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- Seamless syncing with web chats: Pick up where you left off on a new device.
- Vision capabilities: Use photos from your library, take new photos, or upload files to get real time image analysis.
- Open access: Users on any plan can download the Claude app free of charge.
- Increased usage: More usage per user than the Pro plan, so every teammate can get what they need from Claude
- Access to the Claude 3 model family: Use Opus, Sonnet, or Haiku. There’s a model for every business need.
- 200K context window: Room to process long documents, discuss complex topics, and maintain multi-step conversations.
- Admin tools and billing management: Manage access and billing in a centralized place.
- Everything in Pro: Priority access during high-traffic periods, early access to new features, greater usage rates, and more.
- Happy birthday
- Congratulations
- Thank you note
- Happy Graduation
- Happy Anniversary
- AI can boost productivity by 47% according to surveyed employers
- 42% of employers are actively looking for people with AI qualifications…yet 75% of employers are having trouble finding qualified candidates
- Over 80% of younger employees, including Gen-Zs and Millennials, are interested in picking up AI skills. Even with retirement in sight, roughly two-thirds of workers over the age of 55 – Boomers – indicate they would enroll in an AI course if offered by their company.”
- Greeting card magic. Need to write a wonderful graduation message to your niece? Maybe, a congratulatory note to a friend, or celebrate secretary’s day with a greeting card? If you’ve found yourself drawing a blank at a critical moment, an AI chatbot can make life easier for you. Here are five prompts that will have people saying, “Wow, I wish I’d gotten a card from them.”
- Book Reviews. Read some books and want to write an awe-inspiring book review? Put together a short outline, then ask AI to craft a book review for you that incorporates the main points.
- Cover Letter Clean-up. Use AI chatbots to revise your cover letter in a way that matches your experience to the job requirements.
- Resume revision. Revise your resume to match a job description, or to tighten the language in your resume. Discuss pros and cons of this approach.
- Data Analysis. Analyze any collection of data, from your personal finances to developing a budget for your next trip.
- Travel Agent. Use a travel agent custom GPT (a chatbot designed for a specific purpose) to plan your next trip.
- list of ways goes here - more to come
- ChatGPT. Available in two versions, free and “Plus” ($20 a month), you can use it as a writing assistant. With the paid version, you can use custom GPTs to analyze large data sets to make graphs, design images, and get a higher quality response.
- Perplexity. Available in two versions, free and Pro ("$20 a month), this AI excels at answering questions updating information it provides with current web citations. You can attach and generate images, as well as analyze documents. It also allows you to switch AI models from ChatGPT, Claude, Mistral, Google Gemini, and others. This is the author’s preferred general purpose AI chatbot.
- Claude. Boasting excellent word and sentence comprehension, it’s easy to give it large files for analysis and summary. Lacks up to date web citations in its Pro version ($20 a month).
- Microsoft CoPilot. A web-based tool that works for free with an account, offers up to date web citations, and image generation or analysis. This AI tool is integrated into a variety of Microsoft 365 tools. You may also appreciate it’s built-in image creator.
- Google Gemini. Available in free or paid versions, Google’s Gemini offers a wealth of analysis, up to date citations, and putting results in Google Workspace formats (e.g. Google Docs, Google Sheets, etc.). Gemini Advanced offers even more functionality. It is integrated into Google Workspace tools as Google Duet.
- Mon Apr 29th to Thurs May Ist
- Three time slots: 6 p,m, 7p.m and 8 p.m (EST)
- Students: $25
- Before April 21st: $30
- April 21st on: $50
- Over 25 online workshops
- Certificate of participation (after attending 4 or more sessions)
- Conference e-book full of practical suggestions and insight from each workshop
- AI Literacy: Starting out *** AI & Key Subject Areas:** ECE. English, Mathematics and Visual Arts
- AI & Ethical Issues: Cheating, Culture, Deepfakes, Privacy, Influence on Women,
- AI Tools: Canva AI, Chatbots, ChatGTP, MagicSchool
- AI & Learning: Engagement, Neurodiversity, Personalized Feedback, UDL
- Motivated reasoning: Emotionally biased search for justifications that support what we want to be true.
- Confirmation bias: Tendency to search for, favor, and remember information that confirms our beliefs.
- Overconfidence effect: Tendency to overestimate our knowledge and/or abilities.
- Pseudoscience is a collection of beliefs or practices that are portrayed as scientific but aren’t. Pseudoscientific beliefs are motivated by the desire to believe something is true, especially if it conforms to an individual’s existing beliefs, sense of identity, or even wishful thinking. Because of this, the standard of evidence is very low. Examples of pseudoscience include various forms of alternative medicine, cryptozoology, many New Age beliefs, and the paranormal.
- Science denial is the refusal to accept well-established science. Denial is motivated by the desire not to believe a scientific conclusion, often because it conflicts with existing beliefs, personal identity, or vested interests. As such, the standard of evidence is set impossibly high. Examples include denying human-caused climate change, evolution, the safety and efficacy of vaccines, and GMO safety.
- Explore how you use critical thinking in the classroom to teach in a content area (offer example to user) • Provide information on your classroom dynamics, student demographics, and specific areas where you seek improvement or support.
LinkShare: Perplexity AI for Teachers
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LinkShare: EduChat AI App
A New South Wales AI app NSWEduChat, adapted from ChatGPT, is being deployed:
NSWEduChat, designed by the state’s Department of Education, is modelled on ChatGPT but built specifically for the state’s curriculum. Students have access to one interface, while teachers have their own version of the tool which they can use to direct classroom content.
Unlike ChatGPT, the app has been designed to only respond to questions that relate to schooling and education, via content-filtering and topic restriction.
AI Smackdown: Gemini Advanced Versus Perplexity Pro
Wondering if a pro account is worth the $20? Let’s explore the similarities and differences between Gemini Advanced and Perplexity Pro. Artificial intelligence models change daily. What is impossible today will be child’s play tomorrow. AI middleware is available and knowing what tool to invest in can be difficult. For those of us in education, it’s critical to know what tools work best and can save time. Keeping those needs in mind, let’s take a look at two powerful AI tools: Google Gemini and Perplexity. As someone with access to the Pro version for each, allow me to share my observations.
Get a discount if signing up for Perplexity Pro
Read more (Note: This blog was current as of early April, 2024. Information may have changed since then!)
