ChatGPT: Your New Thinking Partner

Learn to think better, write smarter, and create more
with the power of AI

A seven-week course

Part of the DeAFRICA series of courses on Artificial Intelligence (AI)

DeAFRICA’s COMMITMENT AND LEADERSHIP IN THE AI ECONOMY

We are excited to share that DeAfrica has officially joined the AI Economy initiative and will be playing a leadership role as we move forward.  DeAfrica’s commitment to inclusive education and digital transformation across Africa makes it a natural partner in building a more human-centered economy.

OBJECTIVE & TARGET POPULATION

As you all know, AI has the potential to create major transformations:

  • Close the digital divide and the technological gap
  • Leapfrog communities ahead of their peers
  • Empower people to perform at their best
  • Uplift society

This course is open to students and professionals (academia, public and private, schools) across the African continental and help them to create new economic opportunities and lead an economic boom in many areas.

This ChatGPT course, ChatGPT: Your New Thinking Partner, is a powerful first step.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Learn how to use ChatGPT for:

  1. Find answers faster – Go beyond Google with smart, conversational searches.
  2. Learn deeply – Retain more through rich back-and-forth dialogue.
  3. Think bigger – Expand your perspective and uncover hidden possibilities.
  4. Decide wisely – Consider all angles before making choices.
  5. Boost creativity – Grow and refine your own ideas with AI support.
  6. Advance your career – Discover opportunities and present yourself effectively.
  7. Grow personally – Explore new skills and perspectives for lifelong learning.

And that’s just the beginning. Once you start working with ChatGPT, you’ll think faster, go deeper, and accomplish more—no matter what you set out to do.

DATES OF THE COURSE:
September 24
October 1
October 22
October 29
November 5
November 19
November 26

Sessions are subject to rescheduling.

PROGRAM DELIVERY METHOD AND TIME FRAME

The Program will be done virtually from Pennsylvania, USA

Session length: Each weekly session will be 90 min live on ZOOM

Time:
Wednesdays
11:00 AM EST
6:00 PM EAT [Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda]
7:00 PM in Mauritius
5:00 PM in Botswana
3:00 PM in West Africa: [Senegal-Mali-Gambia]

Duration: 7 weeks

Start Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2025

End date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Registration Process: Interested participants will register by filling out a Google form.

ZOOM link will be sent to registered students prior to the course start date.

PUBLISHED COURSE DESCRIPTION (See below)

ChatGPT: Your New Thinking Partner
Learn to think better, write smarter, and create more
with the power of AI.

Course Goals

Students learn how to use ChatGPT for:

  1. Internet Searches – It’s like doing a Google search, but ChatGPT does the digging, sorting, and explaining for you.
  2. Deep Learning – Retain more and understand better by having rich, back-and-forth conversations with ChatGPT.
  3. Power Thinking – Expand your thinking as ChatGPT introduces new ideas and perspectives.
  4. Decision Making – Consider all possibilities and make well-informed choices.
  5. Creativity – Start with your own spark of an idea, then let ChatGPT push it further.
  6. Job Searches and Business Opportunities – Identify opportunities, explore new angles, and present your job skills or business offerings effectively.
  7. Personal Growth – From DIY projects to deep philosophical topics, ChatGPT broadens your horizons.

And that’s just the beginning. Once you start working with ChatGPT, you’ll think faster, go deeper, and accomplish more — no matter what you set out to do.

Course Structure

7 Sessions, 90 minutes each

Session 1 – Internet Searches with ChatGPT

  • Intro, Demo, & Roadmap
  • Why ChatGPT is superior to Google for most searches.
  • Core techniques: comparisons, summaries, combining domains, “explain like I’m…” prompts.
  • Paired search challenge.
  • Best prompts & search tricks.

Session 2 – Deep Learning through Dialogue

  • Why Deep Learning matters for understanding and retention.
  • Follow-up prompts: “What am I missing?”, counterexamples, analogies, opposing views, corrections.
  • Drills: Explore a topic you know, then one you don’t.
  • Critical thinking checks: spotting errors, verifying facts.
  • Personal 15-minute “deep conversation” exercise with ChatGPT.

