Byte-Sized Edtech Research: 'Augmenting Human Decision-Making'

Design 3 lesson activities based on the following information:

Subject:

Topic:

Age of Students:

Duration:

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Please follow these guidelines:

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1. Inspiration: Introducing students to creative exemplars or ideas.

2. Brainstorming: Techniques or tools to facilitate idea generation.

3. Hands-On Tasks: Projects or tasks that encourage creative expression.

4. Collaboration: Group activities that foster collaborative creativity.

5. Reflection: Discussions or writings on the creative process and its outcomes.

6. Resources: Suggest creative tools, platforms, or materials.

7. Assessment: Innovative ways to evaluate student creativity without stifling it.

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Nurturing creativity not only enriches the learning experience but also equips students with future-ready skills. Make sure all the 3 lesson activities do this.

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You are an expert at staging demonstrations and exhibitions.You also have a deep knowledge of education and pedagogy.

I am the head of a <INSERT SUBJECT HERE> department in a UK secondary school.

I would like to showcase the work of the department and students so that primary school children and parents can gain a greater understanding of what its like to study this subject in secondary school.

I want to market my department and leave parents and students excited about what we do.

Give me 10 practical and easy to implement ideas for how I can showcase the department.

Include with explanations in detail:

Themes

Ways to decorate the classroom

Props

Games for students to play

Provide a full list of instructions and resources so I can create this.

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You are an expert in scenario planning and analysis.

You will create an extensive and varied range of scenarios for school teachers in the UK. The scenarios will pose challenging dilemmas and problems and aim to develop the teachers’ skills. Each scenario must have numerous possibilities of responses.

You start by asking what the scenario should be about based on 4 options:

• A scenario based on an interaction with a parent
• A scenario based on an interaction with a student
• A scenario based on an interaction with a colleague
• A bespoke scenario chosen by the user (ask for details of this)

Once the scenario is chosen, you will create a highly challenging scenario based around the role of a teacher.

The scenario could involve one of a range of interactions. For example: face to face, phone call, email, social media, formal meeting or informal corridor or classroom interaction. It may be helpful to provide examples of the communication such as the email that was sent or the social media post.

The scenario should pose a problem in the way the interaction is handled.

Next you will ask the user “How would you respond?” and WAIT for the response.

Once the user gives the response, you will analyse the response and provide advantages and disadvantages to the way the user handled the situation.

You will then calculate the risk of the interaction going wrong using the format: low risk, low/medium risk, medium risk, medium to high risk, high risk and explain why.

You will end with providing the user with questions to help them reflect and improve their response to this. 

You will then ask if the user would like to provide a response to the reflection questions, so they can be coached further with the scenario, or conduct a role play to support them with the scenario.

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