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The country’s population in 2050 is forecasted to be 1.32 billion, which is roughly the same as it was in 2007.
Smaller workforce? Aging population? Will this lead to depressed economic growth?
Information from ‘Visual Capitalist’ web site. Full article here:
Population Projections: The World’s 6 Largest Countries in 2075
During the research carried out for this series of blogs, I came across a number of different AI tools that could have a use in the classroom. If you want to delve deeper into the world of AI, then try out some of the tools listed in the table below:
| AI TOOL | DESCRIPTION |
| MUSICFY.LOL | Free. Select an instrument, eg electric guitar – record your own voice making that sound – remix to get your result – add extra sounds, eg bass beat, harmonies etc |
| ELEVENLABS.IO | Select a voice – record your own voice – generate \9to transform it!) |
| MYLENS.AI | Create a timeline (eg for history of a major company) |
| OTTER | Useful for meetings. Records voices of different people and produces transcripts showing who said what. Can then be turned into summaries or questioned further. |
| DOLBY ON | Removes background noise and modifies recordings |
| CHARACTER.AI | Generate a conversation with anyone! Fun! |
| GRADIENT MUSIC | Generates royalty-free AI music in different styles |
| ARC SEARCH | Identify a subject – it searches www and puts all results into 1 web page |
| MY MIND | Save any web based resource (web pages, URLs, YT videos, images etc) – tags everything to allow you to search for resources in a growing library |
| SCI SPACE | Searches just within research papers |
| AI WRITER | Writes quick messages, eg texts, emails, replies |
| SWIFT KEY (MICROSOFT) | Changes language of text passages. Create Dell-e images and send |
| SUNO | |
| MUSIC GEN (WAVEFORMER) | |
| TEXT FX | |
| DESCRIPT.COM | Create a voice – clone your own voice |
| MUBERT.COM | Royalty-free music tracks |
| UBERDUCK.AI | Text to speech. Good for raps! |
If you are using ChatGPT, and upgrade to the paid version (ChatGPT4) , there is a huge range of additional ‘plug-in’ tools available to enhance the scope of the regular chat service.
This completes the series of blogs on Artificial Intelligence. If you have used any of the tools in your teaching, please let me know how you got on!
Some AI software that generates images from a text prompt could have a multitude of uses for a geography teacher.
The table below suggests some useful programmes to try out – but the market is moving so fast, new possibilities are being opened up almost daily. Some of these are web-based, many are available as apps. Most have free versions you can use straight away, with options to then upgrade to a full paid version if you recognise a value.
I have found Dalle-3 particularly useful, although it is only available via ChatGPT if you are using the (paid) version 4.
Dream by Wombo I Phone App
Web site: https://app.heygen.com/home
| AI TOOL | DESCRIPTION |
| DALL-E | Dall-e3 available as part of subscription to ChatGPT4. Adds text to images. Produces logos, architectural plans, fashion designs, infographics, comics, book covers etc |
| MID JOURNEY | By Discord. From $10 / month. Access included in ChatGPT4 subscription |
| ADOBE FIREFLY | Free basic plan |
| GENERATIVE AI | By Getty. From $15 / 100 images |
| DREAM | Phone app by Wombo. Free plan but pro version $10 / month |
| LEONARDO.AI | Draw your own pictures! Add text, choose different styles, generate motion videos |
| STARRY AI | Updates image in real-time as you type. Includes good background removal tool |
| CLIP DROP.CO | Upload image – detects face – replaces it with another. Good for film posters, art paintings, bank notes etc |
| IDEOGRAM AI | Adds text to images |
| PHOTOSONIC | $16 / month |
| NIGHT CAFE | Free! Pro version $6 / month |
| STABLE DIFFUSION AI | Open source image generator. Free |
| CRAIYON | Free basic plan |
| IMAGE CREATOR | Microsoft Bing. Produces multiple images to pick from. Free |
| PICS ART | Free. Pro plan $13 / month |
| CANVA | Free. Pro plan $16 / month |
| KREA | You draw / add text – image changes real-time |
| IMAGE FX | By Google. free |
Using text to image AI tools follows similar rules to generative chat tools. The more detailed the information provided, the better the results. Results can be ‘tweaked’ so you eventually end up with an image that is of use to you. Here are some landscape images produced using ‘Dream’:
‘Dream’ also produced these images of geography teachers. recognise anyone?
