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n be done in the limited time that people have at a conference that is what professional development is for a conference is to better inform educators of what they don t yet know like anything else you don t know what you don t know seeing tech at a conference will never inform teachers of its effect in their own classrooms the very best education conferences do not get technology implemented in schools teachers do this is where i fall back on all of the shortcomings of education in its professional development which i have been so critical of for decades is enough time provided for pd is there follow up and support to assess the impact of that pd is there staff dedicated to coaching and supporting classroom teachers in using tech in the classroom are teachers being treated as adults androgogy is adult learning which is different from pedagogy children s learning are districts sending the same people to conferences year after year with little change in relevant tech in the district are teachers being tested in their knowledge and experience in technology to better personalize their needs in tech are districts still doing limited one day sit and get conferences to check off their pd to do list of things that must be done most importantly does your school have a culture of support for a growth mindset without changes in methods and priorities of professional development implementation of new tech will be slowed or non existent it is time to assess what we do and how we do it in pd implementation of technology is not going to happen spontaneously teachers are resistant for a boatload of reasons districts are resistant because of the almighty dollar required this is all part of the reality we face to remain stagnant should not be our goal ignoring progress will not serve our students well how pd is scheduled how pd is prioritized how pd is supported and how individual staff needs are addressed in pd are all questions that must be considered we should not support reasons for not implementing tech but rather devise and foster reasons why it must be a reality technology is now a fact of life and embedded in our culture and infrastructure it is not going away and our kids need more than a familiarity of it they need to understand it and use it ethically efficiently and effectively to thrive in our society no there is no such thing as a digital native technology use must be learned we can take on that challenge and do it as responsible relevant educators or leave it up to our kids to figure it out on their own either way it will be part of everyone s life yes technology is just one more thing educators need to do to be relevant let s not get stuck in the last century we are a quarter of the way into this new century if we are to better educate our kids we need first to better educate their educators share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on reddit opens in new window reddit print opens in new window print email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted in uncategorized tagged education learning teachers teaching technology leave a comment the sky is falling or is it november 30 2023 by tom whitby tomwhitby well this is the first anniversary of the introduction of generative ai in the form of chatgpt to the world of education before it was a week old over one million users downloaded it and then over the next two months 100 million people signed on to use it the website reportedly sees 1 5 billion visitors per month that is a fairly good indication that chatgpt is here to stay there are several lessons in this for educators to understand regarding the effect of technology in a modern technology driven culture if we look at the number of users of chatgpt and consider that the united states is the country with the largest tiktok audience in the world by far with over 143 million users and google has 4 3 billion users worldwide we realize that the world that education was first developed to serve no longer exists educators can no longer dictate or limit what tools students may access the other obvious lesson is that if students are accessing technology to assess and learn and create content then at the very least educators need an awareness of that technology their students are using the second lesson should be that the methods and assessments that educators have used for the last few centuries are no longer relevant in today s world when google arrived on the scene many educators were worried that kids could too easily google answers to their questions of course my somewhat snarky answer for those educators was if kids can easily google your answers you may need to examine your questions a year ago the reaction to chatgpt by the largest school district in the country was to ban it there was great concern about the effect it would have especially on college applications where the college essay was an essential part of the screening process for entry consideration there were many knee jerk reactions without a real understanding of the possibilities comfort zones have always been the greatest obstacles to change in our education system educators are programmed to do things a certain way and through the years they grow comfortable with what they do and how they do it for a long time there has been little pressure for major changes education is not like business that is driven by competition and profits change in education is often pressured by local public opinion i imagine that is because local taxes fund education this is the way it has been for centuries i actually taught from the 20th into the 21st i can only imagine it wasn t much different in the 19th or even the 18th century on april 23 1635 the first public school in what would become the united states was established in boston massachusetts i tell you this for those naysayers who question and challenge me when i refer to a system that is centuries old looking back to the start of public education it is easy to see that we had to change somewhat from what and how we taught then to how we teach and learn now that seems obvious that change however was incremental based on changes taking place over long periods of time the difference in our society today is that there have been huge changes in technology over much shorter periods of time this gives educators far less time to adjust and accept the needed changes comfort zones are quickly obliterated november 30 2023 came at a time when education was coming out of a two year hiatus from the classroom teachers were forced into uncomfortable and unfamiliar waters of online teaching while not sure who was going to be the next victim of a disease that we knew little about thousands of teachers left the profession that was the untimely introduction of chatgpt which was about to completely change the way teaching and learning will be done as we move forward timing is everything of course under those conditions adding one more piece of tech to an already burned out group of educators caused a predictable reaction as chicken little predicted the sky is falling now a year has gone by so let s take stock in what we know first generative ai is here to stay people are using it professionally to do many things in industry and business settings its effect in education however seems to be a little different as i have traveled to a number of local and national education conferences i have