Session 3 – Power Thinking and Decision Making

  • Using ChatGPT to expand your perspective and uncover hidden factors.
  • Scenario planning: “What if…” and “Give me all angles.”
  • Decision frameworks with pros/cons, risk analysis, and trade-offs.
  • Group activity: Choose the best plan for a fictional startup using ChatGPT’s input.

Session 4 – Creativity Unleashed

  • Brainstorming techniques with ChatGPT.
  • Role prompts for idea generation (e.g., “You are a Hollywood producer…”).
  • Expanding and refining original ideas.
  • Mini-project: develop a creative concept (story, product, or campaign) from scratch with ChatGPT.

Session 5 – Job Search Mastery

  • Discovering career options and job market insights.
  • Tailoring résumés and cover letters with AI help.
  • Roleplay: ChatGPT as a mock interviewer.
  • Workshop: rewrite a résumé section and practice interview Q&A.

Session 6 – Personal Growth with AI

  • Exploring hobbies, life skills, and self-improvement.
  • Using ChatGPT for guided learning paths.
  • Thought experiments and philosophical dialogue.
  • Activity: each student develops a “Personal Growth Plan” using ChatGPT’s guidance.

Session 7 – Wrap-Up & Personal Journey Presentations

  • Each student will work with ChatGPT to prepare a brief summary of their course work—their journey exploring their own personal interests.
  • Small Group Presentations, with Q&A. Students can use ChatGPT if necessary for answering a question.
  • Course Wrap-Up:
    • Instructor shares key take-aways from the course — highlighting how the thinking skills they used with ChatGPT apply to future challenges and opportunities.
  • Closing reflections: Each student notes one way they plan to keep using these skills beyond the course.

Teaching Approach

 

  • Live demos by instructor
  • Hands-on practice in every session
  • Paired and group challenges
  • Emphasis on thinking with AI, not just getting answers

 

Course Deliverables

Students will be beginning their lifelong journey with Generative AI. For this course, they will pursue one or more topics of personal interest. Whatever conversations they have with ChatGPT during the course can be continued afterward, as long as they return to the same conversation thread. If they ever reach ChatGPT’s conversation limit, they will learn simple methods to extend the life of their work — such as summarizing and reloading prior content — so they can keep building on it over time.

Students will also have a couple of opportunities to work with ChatGPT to produce meaningful documents, such as a résumé or business plan.

The final deliverable will be a summary of the student’s work in this course, produced collaboratively by the student and ChatGPT.

COURSE INSTRUCTOR:   ED BREAUX 

Innovation Consultant ● Technology & Artificial Intelligence ● Education & Training ● Product Planning ● Human Capital Management

About

Ed is leveraging 25 years of technology experience, 19 years of strategic planning, and19 years of educational experience. With this experience, his top priorities are: (1) Building tools to transition workers and students into the AI economy, (2) Establishing a safe and productive infrastructure for developing AI and data analytics applications, (3) Empowering people everywhere through computer tools for leverage, and most importantly, (4) Spreading a vision for the Roaring 2020’s so that everyone can prosper in the AI economy, which is evolving over the next decade.

Ed has assumed a wide range of roles in the software development industry, including systems design, management, marketing, business planning, quality assurance, programming, and consulting. Over the course of more than 25 years he repeatedly identified business needs, then proposed and implemented solutions designed for flexible, long-term growth. Ed has managed projects, systems, employees, products, and product lines in a variety of applications and systems environments: business, finance, engineering, education, marketing, retail, web applications, scheduling, software languages and tools, 3D computer graphics, and artificial intelligence. Ed has worked on mission-critical software systems for Ford (multiple divisions), Mellon Bank, and Texas Instruments.

Ed has productized his 40+ years of professional experience to provide platforms for 21st century growth.

    • AI Economy – formal structures for using AI to power the economy
    • Democracy 2776™ – a tool for envisioning the future and then creating a roadmap to get there.
    • World of 2029™ – a gamified business model, integrating proven practices by industry leaders over the last two decades, making them accessible to everyone.
    • WyldFyre™ – a vehicle for turning ideas into projects and viral movements.