Teachers: The Ultimate ChatGPT Experts (Even If They Don’t Know It Yet)

Outline

Introduction (5 minutes)

Content: Introduce the session’s focus—showing teachers they are already AI experts. Reference your ISTE article and classroom experiments, briefly setting the context.
Engagement: Use an interactive poll to assess participants’ current confidence with AI.

AI User Type Assessment (5 minutes)

Content: Participants complete a multiple-choice task to assess how they would use GPT for a question, and you'll reveal which user type they fall into.
Engagement: Immediate feedback will help participants understand their approach to AI.

Key Findings and Best Practices (10 minutes)

Content: Share the key findings from your article, emphasizing the benefits of “chatting” with AI. Introduce the 13 ways teachers can apply their existing skills to generative AI.
Engagement: Use Padlet or polls to connect these findings to participants’ own experiences and classrooms.

Applying Evidence-Based Practices and AI (5 minutes)

Content: Show how teachers can use AI to apply evidence-based practices and prepare students for future AI use.
Engagement: Engage participants with discussion via Padlet on how these insights apply to their teaching.

Efficiency vs. Efficacy: Matching Exercise (5 minutes)

Content: Explain the distinction between AI for efficiency and efficacy. Use a matching exercise to reinforce this concept.
Engagement: Participants will classify AI tasks as either efficiency or efficacy-focused, deepening their understanding.

Closing and Takeaways (5 minutes)

Content: Summarize key points and provide resources for further learning.
Engagement: Use a final poll to gauge how participants plan to integrate AI into their teaching.

Supporting research

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