Online Editing Activity

Part 1: The Paragraph

You will be given a paragraph with various intentional errors in grammar, spelling, and clarity (see below). Your job is to identify and correct these errors to create a clear and concise paragraph.

Part 2: Gen AI to the Rescue!

You will utilize at least three Gen AI tools to help you analyze and refine your edited paragraph.

Here are some potential generative AI tools you can explore:

• Bing CoPilot
• Google Gemini
• ChatGPT
• Codebreakeredu.com/chat
• Phind

Part 3: Task

1. Identify the Errors: Read the provided paragraph carefully and underline any errors you find in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or clarity.
2. Edit and Correct: Make the necessary corrections to the paragraph, ensuring it is clear, concise, and error-free.
3. Gen AI Analysis: Choose three of the Gen AI tools listed above (or others approved by your instructor). Run your edited paragraph through each tool and analyze the suggestions provided.
4. Refine and Reflect: Based on the Gen AI suggestions, consider if there are further improvements you can make to your paragraph. Did the AI identify any errors you missed? Did it suggest alternative phrasings that enhance clarity or flow?

Part 4: Final Submission

Submit the following:

• The corrected paragraph plus a list of the errors found.
• A five (5) sentence reflection on how the generative AI tools helped improve the paragraph. Which generative AI tools did you use? Did the generative AI tools helped you improve the paragraph? Did the generative AI tools identify any errors you missed? Did any tools suggest alternative phrasings that enhance clarity or flow?
• A five (5) sentence reflection on your experience using generative AI for editing written work.Were any challenges you faced while using the Gen AI tools or in the editing process? Did you need to revise or edit your prompts?

Error-filled Paragraph:

Weather you like school or not, further education and taking tests will be necessary in completing your education. Not only will you have to do good in your class assignments, you will also need to study four and pass you're final exams. When people return to school as Adults, they often have trouble because they have been out of the classroom for a long time. We all has busy lives and have to juggle our time to fit in funner things like work, family, friend's, exercise, and entertainment.It won't bee easy to add something new to this mix. If its the school work or studying that gets left out, we might find ourselves failing an assignment, an exam, or even our goal. By learning and using good study skills from the beginning, our grades will be better and our personal and social life won't need to suffer.

Copy/Paste Corrected Paragraph below:

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Reflection Answers:

Q1) Which generative AI tools did you use?Did the generative AI tools helped you improve the paragraph? Did the generative AI tools identify any errors you missed? Did any tools suggest alternative phrasings that enhance clarity or flow?

Q2) Reflect on your experience using generative AI for editing written work. Were any challenges you faced while using the Gen AI tools or in the editing process?Did you need to revise or edit your prompts?