Here, I wanted to generate an image for my grandson as he prepared for a week-long swim school at Mount Kelly School. This went alongside a ChatGPT poem written for him (see earlier blog):
These images were produced just for fun:
This series of blogs has focused on Open AI’s CHATGPT (chat.openai.com)
CHATGPT v3.5 is the free version, while the ‘Pro’ version with rather more options including data analysis and access to numerous plug-ins is CHATGPT v4 (costs $20/month).
This is such a fast changing field, that by the time this blog becomes live, new options will already be on the market.
After getting started with ChatGPT, you may wish to explore some of these other options to see which model best suits your needs.
Most of these services are also available as mobile apps.
Other possibilities:
| CHAT BOT | URL | COST | DESCRIPTION |
| MICROSOFT COPILOT (formerly Bing Chat) | microsoft.com | Free.Pro = £25 per month | Integrates with Microsoft Edge, and other Microsoft products. It allows users to ask questions about web content. It also has document summarization features such as PDFs or webpages. Can generate images. |
| PERPLEXITY | https://perplexity.ai | Free.Pro = $20 per month | A fine-tuned ChatGPT. Busts Google as a research tool. Links to www and images. Discover tab suggests interesting areas to research |
| PIN WHEEL | pinwheel.com | Free | ChatGPT for kids and teens. Monitored by parents |
| CLAUDE by Anthropic | https://claude.ai | Free.Pro = $20 per month | |
| CHARACTER.AI | https://character.ai | ||
| JASPER | www.jasper.ai | $40 per month | Popular with business users. Allows you to organize your documents into folders and create templates. |
| GOOGLE GEMINI (formerly BARD) | https://gemini.google.com | Free | Integrated with Google search, thus providing real-time information. Integrated with Google Apps. Can generate images. |
| CLICK UP | clickup.com | Free | |
| OTTER AI | https://otter.ai | Free.Pro = $10 per month | Can be used to record and automatically transcribe both in-person and virtual meetings. Can auto-join Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams meetings to record audio, write notes, capture slides, and generate a summary of the meeting. |
| LEARNT AI | https://www.learnt.ai | Free.Paid plan $9+ per month | AI for educators. Use it to produce lesson plans, ice breakers, assessments, learning objectives and more |
| CHAT SONIC | https://writesonic.com | Free trial plan | It can auto-join Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams meetings to record audio, write notes, capture slides, and generate a summary of the meeting. |
The free version of ChatGPT (version 3.5) performs really well, but if you are finding this a useful tool, you may decide to upgrade to version four. This can be done using the upgrade button to the bottom left of the main screen.
In a previous blog in this series, Ihave examined ChatGPT, and how it might be used by teachers. This episode looks at some more possible uses in education, and also considers how ChatGPT might be used by our students.
This table gives a summary of tools covered:
| LANGUAGE TRANSLATION | QUOTES & STUDY PAPERS | ROLE PLAY |
| EXPLAIN CONCEPTS | MENTORSHIP | GET ADVICE |
| GAMES | ADMIN | DIFFERENTIATED LEARNING |
| CHARTS & TABLES | PDFs |
ChatGPT is better than Google Translate for this, as it can add context. For example, you can ask it: “I am travelling in Spain and am in a restaurant and want to ask what the three most popular meals are. Can you translate that for me?” You can then follow up with: “How do you pronounce that?”
You can copy and paste any text into ChatGPT and ask it to to be translated into German, Chinese, or any language of your choice.
Use ChatGPT to find appropriate study papers for a specific topic. For example: “Find 3 scientific studies about carbon-dating of rocks”, and perhaps follow up with: “Summarise each finding”.
ChatGPT can also search for specific quotations. For example, you could ask: “Give me three quotes about success”, or “Give me the the three most famous quotes by Greta Thunberg”.
You can create a conversation with ChatGPT after assigning it a particular identity. For example: “You are interviewing me for a job with the Newtown School Geography Department. Please conduct a practise interview with me.”
You can then respond to the questions to start a conversation. You can dig deeper by following up with questions like: “What would have been a better response?”
