Okay, so It’s becoming obvious that AI technologies can craft essays eerily similar to human-written ones. This article touts a recent survey by intelligent.com that found that 66% of high school teachers and college instructors are reconsidering their assignments due to ChatGPT.
So what should their response be? How are teachers adapting? Looks like 76% of these educators are pivoting back to handwritten assignments. Not exactly imaginative. With these kind of innovations, our schools might be considering stone tablets again by 2030.
Let’s be honest. This is a delay tactic so that teachers and institutions can get ‘ahead’ of the AI curve somehow. But let’s not forget, there are other, more productive ways, to slow the march of AI. Here’s one that not only preserves authenticity of student work, but it also may be a new kind of assessment that will fundamentally change the types of students that graduate from our schools: oral presentations.
Perhaps it’s time to lean into conversations. Genuine dialogues between teachers and students can ensure learning, foster critical thinking, reveal storytellers and spellbinders, and inject the human element in the educational process. Before we run from AI, let’s remember the power of a simple conversation to truly gauge and foster understanding.