Aligning TCEA Courses to the ISTE Standards
I was curious about how these online, self-paced courses would align to edtech standards. Here’s a rough table that tries to show how they match up.
| EdTech Standards | Standard Description | TCEA Self-Paced Courses |
|---|---|---|
| Learner | Educators continually improve their practice by learning from and with others and exploring proven and promising practices that leverage technology to improve student learning. |
- Artificial Intelligence Educator - Canva Specialist - ChatGPT for Educators |
| Leader | Educators seek out opportunities for leadership to support student empowerment and success and to improve teaching and learning. | - Effective Engagement with Self-Reported Grades - Teacher-Library Collaboration - Google Certified Trainer |
| Citizen | Educators inspire students to positively contribute and responsibly participate in the digital world. | - Cybersecurity for Teachers - Social and Emotional Learning |
| Collaborator | Educators dedicate time to collaborate with both colleagues and students to improve practice, discover and share resources and ideas, and solve problems. | - Blended Learning - Dynamic Instruction with Project-Based Learning (PBL) - Google Workspace for Education Courses |
| Designer | Educators design authentic, learner-driven activities and environments that recognize and accommodate learner variability. | - Creative Response to Literature - Effective Math: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 - Canva Educator |
| Facilitator | Educators facilitate learning with technology to support student achievement of the ISTE Standards for Students. | - Strategies That Work, Part 1 & Part 2 - Jigsaw Method - Robotics and STEM/STEAM Courses |
| Analyst | Educators understand and use data to drive their instruction and support students in achieving their learning goals. | - Assessment-Based Feedback - Evidence-Based Teaching - Kernel Essays for Writing and Reading |
LinkShare: Anthropic Claude iOS App and Team Plan #tcea #tceajmg
The source of the content below is an email received on 05/01/2024 at approximately 10:12 AM (CST):
Anthropic makes an announcement:
Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of the Claude iOS app, bringing the power of Claude to your iPhone—and the launch of our Team plan, making it easier to use Claude as part of a team.
Claude iOS app
With the launch of the Claude iOS app, you can access Claude from anywhere, any time.
The Claude iOS app features:
Whether you’re brainstorming ideas on the go, need a quick answer on a pressing question, or want to analyze scenes and images from the real world, our new iOS app puts the power of frontier intelligence in your back pocket.
To download the iOS app, find us on the Apple App Store.
Claude for your team
Our new Team plan is designed for ambitious teams that want to collaborate with Claude on deep work, expert research, and tasks of every size.
The Team plan includes:
In the coming weeks, we’ll be releasing collaboration features, which include citations from reliable sources to verify AI generated claims, integrations with data repositories like codebases or CRMs, and iterating with colleagues on AI-generated documents or projects—all while maintaining the highest standards of security and safety.
The Team plan is $30 per user per month, with a minimum of 5 seats. To get started with the Team plan, sign up on claude.ai.
Warmly, The Anthropic team
Make Data Analysis Easy with Custom GPTs #ChatGPT #AI
Explore custom GPTs for data analysis! Be a whiz at generating beautiful reports, charts, and more from real data. Have a massive amount of data to analyze? Want to see relationships in the data? If you work in any role that involves analyzing data, then OpenAI’s GPT tools can help. Having trouble analyzing huge datasets? A custom GPT focused on data analysis can help you query the data using natural language. Let’s explore a few use cases.
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AI for Educators Conference #tcea #tceajmg #edtech #edutooters
AI in education is revolutionizing the way schools utilize technology to enhance learning experiences. Discover how districts are leveraging artificial intelligence to individualize instruction and improve student outcomes. Dive into real-world examples of how AI is transforming the educational landscape at the AI for Educators Conference.
LinkShare: AI Literacy Day
Check out Michigan Virtual’s K-12 AI Literacy: Forging Ahead video. Their goal is to get more folks aware of AI technology in schools and AI’s impact.
This webinar provides an overview of the impact that AI technologies are having in K-12 education, highlighting the critical need to build AI literacy skills with educators and students across the state of Michigan. Presenters will also provide an in-depth look at how a number of schools and organizations are implementing curricula, programs, and training initiatives to cultivate AI literacy among students and educators in partnership with Michigan Virtual, a statewide nonprofit supporting innovation in K-12 education.
Check it out!
Four Ways #AI Can Help Teach Poetry #tcea #tceajmg
Here’s a fresh take on how AI can help students explore poetic forms, boost confidence in writing poetry, and sharpen poetry analysis skills!
AI in Real Estate, Part 1
Here are some real estate specific tools, and prompt generation ideas:
Prompt Engineering Tips
Want to improve your prompts to get better results from AI? Tell the AI what you want to know and how you want the answer structured. You can improve AI responses by continuing the conversation. You can also ask for outlines, rubrics, tables, or bullet lists.
Real Estate Specific Tools
Here are some real estate specific tools that may be of further interest:
| Real Estate AI Tool | Description | Estimated Cost |
|---|---|---|
| DreamStaging.AI | Offers tools for virtual staging and interior design with AI-generated visuals. | Please check the official website. |
| Epique | AI-powered platform offering a suite of tools for real estate agents, including content generation. | Free. |
| Hyro.ai | An adaptive communication platform for real estate, enhancing customer engagement. | Please check the official website. |
| HomeDesignsAI | Generates interiors, exteriors, and gardens with AI. Visualize potential property renovations or staging to enhance listings. | Please check the official website |
| Jasper.ai | Generates blog posts, social media posts, and advertisement copy tailored to an agent’s style. | Please check the official website. |
| Leena.ai | Need to onboard new hires, manage frequently-asked questions, and assist with HR? Give Leena, an AI-driven HR assistant, a spin. | Please check the official website |
| Listing Copy AI | Generates premium property descriptions quickly for listings. | Please check the official website. |
| Next Ace | Do title search and examinations. This virtual title assistant can reduce the time and effort required to create title reports. | Please check the official website. |
| Omni Calculator | Simplifies real estate commission calculations. | Free. |
| RealtyNinja | Helps agents create beautiful, easy-to-manage websites with various features. | Please check the official website. |
| Reimaginehome.ai | AI-powered interior design and virtual staging. Apply virtual staging to listings to showcase property potential to buyers. | Free up to 30 images. Other options available. Please check the official website |
| Virtual Staging AI | The world’s first virtual staging algorithm powered by AI for home staging. | Please check the official website. |
Exploring The Human Connection vs AI Assistance
“How can AI assist me in my specific role? After all, I’ve spent a lot of time building background knowledge and I have a lot of experience. What can AI do for me?” The more experience and knowledge you have, the better you will be able to guide AI in working on your behalf. That’s because you are able to provide greater context and background information to your AI Model. The AI Model will take this experience and knowledge, then use it (along with everything it has picked up off the Internet) to respond to your questions or tasks.
Let’s look at this through the lens of three roles with the assistance of AI:
Greeting Card Magic #IntroAI
Need to write a wonderful graduation message to your niece? Maybe, a congratulatory note to a friend, or celebrate secretary’s day with a greeting card? If you’ve found yourself drawing a blank at a critical moment, an AI chatbot can make life easier for you. Here are five prompts that will have people saying, “Wow, I wish I’d gotten a card from them.”
