ensure all key topics from the Missouri Science Standards are covered. Provide clear instructions and expected outcomes for each level.

• Design a comprehensive test on geometry for 5^th grade students that includes multiple choice questions, problem-solving exercises, and a couple of conceptual short answer questions. Ensure all key topics from the Missouri Math Standards are covered.

• Create an automated grading rubric for a science fair project for a 4^th grade classroom that evaluates understanding of topic presented, accuracy of information presented, and application of theoretical concepts. Also, generate a feedback template for providing constructive comments.

• I am looking for interactive and engaging activities to help elementary students in Missouri grasp the concepts of addition and subtraction. Develop game-based learning activities that can be used with smartboards in the classroom and adapted for remote learning platforms.

Custom GPTs

• ChatGPT allows you to build custom GPTs
• If there is a process you do repeatedly
• It will assist in building the involved prompt necessary to build the GPT.
• So could change “I am looking for interactive and engaging activities to help elementary students in Illiniois grasp the concepts of addition and subtraction. Develop game-based learning activities that can be used with smartboards in the classroom and adapted for remote learning platforms.” to just input the concept and have the process repeat.
• Can search for what others have shared.

Custom GPTs

• Can simulate game shows to review material
• My game shows have been prone to hallucinations
• Could use it to form groups or randomize seating charts
• Would need to be careful in using student names (privacy concerns)
• Can use ones others have created
• https://chatgpt.com/g/g-nXwLRmfnW-lesson-plan-generator
• Could produce similar results with really long prompt.

Training Feud

• “You will facilitate a version of Family Feud for training scenarios. The user will provide a topic, and your goal is to generate a question related to that topic which could have multiple responses. You will then determine the top 4 to 8 responses for that question. Ensure responses are relevant and suitable for a training environment. Initially accept an answer. If it is the top answer, that team has the option to play or pass. If it is not the top answer, the second team has the opportunity to guess a higher-ranking answer. If they do, they get the opportunity to play or pass. Keep track of wrong responses and allow the other team to answer once three wrong responses have been given by the first team. Answers should only be given after a team guesses them correctly. Maintain a friendly and engaging tone, making the experience enjoyable and educational. Use a sarcastic tone throughout the game. Be ready to explain the reasoning behind each response if asked, and offer variations or additional questions if needed. Tell how many answers are on the board and end the game once all correct answers have been given. For each correct answer give 100 divided by number of options points. Truncate if that score is not an integer. If the other teams steals, they get all the points earned that round.”

How I think students/parents �might use it initially?

• To create review materials.
• From scratch
• I am a high school freshman, reviewing for my Algebra I final exam. Please 8 key topics with example problems that are similar to ones likely to be on the final exam.
• All seemed to understand what I meant to ask, despite my missing word
• From material teachers give-could be uploaded and similar question asked with request to base it off the material provided.

How I think students/parents �might use it initially?

• To have their homework done
• Let’s give it a prompt from a MathCounts problem of the week
• Cara was born on January 1, 2010, and her mother, Sydney, was born on January 1, 1982. In what year will Sydney’s age be twice Cara’s age?
• Can they all do it all correctly?
• Here we’ll use my prior responses (that I know have problems).
• Can we use examples like this to teach students appropriate use?

Prompt Library

• Many people recommend the use of a prompt library to organize prompts you have found useful.
• https://www.aiforeducation.io/prompt-library-all-prompts
• A library of 250+ prompts (despite the name): https://www.joshcavalier.com/150Prompts
• https://aipromptlibrary.org/library.html (will generate prompts once given some key information)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv_tUYPG2NA

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Guidelines on Acceptable Use

• Students need to see that thinking is still necessary, even if AI is giving them hints on the process
• They need guidelines on appropriate use (as do teachers)
• https://www.weareteachers.com/ai-policy-for-schools/
• https://www.teachai.org/ has resources
• https://www.edsafeai.org/ has a resource library of various guidelines and policies

Guidelines on Acceptable Use

• https://www.aiforeducation.io/blog/chicago-public-schools-ai-guidance Chicago Public Schools Guidance document
• https://www.aiforeducation.io/ai-resources/state-ai-guidance links to state department of education guidelines or policies for those states that have them.

Resources from US Dept of Education

• https://tech.ed.gov/designing-for-education-with-artificial-intelligence/ released 7-8-24

• https://tech.ed.gov/ai-future-of-teaching-and-learning/ is dated May 2023
• https://tech.ed.gov/ai/

Position Statements

• From NCTM: https://www.nctm.org/standards-and-positions/Position-Statements/Artificial-Intelligence-and-Mathematics-Teaching/
• https://www.mosba.org/article/1662190 from Missouri School Board Association

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• AI is changing rapidly, what I found may not be true in a couple of weeks
• I tested their ability to answer my questions
• I did NOT test how well or accurately they answered those questions (except computations or obvious spelling errors)

Prompt Responses

• Should you want to review the prompts given here, I provide a link to a Word document containing these prompts and responses I got when preparing this talk. Use the Interface prompt results document.
• It will have some science prompts mixed in.
• I wanted to be prepared in case of technical difficulties to still have responses to show you.

Where could you learn more?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9gmyvf7JYo&list=PLwRdpYzPkkn302_rL5RrXvQE8j0jLP02j a five part video series on Practical AI for Teachers and Students. About an hour total.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFDB7ALKfT8 How Does AI Impact Education?
• https://ai-analytics.wharton.upenn.edu/generative-ai-lab/ai-and-education/ gives 3 papers that include prompts of potential uses for educators

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Where could you learn more?

• AI for Education has various youtube videos: https://www.youtube.com/@AI4Education
• https://www.aiforeducation.io/webinars
• https://www.edsurge.com/research/guides/for-education-chatgpt-holds-promise-and-creates-problems
• https://www.buzzsprout.com/1877869
• https://digitalpromise.org/initiative/artificial-intelligence-in-education/

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Where could you learn more?

• https://www.cengage.com/empowered-educator/spring2024/ an online conference “Exploring GenAI in Higher Education” with 18 recorded 45 minute sessions.
• Training Magazine Network AI Learning Center
• Josh Cavalier: Brainpower - Your Weekly AI Training Show (joshcavalier.com)

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Where could you learn more?

• Free Online book: https://edtechbooks.org/introduction_to_ai_and_ethics_in_higher_education

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• Thank you for your attention!