Hey {{ first_name | human }},
I hope the week is going well. This week is going to focus on how others are using AI in the classroom. The prompt and a knowledge builder all come from others who are using AI. If you have done something incredible with AI and want people to know, reach out.
Knowledge builders 📚
Make descriptive writing come to life with AI → Ian Addison outlines how he used generative AI with his pupils to make their descriptive creations come to life. You could use Copilot to get around the account issue.
Let’s Think This Step By Step → Researchers from Japan found that by adding in ‘Let’s Think This Step By Step’ or variation of it increased the accuracy of LLMs on benchmark tests from 17.7% to 78.7%.
Industry updates 🤖
EU Passes the ‘AI Act → The world’s first comprehensive framework to address the rising concern of AI, the AI Act classifies AI products by risk level, with strict rules for high-risk applications in critical sectors and lighter regulations for low-risk services. While the UK is not in the EU anymore, it would not be surprising for other countries to use this framework as a springboard for their own.
American Teachers are Embracing AI to Grade Work → A large American education corporation whose curriculum is used in around 90% of schools in America has purchased an AI tool to help teachers grade writing assessments. I am personally quite sceptical that such an idea that this can work at scale. Have you used AI to help provide a final grade to pupils? If so, what was that experience like?
Fresh prompts ✨
Learning Objective sequence → This prompt comes from @WonderingMaths and was shared on X, formerly Twitter. Here is the deep structure of the prompt.
You are a [year group that you teach/planning for], planning a 8 lesson unit on [unit]. It is for a [set and age]. Produce an outline of each lesson with learning objectives.
Use in Copilot.
You are a secondary maths teacher, planning a 8 lesson unit on {Pythagoras and Trigonometry}. It is for a middle-ability Year 9 class. Produce an outline of each lesson with learning objectivesHere is an example of the output:
Lesson 1: Introduction to Pythagoras’ Theorem
Learning Objectives:
Understand the history and theorem of Pythagoras.
Identify right-angled triangles.
Learn the formula
Lesson 2: Applying Pythagoras’ Theorem
Learning Objectives:
Apply Pythagoras’ theorem to find missing sides in right-angled triangles.
Solve real-world problems using Pythagoras’ theorem.
Lesson 3: Converse of Pythagoras’ Theorem
Learning Objectives:
Understand the converse of Pythagoras’ theorem.
Determine whether a triangle is right-angled using the converse theorem.
Lesson 4: Introduction to Trigonometry
Learning Objectives:
Define trigonometry and its relation to right-angled triangles.
Learn about the sine, cosine, and tangent ratios.
