I feel there are many discussions to have with students regarding this technology. Originality, plagiarism, intellectual property violations, academic integrity… These are all issues that need to be discussed and shown to student that this Chat GPT should not be viewed as a “short cut” or cheating tool for assignments. Rather this technology should be seen for its true value which, in my opinion, is a research tool. After playing around with Chat GPT, I would only feel comfortable introducing this to my students as a means of gathering information/resources that can then be used by the student to create their own original work (depending on what the assignment might be). I am seeing the value of this AI technology as having a virtual librarian or research assistant to make assignments easier and aide in skill building by modeling. NOT do the assignments for them. Of the 11 strategies suggested by Turnitin I think I could see myself using ChatGPT for “Motivating Students with Tasks Worth Doing”. This strategy suggests offering original tasks to incite critical thinking and student voice. Since Chat GPT can take away originality by doing an assignment for the students, I think I would use this in a flipped manner in which I make the students the teacher. I would have the students input the documents and task for an enduring issues essay and have Chat GPT write the essay for them. From there I would have students work in groups to use the state grading rubric, evaluate the generated essay, and score it. This will help them better identify areas of strength and weaknesses. It will help the better understand what the state is looking for as a model. It will also help them have something to compare to their own essays to better target and trouble shoot thee ares in which they need improvement.
