Description
What? Give Copilot a list of concepts that students have studied and ask it to generate definitions. These definitions can be used for different games, for example:
- Give the students the descriptions one-by-one (e.g. post them in the Teams chat, or put them on a slide) and they have to guess or write down the words in Teams.
- Another variation would be to give students the words and definitions mixed up (on paper, on a slide, or on an online whiteboard tool like Miro) and they have to match them up in a time limit.
- For a more of a challenge, tell students you will read several definitions and they can’t write anything down until you finish. Then they have to try and write down the matching words in order from memory.
Why? Revision games can be used as fun warmers to build rapport at the beginning of a class. They can also help students make connections between different topics that they’ve studied, and help with retention.
Instructions
Step 1: Think of a list of concepts that you want students to revise. For example, if I was teaching people about AI, my list of concepts could be: 1) Generative AI 2) Discriminative AI 3) Context windows 4) RAG 5) Chain-of-thought prompting 6) Hallucination.
Step 2: Go to Copilot (office.com/chat) and sign in with your Coventry account. If you’re already using Copilot, just select the ‘New chat’ button at the top right.
Step 3: Start the conversation by copying and pasting the following prompt into Copilot, then select the ‘Submit’ button (the arrow at the bottom-right):
🤖 Prompt (click to expand, then copy and paste into Copilot)
Your goal is to help me create a revision game to use with my students. First, explain that you’ll help me create a revision game where students read descriptions of words and have to guess what the words are. Ask me what level my students are and what they’re studying. Wait for my response. Then ask me for a list of concepts that I want my students to revise. Wait for my response. Then, produce a list of definitions for the words. It’s essential that the definitions don’t include the words themselves, as the goal of the game is for students to guess the words from the definitions. Next, ask if I want you to create a table with the words in first column and the definitions in the second column. Wait for my response. If I say yes, create the table, listing the words in the first column labelled with numbers 1), 2), 3) etc. and the definitions in the second column labelled A), B), C) etc. Ask me if I want another table with the words and definitions mixed up so students need to match them. Wait for my response. If I say yes, mix up the words in the first column so students need to match them to the correct definitions in the second column. Finally, ask me I’d like you to make gapped sentences. If I say yes, create sentences including each of the word, but with the word replaced by bird names, e.g. [Owl].
Step 4: Copilot should ask you a series of questions to gather information about your students and the concepts you want them to revise. Type your answers into the message box and then select ‘Submit’.
Step 5: Copilot should create a list of definitions, and ask if you want these in a table. If you select yes, it should generate the table, and ask if you want another table with the definitions and answers mixed up. You can download the tables as a spreadsheet by selecting the downwards arrow at the top right of each table.
Step 6: If you want suggestions about how to use these revision games with your students, explain your specific context (e.g. ‘I teach online using Engageli’) and ask for tips!
Important: Always check Copilot’s output. Generative AI tools can hallucinate (create plausible but incorrect information).