1 - Start ~4 mins
You already know AI output can look finished when it is not, and you have practised spotting tells. Today that skill moves to research, notes and summaries: every claim gets checked before you rely on it.
You will put the assistant to work on a live research task, then verify every claim against an independent source. The aim is a version you would actually hand in, with a record of what you confirmed, corrected or set aside.
2 - Examine and Discuss: Five Claims ~8 mins
An assistant can sound sure of every sentence. That tone does not tell you which sentences are right.
Here is one answer, split into five claims. Nothing in the writing flags the weak ones. For each claim, commit: does it look plausible for now, or is it a red flag to check first? Be ready to name the tell that decided you. Either way, the hands-on round still verifies every claim before anyone relies on it.
Plausible or red flag?
3 - Hands-on: Ask, Then Verify Every Claim ~14 mins
Run the same habit on a live task. We will run one shared research task together on the board: researching one undergraduate Sports Science course route in Ireland (entry subjects, application route, where points are published). Your teacher drives the class AI assistant; you direct the prompt, split the claims, and keep your own verification record.
If the teacher is driving one shared answer on the board, use that answer as your task: split its claims, verify them, and build your own marked record. If you have a school AI account, you may run your own prompt on the same Sports Science brief instead.
In this round: split the full answer, then fully verify at least three claims (mark confirmed, corrected or dropped with the source named). Finish the rest and the hand-in version in the next step.
Record format (copy into your notes or doc):
Claim # | claim text | confirmed / corrected / dropped | independent source (a few words) | fix or reason
Follow the steps in the interactive activity. Save your record the class way when you pause.
4 - Your Turn: a Version You Would Hand in ~8 mins
Finish the verification record you started. Done means: original answer saved; every claim marked confirmed, corrected or dropped with a named independent source; short verified version you would hand in. Only start a new task if your first record is already complete.
Finish every remaining claim. Then write the short verified version in your own words using only confirmed and corrected claims.
Done looks like this:
- you have the original assistant answer saved
- every distinct claim is marked confirmed, corrected or dropped
- each mark names the independent source you used
- you have a short verified version you would actually hand in or act on
Save the record and the verified version the class way.
5 - Make Sense ~3 mins
Asking is fast. Verifying is slower, and that is the real work. A confident paragraph is a draft of claims, not a finished answer.
The version worth handing in is the one where every claim has been confirmed, corrected, or set aside with a clear reason and a named source. Keep that record. It is how you use an assistant without letting it use you.
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