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Knowledge builders 📚

• 40% → The number of jobs that will be affected by the rise of AI, while widening inequality according to research by the IMF. Personally, it is far too early to know just how jobs will be impacted, so I would not jump on this hyperbole just yet.

• Bus Bunching → Ever waited for a bus and then three appear at once? First Bus, part of First Group, are hoping that that will become a thing of the past as they leverage AI to ensure an enhanced service for all.

Industry updates 🤖

• 6 Ways AI is Already Revolutionizing Education → Our friends at the Teacher Development Trust (TDT) are highlighted by Salesforce. Check out the interview with a member of the TDT team to hear how they want to use AI to bridge the gap between theory and practice here.

• Samsung announces Galaxy AI → Take a look at some of the consumer facing AI features coming to Samsungs new flagship Galaxy S series.

Fresh prompts ✨

1. Foundation level: Alphabetical Order → A simple, but massive time saving prompt I used last week in work. We wanted to create a unit glossary and a ‘master glossary’ with all the key terms within science. The words in the unit glossary are ordered as they are taught, but we wanted the mastery glossary to be in alphabetical order. Enter Copilot. Sometimes its the easy prompts that save us the most time!

Place these words in alphabetical order [copy word list].

2. Expert Level: AI Tutor → To offer students a bit of support, why not provide them with some high-quality prompts to use in Copilot or ChatGPT? Here is a prompt structure that seems to work in many cases: I want you to act as a [subject and key stage or qualification] Tutor. I would like to understand [topic/unit], in order to meet the [specification you want to meet - i.e. end of KS2 or GCSE syllabus of a particular board. Your responses should be suitable for a young person aged about [age] and in plain English. You should test the knowledge at the start by asking a question about [topic/unit] and proceed to correct my knowledge through examples and questions. Where possible, these should use multiple choice question that have careful distractors. You could also ask me to explain why some potential answers are wrong. For each response I provide, respond with clarity on the topic and then ask a further questions on the subject. Begin with some was

I want you to act as a Key Stage 2 Maths Tutor. I would like to understand percentages, in order to meet the Year 6 specification requirements on this specific topic. Your responses should be suitable for a young person aged about 11 years old and in plain English. You should test the knowledge at the start by asking a question about percentages and proceed to correct my knowledge through examples and questions. Where possible, these should use multiple choice question that have careful distractors. You could also ask me to explain why some potential answers are wrong. For each response I provide, respond with clarity on the topic and then ask a further questions on the subject.