Prompt for Greeting Card Messages
Write five prompts appropriate for generating greeting card type messages for these special occasions:
In each prompt you generate, make sure to include instructions to pause to allow the user to provide the name and the relationship (e.g. wife, daughter, son, husband, spouse, partner, friend, work colleague) so that you can tailor the result to match. Also include in each prompt a question to ask the user what the tone of the message should be. The result should read like a personal message from you to the recipient of the greeting card message. Also, be sure to keep your results short, concise, and to the point.
Message #1: Happy Birthday
Writing birthday wishes on a greeting card doesn’t take long. But how do you write a message that’s going to stick in the memory of the reader? Here’s the prompt you can use:
“Let’s take a moment to make this birthday message special. Could you provide the name and relationship (e.g., friend, sibling, parent) of the birthday person? Also, what tone would you like the message to convey (e.g., humorous, heartfelt, inspirational)?”
Message #2: Congratulations
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to write a congratulations note. After the first two hundred, you start to get a bit tired. Here’s a prompt to make the job a bit easier:
“Before crafting your congratulations message, could you share the name and relationship (e.g., colleague, friend, family member) of the person you’re congratulating? Also, what is the occasion, and what tone do you prefer for the message (e.g., professional, warm, enthusiastic)?”
Message #3: Thank You Note
If you don’t write a thank you note for an act of generosity, it’s as if it never happened. Writing thank you notes is an art for some. Get the AI chatbot of your choice to give you a boost:
“To personalize your thank you note, please provide the name and relationship (e.g., mentor, friend, relative) of the individual you’re thanking. Additionally, could you specify the tone you’re aiming for in this note (e.g., formal, sincere, appreciative)?”
Message #4: Happy Graduation
You may be at that point in your life when you need to send out happy graduation cards. Writing a poignant message can be tough. Here’s some help:
“As we prepare a graduation message, I’ll need the name and relationship (e.g., son, daughter, friend) of the graduate. What tone would you like to set with your message (e.g., motivational, proud, encouraging)?”
Message #5: Happy Anniversary
Ok, spouses, this is the prompt you’ve been waiting for. I just know your spouse would hate to know you’re using this prompt, so let’s keep it among us, ok? Secret. I won’t tell. Oh, that example brings a tear to my eye. You would, of course, make it more concise (or ask the AI chatbot to), and keep it short.
“For the anniversary card, please tell me the name(s) and the relationship (e.g., husband, wife, partner, friends) of the couple celebrating. What tone do you envision for this anniversary message (e.g., romantic, nostalgic, lighthearted)?”
Conclusion
What are some other messages you can get AI to assist you with crafting? Remember, use AI to write a first draft or to improve your first draft. Some suggestions are to tell the AI to “shorten this, make it more concise, and don’t change my writing style.” That will help you in your writing.
Demystifying AI #IntroAI
by Miguel Guhlin, mguhlin@tcea.org | Read the TCEA TechNotes blog | Sign up for online courses to learn more
An Introduction to AI
Depending on who you speak to, AI is a climate destroying, memory-loss, soul-sucking destructive force, or a powerful technology that can work for the good of all. For folks in real estate, it’s easy to be skeptical. In fact, you should be. Let’s explore some aspects of AI and ways to capitalize on its power for the benefit of our clients, as well as ourselves.
What is AI?
Are there tasks you engage in that are repetitive, that require learning, decision-making, and problem-solving? Then AI can lighten your load. You can use AI as your personal assistant, an aide that can help you fine-tune a pitch, market properties, or manage paperwork. The human connection must still be made, and only you can do that. AI is unable to provide that human touch. You can explore how AI can assist you in your work.
What does “assist you in your work” mean, though? AI can boost your productivity, and impact your marketability:
“The lesson learned for forward-thinking organisations is, lean into the opportunity and excitement piece, and you’ll capture more employee loyalty, employee retention, etc.” Source: Dan Helfrich, CEO of Deloitte Consulting, as cited
Countries like the United States are prepared to take advantage of AI. Let’s take a look at specific AI tools that may be helpful, first in your personal life and then in your work.
AI in Our Personal Lives
You know, you may already use Siri, Alexa, or Google Assistant to help you with smart devices. Chatbots like ChatGPT, Perplexity, CoPilot make it easy to have conversations with AI. Ask questions in the moment, the same way you might ask Siri or Alexa for information about an actor’s net worth or what movies they starred in. Let’s take at a few simple uses of AI chatbots:
There are million and one uses of AI. Simply ask yourself, “How could I use AI to help me with an everyday task or learn something new?”
Did You Know?
Canva.com offers a variety of AI powered tools and apps, as well as design resources. Learn more about them via the TCEA Course, Canva Specialist.
AI for Professional Purposes
Ever found yourself wishing for help when streamlining operations, checking for errors, or enhancing customer service? AI-powered chatbots can help. For example, they can handle initial customer inquiries. This allows staff more time to focus on more complex tasks. AI can also analyze vast amounts of data.
Use AI to clarify decision-making processes, come up with processes, and flow-charts. Here are some specific ways you can use them:
Available AI Programs
You can take advantage of several AI models. Each offers a slightly different tool set. While you can use these tools for free, paying the $20 a month can make a big difference. A short list appears below with a key distinguishing feature:
Each of these tools is improving daily. All of these tools can generate human-like text based on the input you provide it. Use these tools for drafting email responses, creating content for marketing and contract materials, or even, property descriptions. What’s more, there are many tools for creating head shots and videos.
Did You Know?
The paid versions of these tools ($20 a month) also allow you to create images based on a text description. You can find some more AI-powered image creation tools and AI art generators. ChatGPT Plus allows you to generate images from a text prompt, as well.
Custom Data Analysis Tools
What’s more, you can use tools like custom GPTs via ChatGPT to engage in data analysis and to generate graphs. Drop a huge amount of data from Excel or Google Sheets into ChatGPT, and you’ll be able to organize it. That might be handy.
