Padlet Arcade Wildcard AI 就是有本事把一個簡單的Multiple choice Quiz, 包裝成一個有趣的game。我請它就著小四學生學過的5個形容children's stories的形容詞(exciting, touching, imaginative, ...... ），製作一個guessing game, 學生看到一個book title和簡單的描述，猜猜那個形容詞最切合這Storybook; 有遊戲的feel, 又可productively 熟習那5個形容詞。
https://arcade.padlet.com/game/ajydgLeJrN?link_shared=1
In the middle of a lecture planning session, I asked Gemini to provide me with 4 examples of Active vocabulary and Passive vocabulary, in the context of 'Hobbies', for junior secondary ESL students in Hong Kong.
Gemini quickly provided me with the lexical sets.
Without leaving the chat, I clicked on the Canvas function in the dropdown menu. Then, I put down my request, which was to 'create an interactive web app for TESOL trainees to sort the 8 words into the 2 groups.
Gemini was able to create the interactive web app on the same page, without having to switch to the Canvas interface.
Output: https://share.gemini.google/T62XnrBkCb5A
KEY TAKEAWAY
We can do the idea content creation and the web app production under the same 'chat' interface in Gemini.
突然一個想法，現時很多的AI platform for teaching and learning 都有student portal, 供學生log in 後回應老師assign 的活動，和使用一些AI tool。但如果Student Portal 加入gamification 的元素，會否令小學和初中學生更主動用AI 學習？(現時主要靠老師用AI製作Learning apps時加入gamification。)
這也許是AI platform 的科技發展公司可以思考的。
先前用Gemini Gem 製作Socratic/custom bot, 好處是立即可以得到share link 和其他人分享，用者甚至不用log in；但11月17日Gem 全面變為Skill 後，便不再提供share link。於是我回到Poe, 製作了一個roleplay bot後，取得share link 後開來試試，卻忘了Poe Socratic bot的用者也要計credits!
跟著找來Canva AI 試試，以前只用過Canva AI製作Interactive web widget, 今次一試之下，Canva AI 也可用來製作Socratic bot, 而output既有share link, 用者又不用log in。只是chat 的水平似乎不及Gem。
幸好還有Mizou, 這個AI app 專門製作教學的custom bot, 只要create Class, 便可以assign 已製作的custom bot, 而且free plan 已很慷慨。
下面的Mizou bot, 初中學生可以通過和bot談學校生活，練習何時用I will, 何時用I would。
先前用Gemini Gem 製作Socratic bot, 好處是立即可以得到share link 和其他人分享，用者甚至不用log in；但11月17日Gem 全面變為Skill 後，便主要用作自用，非分享。於是我回到Poe, 製造了一個roleplay bot後，取得share link 後開來試試，卻忘了Poe Socratic bot的用者也要計credits!
最後惟有Canva AI 試試，以前只用過Canva AI製作Interactive web widget, 今次一試之下，Canva AI 也可用來製作Socratic bot, 而output既有share link, 用者又不用log in。
下面的Socratic bot, 可幫助初中學生通過和bot 的對話，revisit or revise Type 1 and Type 2 conditional sentences。
https://emotion-adjectives-match.my.canva.site/conditional-sentences-tutor-bot
Gemini Skill 重新供應share link前， Canva AI 就是我的Workaround。
Thanks to Ha Sir's explainer video, I have created an interactive video learning unit for my PGDE students to learn about Schmidt's Noticing Hypothesis as it is explained by Professor Jack Richards.
https://richards-on-noticing-hypothesis.netlify.app/
Ha Sir's explainer video on how to use Gemini to turn a Youtube video into an interactive learning unit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOS8UMxg_Fo&t=435s
The default 'Create Interactive Slide' skill within PPT Copilot is available only to Copilot Premium users.
Anyhow, in the prompt box, I asked for 'Create Interactive Slide', and put down my request.
It still worked.
