Lesson 260: Watch how ChatGPT can answer a teacher’s question

💡 TECHNOLOGY & FUTURE SKILLS (40 Lessons) • 🟡 C. How Machines Think

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Objective

I can watch how a teacher uses ChatGPT to answer a question. I can say that ChatGPT is a computer tool, that teachers and adults check its answers, and that people stay in charge.

Materials

Mini-lesson — A teacher asks ChatGPT a question

Some teachers use ChatGPT to help them think of ideas, wordings, or facts. ChatGPT is a computer program that can write answers in words.

ChatGPT is not a person

  • ChatGPT does not have a body.
  • It does not have real feelings.
  • It is made of computer code written by people.

How a teacher uses ChatGPT

  • The teacher types a clear question like, "Explain what a sunflower needs to grow."
  • ChatGPT writes an answer in sentences.
  • The teacher reads the answer and checks if it sounds correct.

The teacher still decides

  • The teacher can change the words to fit the class.
  • The teacher can look in a book or other sources to check facts.
  • If something looks wrong, the teacher can ignore or fix it.

Watching together with trusted adults

  • Children should watch ChatGPT being used with teachers or trusted adults.
  • We follow family and school rules about what we ask and see.
  • We remember we can pause and talk if something is confusing.

Good questions to ask

  • "What question did the teacher ask?"
  • "How did ChatGPT try to help?"
  • "How can the teacher check the answer?"

Adults can say: "ChatGPT is a tool that writes answers. It does not know everything. Teachers and adults stay in charge and decide what is right for children."

Picture strip: "Teacher using ChatGPT"

Guided Practice — Watch a teacher ask ChatGPT

You and an adult will watch or imagine a teacher asking ChatGPT a question and talk about what happens.

  1. An adult shows a short example (live or recorded) of a teacher using ChatGPT, or reads a simple script of the steps.
  2. Point to the question on the screen and ask: "What is the teacher asking ChatGPT?"
  3. Watch as ChatGPT writes an answer in sentences. Ask: "What did ChatGPT say?"
  4. Talk together: "How can the teacher check this answer?" (look in a book, think about science, ask another adult).
  5. Ask: "Who is in charge here — the teacher or ChatGPT?" Help your child answer: "The teacher is in charge."
  6. Remind your child: "ChatGPT is not a person. It is a tool that can help, but adults still decide what is best."
  7. Say together: "ChatGPT helps with ideas. Teachers and adults check answers."
Tracing Pad
Tracing snapshot for print
Tip: As you trace, say a sentence such as "ChatGPT helps teachers, but people are the boss."

Practice — My teacher and ChatGPT page

Use this practice to help your child remember how adults use ChatGPT and who is in charge.

  1. On a new page, help your child draw a teacher and a computer or tablet showing ChatGPT.
  2. Above the screen, write or trace a short question like: "What do plants need to grow?"
  3. On the screen, add three short lines to show ChatGPT’s answer, such as "sunlight", "water", and "good soil".
  4. Under the picture, write or trace: "ChatGPT helps with ideas."
  5. At the bottom, write or trace: "Teachers and adults check answers. People are in charge."
  6. Ask your child: "If an answer seems strange, who can check it for you?" Help them say: "My trusted adults."
  7. Read the whole page together. Put it near a learning space as a gentle reminder that AI tools like ChatGPT are helpers and people make the final choices.

Quick Check — ChatGPT and teachers

Answer each question about how ChatGPT helps and who is in charge.

1) What is ChatGPT?

ChatGPT is a computer program that writes text answers.

2) Who can ask ChatGPT questions in this lesson?

We want adults in charge when using AI tools like ChatGPT.

3) When a teacher uses ChatGPT, what is a good first step?

Clear questions help tools like ChatGPT give better answers.

4) After ChatGPT writes an answer, what should the teacher do?

Adults check AI answers before sharing them with children.

5) If an answer from ChatGPT seems wrong or confusing, what is a good idea?

Trusted adults can help you understand or fix confusing answers.

6) Which sentence is true about ChatGPT’s feelings?

AI tools do not have real emotions like humans do.

7) When a teacher uses ChatGPT, who is in charge?

People are always more important than tools and machines.

8) What is a kind, safe rule for using ChatGPT?

Adults help make sure AI tools are used kindly and safely.

9) How can ChatGPT help a teacher?

ChatGPT is a helper, not a replacement for teachers.

10) What is one big goal of this lesson?

We want children to know that AI tools can help, but humans make the final decisions.

Assessment (parent/teacher)

Exit ticket (student)

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