I had the opportunity to chat with Leslie Kapuchuck yesterday for her podcast, The Leadership Podium, and we talked leadership, ChatGPT and so much more! She mentioned several of the posts I’ve shared on FB, and I realized that since my FB page isn’t public, I should share here as well! (Turns out it was more than I thought!)
I have LOVED diving into the AI waters and think there is much to be gained in education if we harness its generative power in the right way. We don’t have a problem when Netflix recommends what we should watch next, and that’s a form of AI…why can’t we use it to grow and learn? If you’re not sure how to even get started, let me help, 🙂
- A TCEA share:
Take a look at #ChatGPT prompts for educators! Learn how to craft your best prompt to maximize your results and get what you’re looking for.
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15 strategies to utilize AI:1. Use the 80/20 principle to learn faster:“I want to learn about [insert topic]. Identify and share the most important 20% of learnings from this topic that will help me understand 80% of it.”________2. Improve your writing by getting feedback:[paste your writing]“Proofread my writing above. Fix grammar and spelling mistakes. And make suggestions that will improve the clarity of my writing”________3. Turn ChatGPT into your intern:“I am creating a report about [insert topic]. Research and create an in-depth report with a step-by-step guide that will help readers understand how to [insert outcome].”________4. Learn any new skill:“I want to learn [insert desired skill]. Create a 30 day learning plan that will help a beginner like me learn and improve this skill.”________5. Strengthen your learning by testing yourself:“I am currently learning about [insert topic]. Ask me a series of questions that will test my knowledge. Identify knowledge gaps in my answers and give me better answers to fill those gaps.”________6. Train ChatGPT to generate prompts for you:“You are an AI designed to help [insert profession]. Generate a list of the 10 best prompts for yourself.”________7. Get ChatGPT to write in your style:“Analyze the writing style from the text below and write a 200 word piece guide on [insert topic]”[insert your text]________8. Learn any complex topic in only a few minutes:“Explain [insert topic] in simple and easy terms that any beginner can understand.”________9. Generate new ideas:“I want to [insert task or goal]. Generate [insert desired outcome] for [insert task or goal].”________10. Summarize long documents and articles:“Summarize the text below and give me a list of bullet points with key insights and the most important facts.”[insert text]________11. Solve problems faster:[insert problem]“Give me a step by step solution to the problem above with clear instructions on how to execute each step.”________12. Make better decisions faster:“I am trying to decide if I should [insert decision]. Give me a list of pros and cons that will help me decide why I should or shouldn’t make this decision.”________13. Get short and insight-packed book summaries:“Summarize the book [insert book] by the author [insert author] and give me a list of the most important learnings and insights.”________14. Understand things faster by simplifying complex texts.“Rewrite the text below and make it easy for a beginner to understand”.[insert text]________15. Eliminate writer’s block:“I’m writing a blog post about [insert topic]. I can’t come up with a catchy title. Give me a list of 5 suggestions for the blog title for this piece.”________
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ChatGPT Prompts for Educators:
“Create a rubric to grade an eighth-grade informational report on the history and culture of the Cherokee tribal nation.”
“Suggest 10 Chrome extensions for high school students designed to improve productivity while studying.”
“Create a set of eight practice problems for third-grade students learning beginner algebra. Have the problems start out easy and get harder.”
“What promotes student engagement? Identify and summarize articles from trusted sources over the past three years that deal with this subject. The summaries should be 200 words or less each.”
“Create a quiz with five multiple-choice questions that assess [grade four] students’ understanding of [concept being taught].”
“Create a step-by-step guide to instruct [audience] how to [topic]. Include important tips and tricks.”
“Brainstorm 10 content ideas related to [topic] that [your audience like ninth grade students] would find interesting and beneficial.”
“Pretend you are a sixth-grade student. Explain the concept of [insert concept or idea] in simple terms and provide relevant examples of how it can be applied in a real-world situation. Simplify complex terms or concepts.”
“Give me five fun ways to introduce a lesson on the properties of water to fourth grade students.”
- ChatGPT prompts for Administrators:
“I am interviewing candidates for the role of [insert role]. Create an interview with three rounds that test for the following traits: culture fit, growth mindset, learning ability, and adaptability. Also, create one technical assignment to test their technical ability. Also, add in the answer key for each question so I can evaluate and grade their answers.”
“Act as an expert career coach. I [explain problem]. Give me a list of five solutions that could potentially fix this problem.”
“I need some tips on developing an effective cybersecurity strategy that will address the needs of my [school district or organization]. We have a limited budget of [give amount].”
“Write an email to parents letting them know about the school open house event that is happening on [date] at [time]. Write it to be inviting so that they will want to attend.”
- ChatGPT Plugins to increase EduProductivity:
1. AskYourPDF
Share a link to a PDF of your choice and ask ChatGPT any questions about that PDF.
It can do everything from summarizing the PDF to answering specific questions about dates, numbers, and facts.
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2. Wolfram Alpha
Make ChatGPT smarter by giving it access to powerful computation, accurate math, curated knowledge, real-time data and visualization.
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3. Ambition
Stop spending hours searching for jobs online.
