Just what I was looking for Russell; a short , clear introductory video about this new phenomenon which has errupted into the world of education. Thanks!
Finally! Universities will have to recognise that having students write 10,000 word essays for their assessments is going to have to stop and they will have to invent new ways to assess students! Why this has not happened before now is a mystery for me with so much cheating going on! The gulf between the creaking thinking of the UK universities and what's technologically possible has never been wider! But if it's not broken don't fix it right?Long live ChatGPT!
Hi Russell, one thing we have to be careful with is the mistakes that the chat might produce. For example, when creating the cloze exercise sentences, the chat generates the answers but the first one is grammatically wrong (using the present simple 'is' with the temporal marker 'for 20 years'. That's something that a human teacher would spot but apparently the chat will not. Thanks for the video!
The instructions you give have to be very clear and you can ask for corrections too but yes you are right- unfortulately there are occasional mistakes, it isn't perfect.
Hi Russell, you are the best :) I had a nearly 60-minute online seminar on how to use AI in the classroom and it did not mention even 10% of what you have suggested in this video. Thanks so much!
Thanks Russell, as always I enjoy learning with you and preparing lots of activities. Today I know how to use Wordwall in a practical way and teach my teachers too!!!
Thanks, Russell. It was surely only a matter of time before we had a video from you about this phenomenal tool. Some great examples and uses shown here. Last year everyone was playing Wordle; this year everyone seems to be giving their thoughts on ChatGPT - which is a total game changer! I will have to have a serious discussion at work about how this might/will affect our university students. I know some colleagues have already played around with it, as have I.
@@ttvRussell yes my initial reaction - a month or so ago - was that it was a threat - but I think a lot of the hype and concern might be overblown. It's good to look at both the benefits and drawbacks - as you allude to but don't go into here. Look forward to the next video with interest.
One caution about specifying text difficulty levels. chatgpt will accept the instructions specifying a difficulty level relative to some standard like Cefr, TOEIC, West GSL etc but the output may include structures and vocabulary outside the target.
It's a good point. Overall though, I am very impressed with how it produces content at different levels. Today I tried to ask it to write a text at varying levels and it did a good job. So same topic etc but levels A2, B2 and C2.
totally. I say beginner and it uses subjunctive.... It can do websites and Facebook ads but it is really bad for accurate, bullet proof study materials and exercises still. It mixes levels, provides wrong conjugations, leaves out random words... I tried to train it many times but it's easier to create the gap fill myself... :D :D
Thank you, Russell. I am amazed! When I asked ChatGPT for a reading activity, the first version was okay, but it had very few nominal groups and they were short. I requested a second version with two or more words before the nominal group head, and the new text was much denser with the kind of nominal groups I wanted for my advanced students. It's like magic! ¡Brujería!
I never imagined it would work for the Irish language, but surprisingly it responds to my instructions in Gaeilge! I had also tried it for some literary comment previously and found it completely missed the plot of the story. Certainly a tool that can be very beneficial.
Hello Russell, Thanks a lot for your video. I'm really really impressed with the possibilities that it offers to language teachers like me. I'm looking forward to starting to try it and save me time creating my own material as the high school where I work in Spain doesn't let us use textbooks. It's so time consuming!!! Anyway!! I'm sure this revolutionary chatgpt will help me a lot. Although my first thought was... We have to keep it secret from students or they won't do their writings by themselves!! Thanks a lot again for all your help with the amount of ideas you give us in your videos. Un millón de gracias Russell!! Me encantas!!!
Just it's an amazing video .Thank you Russell for clarifying the use of GPTChat engine. It is a powerful engine that may help teachers in various ways.
Thanks Russell, this really helps to understand this new technology! It will certainly not only upend teachers' jobs, but also lots of other roles. Already, a lot of translators are out of work (with deepl etc), but this will certainly also put many other competencies out of fashion (who needs journalistic skills, if you can ask ChatGPT to do it..). Worrying, as there are less and less "real" competencies needed, what does that say about our civilization, when you do not need to put in an effort to learn something? Learning is maturing..
you need to really reaaally learn how to be a robot whisperer. If you don't train it, give accurate, good instructions in the right order and endlessly correct it, it provides rubbish. :) Maybe leadership skills and patience will be the new skills students need. :D
Thanks for putting this together! Interestingly the cloze activity 'answers' give you the present perfect form, not the present simple you asked for. I've had the same experience with ChatGPT 'conversations' - sometimes it goes back to an earlier part of the thread instead of following on from the most recent prompt.
carol, i asked it for present perfect sentences, it got one wrong. You can ask it to correct itself. I have noticed it sometimes gets grammar wrong. It is better for writing stories. Our job is to improve the system but providing feedback
Hello Russell and thank you for this video about Chat GPT. When I first heard about this technology, I had mixed feelings about it. The more I learn about it, the more I realize how threatening it is for teachers like me. For example, I will suspect any homework done by my students as I am not really sure that THEY did it. Another thing that frightens me about Chat GPT is that it will REPLACE a lot of teachers. The French literary critic Roland Barthes wrote about the death of the author and it seems to me that we should now write about the death of the teacher. Thank you again.
I am not sure about that. I see a big role for teachers in the future, a changed role for sure. I do worry about assessment though. Students can easily get their written work produced for them.