Also, it turns out that this 'create interactive slide' means 'interactive between slides'. For example, if I click on 'Route 1', it will take me to the Route 1 slide. After that, i have to go back to the routes overview, to click on 'Route 2', and so on. There is a 'return to Scenario' button in bottom left corner, to take me back to the overview slide.
OUTPUT:
Interactive Slides function with PPT copilot.pptx
(The interactive function will only work in the Projection mode.)
現時已有不少用來generate video 的AI app, 但大部分頂多讓你試一次便收費，而且還計credits。 我惟有繼續用免費的Google Vids, 用於教學它的效果已不錯，而且完成後可立即上傳至YouTube, 不用先download。如果要edit, Google Vids 本身就是video editor。
以下19秒的video, 可用來在高小present 或revise "I'll...". 生成的video 兩個主角頗cute 呢！
十天後會主持一個到校workshop, 和一個公開的talk, 內容都圍繞AI for English Language Teaching, 這兩天我在想有甚麼有趣的方式去conclude 兩個event, 同時又可表達Pedagogy永遠都比Technology 更重要的意念，於是我請Gemini 為我以上的意念寫一首8行的jazz chant。Gemini 不用五秒鐘便寫出下面的jazz chant。
AI is fast, AI is bright,
Helping us plan both day and night!
Prompts and tools can save us time,
Making our lessons fit and fine!
But look at the class and what do you see?
It isn’t about the technology!
Tools are cool, but teachers lead—
Pedagogy is what they need!
我得承認，如果我自己寫，不知要用多少時間，寫出來的jazz chant 好不好也是疑問。
所以間中AI 不懂扮懂，浪費了我的時間，但整體上，它是很有用的助手。
跟著我用SUNO, 把上面的jazz chant 生成一首Hip Hop，作為兩個event 的终結。
無意中發現Mureka 有新的(?)lyric video功能(Suno可能也有此功能。我請它就我的prompt生成8句歌詞，以供初中學生温習I have p.p. .... but I have never p.p. ...,句式之用。Mureka 生成歌詞之後，我看過沒有問題，請它生成一首歌。
跟著我到lyric video 功能，請Mureka 把那首歌轉換成lyric video (和music video效果不同)；以下就是生成的output, 旋律不錯，歌詞還有點人生哲理呢！(Downloaded from Mureka; then posted on Youtube).
這lyric video 功能教英文會很有用，惟一是free plan 只能create 一首lyric video。
Below is the workflow,:
https://workflowy.com/s/how-to-create-a-lyri/TTIuff0zV6V2RC7c
Here's another one I've created for upper KS2-3 to practise recognising the correct past tense forms of some irregular verbs. A verb falls from the top of the screen. At the bottom of the screen are 3 buckets showing 3 possible past tense forms. Before the verb lands on the ground, students have to .....Well, you know what I'm talking about.
My prompt:
"Build a falling object catch game for Upper Primary ESL students. Words drop from the top of the screen. Students must catch buckets containing base verbs (e.g., ‘run’, ‘eat’) using only the bucket that displays their correct past tense form (e.g., ‘ran’, ‘ate’). Avoid traps with incorrect spellings like ‘runned’.”
https://arcade.padlet.com/game/GpzNda70pv
STEPS:
1. OUP READY 4A.
I extracted the 4 example sentences from the Reading Passage. Then I produced the 4 sentences from the initial exercise on p. 27:
2. I went to Gemini, and asked for a presentation slidedeck.
My prompt:
3. OUTPUT:
https://share.gemini.google/xWfUMQQ2GCM6
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GEMINI is good at generating presentation slidedecks with illustrations.
Just created a Padlet Arcade game for KS2 students to practise judging 'We should ...' sentences. The focus is on the meaning of each 'should' sentence. On the journey, they will see 7 'We should ...' sentences, which appear one after the other. When they see a 'We should ...' sentence, they decide whether it's a right or wrong thing to do, and then steer the motorcycle towards either the 'YES' gate or the 'NO' gate.