You can also generate a conversation in a different language. For example: “You are my Italian teacher and we are having a conversation about buying something in a shop in Rome – let’s role play!”
You can make ChatGPT write from the point of view of any specific person, for example, like a pirate, like a mountain gorilla, like a teacher, a dentist, a journalist, or even Oprah Winfrey, David Attenborough or whoever else you fancy.
As an example, ask ChatGPT to describe the Alexa smart home device, but to do so from the point of view of a teenager, a carer for an elderly parent, and a manufacturer.
Use ChatGPT to help explain difficult concepts. For example, begin with: “If a circle has a diameter of 10 centimetres, what is the area?” You can then follow up with: “Can you give the answer in steps?”, “Can you explain the formula in simple terms?”, “Can you make the answer shorter?”
Image: Huffington Post
You can use ChatGPT as your mentor. Begin by giving it some background, such as age, interests, cash available etc. Then ask a leading question such as: “Give me 5 ideas for a business I could start.” You could then begin a conversation about one specific answer.
ChatGPT can help out by giving advice about tricky situations you might experience. For example, “My friend has been giving away some secrets I shared. What should I do?”, “How can I impress my future in-laws?”, or “My flat-mate keeps stealing my coffee, what should I do?”
You can also copy and paste a tricky e-mail or message and ask ChatGPT: “How do I respond to this message?”
Ask ChatGPT what games you can play with it – you may be surprised!
One useful classroom application is to ask ChatGPT to play ‘trivia’. You can identify a particular theme, eg general knowledge, capital cities, physical landforms etc
Ask it to make a game for you – you can stipulate ideas for content, style etc
Although not a strength of ChatGPT, other AI-powered tools can improve work in schools by automating tasks such as student registration, report card generation, reminder letters for students and parents. One example of such a tool that can be used for task automation is Zapier. It is capable of connecting to different software tools, and allows teachers to automate repetitive tasks such as grading assignments or sending email reminders to students or parents.
Through thoughtful questioning, ChatGPT can provide valuable information about differentiated learning. It is possible to create customised learning journeys for students based on their specific strengths, weaknesses, and learning preferences etc
Some AI tools like Dreambox, Smart Sparrow, and Knewton can analyse student data such as assessment scores, attendance records, and even behavioral patterns to recommend targeted resources and learning activities that cater to individual needs.
In version 3.5 of ChatGPT, you can use charts and tables such as line graphs, bar charts, pie charts, scatter plots to visually represent data or information. ChatGPT can then be questioned to analyse the data provided.
Here is an example from the geography classroom. Ask ChatGPT to:
ChatGPT Plus has Advanced Data Analytics which allows it to make line charts, bar charts, histograms, pie charts, scatter plots, heatmaps, bubble charts, choropleth maps, word clouds, and 3D charts.
One of Advanced Data Analytics’ superpowers is the ability to upload a dataset for processing, questioning, and analysis.
If you’re looking for an AI chatbot that you can regularly rely on to give you an accurate summary of a PDF, consider using ChatPDF – a plug in available in version 4. You can summarize up to three PDFs of up to 120 pages per day, and an upgraded plan is available for $5 per month.
Image – Student Life Newspaper
This blog looks at the skill of writing prompts to get the best out of ChatGPT.
Remember, you do not programme ChatGPT, you talk to it ….. After all, this is a ‘chat bot’ – so effectively, you are ‘chatting with a robot’.
Therefore, it works best when you can engage in a meaningful conversation.
Think of ChatGPT as a very, very smart person who knows about every topic out there. Think of it as a friend, assistant, mentor, researcher and storyteller all in one.
To get the most out of ChatGPT, you need to develop your prompts, or questioning skills. This has become known as ‘prompt engineering’, and some experts are making a career out of this, selling their best ideas to the digital audience.
Image: Huffington Post
You could use this prompt to improve your prompts!
It is interesting to compare results after using this framework with those from a basic opening question.
