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This Spotlight will help you use tech to enhance student engagement, learn tips for creating assignments that outsmart ChatGPT, and more.

March 17, 2023
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Classroom Technology Opinion Three Steps to Prevent ChatGPT Misuse
First, it is important to understand what the artificial intelligence tool is—and what it is not.
Spencer Burrows, March 7, 2023
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Classroom Technology What Do Teachers Think of ChatGPT? You Might Be Surprised
A new survey finds that many teachers have a positive view of the AI technology and they’re using it more often than their students are.
Arianna Prothero, March 3, 2023
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2 min read
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Classroom Technology From ChatGPT to Digital Equity: What to Expect at SXSW EDU Conference
Sessions at the SXSW EDU gathering in Austin will explore how emerging technologies will affect the classroom.
Lauraine Langreo, March 1, 2023
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2 min read
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Classroom Technology ChatGPT Cheating: What to Do When It Happens
Experts caution against a punitive approach for students caught using the technology to cheat.
Alyson Klein, February 21, 2023
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4 min read
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Classroom Technology Outsmart ChatGPT: 8 Tips for Creating Assignments It Can't Do
Students may outsource their five paragraph essays to ChatGPT, but there are some types of writing the tool doesn't handle well.
Alyson Klein, February 14, 2023
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6 min read
Sal Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, said he is against bans on the use of ChatGPT in schools. The New York City school district, for instance, bans the use of the technology.
Sal Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, said educators should see ChatGPT as a teaching tool for reading and writing.
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Classroom Technology Q&A Sal Khan to Schools: Don't Ban ChatGPT
ChatGPT and similar artificial intelligence tools can serve as reading and writing coaches for students, Khan Academy founder suggests.
Alyson Klein, February 13, 2023
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4 min read
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Classroom Technology Opinion ChatGPT in the Classroom: Commentary, Crowdsourcing, Videos, and More
Here’s what opinion contributors had to say about the controversial AI tool last month.
Mary Hendrie, February 1, 2023
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1 min read
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Classroom Technology Opinion How to Co-Exist With Tech Is ChatGPT’s Lesson
"The AI-generated work raises the bar of output quality expected from students," says this letter to the editor.
January 31, 2023
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1 min read
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Classroom Technology Can Digital Tools Detect ChatGPT-Inspired Cheating?
Tools purporting to detect AI writing may help teachers but they come with their own set of complexities.
Alyson Klein, January 27, 2023
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7 min read
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Classroom Technology Opinion Will ChatGPT Unflip the Classroom?
21st-century technology helped flip the classroom, and now, ChatGPT may make the case for having students write in class again.
Rick Hess, January 26, 2023
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4 min read
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Teaching Video Teachers, Try This: Build a Lesson Plan Using ChatGPT
One educator explains how teachers can use ChatGPT to create lesson plans, and offers insight and advice on the process and its pitfalls.
Sam Mallon, January 25, 2023
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Teaching Opinion Educators Need to Get With the AI Program. ChatGPT, More Specifically
AI tools offer teachers a great opportunity to prepare students for all the good—and the not so good—that they can do.
Larry Ferlazzo, January 24, 2023
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14 min read
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Classroom Technology Explainer Is the Gas App Safe? Here's What You Need to Know
Gas is billed as a positive, safer alternative to other popular social media apps. But experts see problems.
Alyson Klein, January 18, 2023
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2 min read
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