Here are two resources to assist you:
Specialized AI Tools
Below are some additional AI-powered tools that can assist you. Some great tools to use for several purposes:
| Tool/Platform | Focus Area | Key Features | AI Use Suggestions |
|---|---|---|---|
| AdCreative.ai | Marketing & Content Generation | AI-generated visuals and text for ads and social media posts | Enhance digital marketing campaigns with data-backed, high-conversion ad creatives and improve click-through rates. |
| Aragon AI | AI Headshots | Generates professional AI headshots | Create professional headshots for team profiles, company websites, and marketing materials. |
| Beautiful.ai | Presentation Software | AI-powered slide templates and design automation | Streamline the creation of pitches and reports with smart templates and automated design rules. |
| Canva | Image Creation | Design platform with templates for various uses | Design a wide range of visual content, from infographics to presentations, with an easy-to-use interface. |
| DALL-E 2 | Image Generation | AI that creates images from textual descriptions | Generate creative visuals for campaigns, presentations, and content marketing from simple text prompts. |
| ElevenLabs | Speech Synthesis and Text-to-Speech | Realistic voice generation in multiple languages | Produce high-quality voiceovers for multimedia presentations and instructional videos. |
| HeyGen | AI Video Marketing | Enables creation of business videos without video editing skills | Quickly create professional videos for marketing, training, and internal communications. |
| Opus | Video Content | Transforms long-form videos into bite-sized clips | Generate engaging social media content by converting longer videos into short, shareable clips. |
| Pablo by Buffer | Social Media Images | Simplifies creation of social media images | Easily create branded images for social media campaigns and content marketing. |
| Presence Copilot™ | AI Assistance | Offers AI-powered assistance for professionals | Improve efficiency in client management, scheduling, and task automation. |
| Snappa | Image Creation | Offers templates and design resources for creating graphics | Quickly design graphics for digital marketing, social media, and branding with access to stock images and icons. |
| Synthesia | AI Video Content | Synthetic media generation for AI-generated video content | Create custom videos with AI avatars for various applications, from e-learning to customer engagement. |
Don’t limit yourself to these solutions. More are emerging every day, and there are many you can take adapt for your use.
A Partial Conclusion
Digital tools, especially new ones, do impact the status quo. Where would we be without email? Text messages? Smartphones? Or, paper and the fountain pen? It’s easy to think that these technologies will results in job displacement. But the truth is, they simply require us to learn how to use them, then push us to innovate. They force us to ask ourselves, “In what ways does AI change how I add value and how can I leverage that to the benefit of those I serve?”
Let’s lead the charge in embracing AI, demonstrating its value, and ensuring our industry remains at the forefront of innovation. Let’s create a future where AI and human intelligence work hand in hand to achieve greater success in the real estate and title insurance industries.
Embracing #AI in the Real Estate Sphere, Part 4
In this part of the Embracing AI in Real Estate, let’s take a look at how AI can enhance efficiency, accuracy, and security while title agents and companies focus on the human connection. That is, providing essential expertise, personalized service, and ethical oversight needed to ensure property transactions' success.
| Duty | Human Connection | AI Assistance |
|---|---|---|
| Conducting title searches to verify ownership and check for liens, encumbrances, and other potential issues. | Title agents use their expertise to interpret complex title records and navigate legal nuances. | AI can rapidly analyze public records and databases to identify potential title issues more efficiently. |
| Issuing title insurance policies to protect against future claims on the property. | Title agents assess risk and provide personalized advice on coverage options based on the property’s history. | AI can automate risk assessment, streamline policy issuance, and personalize insurance products based on data analysis. |
| Facilitating the closing process by preparing and reviewing all necessary documents. | Title agents ensure accuracy and completeness of documents, guiding parties through the closing process. | AI can automate document preparation, check for errors, and ensure compliance with legal requirements. |
| Acting as escrow officers, holding and disbursing funds according to the transaction requirements. | Title agents manage funds with integrity, ensuring all financial transactions are conducted securely and transparently. | AI can automate transaction tracking, provide real-time updates, and enhance security measures for fund disbursement. |
| Recording legal documents like deeds and mortgages with appropriate government bodies. | Title agents navigate the legal requirements for document recording, ensuring timely and accurate filing. | AI can streamline the recording process, automatically submit documents for recording, and track filing status. |
| Providing a neutral third-party presence to ensure that all aspects of the property transfer comply with legal standards. | Title agents mediate between parties, ensuring fairness and adherence to legal and ethical standards. | AI can support compliance checks, ensuring all transaction components meet regulatory requirements and standards. |
AI in the Real Estate Sphere, Part 4
Title Specialists
Let’s not leave out title specialists.
| Duty | Human Connection | AI Assistance |
|---|---|---|
| Reviewing and processing title documentation and ensuring compliance with legal requirements. | Title specialists meticulously review documents for accuracy and legal compliance, providing expertise in interpreting complex legal language. | AI can assist by pre-screening documents for potential issues and ensuring that all paperwork meets current legal standards. |
| Resolving discrepancies in title information and handling related legal challenges. | Title specialists use their problem-solving skills and legal knowledge to address and resolve title issues, often requiring negotiation and legal acumen. | AI can help identify patterns in data that may indicate potential discrepancies and suggest solutions based on historical outcomes. |
| Collaborating with various stakeholders, including legal teams and real estate professionals, to ensure clear property titles. | Title specialists facilitate clear communication and coordination among various parties to ensure a smooth title clearance process. | AI can enhance collaboration through shared digital platforms that provide real-time updates and streamline the exchange of information. |
AI in the Real Estate Sphere, Part 2
In part 1 of this series, I shared a few AI tools to assist real estate and title agents. In this follow-up piece, we’ll take a closer look at some of the human connections with AI assistance possibilities.
Real Estate Agents
Real estate agents are involved in buying, selling, and renting properties. You can divide the work of real estate agents into tasks that AI can assist with, and those it can’t:
| Duty | Human Connection | AI Assistance |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing properties to potential buyers and conducting open houses. | Real estate agents can personalize interactions and adapt strategies based on client reactions and feedback during open houses. | AI can enhance marketing through targeted online ads and virtual open houses, reaching a broader audience more efficiently. |
| Performing comparative market analysis to estimate property values. | Agents provide context and explain market dynamics to clients, helping them understand valuation reports. | AI can quickly process large datasets to provide more accurate and timely property valuations. |
| Negotiating deals between buyers and sellers. | Agents build relationships and use their negotiation skills to advocate for their clients' best interests. | AI can analyze past transaction data to suggest optimal negotiation strategies and predict outcomes. |
| Managing paperwork such as contracts, leases, and closing statements. | Agents ensure all documents reflect the agreed terms and that clients understand the details. | AI can automate document handling, reduce errors, and speed up the processing of paperwork. |
| Guiding clients through the buying or selling process, including arranging property viewings and advising on market conditions. | Agents provide personalized advice and reassurance, helping clients navigate complex decisions. | AI can schedule viewings, provide real-time market data, and generate reports to inform clients. |
| Coordinating with other professionals like home inspectors, appraisers, and mortgage lenders. | Agents facilitate communication and ensure all parties are aligned throughout the transaction process. | AI can streamline coordination through automated scheduling and updates, improving communication efficiency. |
Parting Thoughts
Real estate agents are able to leverage their interpersonal skills to do quite a bit in the real estate sphere. The appropriate use of AI can complement this work and make it easier.
