Me & AI

   For a long time, I thought my world had nothing to do with AI (Artificial Intelligence). But the truth is, today we find AI in many areas of our daily lives—like YouTube, Google Maps, and even in the email we use every day. As a future educator, I used to believe that AI was just a shortcut to finish everything faster. But during the Specialization Course “Artificial Intelligence Applied to ELT,” I learned that thanks to AI, many tools have been created that allow students to improve their language skills and even design their own practice activities. Let me tell you about all the new tools I discovered during the course:    

     If there’s one thing that truly stuck with me about this course, it’s effective prompting. Months before the course began, I started using one of the most popular tools among virtual assistants: the famous ChatGPT. Using the tool helped me organize my ideas more easily, explore new perspectives, and improve the way I wrote and expressed myself. To my surprise, once I started the course, I realized I had only been using the tool in a very basic way. I discovered that I could get much better results if my command—what I later learned is called a “prompt”—was more structured. That’s how I learned to use “parts” to build a better prompt. Many times, people overuse the AI’s capabilities expecting great results, but by giving it clear and concise instructions, we can truly enhance what we get back. The key elements to consider are: The persona : using phrases like “Act as…” or “You are…” The aim : the task or objective The recipients : the audience The theme : including bo...

      In this module, we had the opportunity to learn new tools that will help me improve my teaching when I become a teacher. Among them is how to create lesson plans. In this module, we learned how to optimize lesson plan creation by doing an exercise to recreate a lesson plan aligned with the National English Curriculum. In groups, we recreated the lesson plan with a Gem in Gemini. It gave us the opportunity to not only create a lesson plan, but a complete macro lesson plan in one night. Something that, in the traditional way, would have taken us many days to find activities that fit both the theme and the age of the students.  Another powerful feature of these tools is the benefit of creating material, as Gemini also helped us with the creation of images, handouts, etc. It is really advantageous to see how AI tools can speed up a process without losing the quality of the result, but rather delivering a result that is more focused on the objectives. At this...