Part 2 - How Can a Teacher Use This?

Part 2 - How Can a Teacher Use This? After reflecting on your searches, explain what ChatGPT did. Chat GPT wrote a lesson plan for teaching 2-digit addition and subtraction. The lesson plan consisted of 3 lessons with all the necessary parts needed in a formal lesson plan. Furthermore, when asked to elaborate on each lesson plan part, for example, Engagement, it wrote a step-by-step engagement activity appropriate for this lesson. It did this in about 10 seconds. The speed and time saver is astounding.

1. What are you thinking about ChatGPT now that you’ve used it?

ChatGPT is useful for work that has a known type of answer. For classroom purposes, I love that I can ask for lesson plans and modify them to what I need, and when I need it. For personal use, it generated recipes, answered “How To …” questions, and I am certain to find other answers to questions yet unasked.

2. Would you consider using it WITH your students?  Why or Why not? 
I would consider using ChatGPT with my students as a resource tool. Teaching and learning is all about finding answers to questions and ChatGPT is a premium resource that is free to use and available to all. As I teacher, I design the lessons, tailor the text to be used, and specify the criteria for the lessons being taught using ChatGPT as a guide, similar to a textbook resource. It would be a time saver as an educator.

I went in a couple different avenues.First I asked several non teaching questions about things I know (running, comic books, etc.) just to see what the responses would be. I got unique summaries on the topics I asked and it was very interesting to see all the differences when I asked the question in a similar way but asked for a different amount of words. 

Second, I asked  “ Can you write me a lesson plan for high school algebra on solving systems of equations in 2 variables.” It quickly told me this should be a three day process with an introduction day and 1 day for each of the two method to solve this systems (exactly what I do, so that is pretty awesome!) ChatGPT told me about pacing as well as what should be covered with potential stumbling blocks (This was in the conclusion). 

Third, I asked “Can you please create 3 example problems on solving systems of equations in 2 variables.” I liked that it created these problems (each one was increasingly difficult) and then gave me a step by step solution to each problem. This is a great thing for planning and, well, I am undecided on how I feel about it with students. You can look up detailed solutions to questions I ask (which is good if you need help and it explained to you, but also a potential way for something else to do the work for you). I think this is an incredibly powerful tool, but I am curious if perhaps student accounts could be created to supplement work and help understand topics.

I did not have a ChatGPT account, but once I set it up I was amazed at its capabilities.  My question was, "Can you give me a two-paragraph chapter summary of Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet?"  The response was good, but the language was a little complex for ninth graders, who would be reading it.  The cool thing is that you can just copy and paste the response and edit anything to suit students' needs. I also made a request to give me a course syllabus for US History for 11th grade.  The response was great, but very long.  Again, I can just copy, paste and edit anything to suit my needs.  Another use that would really help me would be to get adapted lesson plans for ELL's and SPED students.  Another request I made was to get a lesson plan on The 13 Colonies.  It included primary sources, hands-on activities, and formative and summative assessments.  It gave me about 3 class days worth of information.  I edited the request to say, "which takes 30 min" and it gave me time frames and a shortened version.  I would consider using it with my students simply to model for them how to use it as a tool and not as a way to cheat or plagiarize. 

I have used chatGPT on two levels- for planning purposes and for student use. I have been using chatGPT to try to make a challenge dealing with zoo animals who have escaped the zoo. I have chatGPT give me all of the details about how to get the animals back and provide me with math questions to help students answer along the way. I take the information and put it into canva to then put into Schoology. I have also used chatGPT with my students. We were in a writing unit where students were writing twisted tales. I had focused on the three little pigs so when students were stuck, I had them come up and take some of the ideas that chatgpt had for how to twist the three little pigs. 

Using ChatGPT, I put in a few different prompts to play around with what it can do with math work. The most interesting prompt I used was to create a project in geometry kids could do to find the maximum volume of a container if only given a single sheet of paper. It did spit out a project step by step for the students and walked through how I should approach it with them. I then asked it to make a 20 point rubric based on the project and it created one for me too.

I think ChatGPT can be used for some good but in the eyes of a math teacher, I'm still not sold on it being more good than bad just yet. There are definitely some great ways I can use ChatGBT in my favor, but students can use it to find answers. I was thinking, maybe it could be useful if the students could use it as a "tutoring tool" and they could search things like, "how do I solve ....". That way, ChatGPT gives them the answer, but it also shows them a step by step explanation. Unfortunately, the explanations are little more "robotic" at times and uses techniques when solving/factoring basic equations that we do not teach in schools (or at the very least, ChatGPT writes it differently than what the kids recognize from class).

