1.
Create a class story
Get your class involved in a funny or themed story. You
or your students can instruct the AI to create a story
using specific student names (first names only please!)
and then read the story to the class.
This is also a great way to go if your class is currently
studying a certain topic that you can work into the
storyline.
Here’s an example prompt: Create a funny classroom
story set in Victorian times and use Susan, Bill, Carol,
and Jim as the main characters.
And courtesy of ChatGPT, here’s a snapshot of our
story:
2. Guess the person, place, or thing
Similar to “20 Questions,” you can ask your chatbot to
choose a person, place, or thing and have your students
ask yes or no questions until someone guesses correctly.
Like the story above, you can gear the chosen person,
place, or thing around your current class topic.
Here’s an example prompt: Pick a familiar person, place,
or thing in Europe. I’ll ask students for yes or no
questions to guess correctly. Provide clues if requested.
From ChatGPT again, here’s an image of the chat:
3. Make a quiz game
Quizzes are a good way to see how well your students retain
what you teach. But, quizzes and tests can be boring, right?
You can liven up the learning with AI-generated games!
Along with reinforcing what you’ve taught, you can combine
fun with a bit of friendly competition.
Here’s an example prompt: Create a trivia game with five
categories and five questions in each category. Theme the
game around biology for middle school students.
From Plus AI, an AI presentation maker for Google Slides
and Microsoft PowerPoint, we created a slideshow trivia
game:
4. Play charades
If you want to get your students moving around, how about a
rousing game of Charades? Using your chatbot, you can ask
for prompts to provide your students to act out for their
fellow classmates.
Here’s an example prompt: Create 10 prompts for a game of
Charades for grade school students.
And, this is a screenshot of the response from ChatGPT:
5. Draw a picture
You can have your students interact directly with AI using
the Quick, Draw game through Google Experiments.
Students visit the Quick, Draw game site, draw each item
requested, and continue drawing as the AI bot tries to guess
the picture.
You receive six simple items to draw with a time limit for the
bot to guess. So, the better the drawing, the better the
guesses!
6. True or false
Another cool way to test your students’ knowledge of a topic
is with true or false statements. Ask your chatbot for a
number of questions that are either true or false and have
your students guess which are correct.
Here’s an example prompt: Create a list of statements about
fractions that are either true or false. I’ll ask my high school
students for their answers.
ChatGPT complies once again with this terrific response:
7. Face sensing
For an interesting way to use AI, check out the Scratch Lab
Face Sensing site from MIT. Students can learn about coding
while creating games and costumes that interact with their
face. By dragging code blocks to the workspace, students use
hats, cats, glasses, and other items to follow their face.
Head to the Scratch Lab website to watch how face sensing
works and then get your class started!
8. Learn a language
Another unique way to see AI in action is with the Thing
Translator, a Google Experiment. Students point their device
camera at an object and then learn how to say the object’s
name in a different language.
Check out the video below for how Thing Translator works
right from the mouth of the developer.
A.I. Experiments: Thing Translator
9. Classroom scavenger hunt
Have your students find items in the classroom using
prompts from your chatbot. Rather than just a list of items to
find, the bot can make it more entertaining with clues in the
form of limericks, riddles, or jokes.
Here’s an example prompt: Create a list of five riddles that
lead to different objects in a grade school classroom.
Using ChatGPT, below is the list we received:
10. Emoji scavenger hunt
One more way to use a device camera for some AI action is
with the Emoji Scavenger Hunt. You are given an emoji,
more like an object, and point your camera at that item in
your room. It could be a computer mouse, envelope, book, or
similar item.
AI recognizes when you find the correct item in your room,
and you score points for each one you find.
11. Create art and images
With an AI image generator, you can get a picture of just
about anything. Have your students make suggestions for
creating images or art that they wouldn’t normally find
anywhere else.
A frog wearing a cowboy hat while riding a camel? A pirate
ship sailing through the sky? A snow-covered mountain in
the middle of the ocean? Let your students get creative and
see what they can make!
There are many generators you can use, such as Picsart and
Freepik. You can also use ChatGPT by selecting Picture in
the View Tools menu for the output. Then, just enter the
prompt.
12. Sing a song
One more prebuilt AI tool you can have your students try is
the FreddieMeter from YouTube. Although a younger student
class may not remember the band Queen, older students
might enjoy singing like Freddie Mercury.
You pick a Queen song, start singing to it with the onscreen
lyrics, and score for how well you do with pitch, melody, and
timbre.
Bonus: AI activities for Alexa and
Siri devices
Along with the above activities, you can encourage students
to continue learning about AI outside the classroom using
tools on their devices, with their parents’ permission of
course. Using smart assistants like Amazon’s Alexa and
Apple’s Siri, students can play games, ask questions, test
their memory, hear jokes, and more.
If you prompt Alexa for “classroom games,” you’ll receive a
large variety of options (skills) like those below:
•SimonSays: Follow directions given by Alexa, like touch
your nose or raise your arms, but be sure to say “Simon
says” first.
•Animal Game: Pick an animal and let Alexa figure out
what you choose by asking you a series of questions.
•Memory Game: Repeat the word Alexa says, then repeat
that word with the next word Alexa says, until you can repeat
the entire list.
While not as robust with games as Alexa, you can still
entertain yourself with Siri and the following:
•Flip a Coin: Have Siri respond with “heads” or “tails” to
make a decision for you.
•Roll a Die: Guess the number Siri rolls with one die.
•Hear a Joke: Ask Siri to tell you a joke; you can even make
it themed.
Conclusion
By providing your class with activities like these, they can
better comprehend the concept and capabilities of AI. And be
sure to check out these AI tools for teachers for ways you can
use AI to help you tackle your daily tasks.
References
12+ Fun AI activities for students
https://plusai.com/blog/fun-ai-activities-
for-students#toc-h2-0
