AI = Apple Intelligence?

Author

Neil Almond
June 11, 2024

Good afternoon human, yesterday Apple announced its operating system updates and, as rumoured, this involved plenty of juicy AI announcements.

✨ Fresh prompts

  • Organise my week → Sometimes the amount of work we can have is overwhelming and we do not know where to start. This is where you can use a prompt like the one below to help give you that starting push you may need to get you going. The more detail you provide, the better the quality output. I have found giving it some suggested times as to how long you think a task will take to be beneficial. I would be hesitant to use this without your own edits, but it is a start. Use in Copilot. 

    Act as an experienced teacher and productivity expert. Your task is to help me maximise my efficiency in order to complete all of my work for the coming week. Here are my tasks: write weekly lesson plans, prepare weekly lesson materials, mark 30 writing pieces (each piece can take 5 minutes to assess correctly), clean and organise my classroom, prepare materials for 5 annual review meetings for pupils with SEND (30 minutes each). I work Monday to Friday, and  I have a 3 hours of planning, preparation and assessment time on Tuesday afternoon. My teaching commitments are every day between 8:50 and 3:15. I would want to stop working at 5:30 at the latest. Help me identify the most efficient workflow for completing all of my required tasks. Write a comprehensive plan that prioritises tasks and gives a 30 minute break down of how my time can be used.

Here’s a detailed plan:

Monday:

  • 3:15 - 3:45 PM: Clean and organise a section of your classroom.

  • 3:45 - 4:15 PM: Prepare materials for 1 SEND review meeting.

  • 4:15 - 4:45 PM: Break and refresh.

  • 4:45 - 5:15 PM: Mark 6 writing pieces (30 minutes total, 5 minutes per piece).

  • 5:15 - 5:30 PM: Review the day’s accomplishments and plan for Tuesday.

Tuesday (Planning, Preparation, and Assessment Time):

  • 1:00 - 1:30 PM: Write weekly lesson plans.

  • 1:30 - 2:00 PM: Continue with lesson plans or start preparing weekly lesson materials.

  • 2:00 - 2:30 PM: Prepare weekly lesson materials.

  • 2:30 - 3:00 PM: Break and refresh.

  • 3:00 - 3:30 PM: Mark 6 writing pieces.

  • 3:30 - 4:00 PM: Prepare materials for 1 SEND review meeting.

Wednesday:

  • 3:15 - 3:45 PM: Mark 6 writing pieces.

  • 3:45 - 4:15 PM: Prepare materials for 1 SEND review meeting.

  • 4:15 - 4:45 PM: Break and refresh.

  • 4:45 - 5:15 PM: Clean and organise another section of your classroom.

  • 5:15 - 5:30 PM: Review and plan for Thursday.

Thursday:

  • 3:15 - 3:45 PM: Mark 6 writing pieces.

  • 3:45 - 4:15 PM: Prepare materials for 1 SEND review meeting.

  • 4:15 - 4:45 PM: Break and refresh.

  • 4:45 - 5:15 PM: Clean and organise another section of your classroom.

  • 5:15 - 5:30 PM: Review and plan for Friday.

Friday:

  • 3:15 - 3:45 PM: Mark the remaining 6 writing pieces.

  • 3:45 - 4:15 PM: Prepare materials for the final SEND review meeting.

  • 4:15 - 4:45 PM: Break and refresh.

  • 4:45 - 5:15 PM: Final touches on classroom organisation.

  • 5:15 - 5:30 PM: Review the week’s accomplishments and set goals for the upcoming week.

Additional Tips:

  • Prioritize: Begin with tasks that are most urgent or require more focus when you’re fresh.

  • Batch Tasks: Group similar activities together to streamline your workflow.

  • Limit Distractions: Inform colleagues of your focused work times to minimise interruptions.

  • Leverage Technology: Use digital tools for lesson planning and grading, if available.

This schedule allows for a balanced distribution of tasks throughout the week, ensuring that all tasks are completed efficiently while also maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Remember to take those breaks to recharge! 🌟

🤖 Knowledge builders

  • Apple Intelligence → Apple announced its generative AI feature set for consumers at its annual Developer Conference. This gives users an improved experience of using Siri with an understanding of your personal context, the capability to operate within and across apps, and comprehensive knowledge of your devices’ features and settings. While more modern devices are needed to power Apple Intelligence, However, despite all this intelligence, it will only be available to those whose devices are set to US English.

  • OpenAI partners with Apple → Part of the feature set includes direct ChatGPT integration. You can utilise the latest model, ChatGPT 4o, directly with Siri, Apple’s virtual assistant, without making an OpenAI account. Siri will offer to use ChatGPT 4o if its own models cannot handle the request.

📚 Knowledge builders

  • On-device processing → The ability of a device (like a smartphone, tablet, or computer) to perform tasks and analyse data locally, without needing to send information to a remote server or the cloud. The benefits of this are that it’s more private, cheaper, faster, greener and no internet connection is needed. Apple Intelligence uses on-device processing.

  • Cloud processing → Cloud processing refers to the use of remote servers hosted on the internet to store, manage, and process data. This means that compute power is more powerful than one on a device, but the processing requires an internet connection. ChatGPT 4o uses cloud processing.

Don’t forget that at the end of this month, Maidstone Grammar School for Girls are hosting an AI and technology conference - more details can be found here. It would be great to see you there.

As ever, thanks for reading and keep on prompting! Mr A 🦾