The return of the school season this year presents a new challenge, as it represents the impact of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools on the learning and teaching process. It is very important for teachers and students to learn how to exploit these tools in the best possible way without having a negative impact on creativity skills and cognitive and intellectual development.
There are several strategies that teachers can follow to utilize ChatGPT in the classroom in order to facilitate the learning process and enhance student understanding. These strategies include:
1- Identifying students’ potential questions about the educational material
Teachers can exploit ChatGPT by having a virtual conversation in which the robot plays the role of the student. This use can contribute to preparing teachers to face potential questions from students about academic subjects and reduce weak points in the way educational content is presented.
In addition, teachers can help ChatGPT identify weaknesses in the way lessons are presented or concepts that need to be strengthened. This contributes to improving the method of presenting information and enabling teachers to better prepare for presenting lessons and thus reduces the problem of students not understanding the academic materials in the line.
2- Preparing tests and teaching plans
Teachers can rely on ChatGPT as an assistant in formulating tests and teaching plans for different classes. This can be done by sharing the curriculum with ChatGPT first and then requesting the creation of questions and tests related to the curriculum and preparing effective teaching plans.
In addition, teachers can use ChatGPT to verify that the questions they write themselves are comprehensive and appropriate to the level of the students. For example, a physics teacher can ask ChatGPT to create five tests that include questions about electrical circuits, and then he can use these questions to get new ideas. And customize it to best suit the students' level.
3- Helping non-English speaking students
ChatGPT is capable of writing in more than 20 different languages, and teachers can take advantage of this feature by encouraging non-English speaking students to develop conversational skills by having conversations with the robot. ChatGPT can also be used to translate incomprehensible phrases and help students improve their writing abilities in the language. English.
4- Teaching students critical thinking
Currently, most students rely on AI tools such as ChatGPT for research, writing, and translation, which is why teachers must responsibly guide students on how to use the Internet and AI tools during their studies.
Any teacher can do this with the help of Chat GPT, by requesting its use in various researches and reminding students that the answers provided by ChatGPT may not always be reliable and accurate. Therefore, students should carefully review the information they get from ChatGPT and verify its authenticity from other reliable sources. This guidance contributes to developing students’ skills in critical thinking and problem solving and enhancing their creativity.