But do you BYOAI?

📚 Knowledge builders

• BYOAI → Bring Your Own AI. Where places of work do not provide a GenAI tool, many employees are using AI to help them with their workload.

  It should be noted that this could have repercussions in terms of data privacy and safeguarding in a school context, so it’s best to avoid BYOAI if you are being explicit around students and student data.

Fresh prompts ✨

Micro scripting → Short scripts of stock phrases can be a useful tool for any teacher, but coming up with them can be tricky. This prompt is here to support ECTs (or mentors prior to delivering some feedback) in the scripting process. You may not use the ones that the AI generates, but the additional examples will support you in crafting your own. The key to this prompt is in the detail you provide. This can be used in any LLM.

You are an expert in supporting teachers. I need support with the messaging that I give to students as it is frequently negative. I have been told that I should frame my language in more positive light. What are some positive phrases that I could be using to calm pupils. E.g. my mentor has told me that instead of saying 'sit down' I should say 'I understand you are upset, but we need to calm ourselves so this can be resolved.'

Here is the output:

Addressing Disruptive Behaviour

• Instead of “Sit down,” say: “Please take your seat so we can continue with our learning.”

• Instead of “Stop making noise,” say: “Let’s all keep our voices low so everyone can concentrate.”

• Instead of “Don’t touch that,” say: “Please keep your hands to yourself to stay safe.”

Encouraging Positive Actions

• Instead of “You’re not listening,” say: “I can see you’re trying to listen; let’s give it our full attention.”

• Instead of “You’re doing it wrong,” say: “Let’s try it this way together.”

• Instead of “That’s not right,” say: “You’re close! Let’s look at it again.”

Conflict Resolution

• Instead of “Stop arguing,” say: “Let’s find a way to agree or compromise.”

• Instead of “Don’t fight,” say: “Let’s use kind words and solve this peacefully.”

• Instead of “You’re being rude,” say: “Let’s speak to each other with respect and kindness.”

🤖 Industry updates

• Claude 3.5 is released → Anthropic’s Claude LLM got a serious update the past week to version 3.5. To see its capabilities in an educational context, click here to see it make a slide show using some images.

• Microsoft release ‘AI at Work’ report → Microsoft released a report which gives an insight into how people at work in the US use AI. The results are pretty staggering.

  

  What’s more, many people seem to be using AI tools that are associated with a personal account due to the lack of guidance from leadership.

  The latest data for teachers I can find is the report which quotes some Teacher Tapp data of around 4 in 10 teachers use AI in their schoolwork.