You could even ask ChatGPT to use the RICCE prompt in its response.
| “RICCE” | |
| R = ROLE | Assign a role to ChatGPT, eg a travel writer, a mentor, a financial advisor – this gives ChatGPT a persona. Start question with “Act as a …… “ (eg ‘Act as a pirate …… “ |
| I = INSTRUCTIONS | Eg “Research the top five cultural destinations in Italy, and provide information on public transport to reach these locations, and family hotels to stay in |
| C = CONTEXT | Who is your target audience? |
| C = CONSTRAINTS | Set boundaries for ChatGPT, eg less than 500 words, friendly and informative style |
| E = EXAMPLES | Copy and paste a sample of ‘good’ writing you want ChatGPT to emulate |
Image: Rayner and Smale
This is an attempted summary of some prompt styles to assist your questioning. Pick and mix where appropriate!
Image: The English Farm
This is aimed specifically at teachers, helping them to create content for KS3 and KS4. It is possible to upload your own documents, and the ‘Ask Mode’ allows you to fire questions, just like ChatGPT. The inclusive learning section looks interesting. Comes with a subscription, but any school wanting to get involved with AI should certainly take a look.
This entry continues the short series of April blogs examining aspects of artificial intelligence. In the last episode, we took a close look at how ChatGPT 3.5 works, and now we can investigate some ways that it can be utilised by teachers.
A summary of the different suggestions covered is shown below:
| SPECIFIC FACTS | LESSON PLANS | SCHEMES OF WORK | TEACH ME ……. |
| SUGGESTIONS / LISTS | COMPARISONS | CREATIVE WRITING | BRAINSTORMS |
| SUMMARISE TEXT | QUIZ QUESTIONS | PLAN FOR ME ……. | FEEDBACK |
This works in the same way as Google or other search engines, when we ask a specific question and get a simple, specific answer, for example, “Who wrote ‘A Tale of Two Cities’?“
This might be a good place to start using ChatGPT, but to make better use of the AI bot you will need to engage it in a conversation and then refine your probing by asking further questions. The skill in using ChatGPT involves asking good questions in the conversation.
“Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” – Voltaire
ChatGPT will happily produce detailed lesson plans – offering a detailed template for you to adapt to your own needs. A much better start point than a blank page! You need to provide sufficient relevant information, eg topic, objectives, age group, guidance on content etc. to match the lesson plan to your students. Once you have a completed your lesson plan, you can fact check, tweak the details, get it rewritten in a different form, or edit it yourself. Follow up questions can investigate differentiation, add case studies, suggest different resources, request different teaching styles etc.
If ChatGPT is provided with sufficient information, it can also produce complete schemes of work, or extended units of study. For any given theme, it will offer ideas for a series of lessons spread over a number of weeks. The more information you provide about student age, ability, differentiation, teaching styles etc., the better your study plans will be. Once ChatGPT has produced something for you, you can chop it around, probe deeper into chosen areas, and eventually arrive at something that would work with your groups. This is a really useful tool for teachers starting planning from scratch, or teachers covering topics they have no previous experience with.
If you come across any areas in your teaching that you are unsure about, one way to keep ahead of your students is to harness ChatGPT to instruct you in new content, concepts, or teaching styles. A simple opening question of: “Teach me about ____ “ will get you started, and then follow up questions can probe deeper. ChatGPT can be asked to put things in simpler language, organise information in steps, provide examples, and so on.
When researching new areas, ChatGPT can be asked for suggestions to get you started. For example, “Can you recommend five good books on fossils?” If you don’t like the suggestions that have been offered, click on the ‘regenerate’ button on the home screen to receive a new list. It is good practice to rate all the answers you are given by clicking on the thumbs up/down button, as this helps to ‘train’ the AI for future responses.
A useful tool to start a conversation is to ask for a comparison. For example, ask ChatGPT: “What is the difference between weather and climate?” or “What is the difference between IOS and Android phones?”
You can then add follow up questions such as: “Rewrite the answer in under 200 words” or: “Pretend you are writing the answer for a complete beginner” or: “Can you focus more on …… “
In a similar vein, you could phrase your question as ‘Pros and Cons’, eg “What are pros and cons of microwave ovens and air fryers?” You could then follow up with: “Write the pros and cons as a list.”
Image; New York Times
ChatGPT has the capacity to engage with more creative tasks. Use it to create an e-mail template or an e-mail response (after you have cut and pasted the original e-mail first). You can request it to write in a particular style, eg formal, informal, use professional / technical language etc.
As an example, you might ask it to write a letter to a garage owner who has overcharged for a repair to a damaged wing mirror. In your instructions, tell ChatGPT when this happened, who you are, the name of the garage and owner, and you can even ask it to be nice or rather more formal.
