Reply To: AI in the Classroom: Acitivites and Assignments

[Mary Kate Terrell]

Please have a look at this assignment I am drafting and help me make it better!

Instructions: This is a 100 point assignment. You will work with your choice of Large Language Model AI programs and be graded on the prompt you write and your analysis of what AI produces for you.

This unit assignment is a comprehensive activity that measures all of module 3’s learning outcomes (MLOs)

• 3.1 Evaluate current trends in social problems research;
• 3.2 Explore and analyze whether AI tools identify plausible solutions for social problems in modern society;
• 3.3 Identify and describe what resources and social changes are necessary to achieve solutions to social problems.

These map to course learning outcome (CLO)

• 3. “Distinguish between myths and facts in relation to social problems through critical thinking and research.”

Complete your work on the assignment link found underneath the link to these instructions in the Unit Assignment 3 folder. These steps are included here for quick reference so you can work offline until you’re ready to access the assignment link and submit your work for a grade.

First –

Choose your AI program. You will identify it (in the assignment file) where you post your answers to the following steps. (required, but no points)

Second –

Use the social problem you identified in the Unit 3 discussion board for this project. Consider (and potentially revise) YOUR proposed solution to the problem as stated on the discussion board. Write a 250 word summary (can be longer) of WHY you identify the social problem as the most problematic and a brief explanation of what you think the steps should be toward solving that social problem, what your timeframe is to achieve your solution, necessary resources, and what some of the steps are that society needs to make along the way. If you do not know the full scope of what you’d need, state that, but give a general idea of the process you propose. (10 points)

Third –

Write a prompt for your AI model that tells it what the social problem is and asks it for a potential solution using the theoretical perspective of your choice (refer to Unit 1 for your options here). Your prompt should also request that AI provides the necessary steps, timeframe, and resources to reach the solution to the social problem. This part of the assignment is another 25 points, the word count requirement varies on how well you engineer you prompt so that AI gives you what you ask for. (25 points)

Fourth –

Read the AI results you get. Post the AI results (copy and paste) in the space provided in the assignment file. Evaluate the results. In the next step for the next 65 points on this assignment.

Fifth –

Write a 600 word minimum evaluation of the AI results. Answer these questions: (65 points)

1. Did AI provide a SIMILAR or DISSIMILAR solution to the issue than you did? Write a thorough comparison between your ideas from item 3 above and what AI suggested the solution should be. Is the proposed solution realistic? why or why not?
2. What resources does AI suggest using? Were they similar or dissimilar to yours and why?
3. Does AI’s results change your mind about a proper approach? Does it make you want to see additional results from different theoretical perspectives? Why/why not?
4. To what extent do you think AI SHOULD be used to solve social problems? In this question you can speculate and state your EDUCATED opinion and critical thinking analysis.
5. Provide other details and ideas that occurred to you while completing this assignment.

Sixth –

Complete this work by XXXXXXXXXXXX at midnight. Use the assignment link in the folder where you got these instructions to submit your work.

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