Is Chat GPT all that?

Never one to miss jumping in on exploring emerging technology to build lesson plans, Chat GPT is my 2023 summer project! And given it's "sentience", I should clarify, this involves me thoughtfully using it, not it thinking for me. And it's the "thinking for you" that gives many pause for thought.

Check out this Huffington article about a parent's experience co-building using it's story telling feature that captures this very concern. Whenever you standardize user experience prediction, you risk really missing the mark. What I'd really like to explore is working with kids to get "behind the curtain" to understand how AI "thinks" and how to influence that. This article give some great pointers such as making sure you define detailed prompts that I'll explore more to include:

• Ask it for a story prompt/outline and student writes the story
• Create a recipe and make the dish
• Help kids break down larger tasks and choose which tasks to tackle first
  
• Ask ChatGPT to quiz them to help them study for a test
• Create a trivia game for family game night
• Drawing prompts: Ask ChatGPT to write a description of a new creature and draw the creature based on the description
  
• Explore poetry by asking Chat GPT to generate rhymes or even a poetry challenge where AI and child alternate lines
• Kids interested in coding can use Chat GPT to seek help with programming concepts
• Children can discuss environmental issues with Chat GPT and brainstorm solutions for pollution and sustainability

In short, opening minds with the help of tech to see that "there are many ways to tell the same story".