You can also use ChatGPT to create a blog, write a play, write a short story, construct a poem, or even to write jokes.
You can be as off-beat as you like, for example, asking for a story about two renegade hedgehogs riding motorbikes who have a road accident and then fall in love and run away together.
Or maybe ask it to write a story about a naughty alien who gets into trouble with his practical jokes.
You can request a happy or sad ending, and stipulate other content.
You could then turn your story into a song, poem, bedtime story, haiku etc., even stating the number of verses required.
Try writing a story in the style of ……., maybe Taylor Swift, Snoop Doggy Dog, Charles Dickens, Virgil etc
Recently, my Grandson attended a swimming school at Mount Kelly School in Tavistock. As a bit of fun, I generated an AI image for him, and after providing some background details like his frineds name, his swimming background etc., I used ChatGPT to generate a poem for him. Here they are;
POEM:
In the dawn’s soft light, by azure pool’s gleam,
A blond teen named Luke chased his swimming dream.
With strokes so swift, his passion flowed free,
In Mount Kelly’s waters, he found his spree.
Beside him stood Oliver, a faithful friend,
Their bond unbroken, to the very end.
Together they dove, through waters deep,
In pursuit of glory, where dreams could leap.
From morning’s first light to dusk’s embrace,
Luke’s spirit soared, in each watery race.
With every stroke, he pushed the tide,
His heart ablaze with unyielding pride.
In the butterfly’s dance, he carved his way,
With wings of gold, he sought the day.
In backstroke’s rhythm, he charted his course,
Through trials and triumphs, with unwavering force.
Through freestyle’s expanse, he surged ahead,
With every breath, a victory spread.
In breaststroke’s rhythm, he found his flow,
With every kick, a radiant glow.
Mount Kelly’s pool bore witness true,
To Luke’s resolve, to his breakthrough.
With each lap conquered, each record set,
His spirit soared, with no regret.
And as the week drew to its close,
Amidst cheers and applause, the moment arose.
With medals gleaming, around his neck,
Luke stood victorious, a champion’s deck.
Through trials faced and challenges met,
Luke and Oliver, a duo unforget.
In Mount Kelly’s waters, their dreams took flight,
In the realm of victory, they found their light.
So let this tale of triumph and cheer,
Resound in hearts, year after year.
For in the waters of Mount Kelly’s school,
Luke’s victory shines, forever cool.
ChatGPT can also write a cover letter for a job application. Provide it with as much context information as you can including the job description, leave ( ) to fill in, and let it do its stuff! ChatGPT can also write essays, convert a formal document into informal style (or vice versa), write an after-dinner, speech for a best man – the chatbot’s writing abilities are fun to experiment with, and the list of possibilities is as broad as your imagination!
ChatGPT is a really useful tool to gather new ideas for a topic.
For example, you can ask it an opening question like: “I’m holding a fieldwork weekend for 50 students, and I want to organise some outdoor activities that costs under £20 per person. Give me 5 ideas of what we could do”. You can then follow up with: “Can you expand on _______ idea”, and “Give me a plan for the day step by step.”
Or how about providing some context about yourself and your skills and interests, and then asking: “I want to start a new website based on (description). Can you give me some ideas? You can follow up with more specific questions, and even ask: “Can you suggest five different names for the website, all under 20 characters?”. You might follow up with: “That’s too boring, give me another list” or “Give me 5 more names like ( )”. Why not ask ChatGPT how to build a structure for the website, or even plan an advertising campaign for you?
A well-constructed set of questions following an initial brainstorm can lead to the production of a wide range of helpful resources.
This can be demonstrated with another more personal example. After a brainstorm asking for suggestions for how to lose weight, follow up questions can home in on further details, eg “Can you provide me with an exercise plan using (_____)?” Develop this with a request for a weekly meal plan to support your exercise programme, then ask for a shopping list to support the meal plan, and move on to request ideas for recipes using (_____).
You can copy and paste banks of text for ChatGPT to summarise.
Ask for it to be rewritten in a different format, eg for a 10 year old, for a college student, as a list, as bullet points, in a table etc.
I like to use this to make better sense of transcripts from You Tube videos.
