Articles on ChatGPT and Education

Over the past month I have become increasingly curious about ChatGPT and its implications for education. If you don't already know, ChatGPT is an emerging artificial intelligence (AI) tool that is currently freely available to be tested. I asked ChatGPT to describe itself, and this is the text it generated for me within ten seconds: …

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My Technology/Social Media Audit — Part Two

Yesterday I shared that I have undergone a personal technology/social media audit in recognition that I need to model some healthier patterns of technology use. You may read about the basic premises I established for this audit here. As for the specific strategies have adopted, along with some reasons for them, here is the list: …

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My Technology/Social Media Audit — Part One

The last two years I have noticed a difference with the majority of my students in the classroom -- one that I anecdotally attribute to social changes due to COVID-19. My students, even the best and most self-aware ones, are tied to their phones even more than they were before. Most can articulate how this …

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Collaborative Presidents Project

As many of you know, I direct Lights Academy at Lutheran High School. At its heart, Lights Academy is an honors, project-based, personalized learning academy where students may pursue their interests and passions in a project-based format. Within Lights Academy we embed the standards for other classes within the project-based format. One of those courses …

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