Boost School Public Relations with AI #tcea #tceajmg
Discover AI tools and five tips to leverage AI for public relations and communications efforts in your classroom, school, or district.
CER Resources for the Science Classroom #tcea #tceajmg
What if, in six sentences, you could empower students to create amazing work? It’s a preoccupation many science teachers have. Let’s take a moment and spend some time on CER: claim, evidence, and reasoning. Think of CER as a tool for student empowerment. You’ll see some specific examples with the help of AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, and an AI Lesson Plan Generator.
#tcea #tceajmg
The Big List of AI Tools
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The Big List of AI Tools
LinkShare: AI in K-12 Education Conference: Shaping Future Classrooms
Upcoming event via Ontario Tech some may be interested in paying for. Pricing is $30 if you pay before April 21st.
About the event
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will shape future classrooms. This fully online conference is for K-12 educators and administrators who want to lead the way. We will focus 5 key areas areas: AI Literacy, AI Tools, Ethical Issues, Key Subject Areas, and Teaching and Learning. Start your journey in becoming an leader in AI in Education.
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Key Areas of Focus (K-12)
Our workshop guides will provide diverse insight into a wide range of topics including
MegaPrompt: Critical Thinking Process #1: FLOATER
NOTE TO READER
What is this?
For those just getting started with chatbots in education: This is a ‘megaprompt’ that you can copy and paste that instructs an AI model to guide you. Special thanks to Harry Pickens for introducing me to the idea of “megaprompts.” His megaprompt, which I have modified, focused on getting ChatGPT to to explain itself to teachers. I’ve changed the megaprompt to do something different.
Where Does It Work?
While it works both with the free and paid versions of AI chatbots, be aware that copy-n-paste may exceed the character limit. I have tried to shorten it as much as possible. You should copy everything that appears below the horizontal line. Then paste it into your chatbot of choice.
About the Prompt’s Context
This prompt focuses on a process that teaches you how to use Professor Melanie Trecek-King’s FLOATER approach in evaluating claims, pseudoscience, etc. It follows the steps she outlined in her article on FLOATER linked above. Be sure to visit her website, Thinking Is Power, for more amazing content. Reach Professor Melanie Trecek-King via email at melanie@thinkingispower.com.
Give Me Some Feedback
Give it a try and give me some feedback. The structure of the megaprompt came from various prompts online, and all I have done is fill it in with information about the prompt. Feel free to adapt this prompt and use it as you like. We are learning together.
AI Model Responses
The Prompt begins below the line:
PROMPT
ROLE:
You are an expert advisor specializing in Melanie Trecek-King’s FLOATER approach to combating pseudoscience and encouraging critical thinking. You specialize in critical thinking heuristics and know how to verify and check people’s problem-solving processes. You automatically check for logical inconsistencies.
GOAL:
As a FLOATER expert, your objective is to walk thinkers through a step-by-step process. Your approach will be tailored, practical, and focused on the unique challenges and opportunities within the context of FLOATER.
Your approach will be tailored, practical, and focused on the unique challenges and oportunities within the context of Melanie Trecek-King’s FLOATER.
ABOUT FLOATER
The foundation of FLOATER is skepticism. While skepticism has taken on a variety of connotations, from cynicism to denialism, scientific skepticism is simply insisting on evidence before accepting a claim and proportioning the strength of our belief to the strength and quality of the evidence.
Before using this guide, clearly identify the claim and define any potentially ambiguous terms. And remember, the person making the claim bears the burden of proof and must provide enough positive evidence to establish the claim’s truth.
Rule 1: Falsifiability
It must be possible to think of evidence that would prove the claim false. It seems counterintuitive, but the first step in determining if a claim is true is to determine if you can prove it wrong.
Falsifiable claims can be proven false with evidence. If a claim is false, the evidence will disprove it. If it’s true, the evidence won’t be able to disprove it. Scientific claims must be falsifiable. Indeed, the process of science involves trying to disprove falsifiable claims. If the claim withstands attempts at disproof, we are more justified in tentatively accepting it.
Unfalsifiable claims cannot be proven false with evidence. They could be true, but because there is no way to use evidence to test the claim, any “evidence” that appears to support the claim is useless. Unfalsifiable claims are essentially immune to evidence. Four types of claims are unfalsifiable.
Subjective claims: Claims based on personal preferences, opinions, values, ethics, morals, feelings, and judgments. For example, I may believe that cats make the best pets and that healthcare is a basic human right, but neither of these beliefs is falsifiable no matter how many facts or pieces of evidence I use to justify them.
Supernatural claims: Claims that invoke entities such as gods and spirits, vague energies and forces, and magical human abilities such as psychic powers. By definition, the supernatural is above and beyond what is natural and observable and therefore isn’t falsifiable. This doesn’t mean these claims are necessarily false (or true!) but that there is no way to collect evidence to test them. For example, so-called “energy medicine,” such as reiki and acupuncture, is based on the claim that illnesses are caused by out-of-balance energy fields that can be adjusted to restore health. However, these energy fields cannot be detected and do not correspond to any known forms of energy.
There are, however, cases where supernatural claims can be falsifiable. First, if a psychic claims to be able to impact the natural world in some way, such as moving/bending objects or reading minds, we can test the psychic’s abilities under controlled conditions. And second, claims of supernatural events that leave physical evidence can be tested. For example, young-earth creationists claim that the Grand Canyon was formed during Noah’s flood approximately 4,000 years ago. A global flood would leave behind geological evidence, such as massive erosional features and deposits of sediment. Unsurprisingly, the lack of such evidence disproves this claim. However, even if the evidence pointed to a global flood only a few thousand years ago, we still couldn’t falsify the claim that a god was the cause.
Vague claims: Claims that are undefined, indefinite, or unclear. Your horoscope for today says, “Today is a good day to dream. Avoid making any important decisions. The energy of the day might bring new people into your life.” Because this horoscope uses ambiguous and vague terms, such as dream, important, and might, it doesn’t make any specific, measurable predictions. Even more, because it’s open to interpretation, you could convince yourself that it matches what happened to you during the day, especially if you spent the day searching for “evidence.” Due to legal restrictions, many alternative medicine claims are purposefully vague. For example, a supplement bottle says it “strengthens the immune system” or a chiropractic advertisement claims it “reduces fatigue.” While these sweeping claims are essentially meaningless because of their ambiguity, consumers often misinterpret them and wrongly conclude that the products are efficacious.
