Campfire Session — AP Exam Review

Tips, tricks, and teacher stories about how Flint's AI can be used to help students prep for AP exams.

Lulu Gao, Head of Teacher Experience at Flint | LinkedIn

When it comes to AP exam review, students and teachers rarely find enough helpful, accessible, and differentiated practice. Flint can be leveraged as a powerful AI tool to provide students with new methods and materials to prepare them for exam season.

This session included a demo of Flint's options for review and teachers' shareout about their own experiences. Topics covered included:

Creating activities in Flint for students
Student-created activities
Using chats to generate materials for students
Encouraging students to practice on their own through chats

Slides from the presentation can be found here.

Introduction • 00:00

Lulu Gao introduces the session topic and agenda.

Ice-breaking news • 01:07

An article about AP courses and AI is discussed. The focus is on making AP courses more valuable to students.
Lara Cross shares her perspective on the importance of process in education. The conversation highlights the need to rethink curriculum in the context of AI.
Lulu Gao emphasizes the necessity of content for effective learning. A recommendation to read the interview about AP courses is made.

Review activities (Written MCQ practice example) • 05:40

Demonstrations of review activities in Flint are presented. Activities are described as customizable experiences for students.
The dynamic nature of activities is highlighted. Activities can adapt based on student responses during practice.
A problem-solving practice activity is initiated. The process of creating a multiple-choice practice for AP Chemistry students is demonstrated.
The feature request for preloading AP content into Flint is questioned. The Flint product direction for schools to add their own content is mentioned.
The capability of Flint to create listening activities for assessments is explored. The option to generate questions or use specific inputs is clarified.

Review activities (Interpersonal speaking example) • 16:46

Flint is utilized to simulate an oral AP Spanish exam. The activity created includes both speaking and reading components.
A request is made to adjust the activity for speaking and listening only.
Students are provided with multiple topic options for practice.
Feedback is given to students after their responses. Teachers can access transcriptions of student interactions with Flint.
Summarized tips and tricks for creating, previewing, and editing activities is shared.

Student-created activities in Flint • 22:36

A discussion occurs about student activity creation. The importance of using templates for AP exam preparation is emphasized.
Jonathan Ohayon raises a question about how students know when to end an interaction with Flint. Suggestions including guidelines on the number of questions asked, the amount of time passed, and students' self-assessed confidence in the material are shared.
Lulu Gao explains Flint's approach to managing conversation continuity. Options for saving and reusing previous sessions are provided.

Flint Chats for Teachers vs Students • 27:22

Flint generates worksheets for AP US History. Three worksheets are created at different difficulty levels with answer keys included.
Students can request practice problems through Flint. The chatbot generates specific math problems and coding snippets for students.
Flint supports multiple languages for student interactions. The chatbot can respond in the language initiated by the user.
Concerns about the AI's helpfulness are expressed. The need for concise feedback from the AI is emphasized. A suggestion is made to limit the length of the AI's responses. The conflict between AI's design and educational needs is acknowledged.

Teacher shareout #1 (Lara) • 39:26

A reverse tutoring method is introduced. Students take on roles to enhance learning. Template can be found here.
The effectiveness of using two Personas for the AI is highlighted. One Persona acts as a student while the other serves as a fact checker.
Test anxiety among students is discussed. Reports generated by Flint provide insights into student challenges.

Teacher shareout #2 (David) • 47:24

David Sainsily discusses using Flint for AP Spanish. Specific scenarios for AP exam preparation are shared. Student engagement with Flint is positively noted.
Students appreciate AI's understanding of mistakes. Flexibility allows practice from home anytime.
Teachers value the sanctioned use of Flint's tools. The platform's guardrails ensure compliance and support.

Conclusion • 54:56

Upcoming sessions will focus on social studies and instructional design. A Facebook group is available for ongoing teacher discussions.