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Over the past couple of months, it seems there is no escaping the conversation about ChatGPT. Are our students using it to cheat? Will anyone actually learn anymore? Do we need to ban it from schools?
Once news of ChatGPT broke, we, at LessonUp, knew this could be used as another amazing tool to help teachers. What if artificial intelligence could be used to generate complete lesson suggestions for teachers? No, computers aren’t perfect and could never replace an actual teacher, but they sure could assist the teacher in creating a lesson for them. We decided to test it and see if this was something that could work.
At the beginning of February 2023, we received almost 1,000 applications to join the testing phase of our beta programme. Unfortunately, there was only space for 100 teachers to join. Their excitement really encouraged our tech team to keep it going. We continuously received feedback from the teachers about what they liked, disliked, and what we could add to support them in the classroom, during their lessons. This helped us improve the software along the way.
After receiving lots of positive feedback during the 1-month testing period, we decided it was time to go live for all LessonUp users. By entering a learning objective as the prompt, teachers can have a full lesson with up to 20 slides generated in less than 1 minute. These lessons can include notes for teachers, learning phases, a mind map (to activate prior knowledge at the beginning) and an exit ticket plenary. Imagine having a full lesson just by entering a prompt.
It’s truly amazing how fast you can have a complete lesson basis created, however, it’s not perfect. You still need to review it, and remove the information that’s not relevant to your class, or add some images of your choice. You know your students and their learning style better than any chatbot. You know what works during your lessons, and what motivates your students.
Do you already have lessons you like but want to enhance them? You can ‘ask AI’ to generate a quiz or poll based on the information on one or more slides.
A chatbot or AI generated slides won’t change your interactions with your students. Your role in the classroom will not be radically affected by a chatbot. It will only help reduce your workload, and hopefully, it will inspire and assist you while you are preparing your lessons. Without you, it has no purpose. You know your students and what works to activate and engage them. You also know how to guide them in their journey and help them develop a sense of purpose.
Start a free 30-day trial to give our AI lesson-making assistant a try.
https://www.mightywriter.co.uk/
Winner of the Education Resources Awards, Teach Primary Awards 2020 and Teach Early Years Awards for Best Primary Literacy Resource. Mighty Writer is not software, it's tactile. It transforms children’s literacy almost overnight, guaranteed! Its core range is for 4-7 years, but can be used with all abilities.
Bookteq, a B-Corp certified digital platform with a social purpose, unlocks the potential of school facilities, spaces, and wraparound activities. We enable schools to better support families and the community by reducing barriers to access, and nurture happier young people through easy access to sport, activity, and play.
https://schoolpolicytracker.co.uk
School Policy Tracker is an online software solution that was created by school leaders for school leaders. Our online policy tracker can save you valuable hours, making sure you know exactly which policies are in need of review and ensuring you are fully compliant and up to date with all statutory requirements.
https://cornerstoneseducation.co.uk/
Curriculum Maestro is a game-changing online platform that helps you to implement and manage your primary curriculum all from one place. It includes a fully sequenced curriculum, projects, resources, teaching and assessment tools. Curriculum Maestro is aligned with the new Ofsted framework and is easy to implement, saving you and your staff hours of valuable time.
Vivi, the all-in-one student engagement and digital signage solution, provides a cost-effective way to create interactive and collaborative learning spaces using the technology you already have!
Established 2004, we supply a unique AV package. Our own employees demo, install, train, & support you. Touchscreen, hall solutions, digital signage experts. We install to suit you, eg early before students arrive, & we remove your old AV equipment free of charge on the same day.
https://www.flourisheducation.co.uk/
Flourish Education supplies Teachers, Teaching Assistants and Non-Teaching Staff into schools and nurseries across The West Midlands, Shropshire, Worcestershire,Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Staffordshire.
Our mission is to inspire curiosity about sustainable energy and develop the problem solvers of the future using Megawatt, an award-winning card game. We deliver workshops to reinforce learning on energy sources, explore career pathways and get excited about sustainable energy.