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Develop students critical thinking and creativity by means of artificial intelligence. Extended description

Objectives 

To teach how to use artificial intelligence wisely as a part of the journalistic work. And how to use it with critical thinking. Also, to encourage students that it is not a threat to their creativity, on the other hand, it can improve it. 

Methods 

Three teaching sessions by a journalism teacher to students of two different groups. Two of the sessions were obligatory lessons and one of them was voluntarily. I gave there an example with another teacher how to make an interview, use Word dictating in real time and ask ChatGPT to write an article based on dictated text. I asked about different models and styles from it in front of the class: a very news-like style, a stye suitable for the youth and a humoristic style with a dialect. ChatGPT created all of these in a real-time. We did not test all the styles in every session. We also noticed that ChatGPT invented sentences which the interviewee had not said. It also made its own conclusions.

Then we analyzed texts and proved to the students that they were quite generic and not that interesting without a human intervention. But it was a good basis to work on.

The results were also interesting to the other teacher who had not used Word dictating nor ChatGPT before. We were all testing a new thing together, teachers and students.

A teacher can learn at the same time as students. It demands openness and an ability to dive into an unknown area and grow innovativeness. It is a real-time testing with students. A teacher is in charge, but he/she does not need to know where the research is going. A teacher analyses the results based on his/her professional experience. 

Environment 

On-site in a classroom in front of the students. And after these sessions the students tried by themselves. 

Role 

Two teachers taking a test in an unknown area. Both teachers and students tried something new. 

Motivation 

Artificial Intelligence is here and in use. Students know that they must compete with it in their professional field. They must know how to utilize it and prove where they can be better than it. 

Assessment 

Two questionnaires from the students, before the demonstrations and after it. The attitude towards AI became more positive. 


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