A Galileo learning outcome = become a life long learner
In the course, you will have an opportunity to learn chemistry and to develop your information literacy skills, which is a part of state law
identify misinformation
potential resources for this course
online chem textbook; e.g.
online videos; e.g.
class videos during covid, online school
khan academy
ap chemistry
climate change unit
benefit of data base versus google; ex. biomedical or chem research
google = general internet search engine; tutorials; e.g.
text; 5 Must-have google search tips for students -- common sense media
text; 21 google search tips you'll want to learn -- PC magazine
video ; googlge search trips for reseach -- common sense media
text; teaching search skills
text ; choosing the right search terms
video; how google search works
sfusd data base access
sfpl homepage
misinformation: kqed ; common sense media
generic workshop - G. Chan
search: slide presentation tutorial & citation
generative ai chatbot ; e.g.
chat gpt; seem can use any web browser; possible learning too; text ( 1 ; 2) video ( 1 ; 2 ; 3)
cavaets; e.g. errors (1; 2) in chem (1; 2) potential bias, potential invalid citations, privacy concerns, acknowledge its use (to avoid plargarism); thus, use appropriately. expect to be relevant for below ai chatbots, too. As such, independently confirm its output with another non-ai chatbot source. current use (March 2024) ?
copilot (microsoft); have to use microsoft edge web browser and provides url as citation; workaround for chromebook laptops; limitations in other web browsers
gemini (google product); can use any web browser and provides url as citation
pi; audio / text response
potential impact on employment
flexi; e..g. use as HW help ? student tutor ?
prompt engineering;; future use ? ex1
incremental prompting
later versions of an ai chatbot might improve or get worse. while ai chatbot might do well on exams, it make mistakes, unable to solve math / ("some / most") chemistry problems, and you are responsible to confirm the validity of any of its output.
common sense media has links to other ai related content
ai science research literature search engines; e.g.
provides a summary of the article
other resources
google scholar (versus google)
sfpl - SF public library data bases
examples of specialized data bases
pub med central
misc websites:
scicheck / factcheck
how to check sci media article
snopes / another factcheck site
skeptical science