We speak with Lev Moscow and Richard Miller, veteran high school teachers, about the panic around the release of chatGPT. The AI tool produces respectable essays that students can pass off as their own. The best teachers already focus on process, and chatGPT could force all schools to change their approach.
Overview
00:00-00:34 Intros
00:34-01:38 First reaction to ChatGBT?
01:38-03:37 Influence on teaching
03:37-05:54 Challenges and opportunities
05:54-14:47 Examples of reimagining education to engage students and avoid pitfalls of chatbots
14:47-17:13 Structuring essays, research skills, JSTOR
17:13-19:30 Kids getting over
19:30-21-23 Some benefits of chatbots for teaching essay writing
21:23-22:58 Cheating before chatbots
22:58-25:50 Impact of technology; Neil Postman, David Graeber , Keynes
25:50-27:06 Financial impacts of chatbots on teachers’ jobs
27:06-28:48 De-skilling,, non-fungible ideas
28:48-31:15 Ways teachers could use chatbots to assist students with essays
31:15-35:31 Role of homework, quizzes, classroom discussion
35:31-36:53 How language classes could use language in community settings
36:53-49:31 Mechanics of detecting cheating with chatbots or otherwise
49:31-44:28 Additional examples of engaging students
44:28- Outro
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Soundtrack by Poddington Bear. Photo by DeepMind on Unsplash.
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