Let’s see some prompts and resources for AI use to get you started.
It is easy to get excited with AI! It is everywhere for us teachers to learn and use. In the context of AI, the phrase ‘Building adapting students’ caught my attention while attending “Elevating Innovation Virtual Conference” earlier this month. I would make that phrase ‘Building adaptive students and teachers’ as for many teachers, this is a new arena. I pondered on this topic of ‘adaptability’ related to innovation.
In sum, how can world language teachers foster and cultivate an environment for students and teachers to build, to design and to create with AI? Once you feel the itch for AI use in world language class, it is almost impossible to stop.
What AI websites for world language teaching are good-to-explore resources?
Some good-to-explore resources are mentioned in the following blogs:
- Matt Miller has summarized lots of resources for us
- Maris Hawkins did a great job putting resources into action in her latest post
- Mr. Hooker also brought us great ideas in his blog
- And some well known resources such as ChatGPT, Claude, Canva, Adobe Firefly, Pressto are also worth investigating
What effective AI prompts may you use?
I attended Monica Burns, Ed.D @ClassTechTips during the conference and loved her prompts. For even better results, Burns recommends adding some of the following to your prompts
- Curriculum goals
- Learning objectives
- Standard
- Grade level
- Student interest
Some of the examples she presented included,
- Write [number] open-ended questions for a discussion about [topic] for a group of [grade]. Make sure to incorporate [standard]
- I am teaching [topic] to [grade] and they love [interests] Make a list of connections that can help them stay engaged and retain knowledge
- Help me see the connection between [topic] like [specific example] and [what I’m teaching this week]
I am interested in learning from you. As I heard in the conference, “A key to building culture is having empathy for the ‘hidden stories’ inside others” as innovation will always start and end with people. How do YOU use AI in world language classes? What other prompts and resources have you used effectively? What other tech tools are your go-to ones?