In preparation for a course on blogging that I ran recently, I wanted to see how far I could get using AI tools to help me with my intended audience, outlining a post and drafting a whole article. In the first part I used ChatGPT to develop a few personas, ie representatives of my target readership. In this article I report on using AI to generate ideas for blog posts.

Introduction: the experiment

Fortunately, I am not often stuck for ideas. However, I used the free Tinywow ideas generator to suggest topics I could write about. I told it the subject matter was AI, and the target readership teachers. Here’s what it came up with:

1.    From Robots to Virtual Reality: Exploring Exciting Tools for Teaching Programming

2.    5 Creative Ways to Gamify Coding Education and Inspire Young Programmers

3.    Unleash the Fun: Transform Your Classroom into a Coding Playground!

4.    The Power of Collaboration: 8 Group Coding Challenges for a Fun Classroom Experience

5.    10 Fun and Interactive Coding Apps to

6.    From Algorithms to Adventures: 15 Exciting Coding Projects for Students

7.    Breaking the Mold: Innovative Teaching Strategies to Make Programming Enjoyable

8.    A Step-by-Step Guide: How to Incorporate Game-Based Learning into Programming Lessons

9.    From Boring to Brilliant: Infuse Joy and Laughter into Programming Lessons!

10.Ignite Passion: Discover the Game-Changing Techniques for Engaging Coding Classes!

11.Unleashing Creativity: Incorporating Art and Design in

12.Top 5 Online Resources for Teachers to Infuse Creativity into Programming Education

13.Revolutionize Learning: How to Turn Programming into an Exciting Adventure!

14.Engaging Coding Activities to Make Programming Fun in the Classroom

15.Say Goodbye to Yawns: Un

16.The Power of Storytelling: How to Infuse Fun into Programming Lessons

17.Uncover the Secret: The Ultimate Guide to Making Programming Fun for Students!

18.Engaging Games and Activities to Make Programming Fun for Students

Evaluation

The first thing to note is that it seems to be fixated on the idea of fun, even laughter. Now I like to make my lessons enjoyable, but the enjoyment (or fun) comes from the challenge of the tasks set (as well as my witty repartee of course).

Number 15 is odd because it just stops dead in the middle of a word.

Perhaps the results would have been better had I been a lot more specific with the prompt and the target readership. Still, if I had really been floundering around wondering what I could write about, this list might have given me the kick start I needed.