Teaching and Learning Idea!

Image generators are fantastic for parents and teachers whose creative lesson ideas are let down by limited artistic skill. Here's a great example of how you can implement an exciting and effective lesson for many different topics:

Storytelling is a powerful tool for learning both as the listener and the teller. With the right props, children can create stop-motion videos, illustrate picture stories, and even live puppet shows.

Children can create props but this can take a long time and take the emphasis away form the main topic. AI can quickly give you what you need.

Imagine you wanted to teach your children about Julius Caesar either in a history lesson or to talk about the play by Shakespeare

Generate something like this Roman soldier and Emperor with the following prompt in any image generator such as the one included with ChatGPT (Dall-E).

An image of a Roman soldier. Chibi-style. Die-cut sticker with a thick white border. Plain background.

• Chibi is an art style popular in Japan that gives everything a shrunken and cute look, which kids like.
• A die-cut sticker with a white border ensures the images are easily cut out.
• Print these images, and kids can easily work with them to create a tableau of a historical scene. 
• Stick them to a piece of bent card to help them stand up, and perhaps include some blank speech bubbles to add to the scene.

This cut-out version below is part way to becoming a scene of Caesar's assassination. Et tu Brute?

This is just one example to get you thinking about using AI to generate practical resources a step beyond another worksheet.