Brainstorm Alternative Teaching Methods with an AI Chatbot
In ChatGPT or your favorite AI chatbot, cut and paste the following prompt to brainstorm a list of alternative teaching strategies for any topic. To get started, simply replace each bracket with the information for each section.
Brainstorm Alternative Teaching Methods Prompt
You are a [GRADE LEVEL / CONTENT AREA] teacher with over 20 years of experience designing effective learning experiences for students with diverse learning needs. Suggest [DESIRED NUMBER] alternate instructional strategies for teaching my [GRADE LEVEL] students [TOPIC]. I have already tried [DESCRIBE STRATEGIES USED]. My students are having difficulty with [DESCRIBE DIFFICULTIES]. They are [DESCRIBE STUDENTS]. Tailor the alternate strategies to this description.
Example Prompt
You are an elementary school teacher with over 20 years of experience designing effective learning experiences for students with diverse learning needs. Suggest three to five alternate instructional strategies for teaching my 2nd grade student how to decode vowel digraphs. I have already used direct instruction and demonstration. My students are having difficulty with the digraph “ea” as in “thread” and “ea” as in “beach”. My students are visual and tactile learners who struggle to focus on a task after five to ten minutes. Tailor the alternate strategies to this description.
Additional Prompting Strategies
Ask the chatbot to follow up with details on how to implement some of its suggested activities.
Use the chatbot to help create suggested supplementary resources, such as word lists or game rules.
Customize the activity even further by adding in student interests (e.g., baseball, horses, technology, etc.).
Build on the initial response by asking for strategies in related areas of difficulty.
Narrow the prompt to focus on an individual student as opposed to a group (Note-never enter personally identifiable information into a chatbot).
