Understanding ChatGPT in a Teaching Context

This lesson introduces ChatGPT as a teaching support tool rather than a replacement for professional judgment. Teachers will learn what ChatGPT is useful for, where it is unreliable, and how to frame classroom use around clear instructional goals.

The lesson focuses on practical mental models: ChatGPT generates likely text from patterns, responds strongly to context, and can help with planning, explanation, brainstorming, differentiation, and feedback preparation. It also requires teacher review for accuracy, bias, privacy, age appropriateness, and alignment to standards or local policy.