AI Prompt Support: Getting Better Results from AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be powerful partners for learning, teaching and creativity, but the quality of the output often depends on the quality of the prompt.

Whether you’re creating learning resources, planning lessons, supporting differentiation, or helping learners develop their own AI literacy skills, knowing how to write an effective prompt can make all the difference.

To support staff, we’ve created a practical prompt guide to help you get the most out of your prompt.

Prompting for Teachers

AI can help reduce workload, generate ideas and support professional creativity when prompts are specific and purposeful.

Teachers might use AI to:

  • Draft lesson outlines
  • Differentiate activities / resources
  • Generate discussion questions
  • Produce model texts tailored to learner interests
  • Design quizzes and retrieval practice activities
  • Support planning and resource creation
  • Generate images to spark discussions for learning

 

Prompting for Pupils

Developing effective prompting skills is becoming an important part of digital literacy.

Encouraging learners to think carefully about what they ask AI can help them:

  • Ask clearer questions
  • Refine their ideas
  • Develop critical thinking skills
  • Evaluate AI-generated content
  • Become more independent learners

 

While many AI tools are not available to pupils for safeguarding reasons, there are still valuable opportunities to learn about and engage with AI. Teachers can create AI-generated content for pupils to evaluate and discuss, helping them develop critical thinking skills and explore the ethical considerations surrounding AI. Pupils can also experience AI in a safe and age-appropriate way through Adobe Express, using features such as image generation and text-to-design tools.

From Simple to Detailed Prompts

The images above demonstrates how increasing the level of detail within a prompt can significantly improve the quality and accuracy of AI-generated images.

A good prompt often includes:

  • Subject
  • Setting
  • Style
  • Colours
  • Mood
  • Perspective
  • Additional details

Remember: AI rarely gets it perfect first time. Prompting is an iterative process, and refining prompts is where the real learning happens.

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