Here is a quick test for anyone trying to dip your toes in the water of AI tools this summer! I asked three chatbots (ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Microsoft’s Bing Chat) to create a top 5 of teacher centered ChatGPT prompts, Google Bard prompts, and Microsoft Bing Chat prompts for educators that they can practice over the summer. Here is what they each came up with:
Microsoft Bing Chat
Top 5 of teacher centered ChatGPT prompts, Google Bard prompts, and Microsoft Bing Chat prompts for educators that you can practice over the summer. Here are some examples:
Teacher centered ChatGPT prompts:
- Write a short story about a teacher who travels back in time to meet their favorite historical figure.
- Generate a list of 10 fun and educational activities for students to do during summer break.
- Create a quiz on the topic of your choice with 5 questions and 4 answer choices each. Provide feedback for each answer choice.
- Write a poem about what teaching means to you using the acrostic format (each line starts with a letter of the word “teaching”).
- Generate a catchy slogan for your classroom or school.
- Create a lesson plan for teaching students about AI and the new Bing in the subject area of your choice. Outline the learning objectives, materials, activities, and assessment methods.
- Analyze the SWOT analysis for a leading e-commerce company and propose strategic initiatives. Write a summary of your findings and recommendations in the voice of a business consultant.
- Prepare a financial forecast for a software development business for the next five years. Use Google Sheets to create a spreadsheet with formulas and charts. Explain your assumptions and projections in the voice of a financial analyst.
- Develop a project-based learning activity for grade level students on how to create AI art using Bing Image Creator. Describe the steps, resources, and outcomes of the project in the voice of an art teacher.
- Suggest assessment methods for evaluating students’ creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication skills. Provide examples of rubrics, portfolios, self-assessments, peer feedback, and performance tasks in the voice of an educational researcher.
- In the voice of an education reporter, generate a list of 10 interview questions for Bill Gates about his philanthropic work in education and global health.
- Compare two articles on the same topic from different sources and put them in a table. Highlight the differences in perspective, tone, facts, and opinions in the voice of a media literacy teacher.
- Summarize a lengthy article or document on a complex topic and simplify it for a general audience. Use bullet points, headings, and images to make it easier to understand in the voice of a content writer.
- Ask Bing to draw an image of your favorite animal or plant and write a caption describing its features and habitat in the voice of a science teacher.
- Ask Bing to generate a list of 10 trivia questions on any topic you like and provide the correct answers. Use multiple-choice, true/false, or fill-in-the-blank formats in the voice of a game show host.
Google Bard
Top 5 teacher-centered ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Microsoft Bing Chat prompts for educators that they can practice over the summer:
ChatGPT
- Generate a lesson plan for a unit on the Civil War.
- Create a quiz on the solar system.
- Write a story about a group of students who go on a field trip to a museum.
- Generate a list of websites that are appropriate for students to use for research.
- Write a letter to a pen pal who is a student in another country.
Google Bard
- Generate a presentation on the benefits of exercise.
- Write a poem about the beauty of nature.
- Create a code to generate a random number.
- Write a script for a short play.
- Translate a passage from one language to another.
Microsoft Bing Chat
- Answer a student’s question about the Pythagorean Theorem.
- Help a student with their homework on fractions.
- Provide a student with a list of resources for learning about the history of the United States.
- Brainstorm ideas for a science fair project.
- Help a student with their public speaking skills.
These are just a few examples of the many ways that ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Microsoft Bing Chat can be used by educators. By practicing with these prompts over the summer, educators can become more familiar with the capabilities of these language models and how they can be used to support student learning.
In addition to the prompts listed above, educators can also use ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Microsoft Bing Chat to:
- Create personalized learning experiences for students.
- Provide feedback on student work.
- Collaborate with other educators.
- Stay up-to-date on the latest educational research.
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Here are top 5 prompts for each of the AI tools that teachers can experiment with during the summer.
ChatGPT Prompts:
- “ChatGPT, help me brainstorm project ideas on climate change for my science class.”
- “ChatGPT, suggest some engaging ice-breaker activities for the first day of school.”
- “ChatGPT, provide a brief explanation of photosynthesis in simple terms.”
- “ChatGPT, suggest five real-world math problems that demonstrate the application of Pythagoras’ theorem.”
- “ChatGPT, can you suggest some discussion questions for ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’?”
Google Bard Prompts:
- “Google Bard, can you help me refine this sentence to make it more compelling?”
- “Google Bard, provide examples of metaphors and similes I can use in my English lesson.”
- “Google Bard, suggest some descriptive writing prompts for my creative writing class.”
- “Google Bard, can you help me draft a welcoming email for the parents of my new students?”
- “Google Bard, how can I better phrase this feedback comment to be constructive and encouraging?”
Microsoft Bing Chat Prompts:
- “Bing Chat, provide an outline of the events leading up to World War II.”
- “Bing Chat, create a timeline of major events in the Civil Rights Movement.”
- “Bing Chat, can you generate a simple narrative about the Space Race?”
- “Bing Chat, summarize the key events in the Women’s Suffrage Movement.”
- “Bing Chat, can you help my students understand the key causes and effects of the French Revolution?”
I hope these prompts are helpful for you. You can practice them over the summer using ChatGPT, Google Bard, or Microsoft Bing. A newer one you can try that I did not highlight is Claude 2. Try it to see how you can use AI chatbots, but don’t forget they hallucinate (see my blog post on that).