eLearning at Hagley College

Using Google Bard to help summarise teaching cues... This time of year we start preparing for Junior Athletics Day and few of us in the Department are expert in Track and Field so sometimes we need a bit of help with cues for students learning a new skill. I have been trailing AI to help me with this... I input a prompt into Bard asking the following: The first draft it gave me looked like this: I asked Bard to break it down into more of a sequence and this was the result: Stance: Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, with your throwing foot slightly in front of your other foot. Turn your body so that your throwing shoulder is facing the target area. Bend your knees slightly and keep your back straight. Hold the discus in your throwing hand, with your grip on the rim. Grip: Place your index and middle fingers on the rim of the discus, and your thumb and other fingers on the bottom. Your grip should be firm but not too tight. The discus should rest comfortably in your hand, with th

Hagley College English Language Learner teacher Sally has been using ChatGPT with her beginner-level adult English class. ChatGPT is an Artificial Intelligence 'chat bot' that produces human-like text-based content.  Sally used ChatGPT to help students create a clear, accurate email inquiring about flights for a fictitious holiday. Students in this particular class had very good ideas and could identify key points needed for the email, however creating a clear and accurate email was challenging.  Step 1:  Students used the classroom whiteboard to brainstorm important points for their email:  Step 2: Students discussed key things they needed to know or ask in the email: Step 3: Sally collaborated with the class to gather key requirements for the email. These were very informally entered into ChatGPT:  Step 4: Sally clicked "generate" and created the following email and shared this with students to critique.  Step 5: Sally used the ' Regenerate ' feature in