ChatGPT is very good at summarising long articles, research papers, or chunks of complicated text. Try using ‘TLDR’ in your question, followed by the title of the text you want summarised. ‘TLDR’ stands for too long, didn’t read.
ChatGPT cannot receive pasted URLs to analyse – although its pro version (and many other different bots) can do this.
ChatGPT can generate different questions for you from provided text in a range of styles. You can use fill-in-the-blanks, multiple-choice, true-false, match-ups, or open-ended. Choose the question types that best suit your topic and audience.
You can provide a bank of text for ChatGPT to work from, or you can break down your chosen subject into key points or concepts to form the basis for your questions.
Remember, the more information you provide ChatGPT, the better the results it will return. SO consider including instructions like “Make sure the questions are not too easy or too difficult, and avoid ambiguous language”, or “Try to include a variety of question types and difficulty levels to keep the quiz engaging and challenging”.
If you’re creating multiple choice or matching questions, you can ask ChatGPT to provide options that are plausible and relevant to the question.
For true/false questions, you can ask it to ensure that both options are believable.
Make sure you review the questions provided for accuracy, and edit where needed.
Arrange the questions in a logical order, considering factors such as difficulty level or topic progression.
Use ChatGPT to make detailed plans for you. For example: “Plan a holiday to _____ “ or “Plan a field trip to ______ “. Then follow up with specific questions to drill deeper.
Copy and paste text into ChatGPT and then ask for feedback. Ask questions like: “Give me good and bad points from this text.” Follow up with questions like: “What can I improve on?”, “How would you rewrite it?”, “Give me a grade for this essay”, “Rewrite this essay in under 500 words”, “Analyse my writing style”, “What would you add / take out?” or “What words could I replace with more technical language?’
Some chat bots specialise in this aspect, and you may wish to explore what TurnItIn or Gradescope has to offer. It is also possible to copy and paste mark schemes to act as a reference.
A second list of suggestions for how to use ChatGPT will appear in a later blog. In the next one, we will look more closely at the skill of using ChatGPT prompts.
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When I first started teaching, I was happy to embrace the technology that was available at the time. I struggled with giant, creaky film projectors, wrote numerous spirit banda worksheets (those fumes!), and booked the only available room in the school to show the latest VHS video, taped from the TV. Fortunately, things moved on quickly, and I enjoyed moving onto the worldwide web, Google Earth, GIS tools, and the like.
In an era defined by technological achievements the landscape of education is continually evolving, and the latest technology off block is ‘Artificial Intelligence’. Rest assured, for good or bad, it’s here to stay – so ignore it at your peril.
AI offers some exciting opportunities to alter the way teaching might look in the classroom, and as Geographers are well-known early adopters of new technology, then perhaps this series of blogs will help you engage with this new technology. If you are already making use of AI in the classroom, hopefully there will be something new for you here, and perhaps you could make contact and share your experiences.
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This blog starts the short series by taking a closer look at Chat GPT, one of the most popular chat bots that broke onto the scene in November, 2022. ChatGPT (or Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer don’t you know?) has been developed by ‘OpenAI’, and is an open source (i.e. free) chatbot that allows users to ask any question on any subject.
ChatGPT allows teachers (and students) to access vast amounts of information, input from books, websites, articles and other forms of text, and within seconds of a question being asked, it is able provide a human-like answer in real time. It is the quick, precise response time that is the platform’s greatest strength. It can also be asked to re-write its own work until you are completely satisfied with the outcome.
Chat GPT can be integrated into classrooms and teachers’ routines to:
Two months after its launch in late 2022, ChatGPT was being used by more than 100 million people around the world, making it the ‘fastest-growing consumer application in history’.
To use it efficiently, you need to think of ChatGPT as a very, very clever virtual assistant that is capable of understanding and generating human-like text responses based on the input it receives. The art of using ChatGPT effectively depends on your skills in developing a conversation with it. Remember, this is a chatbot, so you are in effect having a ‘chat with a robot’.
Remember this service is totally free!
Log on to: chat.openai.com
You just need to sign in with your e-mail or Google/Microsoft/Apple account – then you are ready to go.
I would suggest you pin the link to ChatGPT to your home screen – you can then get in the habit of using it every day!
