Some teachers in the United States are using the artificial intelligence ChatGPT in their classrooms, embracing the program as a teaching tool and saying their job is to prepare students for a world where knowledge of AI will be required.
Teacher Donnie Piercey, right, works with students as they perform a three-scene play written by ChatGPT during his class at Stonewall Elementary in Lexington, Ky., Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Parameters of the play were entered into the ChatGPT site, along with instructions to set the scenes inside of a fifth-grade classroom. Line-by-line, it generated fully-formed scripts, which the students edited, briefly rehearsed and then performed.
At the elementary school level, Piercey is less worried about cheating and plagiarism than high school teachers. His district has blocked students from ChatGPT while allowing teacher access. Many educators around the country say districts need time to evaluate and figure out the chatbot but also acknowledge the futility of a ban that today's tech-savvy students can work around.
The topic of AI platforms and how schools should respond drew hundreds of educators to conference rooms at the Future of Education Technology Conference in New Orleans last month, where Texas math teacher Heather Brantley gave an enthusiastic talk on the "Magic of Writing with AI for all Subjects." She is urging districts to train staff to use the AI platform to stimulate student creativity and problem solving skills. "We have an opportunity to guide our students with the next big thing that will be part of their entire lives. Let's not block it and shut them out."After a few rounds of "Find the Bot," Piercey asked his class what skills it helped them hone. Hands shot up.
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