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Teachers Are Trying to Make AI Work for Them
Since the start of the AI boom, teachers have been tasked with figuring out if LLMs are helpful tools or a cheat code. This is how they’re bringing AI to their curricula.
She now plugs complex readings, like essays or book excerpts, into ChatGPT and asks it to create separate versions for advanced and beginner students, with corresponding depth-of-knowledge questions. If a student struggles with comprehending text, for instance, a teacher might use generative AI to simplify sentence structures, highlight key vocabulary, or break down dense passages into more digestible chunks. Instead, some teachers use AI for adjacent tasks—generating slides, reinforcing math vocabulary, or walking students through steps without solving problems outright.
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