Prompt for Impact: Reclaiming Creativity Through Student-Centered AI Design

Outline

Presentation Outline (60 minutes total)

Welcome + Framing the Challenge (5–10 minutes)
 • Kick off with a word cloud and live poll to surface current assumptions about AI in student work.
 • Brief discussion to establish shared challenges and set purpose.

Introducing the 70:30 Framework (10 minutes)
 • Present the “Create vs. Consume” model as a lens for student-centered AI use.
 • Participants self-assess current practices using a quick reflection tool.

Prompt Design for Creative Work (15 minutes)
 • Showcase side-by-side prompt examples that shift AI from shortcut to scaffold.
 • Group activity: Redesign a “shortcut” prompt to support creativity and originality.

Tools and Strategies for Thoughtful AI Use (10–15 minutes)
 • Share tools and tech routines that support ideation, iteration, and reflection.
 • Participants explore examples and choose one to adapt for their context.

Personal Planning + Peer Feedback (10–15 minutes)
 • Guided activity: Draft an AI-powered lesson or prompt using the 70:30 framework.
 • Optional gallery walk or chat-based feedback loop with peers.

Closing Reflection + Resources (5 minutes)
 • Recap takeaways and invite participants to share one next step.
 • Distribute digital toolkit and planning templates for future use.

Outcomes

After this session, participants will be able to…
 • Apply the 70:30 Create vs. Consume framework to design AI-integrated learning experiences that center student creativity and ownership.
 • Craft AI prompts that promote ideation, iteration, and metacognition—not shortcuts.
 • Adapt classroom strategies and tools to support reflective, ethical, and personalized student use of generative AI.

Supporting research

1. Pat Yongpradit at Code.org & TeachAI
2. Ethan Mollick at Wharton
3. Generative AI in Education-https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.19673?utm_source
4.The AI Assist: Strategies for Integrating AI into the Very Human Act of Teaching-Nathan Lang-Raad
5.Siya Raj Purohit-OpenAI Education
6. Amanda Bickerstaff - AI for Education Founder
7.Digital for Good: Raising Kids to Thrive in an Online World-Richard Culatta