This is provocative, which I appreciate, and I agree that pretending that these tools don't exist, or wallowing in ignorance about them, isn't an option. But it makes me wonder if high schools have already given up the battle to shield students from AI, which means we at the college level, with more resources, have even more remedial work to do. Thank you for alerting us to that. At my university, at least, we WILL be checking for cheating glasses soon enough, and doing many more things that I realize public high schools can't afford to do. The Lord of the Flies simile was apt, but I don't think the conclusion should be that the adults should move onto the island.
Not sure what battle you’re trying to pick, but I never said it was bad, and I certainly never put myself out as an extremist. I said several times in the article, I see the potential and am anxious to make it work - correctly.
I wonder about this, too. What happens to the science of learning when students *can* use an AI agent to do all of their critical thinking for them? Unless I've missed some major reading, brain development hasn't changed. Is that a consideration with tools like AI?
I'll be interested to read more about how this plays out in your classroom this year. I think it's a much better strategy than "let's pretend this isn't happening."
The truth, for me anyway, always comes from that Aha moment where I LMAO. This is Substack gold for teachers. Love the footnotes and D&D references, too!
Thanks Rob - I love the footnotes to the point of them making my posts too long to fit into an email. :( But I get to break the fourth wall in them, Deadpool-style, and that keeps me in the camp of "if loving them is wrong, I don't wanna be right."
Matt - I love this. What a wake up call. I'm wondering to what extent you're serious. But they will find these things eventually if they haven't already. And thanks for the shout out.
This is provocative, which I appreciate, and I agree that pretending that these tools don't exist, or wallowing in ignorance about them, isn't an option. But it makes me wonder if high schools have already given up the battle to shield students from AI, which means we at the college level, with more resources, have even more remedial work to do. Thank you for alerting us to that. At my university, at least, we WILL be checking for cheating glasses soon enough, and doing many more things that I realize public high schools can't afford to do. The Lord of the Flies simile was apt, but I don't think the conclusion should be that the adults should move onto the island.
Not sure what battle you’re trying to pick, but I never said it was bad, and I certainly never put myself out as an extremist. I said several times in the article, I see the potential and am anxious to make it work - correctly.
You say AI is bad, but you use an AI-generated image. Pick a side buddy. Maybe the chicken was already across the road.
"If you give an assignment that an AI agent can do in less than a second, can you justify to yourself and your students why they need to do it?"
Sure. Because *doing it* is where pretty much the whole value comes from.
You might as well ask, if you can drive a five-mile loop in a few minutes, can you justify to yourself spending an hour jogging?
I wonder about this, too. What happens to the science of learning when students *can* use an AI agent to do all of their critical thinking for them? Unless I've missed some major reading, brain development hasn't changed. Is that a consideration with tools like AI?
I'll be interested to read more about how this plays out in your classroom this year. I think it's a much better strategy than "let's pretend this isn't happening."
Excellent. I appreciated the list at the top of the post -- I'm sending it on to my grandsons who are in HS. In all honesty, I believe that ChatGPT Study Mode was the final straw that will break the camel's back. There is very little reason to continue the "product" (read answer) driven system when it's really process that has been more important all along. Here's my Substack post from yesterday about it. https://open.substack.com/pub/twelchky/p/the-12-punch-that-ends-schooling?r=6jqjj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
The truth, for me anyway, always comes from that Aha moment where I LMAO. This is Substack gold for teachers. Love the footnotes and D&D references, too!
Thanks Rob - I love the footnotes to the point of them making my posts too long to fit into an email. :( But I get to break the fourth wall in them, Deadpool-style, and that keeps me in the camp of "if loving them is wrong, I don't wanna be right."
Yeah, I do that too. You want long-form?! Here you go! 😂
Matt - I love this. What a wake up call. I'm wondering to what extent you're serious. But they will find these things eventually if they haven't already. And thanks for the shout out.
Thanks! The extent to which I'm serious really depends on the PD I have to endure in about a week.