Finger Lakes Community College

AI Learning Journey

Congratulations! Learning about AI can be daunting but you are brave and want to learn more - and that is the only prerequisite. We have designed 10 unique challenges to acquaint you with AI.

They are low stakes. Low risk. We don't track your progress - you can go at your own pace. Every now and then, you'll have the opportunity to show some of your AI creations. You don't have to, but maybe you'll get a kick out of what you've made and will want to share it with others.

Each week, you'll receive an email with an activity designed to introduce you to different ways to use AI. We'll start with a brief foundational tour of AI, move into some easy-to-do (and fun!) activities to help you gain exposure to AI, and then move on to more practical ideas!

And hopefully you'll have fun along the way.

We have identified four stages of AI use that we think are important as we start to explore AI:

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Recognize:

Identify where AI exists in your world and how it can be useful

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Investigate:

Explore AI tools and their potential

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Supercharge:

Leverage AI to enhance creativity, productivity, and decision-making potentiating your actions

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Exchange:

Collaborate with AI in a dynamic, interactive way, blending human expertise with AI's capabilities

AI Challenges

Click on a challenge to get started

Getting Started
Challenge 1:
What is AI?

Learn about AI, create an account at some popular AI services, and have some fun!

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AI or Not?
Challenge 2:
AI or Not?

Can you tell what was created by a human and what was created by AI?

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Challenge 3:
AI as a Writing Coach

Learn some powerful prompting techniques.

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Images
Challenge 4:
Imagine Images

Create customized images - and convert a photo of yourself into a cartoon!

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Challenge 5:
AI as a Writing Coach

Use AI to get feedback on your draft and explore different perspectives

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Challenge 6:
AI Summarizing

Use AI to summarize technical documents. Or long documents. Or short documents. Or multiple documents!

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NotebookLM
Challenge 7:
NotebookLM

Supercharge your research, knowledge base, and projects

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Think Differently
Challenge 8:
"Voice Mode"

Have an audible conversation with AI

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CRAFTing
Challenge 9:
CRAFTing a Prompt

Make your prompts even more powerful.

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Vibe Coding
Challenge 10:
Vibe Coding

Create personal software for yourself - without one line of code.

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