ChatGPT and AI Tools
Artificial Intelligence Tools
ChatGPT is the latest tool to raise the alarm about the implications of artificial intelligence in schools. Microsoft's Bing Chatbot and Google's Gemini will also widely available. It's essential that educators understand what these tools can and cannot do.
What is ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is a language model trained to produce text. This language model was trained on vast amounts of data from the internet written by humans, including conversations, so the responses it provides may sound human-like. It is important to keep in mind that this is a direct result of the system's design (i.e. maximizing the similarity between outputs and the dataset the models were trained on) and that such outputs may be inaccurate, untruthful, and otherwise misleading at times. (OpenAI, 2023)
What can ChatGPT do?
ChatGpt can respond to an incredible range of text prompts. Examples include: Tell me a joke about chatbots; write a 5 paragraph essay on Manifest Destiny that sounds like it was authored by an 8th grader; write HTML code for this paragraph of text; or write and format a 5 point rubric for student essay. ChatGPT can complete many typical middle and high school writing assignments.
What are the limitations of ChatGPT?
ChatGPT may generate misleading, false, offensive, or biased content.
The text responses produced by ChatGPT do not include any citations or references to credible sources.
The data set used to train the languge model is limited. ChatGPT is often inaccurate about events after 2021.
ChatbotGPT has limited math abilities and will sometimes provide inaccurate information in a confident manner.
OpenAI's Terms of Use state that users must be 13 or older. If you're under 18, you need your parent or guardian's permission to create an account.
Additional Resources
Chat GPT and Education: A great and reasoned overview from Dr. Torrey Trust
Technology is NOT the Solution to Cheating
ChatGPT is a Blurry JPEG of the Web
Day of AI Resources
MIT Raise has developed a free online curriculum for K-12 students. The well developed lessons and hands-on activities introduce students to AI and present some of the concerns AI brings.
Read a scholarly review of the Day of AI curriculum here:
Establishing AI Literacy before Adopting AI
AI Tools for Brookline
These tools make use of Artificial Intelligence and have signed a Student Data Privacy Agreement if student data is collected.
Canva
Canva has two main AI tools. These are available for teacher use, but not yet available for students.
Magic Write: Online AI Text Generator
Grammarly
Grammarly features an AI writing partner.
School AI offers a variety of interactive learning activities called “Spaces. Teachers can create custom instructions, moderate student interactions, and view student progress.
Brisk is a free, AI-powered Chrome extension that works with Google Documents and Slides. Teachers can create instructional materials, give feedback, evaluate student writing, and level or translate texts.
Teachers can create differentiated instructional materials with Diffit. The generated material can be delivered through Google Documents. Diffit has moved to a paid platform, but teachers can get a 60 day free trial.
Teachers can generate interactive Slide Deck driven lessons using AI