As Carl Sagan once said, “You must know the past to understand the present.” But great history teachers know that doesn’t mean you need to rely on ancient teaching tools. Fortunately, cutting-edge digital software – most of it free – can breathe new life into history classes, allowing students to enter historical places, talk to […]
I asked ChatGPT the following question: Considering the size and speed of the construction of Mount Rushmore, why is the Crazy Horse monument not yet complete? ChatGPT shared, “The historical significance of Mount Rushmore was a contributing factor in its development.” This leads people to believe that Mount Rushmore is more important than Crazy Horse. […]
In my career teaching introductory chemistry, chemical nomenclature has been the most challenging topic for students. Students needed prior skills in naming elements and ions, and in classifying bonds. Most importantly, students must approach the process algorithmically, first categorizing the elements in a formula to determine the class of bonding and then using naming rules […]
How is artificial intelligence currently being used in higher education? As of fall 2023, we are still in the early stages of figuring out what AI integration means for higher education. In some classrooms, like my own, we talk about what AI can and cannot do. We look at sample output from a large-scale language […]
A Comparison of Teachers and Artificial Intelligence Grading and Feedback on Secondary School Writing As technology advances, a perennial question is the extent to which it will change or replace jobs traditionally done by humans. From self-checkouts at the grocery store to the ability of AI to detect serious diseases in medical scans, workers in […]
Rapid advances in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) require school and district leaders to understand how emerging technology applications, including those using generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), fit into schools and districts across the United States. There is a lot of uncertainty about what AI is, how it works, and its impact on students, […]
Key Points: At first, this is disconcerting. We could almost hear the sound of keyboard tapping as carefully crafted sentences appeared on the screen. But no one was typing; the words just appeared. And very fast. No one can write that fast. For us two educators, nearly 60 years apart, it was a marvel to […]