asked many educators about where their schools or districts stand on chatgpt yes it is not true research but it is what i am going on for this post it seems to me that school districts have taken one of three positions the first is a ban on using chatgpt the second is a do nothing policy failing to recognize the existence of chatgpt the third is a recognition of chatgpt and attempting to support educators with what they need to understand it there is now a problem that education as an industry is facing this latest advance in technology is a year old and the new more advanced version of chatgpt is being rolled out as you read this post putting aside a small group of college educators a vast majority of today s educators have never had any introduction to chatgpt in any college course for teacher preparation most educators are unaware of the potential uses of generative ai the fault does not fall on the educators the fault is on the speed of change that technology produces in the interest of informing educators here are a very few suggested chatgpt uses 1 personalized learning generative ai can be used to create personalized learning experiences for students by tailoring instruction to their individual needs and learning styles for example ai powered tutoring systems can provide students with individualized feedback and support while ai generated adaptive learning platforms can adjust the difficulty of content based on the student s progress 2 language learning and translation generative ai can be used to enhance language learning by providing students with opportunities to practice conversing with native speakers or translating texts in real time ai powered language translation tools can also help students overcome language barriers and access educational resources in their native languages 3 content creation and curation generative ai can be used to generate new educational content such as practice problems quizzes and interactive simulations ai powered content curation tools can also help teachers find and organize high quality educational resources from the vast amount of information available online 4 assessment and feedback generative ai can be used to automate the grading of assignments and provide students with immediate feedback on their work ai powered assessment tools can also help identify areas where students need additional support and provide personalized recommendations for further learning 5 accessibility and inclusion generative ai can be used to make education more accessible for students with disabilities such as those with visual or auditory impairments ai powered text to speech and speech to text tools can help students access information and communicate effectively while ai generated transcripts can make lectures and other multimedia content accessible to deaf or hard of hearing students these examples illustrate how generative ai has the potential to transform education by providing personalized adaptive and accessible learning experiences for all students as ai technology will continue to develop we can expect to see even more innovative and impactful applications of generative ai in education the need to stay relevant as an educator relies on the need for professional development the quality and success of professional development in education depends on its leadership teachers often are self motivated to seek pd on their own this self motivation has become part of the pd model the introduction of chatgpt however will affect almost every educator on every level this is an industry wide need what does the leadership plan to do in recognizing and dealing with this new gap in education it is doubtful that self motivated teachers alone will make enough of a difference how many schools have even considered a flexible supportive policy to guide teachers to effectively and efficiently use generative ai for teaching and learning with the recent political climate that has been targeting educators it is necessary to protect teachers from stumbling into problems because the school failed to provide guidelines that are not restrictive but flexible supportive and informed in conclusion generative ai is not going away students can get access in many ways the success of chat gpt can be seen by how many tech platforms and applications are spending fortunes to include it in their products there is no going back or waiting for it to go away it is not the pendulum in education reform we have all gotten used to it is now with us and it will grow exponentially the smart way to deal with it is to learn how best to incorporate it into teaching and learning embrace the change no matter how many comfort zones need to be shattered educators who are irrelevant will not serve their students well the sky hasn t fallen but it may have awakened us to needed change if we are to better educate our kids we need first to better educate their educators share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on reddit opens in new window reddit print opens in new window print email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted in ai assessment banning chatgpt education generative ai leadership pd professional development professionalism reform technology thought provoking uncategorized 5 comments teacher shortage or good job shortage august 29 2023 by tom whitby tomwhitby we have long heard the statement that 3 out of every 5 new teachers will leave the profession in the first five years however it seems that the survey on which those numbers were based has aged out a more recent study has shown that a 17 attrition rate is a more accurate figure for the first five years this however is not the reason why we are seeing what is being labeled as a teacher shortage nationwide of course the pandemic caused many people to reassess their professions and lives leading to a significant increase in retirements neither of these factors is significantly different from those affecting most other professions so why are there so many headlines about the teacher shortage first what is it that defines what a teacher is generally speaking a teacher has at least a bachelor s degree and in many states a required master s degree and a teaching certification in at least one subject area between 2018 and 2019 approximately 98 000 students completed teacher preparation programs and received their teaching certificates that leads us to the real question which is why would a person graduate from college and not take a position entering a profession that they had spent at least four years preparing for according to the bureau of labor statistics the average median annual wage for teachers in the us is 61 000 per year many districts do not even keep up with the cost of living increases over the years jobs other than teaching requiring a bachelor s or a master s degree range from 73 560 to 142 170 per year the obvious must be stated here factors beyond salary such as job satisfaction work life balance and impact on the profession and society are also major considerations additionally it s also about the kids unfortunately those are the very things that have been used to keep teachers salaries down to maintain lower property taxes that fund education what is different now that teachers are being driven from their chosen profession it is too simple to blame the pandemic for all of this but in some ways that was the start the 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