AI and Work

Prompt Craft and Source Discipline

Overview

# Overview

Curriculum.Units

Directing AI to augment human judgement rather than replace it. Students verify every claim against a named source and brief a model to draft from evidence they supply, examining AI’s real effect on jobs and the workplace.

# Objectives

Curriculum.Units
  • 01 By the end, you can Verify every claim and statistic against a named source before it is published.
  • 02 By the end, you can Direct a model with a role, task, constraint and format prompt to draft and glue an article together.
  • 03 By the end, you can Add ten "marks of humanity" the model could not produce — course content, first-hand observation, an opinion, a checkable quotation.
  • 04 By the end, you can Combine both, working as a four-role newsroom, to publish a webpage article on AI and jobs.

# Sessions

Curriculum.Sessions
  1. Writing Prompts
    AI concepts
    • Demo Worked Prompt Demo Teacher shows an example AI prompt for a job profile, the class critiques it, then everyone writes their own.
    • Discussion Prompt Read-Back Teacher reads students' real prompts aloud and checks each one against the four required parts.
  2. How AI Changes Jobs
    Applied craft
    • Simulation The Hiring Game Students sort job applicants themselves, then compare with an AI tool's scores to spot hidden bias.
  3. Guest Speaker
    Applied craft
    • Role-play Grill The Guest A student panel prepares tough questions and grills a visiting speaker about using AI at work.
  4. Publishing The Article
    Deliverable prep
    • Build Ten Marks Of Humanity Teams write an article that includes ten things AI could not produce, like personal observations and checkable quotes.

Applied · Ethics

# Knowledge & Skills

ACA-Applied
K Knowledge · what you know
A statistic is a number based on something someone counted, so it needs a named source that the learner supplies.
The numbers on a chart must match the source that is named for them.
S Skills · what you can do
Check a claim about AI and work against real evidence. point w1d2-s1-p1; evidence w1d2-e4
Publish a webpage article that carries ten marks of humanity. point w1d2-s3-p2; evidence w1d2-e1
Run a team of four roles: editor, researcher, writer, and web developer. point w1d2-s3-p3; evidence w1d2-e7

AI

# AI Concepts

ACA-AI.Concepts
Aligned with AI4K12 · Five Big Ideas in AI View framework →
AI4K12 · Five Big Ideas in AI
5-C-I

Impacts on Sectors

AI is transforming industries like healthcare, manufacturing, education, and entertainment in both positive and negative ways.

AI4K12 · Five Big Ideas in AI
5-C-II

Effects on Employment

Automation through AI may eliminate some jobs while creating new ones, requiring workforce adaptation and retraining.

AI4K12 · Five Big Ideas in AI

Models Invent Missing Data

If you ask a model to chart data it was not given, it will make up numbers that look real.

AI4K12 · Five Big Ideas in AI

Role, Task, Rules, Format

A prompt names a role, a task, the rules to follow, and the format for the answer.

AI4K12 · Five Big Ideas in AI

Edit the First Prompt

Editing the first prompt works better than fixing mistakes by going back and forth with the AI, because a long build-up of earlier conversation can lower the quality of the answer.

AI4K12 · Five Big Ideas in AI

Four Newsroom Roles

The newsroom has four roles: the editor leads the team and submits the work, the researcher finds the sources, the writer gives instructions to the model, and the web developer produces the file.

AI4K12 · Five Big Ideas in AI

Prompt Style Sets Answer Style

The writing style of a prompt carries over into the answer. A prompt written like a chat message gets a chat-like answer, and a prompt written like a developer's brief gets a more technical answer.

# AI Competencies

ACA-AI.Competencies
Aligned with UNESCO · AI Competency Framework for Students View framework →
Human-Centred Mindset
4.1.4

Problem Scoping

Developing skills to determine when and how AI is an appropriate solution to a problem, and what resources are needed.

# AI Skills

ACA-Tools.Skills
Aligned with Derived from course activity
Derived from course activity

Prompt Engineering for AI Agents

Iterating a prompt/system instruction until an AI agent's responses stop sounding generic and actually reflect the specific product or context. Evidence: "Does this information sound generic? Or does it sound actually tailored to the website?" (app-development, w3d3).

# Competency Goals

ACA-AI.Goals
Aligned with UNESCO · AI Competency Framework for Students View framework →
UNESCO · AI Competency Framework for Students
CG4.1.1.1

AI is Human-Led

Recognizing that AI should serve human purposes and be guided by human values and intentions.

UNESCO · AI Competency Framework for Students
CG4.2.2.1

Self-Awareness Using AI

Reflecting critically on how one's own use of AI tools might introduce bias, errors, or unintended consequences.

UNESCO · AI Competency Framework for Students
CG4.1.1.3

Human vs Machine Agency

Distinguishing what humans do better (judgment, creativity, empathy) versus what machines can do (rapid processing, pattern recognition).

UNESCO · AI Competency Framework for Students

Write a Role-Task Prompt

Write a prompt (a set of written instructions for an AI model) that names a role, a task, the rules to follow, and the format for the answer.

UNESCO · AI Competency Framework for Students

Add Facts Only You Know

Add facts the model could not know, so the work stays yours.

Deliverable

# AI and Work

Projects.Briefs

Look into a claim about AI and jobs, check it against evidence, and publish an article that carries ten marks of humanity. A webpage article about AI and jobs. It carries ten identifiable elements the AI model could not have produced by itself, and any numbers on a chart match the source named for them.

Transfers to: Backing a claim with real evidence before publishing it.

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# Assessed toward these aims

Projects.Rubrics

This deliverable is where students demonstrate

  1. B Direct a model to produce a researched article from sources you supply
    Look out for
    • Prompt structure: The prompt states a role, a task, constraints and an output format. The style of the AI's answer matches the style the prompt was written in.
    • Facts kept human: The article includes facts the AI model could not know on its own. The team supplies these facts, so the work stays the team's own.
    • Evidence tested: Each claim about AI and work is checked against real evidence. Every statistic has a named source. Numbers on any chart match that source.
    • Marks of humanity: Ten elements that the AI model could not have produced are present: course content, first-hand observation of the host city, a stated opinion, and a quotation that can be checked.
    • Team run: The four roles work as set out: the editor leads and submits, the researcher finds sources, the writer gives instructions to the AI model, and the web developer produces the file.