Tell the Ambition plugin what kind of roles you’re looking for, and it will sort through millions of job openings online and share the best ones with you instantly.
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4. Zapier
Save hours every week by delegating and automating tasks right within ChatGPT.
Do everything from email automation to updating databases with a few short lines of instruction.
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5. Prompt Perfect
Want to get something from ChatGPT but not sure what prompt to use?
The Prompt Perfect plugin crafts the perfect prompt to help you get the answer you’re looking for.
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6. Link Reader
This plugin reads the content from all sorts of links – like websites, news articles, Word documents – and answers any questions you have about the content from that link.
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7. edX
Level up your knowledge by getting content and courses from top universities like Harvard and MIT instantly in ChatGPT.
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8. Video Insights
Share a link to online videos from websites like YouTube and get insights summarized and delivered in seconds.
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9. ScholarAI
Unlock powerful scientific knowledge with fast, reliable, and peer-reviewed data at your fingertips.
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10. Tutory
Access affordable, on-demand tutoring and education right at your fingertips.
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- Go past the beginner level on ChatGPT:
1. Improve your decision-making
Prompt:
“I am trying to decide if I should [insert decision]. Give me a list of pros and cons that will help me decide why I should or shouldn’t make this decision.”
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2. Learn from the best
Prompt:
“Analyze the top performers in [insert your field of work]. Give me a list of the most important lessons I can learn from these top performers to boost my productivity.”
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3. Create a personalized tutor to accelerate your learning
Prompt:
“I am currently learning about [insert topic]. Ask me a series of questions that will test my knowledge. Identify knowledge gaps in my answers and give me better answers to fill those gaps.”
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4. Turn ChatGPT into your intern
Sample prompt:
“I am creating a report about [insert topic]. Research and create an in-depth report with a step-by-step guide that will help readers understand how to [insert outcome].”
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5. Learn any new skill
Prompt:
“I want to learn [insert skill]. Generate a 30 day plan that will help a beginner like me learn the skill from scratch.”
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6. Create any form of text or content
Sample prompt:
“Topic: How to write persuasively
Audience: Business executives
Format: Speech
Tone: Educational and inspiring
Goal: Inspire the audience to write effectively
Additional instructions: The speech should be under 15 minutes”
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7. Learn faster than ever with the 80/20 technique
Prompt:
“I want to learn about [insert topic]. Identify and share the most important 20% of learnings from this topic that will help me understand 80% of it.”
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8. Rewrite and simplify complex texts
“Rewrite the text below in simple and easy to understand words. Simple and easy enough for anyone who doesn’t know the subject to understand what I’m trying to say.”
[insert text]
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9. Learn faster with insight-packed summaries
Prompt:
“Summarize the text below in no more than 500 words. Create a list of bullet points of the most important learnings, along with brief summaries explaining each point.”
[insert text]
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10. Get ChatGPT to write prompts for you
Prompt:
“I am a [insert your profession]. Generate a list of the most powerful prompts that will help someone in my profession get more done and save time.”
- Accelerate your learning by:
1. Improve your writing by getting feedback.
Use this prompt:
[paste your writing]
“Proofread my writing above. Fix grammar and spelling mistakes. And make suggestions that will improve the clarity of my writing”
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2. Use the 80/20 principle to learn faster than ever.
Prompt:
“I want to learn about [insert topic]. Identify and share the most important 20% of learnings from this topic that will help me understand 80% of it.”
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3. Learn and develop any new skill.
Prompt:
“I want to learn / get better at [insert desired skill]. I am a complete beginner. Create a 30 day learning plan that will help a beginner like me learn and improve this skill.”
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4. Get short and insight-packed book summaries.
Prompt:
“Summarize the book [insert book] by the author [insert author] and give me a list of the most important learnings and insights.”
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5. Get feedback from history’s greatest minds.
Prompt:
“Assume you are [insert famous person e.g. Steve Jobs]. Read my argument below and give me feedback as if you were [insert person again]”
[insert your argument]
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6. Enhance your problem solving skills.
Prompt:
“Your role is that of a problem solver. Give me a step-by-step guide to solving [insert your problem].”
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7. Generate new ideas and overcome writers block:
Sample prompt:
“I am writing a blog post about [insert topic]. Give me an outline for this blog post with 10 bullet points. Also give me 5 options for a catchy headline.”
You can adapt this prompt for whatever you’re writing.
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8. Summarize long texts and accelerate your learning:
Prompt:
“Summarize the text below into 500 words or less. Create sections for each important point with a brief summary of that point.”
[insert text]
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9. Use stories and metaphors to aid your memory.
Prompt:
“I am currently learning about [insert topic]. Convert the key lessons from this topic into engaging stories and metaphors to aid my memorization.”
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10. Strengthen your learning by testing yourself.
Prompt:
“I am currently learning about [insert topic]. Ask me a series of questions that will test my knowledge. Identify knowledge gaps in my answers and give me better answers to fill those gaps.”
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POWERFUL classroom ChatGPT prompt:“I’m teaching a lesson about <<topic>>. What are common struggles or misconceptions might my students have about that topic?”