To create games (not just interactive tasks) in Padlet Arcade, choose the Wildcard function. For the time being, teachers can create as many games as they like, for free!
https://arcade.padlet.com/game/Gpqx7gB0jQ?link_shared=1
Earlier on, I complained about some of the dedicated AI apps for generating slidedecks, as they will insert (a) additional, unwanted, slide content, and (b) images that are irrelevant to the content.
Just now, I tried Gemini again, to create a slidedeck for presenting/revising comparative sentences. I pasted in the 4 example sentences copied from the textbook reading passage. I then asked Gemini for 4 similar sentences, using adjectives of 1 to 2 syllables.
At this point, I got 8 comparative sentences. I then asked Gemini to create a slidedeck containing the 8 sentences, one slide for each sentence. I specified that each sentence should be accompanied by a cartoon-like image that helps to show the meaning of the sentence.
Below is the output, which can be shared via a link, or exported as a PPTX file or as Google slides.
https://share.gemini.google/vHNH2RCNBJtQ
SOURCE: an image file which is a blank filling passage for practising comparative adjectives
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First output: the sentences that include blanks are presented as 8 separate sentences.
please revise by presenting all the sentences as one single paragraph, not separate sentences.
以前向PGDE 學員講解如何liven up grammar practice時，其中一個會介绍的方法是Carolyn Graham 原創的Jazz Chants, 但雖然教師可以模仿Carolyn Graham就著要練習的grammar item自行創作一個jazz chant, 但頗不容易，於是大部分時間只能從Carolyn Graham 原創的44首jazz chant中選取；昨天靈機一觸，把Carolyn Graham 的例上傳給Gemini, 請它生成一個20行，用以練習Have you ever . ..和 I have never ... before的 Jazz chant, 結果Gemini 不負所妥。
Source: Carolyn Graham's 44 jazz chants collection:
https://whij.weebly.com/uploads/8/9/6/2/8962213/graham_jazz_chants_reformatted.pdf
TOOL: Gemini
PROMPT:
(Above link pasted in.)
OUTPUT: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HDyVRhhVu9eg78I0WfA3jvguPyFI4Ygan3JltO5h9TI/edit?usp=sharing
https://share.gemini.google/eCBEKpIHkbHz
Here is a custom 20-line Jazz Chant designed with a clear 4-beat rhythm (4 counts per line). The bold words mark the stressed beats where students should clap, snap, or tap to keep the rhythm.
(4/4 Beat: 1 – 2 – 3 – 4)
Have you ever flown a plane? No, never! No, never! I’ve never flown a plane before! No, never in my life!
Have you ever ridden a camel? No, never! No, never! I’ve never ridden a camel before! No, never in my life!
Have you ever eaten a snail? No, never! No, never! I’ve never eaten a snail before! Yuck! Never in my life!
Have you ever seen a ghost? No, never! No, never! I’ve never seen a ghost before! No, never in my life!
So many things I’ve never done! Maybe today is the day to start!
Rhythm Setup: Have students establish a steady 4-beat rhythm first (e.g., clap-snap-clap-snap or stomp-clap-stomp-clap).
Call and Response: Divide the class into two groups:
Group A (Questioners): Chants the line starting with "Have you ever..."
Group B (Responders): Chants the three response lines ("No, never!..." / "I've never...").
Pronunciation Focus:
Focus on contracting "I have" into /aɪv/ (I've).
Ensure strong stress falls on the past participles (flown, ridden, eaten, seen, done) and the final word before before.
Tool: Gemini Canvas
Learning Point: Present Perfect: 'I have never + p.p. ...
Uploaded file:
Ann and Betty Dialogue AWARENESS RAISIING.pdf
PROMPT:
please create an interative, web-based, microlearning unit using the content of the uploaded file.
There should be 4 tabs:
OUTPUT:
Padlet Arcade Wildcard AI 就是有本事把一個簡單的Multiple choice Quiz, 包裝成一個有趣的game。我請它就著小四學生學過的5個形容children's stories的形容詞(exciting, touching, imag...
