For this week’s post I decided to check out chat gpt. Chat Gpt is something I haven’t really used but I have heard my friends talk about it. To be honest I’m scared of chat gpt because everytime i think about using it, I think I might get caught for plagiarism. Which is a weird thought because I don’t even have to use chat gpt for school and I know what plagiarism is. Though i think chat gpt is a useful tool that can be used . . . sometimes.
I think chat gpt can be used in personalized learning when students are having a hard time coming up with ideas for their work. When I was EA in a classroom I was working with a student, who had trouble thinking of ideas for his creative writing assignment. I had to push him to come up with ideas and now that I’m thinking about how to use chat gpt in a classroom setting, it might actually help some students. I’m NOT saying that they should copy and paste their whole assignment but look at the ideas chat gpt gives them. This student’s assignment was to create a story about something they liked, this student chose baseball.
I just looked up – what is baseball and chat gpt gave me a list of information about what baseball is. I think this student could read this information and get ideas for the assignment.
When using AI in a classroom setting and letting students explore some of the site I think it is important to express the dangers and what plagiarism is. Being taught how to use AI is something that I think needs to be taught because of how many different AI tools there are right now and might be in the future. When used thoughtfully, AI can be a powerful tool in creating a more inclusive, efficient, and dynamic learning environment. AI can be used with new English learners or even can be used for personalized learning.
