Community & Library AI Skills Boost
This toolkit is designed for librarians, digital inclusion workers, and community leaders who want to run introductory computer classes for the public. It aligns directly with the UK Government's AI Skills Boost benchmark, requiring no prior technical knowledge to host.
45-Minute Workshop Lesson Plan
A structured roadmap to guide community groups through prompting and safe AI practices.
AI Skills Boost: Community Workshop
45 minsHelp library patrons understand basic AI terminologies, prompting rules, and safety parameters.
- •Ensure computer monitors are powered on and connected to the internet.
- •Open the Museum of AI Arcade on the terminals: https://museumofai.org.uk/arcade
- •Print out the 'AI Skills Boost Cheat-Sheets' for all attendees.
- •Test the Micro-Transformer visualizer cabinet beforehand to ensure smooth loading.
Introduction & Prompting
Welcome attendees. Explain that AI is a helper, not a mind-reader. Teach the RTCC formula: Role, Task, Context, Constraints.
Arcade Exploration Lab
Direct patrons to open the Micro-Transformer Cabinet. Let them type prompts and look at the connection lines. Discuss how the words they choose change predictions.
Quiz & Virtual Badge
Guide patrons to complete the 6 AI Skills Boost Modules. Encourage them to take the interactive quiz to unlock their MIA Skills Boost Badge.
Q&A and Handouts
Answer questions, hand out prompt cheat sheets, and explain how to opt-out of model training in public AI settings.
AI Cheat Sheet Handouts
Printable safety and prompting tip sheets to give library patrons during workshops.
AI Skills Boost Cheat Sheet
Give the AI a Role (Persona), details of the Task, Context details, and strict Constraints (word count, tone).
AI confidently hallucinates facts. Double-check dates, books, and statistics with trusted libraries, encyclopedia sites, or primary search materials.
Never input bank details, passwords, or personal details. Turn off chat history in settings to prevent models from learning from your logs.
Interactive Group Activities
Fun exercises for computers labs or library circles that demonstrate AI structures.
The Human ELIZA Game
Divide the class into pairs. One acts as the 'user', the other as 'ELIZA'. Provide the 'ELIZA' player with a strict card of 3 rules (e.g. if 'happy' is mentioned, ask 'Why are you happy?'; otherwise, say 'Please go on').
Human A* Maze Navigation
Draw a simple 4x4 grid maze on paper or the floor. Have one person try to walk from start to target. Calculate the cost 'g' (steps walked) and heuristic 'h' (straight blocks to exit) for adjacent cells to pick the next step.