Using ChapGPT for the Classroom- Lesson Creation

I have been using the free version of ChapGPT since I came across it a few months ago for exploring various prompts, requests, and activities to help with my job as an administrator. It is pretty handy for writing letters and emails or other forms of communication. I feel I am only scratching the surface of the capabilities as I read articles about the program. It is quite fascinating!

Recently, I saw an educator on Facebook asking ChatGPT to write a lesson plan. I was amazed at how limiting I was to the program!

Most of the beginning articles about ChapGPT and education explored how much cheating can be done with AI. This is true. (However, my college son recently told me that two students in one of his classes were caught using the program because AI detectors work pretty efficiently. So teachers are on it!)

One afternoon, I wanted a character education lesson for my secondary teachers to use in a newly formed advisory class. We are using the Fruit of the Spirit for character education words. I asked ChapGPT for a lesson plan on character education for middle school. I adapted it to include the Fruit of the Spirit and made some engagement changes to reflect the foundation of AVID's WICOR , with the addition of Bible (WICORB). I adjusted the collaboration and writing aspects that ChatGPT excluded. To add the inquiry portion, I asked ChapGPT to write reflection questions and added those to the lesson.

I am sure ChapGPT could have added those activities if I had asked, but I adjusted based on my teaching style.

Then, with a newly learned skill of bulk add to Canva , I made a slide deck using the character education reflection questions for my teachers to use in class.

This entire process, with editing, took about one hour. Using Canva and making the slide deck was a little more complex, but it certainly wasn't a complicated process. This lesson was provided to each of my teachers (12 total) so the entire secondary program would have the same lesson. It was at least 3-5 days of teaching material, depending on the length of discussion and collaboration.

In addition, I listed all the products on my Teachers Pay Teachers site for a possible income stream for my time.

How have you used ChatGPT to make your life as a teacher easier?

Rebekah