Starter Slide Decks for Talking About AI With Students
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Discussing generative AI (AI) with your students can help build their AI literacy and clarify permitted and prohibited AI use in your course.
Three “starter” PowerPoint slide decks may be downloaded below. Their purpose is to give you a starting point for introducing and exploring AI with students during class. While the slide decks do not stand in for a course Statement of GenAI Use (for the optional use of AI in assessments), they can support and reinforce how AI should and should not be used in your course.
Each starter deck provides information and short activities on a theme related to AI literacy. Activities enable you to explore the Microsoft Copilot AI chatbot, Conestoga’s Generative AI Toolkit for Students, and the importance of using AI safely and responsibly for student learning.
Slide content is minimal, including sample delivery scripts and instructions, to facilitate learning in small bites. The decks are designed to be flexible so that you may tailor any content to your specific course requirements. Use part of a deck, a whole deck, or combine information and activities from different decks. Customize the decks to include or replace with your own ideas and course-relevant examples.
Consider setting AI expectations and guidelines at the start of your course. You may wish to review or add information about AI use when introducing individual course assessments.
Starter PowerPoint Slide Decks
Note that, at this time, you must sign in to Microsoft 365 to access and download the slides.
- Introduction to Generative AI Starter Deck: This deck provides a basic overview of generative AI, including videos, information, and activities that encourage reflection on the strengths and limitations of AI use for learning.
- Introduction to GenAI Literacy Skills Starter Deck: This deck aims to foundational AI literacy skills, including basic prompting skills and risks and considerations of AI use.
- Introduction to Responsible and Safe Use of AI Starter Deck: This deck focuses on the ethical use of AI in academic work, emphasizing the importance of transparency and academic integrity.
Note that AI technologies are evolving quickly, so the information provided may evolve and change over time.
Building Your AI Literacy as an Educator
To get ready to talk to students about AI related to your course, you may wish to prepare course documents and anticipate questions that students may ask. See below for some links to further your own AI literacy for teaching and learning with any of these resources:
