AI workshop to St Pauls’ School (Lam Tin)

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Responding to the request of St Pauls’ School (Lam Tin), the College arranged an on-line workshop for 47 teachers on 27 June 2023. The workshop focused on the topic of “Strategies for how schools can make a difference in the age of AI” and aimed to help the teachers understand and apply AI in their teaching practices. The workshop consisted of two parts: the first part discussed the impacts, strategies, principles, and examples of how to implement the transformation from traditional to AI-enhanced education; the second part demonstrated two free generative AI tools, Perplexity AI and New Bing, which can help teachers create engaging and personalized learning activities for their students.

The workshop introduced 26 ways of transformation in the AI age, as suggested by the EDVOCATE. Among these ways, some of the most relevant ones for the school setting are Adaptive Learning (which can tailor the learning content and pace to each student’s level and progress), Lesson Planning, Test Preparation and Assessment, (which can help students prepare for exams and help teachers evaluate their learning outcomes). The workshop emphasized that AI is not a replacement for human teachers and that it should be used to enhance, not replace, traditional teaching methods. The workshop proposed five strategies for implementing AI in schools, with one being more urgent to set up a committee to review the impact of AI on education. The workshop also showed how to use Perplexity AI and New Bing, to create learning activities that incorporate the keyword syllabus and pedagogy. The workshop also tested some past DSE examination questions with suggested answers and showed how to generate similar questions for practice. The audience was pleased with the workshop and provided productive feedback.

應藍田聖保祿中學的要求，學院於2023年6月27日為47位教師安排了一場網上工作坊。工作坊的主題是「學校如何爲人工智能時代作出改變的策略」，旨在幫助教師了解和應用人工智能於教學實踐。工作坊分為兩部分：第一部分討論了從傳統教育向人工智能增強教育轉型的影響、策略、原則和例子；第二部分展示了兩個免費的生成式人工智能工具，Perplexity AI 和 New Bing，它們可幫助老師為學生創造有趣和個人化的學習活動。講者強調，人工智能不是老師的替代品，應該用來增強而不是取代傳統的教學方法。工作坊還測試了一些過去的DSE考試問題，並展示了如何生成類似的問題。參與者對工作坊感到滿意，並提供了有建設性的反饋。