I would consider using it with my students, but very sparingly. For math, there are typically various ways to solve a problem, but there's only one correct answer. Which means using ChatGPT is pretty tough to use as a creative tool with students. I will definitely think about using it for lesson planning, but using it with students in math seems like it is a bit of a stretch.

ChatGPT is designed to provide answers, explanations, and suggestions about various topics. After having used ChatGPT, I think it can be a handy tool for learning. But I also want to be careful because sometimes it might not give the right answers or could be a bit biased. So, I would need to double-check the information it gives me. As a 5th grade teacher, I might consider using ChatGPT with my students, but not as a replacement for everything. ChatGPT can be a fun addition to the classroom, helping us find ideas, getting quick feedback, and even sparking critical thinking. But I would make sure to guide my students and remind them that real teachers are always there to provide personalized guidance and support.

1. After reflecting on your searches, explain what ChatGPT did.
2. What are you thinking about ChatGPT now that you’ve used it?
3. Would you consider using it WITH your students?  Why or Why not?

While looking at Part 1, I actually created an account and I really am just amazed at the information that you can have this artificial intelligence tool complete for you. Tonight, I searched different questions about biography projects for grade 4 because that is our current unit of study. I am having my students write interviews of the person they are studying before they create a green-screen product. As a mentor text, I am using Eleanor Roosevelt. I asked ChatGPT to create a biography interview about Eleanor Roosevelt for 4th-grade students in the U.S. The interview that was written included most of the key components that I am having my students include in their writing. For me, this is an incredible time saver and a way to show them a quick example. I do believe that ChatGPT needs to be used as an added tool vs a crutch, but I think it provides great information for the classroom teacher. As the video showed, I also think it could be a great way to come up with comprehension questions for students, whether planned for small groups or on the fly during read-aloud. I would definitely consider using this with my students but feel that I would need to introduce it in a way that allows them to use it as an additional tool vs a way to have their tool complete the work for them.

After creating an account, I asked Chat GPT to help me revamp a project for my Criminal Justice class.  I asked Chat GPT to "Create a research project for high school students in a criminal justice class for a famous criminal case of their own choice."  I took a look at the project and it was spot on for what I was hoping the students would do.  I did want to make a few revisions to the project objectives and delivery options for students to show their work; but overall I was very impressed.  I followed up this question by asking Chat GPT to "Create a rubric for the research project."  The rubric was listed so I then asked for it to be converted into a table (which I later would copy and paste into my own word document for the students to use).  With this project, I usually ask the kids to make a connection to TV shows, movies, books, media, etc.  Chat GPT did not disappoint with a list of all of these items that relate to famous criminal cases.  I did specify the age range for these results to make sure items would be appropriate for the students to view independently/outside of school.

What typically would take me hours to create took merely minutes!  Chat GPT was quick to respond with answers and it was easy to revise my search to find the results I was hoping for.  Chat GPT eliminated a lot of the "sifting" I would have to do with a typical Google search.  It was impressive!
I can definitely see the benefit to using this to differentiate readings and assignments for my classes.   In terms of how to use this with my students, I would need to be mindful in what tasks I'm asking the class to complete.  Instead of merely writing an essay, I might have them compare essays that were generated by AI; identify key parts, compare, etc. 

1. After reflecting on your searches, explain what ChatGPT did.
2. What are you thinking about ChatGPT now that you’ve used it?
3. Would you consider using it WITH your students?  Why or Why not?

I asked chat GPT to help me plan a unit on American Imperialism. I asked it to explain why people supported American imperialism in the Gilded Age and why people were against it...to create 4 inference and 2 comprehension questions about the article it wrote...to then create a create a 40 minute lesson plan tailored to an 11th grade us history class about Imperialism...to create a task where students can demonstrate their understanding of this topic in a unique way...(it suggested a debate) and to create a rubric for this debate. Overall it was pretty amazing to see what it came up with. The ideas were good but the content it delivered was pretty basic. The suggestions lacked specificity and detail. I think its pretty amazing overall. I would definitely use Chat GPT with my students. I think we have to. They are using it already. I like the idea of having the kids ask Chat GPT to argue a POV/ persepective on a historical scenario (ie should the US have gotten involved in WW1, or should we have stayed neutral) and have the kids write a rebuttal argument to the Chat response.