Issue link: http://educator.cta.org/i/1500904
• Develop instructions that describe cooperative learning roles and expectations; • Generate assignment directions with a detailed overview, grading criteria, a description of the required format and task details; • Create solved examples of math problems, chemistry equations, etc., with explanations of each step; • Build a prereading or advance organizer by extracting critical and unfamiliar vocabulary from a chapter and listing keywords with their definitions; • Provide word problems — for example, using ratios: ChatGPT gives the problem, the formula for solving it and a full explanation of the procedure; • Compose a syllabus (boilerplate) that includes a course schedule, late-work policies and a description of how assignments will be graded; • Make flash cards with questions and answers; • Produce posters that list classroom rules, 10 reasons why algebra is important to the students' future, or the 20 most common writing errors of high school students, with short definitions and examples included. 3. DIFFERENTIATION Need a choice board for an art activity? Boom, done. Ask ChatGPT to create a passage, chapter or book summary for students who need support. The tool can also function as a text compactor that analyzes readings and creates more concise and condensed versions. Furthermore, the AI will generate differentiated rubrics for an assignment so that each method/procedure emphasizes customized expectations and levels of challenge. 4. PROFESSIONAL CORRESPONDENCE Using ChatGPT, teachers can streamline communication with parents, colleagues and administrators via AI-composed welcome-to-class letters, newsletter copy, volunteer and donation requests, supply lists, grant and field trip proposals, assembly programs and permission sheets. 5. ASSESSMENT With careful oversight, teachers can use ChatGPT to quickly create a variety of assessment materials: • Quizzes: Ask ChatGPT to create tests on specific topics using any type of question format. Paste a passage into the chatbot or identify the title and chapter of a classic piece of literature, and the AI will produce a test bank and answer key. • Rubrics: ChatGPT will compose a rubric for any type of student performance. Depending on the needs of the user, examples include analytic, holistic and develop- mental rubrics, as well as rating scales. • Checklists: The tool can develop an observation check- list to document students' academic, social, emotional and physical progress. • Cloze tests: ChatGPT can create a Cloze comprehen- sion test, where words are removed from a passage, and the reader is asked to fill in the blanks to test their under- standing of the main ideas, vocabulary and sentence structure of the passage. 6. WRITING INSTRUCTION AND FEEDBACK With ChatGPT 's assistance, teachers can improve their stu- dents' writing skills through a range of tools and features: • Prompt generator: The tool can compose writing prompts for any genre and include a corresponding rubric. • Essay improvement: Submit sections of student writing to ChatGPT and it will suggest enhancements. • Grammar feedback: When kids make grammar errors, teachers can direct ChatGPT to define, describe and identify how to improve the error and also provide examples. Caveat: While ChatGPT amplifies our pedagogy and automates rou- tine tasks, it's easy to overlook its greatest weakness: The tool always sounds authoritative, even when disseminating inaccurate content. Erroneous and polished bloviation pops up in human communication as well. Nevertheless, we must check all AI-produced information for accuracy and useful- ness before it reaches students. The chatbot's prose represents another shortcoming. Without clear directions from the user, it comes off as canned, like it was written by an algorithm, when a prereq- uisite for uplifting, informing and empowering students and school stakeholders is correspondence that sounds like you, not Wikipedia. Using ChatGPT responsibly means always viewing its compositions and curricula as first drafts. This story originally appeared in Edutopia. "When asked to create a lesson plan on a topic, ChatGPT composes assessments, activities, scaffolding and objectives. Want that revised for a flipped classroom? It can adjust the plan according to your instructions." 42 cta.org Teaching & Learning T E C H T I P S