Ad hoc excuses: These entail rationalizing and making excuses to explain away observations that might disprove the claim. While the three types of claims described thus far are inherently unfalsifiable, sometimes we protect false beliefs by finding ways to make them unfalsifiable. We do this by making excuses, moving the goalposts, discounting sources or denying evidence, or proclaiming that it’s our “opinion.”
For example, a psychic may dismiss an inaccurate reading by proclaiming her energy levels were low, or an acupuncturist might excuse an ineffective treatment by claiming the needles weren’t placed properly along the patient’s meridians. Conspiracy theorists are masters at immunizing their beliefs against falsification by claiming that supportive evidence was covered up and contradictory evidence was planted.
The rule of falsifiability essentially boils down to this: Evidence matters. And never assume a claim is true because it can’t be proven wrong.
Rule 2: Logic
Arguments for the claim must be logical. Arguments consist of a conclusion, or claim, and one or more premises that provide evidence, or support, for the claim. In effect, the conclusion is a belief, and the premises are the reasons we hold that belief. Many arguments also contain hidden premises, or unstated assumptions that are required for the conclusion to be true, and therefore must be identified when evaluating arguments.
There are two types of arguments, which differ in the level of support they provide for the conclusion.
Deductive arguments provide conclusive support for the conclusion. Deductive arguments are valid if the conclusion must follow from the premises, and they are sound if the argument is valid and the premises are true. For the conclusion to be considered true, the argument must be both valid and sound. For example: “Cats are mammals. Dmitri is a cat. Therefore, Dmitri is a mammal.” The conclusion has to follow from the premises, and the premises are true. Because this argument is both valid and sound, we must accept the conclusion.
In everyday language, the word valid generally means true. However, in argumentation, valid means the conclusion follows from the premises, regardless of whether the premises are true or not. The following example is valid but unsound: “Cats are trees. Dmitri is a cat. Therefore, Dmitri is a tree.” The conclusion is valid because it follows from the premises, but the conclusion is wrong because of an untrue premise; cats aren’t trees.
Inductive arguments provide probable support for the conclusion. Unlike deductive arguments, in which a conclusion is guaranteed if the argument is both valid and sound, inductive arguments provide only varying degrees of support for a conclusion. Inductive arguments whose premises are true and provide reasonable support are considered to be strong, while those that do not provide reasonable support for the conclusion are weak. For example: “Dmitri is a cat. Dmitri is orange. Therefore, all cats are orange.” Even if the premises are true (and they are), a sample size of one does not provide reasonable support to generalize to all cats, making this argument weak.
Logical fallacies are flaws in reasoning that weaken or invalidate an argument. While there are more logical fallacies than can be covered in this guide, some of the more common fallacies include: Ad hominem: Attempts to discredit an argument by attacking the source. Appeal to (false) authority: Claims that something is true based on the position of an assumed authority. Appeal to emotions: Attempts to persuade with emotions, such as anger, fear, happiness, or pity in place of reason or facts. Appeal to the masses: Asserts that a claim is true because many people believe it. Appeal to nature: Argues that something is good or better because it’s natural. Appeal to tradition: Argues that something is good or true because it’s been around for a long time. False choice: Presents only two options when many more likely exist. Hasty generalization: Draws a broad conclusion based on a small sample size. Mistaking correlation for causation: Assumes that because events occurred together, there must be a causal connection. Red herring: Attempts to mislead or distract by referencing irrelevant information. Single cause: Oversimplifies a complex issue to a single cause. Slippery slope: Suggests an action will set off a chain of events leading to an extreme, undesirable outcome. Straw man: Misrepresents someone’s argument to make it easier to dismiss.
Consider the following example: “GMO foods are unhealthy because they aren’t natural.” The conclusion is “GMO foods are unhealthy,” and the stated premise is “They aren’t natural.” This argument has a hidden premise, “Things that aren’t natural are unhealthy,” which commits the appeal to nature fallacy. We can’t assume that something is healthy or unhealthy based on its presumed naturalness. (Arsenic and botulinum are natural, but neither is good for us!) By explicitly stating the hidden premise and recognizing the flaw in reasoning, we see that we should reject this argument. Rule 3: Objectivity
The evidence for a claim must be evaluated honestly.
Richard Feynman famously said, “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.”
Most of us think we’re objective; it’s those who disagree with us who are biased, right?
Unfortunately, every single one of us is prone to flawed thinking that can lead us to draw incorrect conclusions. While there are numerous ways we deceive ourselves, three of the most common errors are:
The rule of objectivity is probably the most challenging rule of all, because the human brain’s capacity to reason is matched only by its ability to deceive itself. We don’t set out to fool ourselves, of course. But our beliefs are important to us; they become part of who we are and bind us to others in our social groups. So when we’re faced with evidence that threatens a deeply held belief, especially one that’s central to our identity or worldview, we engage in motivated reasoning and confirmation bias to search for evidence that supports the conclusion we want to believe and discount evidence that doesn’t. If you’re looking for evidence you’re right, you will find it. You’ll be wrong, but you’ll be confident you’re right.
Ultimately the rule of objectivity requires us to be honest with ourselves—which is why it’s so difficult. The problem is, we’re blind to our own biases.
The poster children for violating the rule of objectivity are pseudoscience and science denial, both of which start from a desired conclusion and work backward, cherry-picking evidence to support the belief while ignoring or discounting evidence that doesn’t. There are, however, key differences:
In both these cases, believers are so sure they’re right, and their desire to protect their cherished beliefs is so strong, they are unable to see the errors in their thinking.
To objectively evaluate evidence for a claim, pay attention to your thinking process. Look at all the evidence—even (especially) evidence that contradicts what you want to believe. No denial or rationalization. No cherry-picking or ad hoc excuse-making. If the evidence suggests you should change your mind, then that’s what you must do.
It also helps to separate your identity from the belief, or evidence that the belief is wrong will feel like a personal attack. And don’t play on a team; be the referee. If defending your beliefs is more important to you than understanding reality, you will likely fool yourself.
Rule 4: Alternative Explanations
Other ways of explaining the observation must be considered. It’s human nature to get attached to a single explanation, often because it came from someone we trust or it fits with our existing beliefs. But if the goal is to know the real explanation, we should keep in mind that we might be wrong and consider alternative explanations.
Start by brainstorming other ways to explain your observation. (The more the better!) Ask yourself: What else could be the cause? Could there be more than one cause? Or could it be a coincidence? In short, propose as many (falsifiable) explanations as your creativity allows. Then try to disprove each of the explanations by comprehensively and objectively evaluating the evidence.
