For the past several weeks the buzz in almost every teacher forum has been ChatGPT, an AI chatbot. You may have seen it talked about in news with catch phrases like "The Five Paragraph Essay is Dead", or "AI has basically ruined homework".
If you haven't heard about ChatGPT, or are looking to learn more, here are two great entry points:
ChatGPT & Education - Torrey Trust, Ph.D., College of Ed, Univ of Massachusetts Amherst
ChatGPT, Chatbots and Artificial Intelligence in Education - Ditch That Textbook, Matt Miller
I particularly enjoyed the resource compiled by Torrey Trust. It provides ALL sorts of great ideas on what ChatGPT can do and some areas you should be wary of. It also provides some reflection points for what we can be doing as educators to move forward with confidence in this pivotal moment in education.
A couple of weeks ago one of my colleagues shared an article with me about how the NYC education department has blocked ChatGPT. What are your thoughts? Should ChatGPT be blocked in districts, or are you a proponent of trying to teach students its limitations and how to use it responsibly? If you talk about this topic in your classes I would love to hear about the discussion!
For better or worse, AI is changing the academic landscape and is a development you will want to keep abreast of. Our students, as well as our current and future teachers, will have to learn how to navigate teaching/learning in world with AI.
