我們從事English Language teaching的同工，今天利用chatbot去clarify一些language issue(例如"My favourite fruit is apples'是否OK)，已經是家常便飯；那天突然想起，我們也可培養高小至中學生主動問chatbot英文問題的能力和習慣啊！當然大家即時想到的，是學生未必看得明 chatbot的解釋，於是我做了一個小實驗，先問chatbot "What is the difference between 'smart' and 'clever'?"，然後再問一次，這次先聲明 'I am a Primary 5 ESL student'，跟著比較兩個答案，原來chatbot真的會因著user的程度，調節答案的英文深度！下面就是 chatbot 給予小五學生的答案。
跟著我想，這幾年我們常說自主學習，訓練學生主動利用chatbot去解決英語疑難，也是策略之一啊！(當然我認識有些老師正在這樣做。)
I suddenly wanted to see if Padlet TA could create something in Chinese. So I asked it (in English) to generate a flashcard deck about Chinese kinship terms (I did not state the terms myself, but specifically asked it not to use common ones like 'Father', 'Mother', etc.), and I specified that everything should be in Chinese.
Padlet TA didn't disappoint me. Here is the output, all in Chinese. The 'hint' in the bottom left-hand corner on each card is still in English, but that works even better!
APP: Nano Banana in POE
My PROMPT:
Please create a 4-panel comic strip. Here is the story:
- A grandfather and his 7-year old grandson visited a pet shop which sells hamsters.
- Grandfather asked Grandson whether he knew how to draw hamsters.
- Later, Grandfather received a drawing from Grandson. It was the drawing of a hamster.
- Grandfather was very pleased with the drawing.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT:
Nano Banana, while 'thinking', enriched my expectations with further details.
It then produced 3 (4?) versions of the comic-strip, WITH DIALOGUE.
There was a grammar mistake with one sentence in the dialogue.
OBSERVATIONS
- Image consistency is no longer an issue.
- I don't need to provide it with the dialogue.
I suddenly wanted to see if Padlet TA could create something in Chinese. So I asked it (in English) to generate a flashcard deck about Chinese kinship terms (I did not state the terms myself, but specifically asked it not to use common ones like 'Father', 'Mother', etc.), and I specified that everything should be in Chinese.
Padlet TA didn't disappoint me. Here is the output. (And then i realised that I need to study this flashcard deck myself!)
https://ta.padlet.com/flashcards/3ZjOxYz1pO/play
My Prompt:
- The flashcards are all in Chinese language.
- On one side of each card is a kinship term. Do not use the common ones like 'father', 'mother', 'sister', and 'brother'.
- On the other side of the card is explanation of the relationship.
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At first, it was a board game forwarded by Ada Lam. This board game was about National Security:
https://poe.com/preview/efNlwvpJs2iVoImQ1e9H
Then, I thought: 'Can I create a similar board game using AI for English?'
WHAT I THEN DID:
1. Went to POE Claude. Pasted in the above link. Said I wanted to create a similar board game for primary students to practise English. I asked Claude to provide me with the prompt, which it did in less than 10 seconds.
2. I copied the prompt. Went to POE's create canvas app, and pasted in the prompt.
3. It took almost 5 minutes. But it succeeded:
https://poe.com/preview/jsjfKPR73pLM3yZYGZOg
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A. OPENING SCENE:
B. AFTER SS CLICK 'START ADVENTURE':
1. I can read Chinese stuff too, even if you're communicating with it in English.
2. If I come across a shared interactive which I find interesting and may want to replicate, instead of writing the prompt myself, which can take hours, I should just tell a bot what I want (in this case, the sample app link), can ask it to write the prompt for me!
我們從事English Language teaching的同工，今天利用chatbot去clarify一些language issue(例如"My favourite fruit is apples'是否OK)，已經是家常便飯；那天突然想起，我們也可培養高小...