Next, determine which of the remaining explanations is the most likely. One helpful tool is Occam’s razor, which states that the explanation that requires the fewest new assumptions has the highest probability of being the right one. Basically, identify and evaluate the assumptions needed for each explanation to be correct, keeping in mind that the explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct and that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
For example, one morning you wake up to find a broken glass on the floor. Naturally, you want to know how it got there! Maybe it was a burglar? Could it have been a ghost? Or maybe it was the cat? You look for other signs that someone was in your house, such as a broken window or missing items; without other evidence, the burglar explanation seems unlikely. The ghost explanation requires a massive new assumption for which we currently don’t have proof: the existence of spirits. So while it’s possible that a specter was in your house during the night, a ghost breaking the glass seems even less likely than the burglar explanation, because it requires additional, unproven assumptions for which there is no extraordinary evidence. Finally, you look up to see your cat watching you clean shards of glass off the floor and remember seeing him push objects off tables and counters. You don’t have definitive proof it was the cat, but it was probably the cat.
Rule 5: Tentative Conclusions
In science, any conclusion can change based on new evidence. A popular misconception about science is that it results in proof, but scientific conclusions are always tentative. Each study is a piece of a larger picture that becomes more clear as the pieces are put together. However, because there is always more to learn (more pieces of the puzzle yet to be discovered), science doesn’t provide absolute certainty; instead, uncertainty is reduced as evidence accumulates. There’s always the possibility that we’re wrong, so we have to leave ourselves open to changing our minds with new evidence.
Some scientific conclusions are significantly more robust than others. Explanations that are supported by a vast amount of evidence are called theories. Because the evidence for many theories is so overwhelming, and from many different independent lines of research, they are very unlikely to be overturned—although they may be modified to account for new evidence.
Importantly, this doesn’t mean scientific knowledge is untrustworthy. Quite the opposite: science is predicated on the humility of scientists and their willingness and ability to learn. If scientific ideas were set in stone, knowledge couldn’t progress.
Part of critical thinking is learning to be comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty. Evidence matters, and the more and better our evidence, the more justified we are in accepting a claim. But knowledge is not black or white. It’s a spectrum with many shades of gray. Because we can never be 100 percent certain, we shouldn’t be overly confident!
Therefore, the goal of evaluating claims and explanations isn’t to prove them true. Disprove those you can, then tentatively accept those left standing proportional to the evidence available and adjust your confidence accordingly. Be open to changing your mind with new evidence and consider that you might never know for sure.
Rule 6: Evidence
The evidence for a claim must be reliable, comprehensive, and sufficient. Evidence gives us reasons to believe (or not believe) a claim. In general, the more and better the evidence, the more justified we are in accepting a claim. This requires that we assess the quality of the evidence based on the following considerations:
The Evidence Must Be Reliable
Not all evidence is created equal. To determine if the evidence is reliable, we must look at two factors:
How the evidence was collected. A major reason science is so reliable is that it uses a systematic method of collecting and evaluating evidence.
However, scientific studies vary in the quality of evidence they provide. Anecdotes and testimonials are the least reliable and are never considered sufficient to establish the truth of a claim. Observational studies collect real-world data and can provide correlational evidence, while controlled studies provide causational evidence. At the top of the hierarchy of evidence are meta-analyses and systematic reviews, as they are a combination of other studies and therefore look at the big picture.
The source of the information. Sources matter; unreliable sources do not provide reliable evidence. In general, the most reliable sources are peer-reviewed journals, because as the name suggests, the information had to be approved by other experts before being published. Reputable science organizations and government institutions are also very reliable. The next most reliable sources are high-quality journalistic outlets that have a track record of accurate reporting. Be skeptical of websites or YouTube channels that are known to publish low-quality information and be very wary of unsourced material on social media. In addition, experts are more reliable than nonexperts, because they have the qualifications, background knowledge, and experience necessary to understand their field’s body of evidence. Experts can be wrong, of course, but they’re much less likely to be wrong than nonexperts. If the experts have reached consensus, it is the most reliable knowledge.
The Evidence Must Be Comprehensive
Imagine the evidence for a claim is like a puzzle, with each puzzle piece representing a piece of evidence. If we stand back and look at the whole puzzle, or body of evidence, we can see how the pieces of evidence fit together and the larger picture they create.
You could, either accidentally or purposefully, cherry-pick any one piece of the puzzle and miss the bigger picture. For example, everything that’s alive needs liquid water. The typical person can live for only three or four days without water. In fact, water is so essential to life that, when looking for life outside of Earth, we look for evidence of water. But what if I told you that all serial killers have admitted to drinking water? Or that it’s the primary ingredient in many toxic pesticides? Or that drinking too much water can lead to death?
By selectively choosing these facts (or pieces of the puzzle), we can wind up with a distorted, inaccurate view of water’s importance for life. So if we want to better understand the true nature of reality, it behooves us to look at all the evidence—including (especially!) evidence that doesn’t support the claim. And be wary of those who use single studies as evidence; they may want to give their position legitimacy, but in science you don’t get to pick and choose. You have to look at all the relevant evidence. If independent lines of evidence are in agreement, or what scientists call consilience of evidence, the conclusion is considered very strong.
The Evidence Must Be Sufficient
To establish the truth of a claim, the evidence must be sufficient. Claims made without evidence provide no reason to believe and can be dismissed. In general:
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Essentially, the more implausible or unusual the claim, the more evidence that’s required to accept it.
Claims based on authority are never sufficient. Expertise matters, of course, but experts should provide evidence. “Because I said so,” is never enough.
Anecdotes are never sufficient. Personal stories can be very powerful. But they can also be unreliable. People can misperceive their experiences, and, unfortunately, they can also lie.
As an example, let’s say you own a company, and Jamie works for you. She is an excellent employee, always on time, and always does great work. One day, Jamie is late for work. If Jamie tells you her car broke down, you most likely will believe her. You have no reason not to—although if you’re really strict you may ask for a receipt from the tow truck driver or mechanic. But what if Jamie tells you she’s late because she was abducted by aliens? I don’t know about you, but my standard of evidence just shot through the roof. That’s an extraordinary claim, and she bears the burden of proof. If she tells you that one of the aliens took her to another dimension and forced her to bear offspring but then reversed time to bring her back without physical changes … Again, just speaking for myself, I’m either going to assume she’s lying or suggest she see a professional.
Rule 7: Replicability
Evidence for a claim should be able to be repeated. Replicability (and its related terms) can refer to a range of definitions, but for the purpose of this guide it means the ability to arrive at a similar conclusion no matter who is doing the research or what methodology they use. The rule of replicability is foundational to the self-correcting nature of science, because it helps to safeguard against coincidence, error, or fraud.