This is what the home screen looks like:
Here’s a breakdown of what you will see in the home window:
1 = Your prompts: The questions or prompts you send the AI chatbot
2 = ChatGPT responses: appear here. The Copy, Thumbs Up, and Thumbs Down buttons appear to the right of each response from ChatGPT.
3 = New chat button: click on to start a fresh conversation at any time. ChatGPT remembers what was previously discussed in a conversation so starting a new chat will create a new discussion without context.
4 = Chat history: all your previous conversations in case you need to go back to one
5 = Upgrade: to ChatGPT-4 here
6 = Share your chats: Use the share button (top right of screen) to give one of your chats a name, copy link, post it to a friend. They can copy and paste it onto their screen as a new chat.
Also:
Customised Instructions: Click on your account (bottom left of screen) to customise instructions. You can provide specific details and guidelines for your chats, that will take effect in all new chats you create. Thought boxes appear to give you guidance. Saves you having to constantly re-enter a list of personal details, eg geography teacher, working in a 11-16 school etc.
The more skilled you become at prompting ChatGPT, and then modifying the responses you receive, the more useful your results will be. The more specific you can be, the better the response. The example below shows how a conversation can be developed following an initial opening question. I will delve deeper into this particular skill in a later blog.
Example 1
You: “What can you tell me about coastal erosion?”
ChatGPT’s Response:
Follow-up Question 1: “How do you think coastal erosion impacts coastal communities?”
Follow-up Question 2: “What are some strategies that can be implemented to mitigate coastal erosion?”
Follow-up Question 3: “How do you think climate change contributes to coastal erosion?”
Follow-up Question 4: “What role do human activities play in exacerbating coastal erosion?”
Follow-up Question 5: “What do you think are some long-term implications of unchecked coastal erosion?”
Example 2
Initial Prompt: “What can you tell me about world population growth?”
After ChatGPT’s Response:
Follow-up Question 1: “How do you think world population growth impacts resource availability?”
Follow-up Question 2: “What role does family planning play in addressing world population growth?”
Follow-up Question 3: “How does world population growth impact the environment?”
Follow-up Question 4: “What are some potential consequences of unchecked population growth?”
Follow-up Question 5: “What are some potential solutions to managing world population growth?”
If you want to explore using thoughtful prompts to develop an insightful conversation, experiment with some of these exemplar follow-up questions to instigate further responses to your chosen topic:
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‘Everything it says is essentially a rehash of something that has been said before by a human. It’s not remotely intelligent,’ said Dr Andrew Rogoyski of the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey (Milmo, 2023)
Cutting edge technology like ChatGPT could transform the way we teach and engage with students. There is potential here for a paradigm shift that will enable us to create a dynamic personalised learning experience that will prepare students for success in an ever-evolving digital world. We need to ‘wake up and smell the AI’.
It must be said that AI won’t necessarily make you a better teacher, but it could certainly help to reduce workload and allow more time to be spent on developing teaching and learning in the classroom. It is not going to replace a teacher, but could begin to partially redefine what teaching and learning is about. It is important that we ensure that ChatGPT becomes merely a tool for teaching and learning, not the tool for teaching and learning.
“When we invent a new technology, we discover a new class of responsibility” (Centre for Human Technology)
In the next blog, I will examine specific ways ChatGPT can be used by teachers. Meanwhile, if you haven’t used ChatGPT yet, sign up (for free), get your hands on, and have a play.
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I intend this month to dedicate a series of blogs to the subject of ‘ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE’. If you have an interest in this, or are yet to engage with it, why not subscribe to the blog so you don’t miss anything!
This is what is planned over the coming days:
| BLOG | CONTENT |
| Blog 1 | An Introduction to Using ChatGPT |
| Blog 2 | ChatGPT for Teachers – What ChatGPT Can Do For You (Part One) |
| Blog 3 | The Art of Prompts. Asking the Right Questions to ChatGPT |
| Blog 4 | ChatGPT for Teachers – What ChatGPT Can Do For You (Part Two) |
| Blog 5 | Upgrading to ChatGPT4 |
| Blog 6 | Life After ChatGPT – Other Chat Bots |
| Blog 7 | AI With Images. Using AI With Photographs and Video |
| Blog 8 | Other Useful AI Tools |
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