I used Microsoft's Bing Copilot to brainstorm ideas and create a lesson plan for my elementary library. First, I asked for common topics for 3rd graders to study in March. A few holidays and celebrations came up, and I chose Women's History Month. I asked about important contributions by women, and got a long list of mostly women who lived over 100 years ago. Then I asked for careers in the past 30 years with influential women, and went on to ask for picture books written on that topic within the past 6 years. I finally settled on a picture book I currently own called Shark Lady, which is about Eugenie Clark and her work as a marine biologist. I then asked Bing to create a lesson plan for using that book, and I emailed it to myself after tweaking it for a shorter library lesson.
I have used Bing before on my phone, usually to answer quick questions, or to create lists. Using the microphone feature is good for this. It was interesting to really delve into one topic, repeatedly changing and adding to the search requests to get what I wanted. I went back and forth between bing.com on my MacBook, and the Bing app on my phone. I found that the microphone wasn't as useful for this type of work, because it would turn off if I paused to think about my question. It was easy enough to switch to typing.
I like that Bing offers links to the sources it used to collate the information, and I followed some of the links for different purposes. I looked at the book covers, pictures of Eugenie Clark, and YouTube videos about sharks. I like that all of the information I asked for but didn't immediately use is stored there, and I can go back to it at any time. It's all in one long conversation thread as long as I didn't choose to start a new conversation. This was rather time-consuming, because I could have started with Google for the initial lists. However, the information wouldn't be stored in one cohesive package. I also like that Bing has the ability to write a lesson plan in an understandable format, and that links for what I need are built in. I look forward to practicing this process in the future.
I have used Bing before on my phone, usually to answer quick questions, or to create lists. Using the microphone feature is good for this. It was interesting to really delve into one topic, repeatedly changing and adding to the search requests to get what I wanted. I went back and forth between bing.com on my MacBook, and the Bing app on my phone. I found that the microphone wasn't as useful for this type of work, because it would turn off if I paused to think about my question. It was easy enough to switch to typing.
I like that Bing offers links to the sources it used to collate the information, and I followed some of the links for different purposes. I looked at the book covers, pictures of Eugenie Clark, and YouTube videos about sharks. I like that all of the information I asked for but didn't immediately use is stored there, and I can go back to it at any time. It's all in one long conversation thread as long as I didn't choose to start a new conversation. This was rather time-consuming, because I could have started with Google for the initial lists. However, the information wouldn't be stored in one cohesive package. I also like that Bing has the ability to write a lesson plan in an understandable format, and that links for what I need are built in. I look forward to practicing this process in the future.