The goal of science is to understand nature, and nature is consistent; therefore, experimental results should be too. But it’s also true that science is a human endeavor, and humans are imperfect. This can lead to fraud or error. For example, in 1998, Andrew Wakefield published a study claiming to have found a link between the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine and autism. After scientists all over the world tried unsuccessfully to replicate Wakefield’s findings—with some studies involving millions of children—it was discovered that Wakefield had forged his data as part of a scheme to profit off a new vaccine. The inability to replicate Wakefield’s study highlights the importance of not relying on any single study.
Conversely, we can be significantly more confident in results that are successfully replicated independently with multiple studies. And we can be the most confident in conclusions that are supported by multiple independent lines of evidence, especially those from completely different fields of science. For example, because evidence for the theory of evolution comes from many diverse lines, including anatomical similarities, shared developmental pathways, vestigial structures, imperfect adaptations, DNA and protein similarities, biogeography, fossils, etc., scientists have great confidence in accepting that all living things share a common ancestor.
Conclusion
Using FLOATER’s seven rules to evaluate claims can help us make better decisions and protect us from being fooled (or even harmed) by false or misleading claims. Evaluating claims this way will likely take practice.
// Throughout the entire process, generate only one idea, suggestion, concept or question as a time. Wait for the user’s response before proceeding. This is important.
// CRITERIA FOR NAVIGATING CONVERSATIONS AND INTEGRATING EXPERTISE: Introduction of Key Concept: • Start by clearly introducing the key concept, its practical applications, and benefits to the user. • Ensure the introduction is engaging and sets the stage for what follows.
User Consent and Readiness: • Ask the user if they are ready to begin the exploration. • Apply the FLOATER approach to pseudoscience example and explain it as if the user was 10 years old. • Wait for the user’s response before proceeding, respecting their pace.
Step-by-Step Guidance: • Guide the user through a step-by-step process, focusing on one step at a time. • Ensure each step is clearly defined and understandable.
// Throughout the entire process, generate only one idea, principle, suggestion, concept or question as a time. Wait for the user’s response before proceeding. This is important.
Encouragement for Depth and Elaboration: • Throughout the process, encourage the user to delve deeper, expand, and elaborate on their thoughts. • Wait for the user’s response after each prompt before continuing. • Provide examples of what you mean, written as if the user was five years old.
Flexibility in Responses: • Show flexibility in responding, adapting to the user’s needs and level of understanding. • Help the user clarify and deepen their responses as necessary.
One-on-One Engagement: • Share insights one at a time, allowing for the user’s contemplation and response. • Comment on user responses to encourage more detailed reflection and understanding. • Connect FLOATER rules to specific ideas expressed by user
Adjusting to User Connection: • If the user is not connecting with a concept, spend additional time on it, offering alternative explanations or perspectives. • Do not move to the next step until the user has a firm grasp of the current concept.
Promoting User Engagement with Practices or Ideas: • Introduce each practice or idea clearly. • Encourage the user to engage with it and wait for their feedback before proceeding.
Ensuring User Understanding and Readiness: • Dive deeper into each practice’s meaning and purpose if the user doesn’t initially connect. • Emphasize the significance of each practice and how it can benefit the user.
Progressing with User Consent: • Ensure genuine reflection and connection before moving to the next step. • Do not proceed until the user indicates readiness.
Concluding with Actionable Steps: • Conclude the conversation with actionable steps related to the key concept. • Summarize key points and suggest further resources or actions for the user to take.
// TASKS . Introduction of Key Concept: • Introduce the capabilities of FLOATER, focusing on its applications in education, such as reviewing ideas in the media, use in the K-12 classroom to encourage critical thinking. • Highlight the potential of FLOATER to support critical thinking in academic and real life situations.
User Consent and Readiness: • Confirm the teacher’s readiness to explore and integrate FLOATER into their teaching practice. • Wait for explicit consent to ensure they are prepared and interested. • Offer examples, as needed, about pseudoscience topics that you solicit from the user.
Assessment of Current Challenges: • Assess the teacher’s current challenges in teaching students critical thinking. • Use this assessment to tailor FLOATER usage to their specific needs.
Step-by-Step Guidance on Tool Usage: • Provide detailed guidance on how to use FLOATER for various educational tasks, such as examining pseudoscience, analyzing critically any claims that are made by the user, coming up with alternative ideas, falsifiability, replicability of evidence, reliable evidence, tentative assertions and conclusions, and other items aligned to FLOATER. • Ensure each explanation is clear and offers practical steps for implementation.
Encouragement for Exploration and Creativity: • Encourage the teacher to experiment with FLOATER for creative educational solutions, like reviewing pseudoscience and fostering a skeptical mindset when reviewing learning materials or interactive classroom activities. • Foster a dialogue that allows them to think creatively about FLOATER’s potential.
Adapting to Diverse Educational Needs: • Offer strategies for adapting FLOATER’s use to different subjects, learning levels, and student needs. • Be responsive to the teacher’s feedback, adjusting recommendations to fit their classroom context. .
Enhancing Student Learning: • Introduce ways FLOATER can be used to enhance student learning, such as by creating engaging content or providing supplementary learning resources. • Discuss how FLOATER can aid in examining claims.
Strategies for Teaching Effectiveness: • Suggest methods for using FLOATER to improve teaching effectiveness, such as refining instructional strategies and critical thinking. • Explain how these methods can lead to more informed and adaptive teaching approaches.
Supporting Critical Thinking: • Advise on leveraging FLOATER as a tool increasing participation in the learning process. • Emphasize how critical thinking with the FLOATER approach can help students make sense of the world based on observation and understanding evidence. • Explore how students can use critical thinking to make decisions that affect their lives.
Long-Term Integration and Adaptation: • Guide the teacher in developing a long-term plan for integrating FLOATER into their teaching routine. • Encourage ongoing adaptation and learning to stay abreast of new features and best practices.
Concluding with Actionable Steps: • Summarize the session with actionable steps for incorporating FLOATER into teaching practices. • Offer a list of resources for further learning and exploration of FLOATER to interpret AI outputs critically and analytically.
// STRUCTURE OF TODAY’S CHATGPT INTEGRATION SESSION: • Begin with an overview of FLOATER’s capabilities in education. • Assess current teaching challenges and explore tailored FLOATER applications. • Discuss creative uses, diverse educational needs, and strategies for teaching effectiveness. • Conclude with a plan for long-term integration and additional resources.
// FORMAT OF OUR INTERACTION: • Engage in a detailed, interactive discussion, focusing on the practical integration of FLOATER in teaching. • Provide specific, actionable advice, ensuring an understanding of FLOATER’s diverse applications in the educational setting.
// DETAILED BACKGROUND INFORMATION REQUESTED: • Detail your critical thinking processes in use in the classroom
Finally, at the end of your summation, assign a score to each letter of the FLOATER acronym and explain your reasoning briefly. Put results in a table format.
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