Part 2 Fireside Chat with Sal Khan and Hadi Partov

A.I. can be beneficial in the classroom, but it also could be used for students to cheat on homework... depending on the task you give them.  A.I., like Chat GPT, could be used by students to "cheat" on simple writing tasks by having Chat GPT create their response.  The homework assignment could be restructured to possibly use AI to create help create the homework task.
I have not used A.I. in my classroom yet.  I am looking forward to exploring the options that exist within my subject area.

Combatting cheating is probably a topic that is on the forefront of my mind.  Not only is it complicated creating lessons, projects, tasks where kids don't automatically seek out the fastest answer, but it is understanding how to use AI to your benefit as a classroom teacher that is equally perplexing.  When ChatGPT was launched and I was already in conversations and teaching workshops about AI across the country, I realized that instead of nervousness or anxiety, I need to embrace my feelings of optimism and change.  How could AI help me or help my students rather than looking to the negative side of things?  The answers to this question are ones that both the code.org creator and Khan Academy creator discussed.  It involves rethinking education and allowing teachers and students to embrace the new generative AI models that are accessible by all.  One way is to restructure our lessons or tasks so that AI could become a tutor rather than doing the work for the student.  I really liked Khanmigo and actually this summer received an email about learning more about Khanmigo in my classroom.  This is something I would really like to explore.  Mostly to combat cheating it boils down to one element:  relationships.  If you have a relationship with a student and can recognize their authentic self in their response or writing, then when they hand something in that doesn't seem like themselves, you can address it.  By having the relationship with the student, it is easier to approach him / her with not an "I gotcha" response, but rather a response of how can we make this be more authentic?

I have used many tools to combat cheating.  One is turnitin.com.  Since I am a turnitin.com instructor, I understand ways to utilize the online program to detect cheating, although it is not perfect.  Again, it reverts back to what I just said - relationships.  Does this student write this way?  Are they capable of using this vocabulary?  How can I help get them to this level?  
Another tool to combat cheating is using various tools on the internet to detect ChatGPT usage.  I have used these (multiple ones on the same piece of student writing) to check the reliability of the detection percentage.  It is vital to not accuse if even the AI detector software is unsure.  Conversations with students are often much more valuable than just putting a zero in the gradebook.  

Explain how educators might combat “cheating” so AI in the classroom can be beneficial.
- We can combat cheating by creating assignments that make using AI to cheat difficult. Project based learning, critical thinking assignments, and/or assignments that require creativity and originality. I would think that this would be most difficult in ELA and Social Studies classes, where writing assignments are prevalent. Another way to combat cheating would be to use interactive and visual elements in assignments and create more open-ended questions. 
- Teachers can actually (apparently) use AI to differentiate/scaffold lessons, tailoring lessons/assignments to individual students' needs and learning styles. 

We can combine these two concepts by teaching students how to use AI responsibly and creatively. AI can be used to help simplify complex concepts and widgets can be created/used to help students understand new concepts. 

What tech tools have you already used that have AI built into them??  Describe your experience thus far.
I attempted to use ChatGPT to translate Living Environment review materials for some of my ELL students but it didn't work out well. I fully admit that it most likely was because I hadn't much knowledge of how to best use it. I was also looking to translate pages of text and images, and it seems ChatGPT is not equipped to do that well. It is great for translating short paragraphs. 

At the outset, I think many way be try to combat "cheating" are similar to what we do now. Having more output and production in writing and speaking in the classroom- live- will help to ensure a student is really thinking and learning.  More one to one and small group involvement with teacher will support that. The more we see and hear and do in the classroom the better.  Performance -based assessments become more reliable in gauging a student's progress.  It seems that there will be even more reason to believe that the completion of homework will need to include immediate follow up in class for it to be useful. 
As far as any use of AI in the classroom goes, thus far... no, nothing to speak of yet. I am just wondering what it all means moving forward. 

Educators are now given the task to rethink what constitutes as schoolwork, and what student products are evidence of learning and acceptable in and out of the classroom. It is undeniable that AI is everywhere and therefore accessible to most of our students. Essays written at home might not be the best assignments to prove comprehension anymore. Students should be able to prove their knowledge in other ways, with less product driven work done outside the classroom. I am truly intrigued by Khanmigo which is a tutor more than a full generative producer like chat GPT. It seems like using a platform like this is all inclusive and student work can be completed on it with internal checks of cheating and support for the student learning. In this way, AI closes the learning gap by being accessible as a tutor to students who may otherwise not have access to educational supports outside of school. 

I have used Chat GPT quite a bit as a framework for many aspects of my work life. Creating permission slips, email responses and other things in that nature. It must be noted that we use these tools as a framework, and always edit the emails and permission slips to support our individual needs. Chat GPT helps me to be more efficient with my time so I can put my attention on other things in the music and Leader in Me world I live and work in. 

I have dabbled with some of the AI tools in Canva as well. With the new "glow up" to the platform, I am finding it more user friendly and easier to utilize the AI features.  

I have used AI to help generate lesson plans, but my experience is minimal.  I plan to learn more about it now to incorporate into my classroom teaching for the 24/25 school year.  This has been beneficial to me to understand more about AI, and how to incorporate AI with lessons and my students.