The structure of the article is great. More so, the examples are great because the only way they work is with a solid understanding of content and applicable skill. Skills will be differently applied with more AI integration, but they will be needed nonetheless.
All good. We just need two issues resolved along the way.
1. Parental consent for use of ChatGPT in the classroom. I’m curious to know how schools have ‘sold’ the idea of AI use to parents who may or may not be quite as sold as, ahem, some of us teachers.
2. Exam boards need to change the way we assess. They agree, we agree, students agree. But when will the UK Department for Education take the plunge? We are still operating in a 1940s pre-computer, let alone internet, education system where the written essay and handwritten very high stakes exams are what we have to get 21st century teenagers through.
The structure of the article is great. More so, the examples are great because the only way they work is with a solid understanding of content and applicable skill. Skills will be differently applied with more AI integration, but they will be needed nonetheless.
All good. We just need two issues resolved along the way.
1. Parental consent for use of ChatGPT in the classroom. I’m curious to know how schools have ‘sold’ the idea of AI use to parents who may or may not be quite as sold as, ahem, some of us teachers.
2. Exam boards need to change the way we assess. They agree, we agree, students agree. But when will the UK Department for Education take the plunge? We are still operating in a 1940s pre-computer, let alone internet, education system where the written essay and handwritten very high stakes exams are what we have to get 21st century teenagers through.