ChatGPT 1.0 Getting Started

Part 2 - How Can a Teacher Use This?

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Now what?? Learn how a teacher might use ChatGPT in the classroom and practice how it just might lighten your workload.

In this Task...

You will learn how an educator explored various searches to “teach” GPT to arrive at something usable for the classroom.  You will also begin to practice a search of your own.

Your Task…

  1. Watch the video below: "ChatGPT for Teachers Video" (10:45)
  2. Be sure to key in on focused searches used to refine the scope to make comprehension questions, lessons, and rubrics.
  3. Make an account.  Be patient - the platform is heavily used!  ChatGPT:  https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/
  4. Explore!  Search a topic relevant to your class - be creative!!

Resources…

ChatGPT Teachers Video.



Nexus Education Article.  Feel free to use prompts provided in this article to help you explore ChatGPT.  
https://nexus-education.com/blog/unleashing-the-power-of-chat-gpt-in-education/#

Evidence of Learning…

  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?

All posted evidence

Part II

ChatGPT was able to essentially take a load off of all the "little planning details" that I would normally have to figure out myself. It was able to give me some great essay starters, plan out a lesson for me, and even generate questions based on a text. I was even able to put in a text and ChatGPT generated comprehension questions for me to use when assessing students. 
I think, especially in the world of education, that ChatGPT is a great tool that if we can use it correctly can be more helpful than hurtful. It definitely does involve a second check to ensure the accuracy of everything, but overall it's a really cool tool that I could definitely consider using in the future. 
At this point, I don't think I would use it with my students. Especially in the elementary level, I don't want my students to know that this tool is out there and can be used for their advantage. As an ENL teacher, I want my students to be fully immersed in the day to day teaching and learning the language before exposing them to tools that can do the work for them. 
jessica-sears About 3 years ago

Part 2

  1. After reflecting on your searches, explain what ChatGPT did.
I asked a wide variety of tasks for CHAT GPT to perform. My first inquiry was; "Projects for high school students that show mastery of content". The results were good, but I realzied that my question could be refined.  So, my subsequent questions became more specific over time. Here are the questions in the order that I asked:
-Projects for high school students that show mastery of social studies content
-Projects for high school students that show mastery of social studies global studies content
-Projects for high school students that show mastery of social studies ancient global studies content
-What are the components of a quality museum experience
-Create a museum exhibit project for students in high school social studies
-Create a museum exhibit project for students in high school about ancient civilizations
-Create a project with a series of choices for high school social studies students studying ancient civilizations that show mastery of content

My final task for the chat gave me a really launching point to refine my own idea into something that I would personally like to do. 
  1. What are you thinking about ChatGPT now that you’ve used it?
I feel like I love it so far. It's almost like I'm having a conversation in which I am intentionally posing ideas/questions/tasks that I want personalized.
  1. Would you consider using it WITH your students?  Why or Why not?
I totally would! I like to idea of students checking the accuracy of the chat, or having it give them inspiration to create something else. One idea that I saw and would like to try is involving CHAT GPT as a think-pair-share. Instead it'd be think-pair-chat gpt-pair- share. 
naryanp About 3 years ago

Part II Response

For my particular search I was asking Chat GPT to source a variety of primary documents that would be helpful in giving point of views from the Soviet perspective on Stalins 5 year plans for industry.  The AI bot quickly generated a list of over 5 items (books/articles) with a summary of the author and what they included relevant to my topic.  I then searched for excerpts from communists imprisoned in German concentration camps.  Again, within a minute full quoted and cited excerpts from a variety of memoirs appeared with exactly the information I was looking for.I think this Chat GPT will be useful for me as a teacher in finding sources to use in assignments and for firsthand accounts I often use to gain student interest.  These sometimes are hard to find and sift through.  The instantaneous nature of this tool was very interesting and the biggest pro in my opinion.Despite my intrigue in the AI technology and how I can use it in my planning, I am still hesitant to introduce it and use it with my students.  My students tend to gravitate towards short cuts and I could easily see an obsession grow if they felt this could sub in for all of their school work or more challenging tasks.  I still want my students to use their brains and push their academic stamina.  I do not want to see their creativity and endurance disappear due to technology.  In a perfect world though, I could see myself using this as a search engine for projects.  Have it as part of a task where students use it to find documents or information on their own as support pieces or evidence.
dliberta About 3 years ago