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.
