Why Ed Tech is Not Endorsing a Ban on ChatGPT in Schools -- THE Journal
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I was hoping we may have learned our lesson with the calculators.
What is the difference between a student trying to pass as their own the work done by an #AI tool or the work of another student? They are cheaters in both cases, and they are also very easily identified as such.
Studens using search engines and new sophisticated language tools to support their thinking and making a point should be applauded.
But if your educational goal is to train a bunch of "parrots" good at spewing "facts" on demand without any critical thinking, of course you will be banning the use of ChatGPT because it is much better in doing that.
@pj @unklar I don't know. Every time there is a new technology, educators run straight for it. There's a big adoption push, but in the end, we keep coming back to the old favorite tropes (pedagogy first, tech second). As for ChatGPT and AI, I'm going to take it slow. I'm not going to go all wild eyes and preach it's the 2nd Coming of #FavoriteDeityGoesHere. Let's take a breath and realize that the hype is by those people who have been making money off edtech while teachers slave away. #noxp
Sure. Careful is always smarter than rushing in without thinking.
These tools are here to stay, and your students will be using them one way or another. If not in school, then outside, and for sure once they start working. So instead of outright banning them, a much better approach would be to incorporate them in some way in their education. Let them play with those tools and see what they can come up with. Let them find out what propmpts work and which ones don't, see if someone can spot when they are "hallucinating", etc. The opportunities are endless once you embrace them instead of just "crying wolf" and trying to make them say something outrageous.
Really fascinating. Thank you for sharing. One of the best-researched, presented, and most relevant discussions I heard so far on the matter.
"Let's assume students are using an AI tool as a collaborator and let's talk about what work is new and fresh ... because we are ***working on the edge of knowledge***".
Brilliant educator!
I really like what the Khan Academy is doing with #ChatGPT.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/video/chatgpt-ai-used-actually-helping-161247458.html
@pj @unklar I found this podcast a fascinating listen - https://overcast.fm/+ESpTCKu34