AI Use Case: Integrating Industry News Into Your Courses

<p>In this episode of the Prof Talk Pod, Becky Achen and co-host Katie share a practical AI use case for staying current in your field and bringing timely, relevant examples into class. Katie explains how she uses ChatGPT Plus Projects and the Scheduled Tasks feature to generate weekly news briefings tailored to specific courses (e.g., sustainability reporting/ESG, tax, accounting) using keywords, preferred credible sources, and prompts that produce headlines, summaries, why it matters, alignment to her syllabus, a teachability score, discussion questions, and activity ideas. They compare Projects with custom GPTs (including memory and organization differences) and note ChatEDU constraints. Becky and Katie discuss how curated current events can improve student buy-in, engagement, and authenticity through routines like “headline huddles,” and encourage iterating prompts and starting with personal use cases.</p>