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Scott Jordan

How to Use ChatGPT in the Classroom

As modern technology continues to evolve, many teachers seek new ways to engage their students and provide them with the best learning experience possible. One of the latest advances in educational technology is ChatGPT, an AI-powered language model that can generate human-like text.


ChatGPT can be a powerful tool to help teachers improve the learning experience for their students. Here are some ways that teachers can use ChatGPT in the classroom:

  • Generate Lesson Plans: You can create a lesson plan by using ChatGPT. For this just put in the topic that you want the lesson to be on and give it a time frame of class duration. It will give you the objective, the materials needed, an introduction to the topic, the lesson, a conclusion and an exit ticket (called assessment).

  • Build An Assignment: This can be done in a few different ways, depending on the subject you teach. You can have ChatGPT create a writing prompt for students by inputting the topic or theme and it will generate a few different prompts that can be used to write essays or other written assignments. It can also be used to create math problems using the same idea as writing prompts. Put in the topic that you want problems for and how many problems you want for the worksheet, it also gives you an answer key for the problems.

  • Create a Powerpoint Presentation: Yes, it can even generate a presentation for you, but it does not generate the slides for you. It will give you all the necessary information to put on each slide.

  • Gaining Quick Information: This is easily one of the most frequently used tool I use in ChatGPT. Sometimes I think of an idea that I want more information on and I just type it into ChatGPT and the answer pops right out. The reason is that I get a run down about the topic much like a google search but instead of looking through links for the information, it is all in one spot.


While ChatGPT can be a powerful tool for teachers, it is important to use it responsibly and ethically. It is also important to make sure that the information is accurate as it does give a disclaimer that the information that it provided may not be accurate. In conclusion, ChatGPT can be a valuable tool for teachers looking to enhance the learning experience for their students. Therefore, teachers can use ChatGPT to help students develop critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity skills and to make their lives a bit easier.


P.S. Make sure to check out the various creations that are out there that utilize ChatGPT and other various cheat sheets. I recommend looking on Pinterest as there are lots of different things out there.


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