Hi Russell, Wow! Thanks for the video. I can see huge potential for teachers and excited to try it out. However, when students learn about this technology, how do we know we are correcting authentic work? I presume there is a fee for it.
Remember when everyone switched to Zoom in 2020 because of the pandemic / lockdown? Well your channel took off. I know, because I was working with you at the time. Although you may not get the same number of views with Chat GPT - it looks like this could also take off in terms of popularity. Like any tool, it has equal amounts of benefits and disadvantages. But I'm sure you will cut through the hype and provide something very meaningful to language teachers. All the best, Phil
Good to hear from you Phil. Yes, you are right mate.. There is both sides to this tool but I am trying to focus on the good stuff as plenty of people are talking about the doom scenario. I hope you are keeping well and keeping busy. Sorry I didn't reply earlier. I had read your message when you sent but I have been mad busy with stuff at home.
Amazing what this technology can do but, as you mentioned, it’s quite scary, too! A great time-saver for teachers who create their own materials. However, will students use it to their own benefit and make the most of it or will they see it as a tool for cheating?
A teacher's dream and a cheater's dream at the same time!! Obviously, assessment practices, especially in online courses, will have to change where academic honesty and integrity are the standard. For online writing courses, maybe a room camera capturing their area, their writing and the screen of their device--terrible for privacy. Or maybe a new career, the traveling proctor.
Good video. 0:32 I'm using it for my learning of Spanish. ;) 9:13 There is a mistake in no. 2: "Moja siostra uwielbia jedzenie pizzY" In biernik here you have both: "jedzenie pizzy" as a whole what she likes. If you need help with Polish let me know. :)
Hi, yes I have noticed a number of mistakes. What it does best is write stories, essays, reports etc. you need to check the grammar for sure. Remember this is a test version. Thanks for this
I've been trying for a few weeks but Chat GPT seems to be incredibly dumb when creating ridiculously simple gap fill exercises. You say leave out 20 words, it leaves out 37. You ask it to fix it 3 times, using different wording, it leaves out random 15 words, You tell it to provide you a list of the words it left out, It provides you a list of random words that were not even in the original text. Unbeliavably wasteful. :D
OK. After 11 failed attempts to make chat GPT to create a good Gap-fill exercise without errors I think I hacked it :D LISTEN! This works. Use these instructions. To make the gap fill exercise meaningful and effective for students, you'll need to provide them with certain elements: Step 3: Provide Clear Instructions Instructions: Start by providing clear instructions to the students about what they need to do. Explain that there are gaps in the text, and their task is to fill in the missing words or phrases. You can also specify the type of words they should use (e.g., nouns, verbs, adjectives) or any other relevant guidelines. Step 4: Organize the Exercise Formatting: Format the exercise in a clear and organized manner. You can use a table or a simple list format. Each gap should be numbered or labeled so that students can easily identify where to insert their answers. Word Bank (Optional): Depending on the level of difficulty or the learning objectives, you may provide a word bank with the missing words. This can be helpful for beginners or when introducing specific vocabulary. Step 5: Create an Answer Key Answer Key: Prepare an answer key that includes the correct words or phrases to fill in the gaps. This is essential for grading or self-assessment. Make sure the answer key corresponds to the gaps in the text. Step 6: Review and Edit Proofreading: Before distributing the exercise to students, carefully proofread it to ensure there are no errors in grammar, spelling, or formatting. The exercise should be free from any mistakes that might confuse or mislead students.
I'm glad you found a way to make ChatGPT work for creating Gap-fill exercises, and your provided instructions are a helpful approach to ensure clarity and effectiveness in the exercises.
I agree in some ways. I am a fan of a book and always use one to study Polish. Obviously you can create content on anything with chatGPT and you can bring the content into other tools which I show you in some of my other videos. It is a fair comment
Tamara, I didn't notice that. It is still learning. That is why it is out for open testing. It has made some odd mistakes during my tests but it can also correct its own mistakes if you tell it the problem!!
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Thanks for this Russell. So much food for thought here!
My pleasure!
That combination with Wordwall was pretty cool. Good video!
I have been trying several combinations like that. More to come in future videos. thanks Charlie
Thanks Russell. Really practical and useful intro to chat GPT for me as an English teacher.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks again, Russell! I love how how you can combine this with Wordwall. The same obviuosly works with Zengengo. Great tips! Much appreciated! John
My pleasure! More coming...
Fantastic video!! Very informative and so very easy to understand the world of chatGPT. Great job!!😃👍
You are welcome.
More to come..
Wow. Jut wow. I have been living under a rock. Thanks so much Russell, always know we are in safe hands with you introducing new tech!
You are welcome Natalie. Keep in touch as more to come...
Just what I was looking for Russell; a short , clear introductory video about this new phenomenon which has errupted into the world of education. Thanks!
I am glad I could help. More coming..
Finally! Universities will have to recognise that having students write 10,000 word essays for their assessments is going to have to stop and they will have to invent new ways to assess students! Why this has not happened before now is a mystery for me with so much cheating going on! The gulf between the creaking thinking of the UK universities and what's technologically possible has never been wider! But if it's not broken don't fix it right?Long live ChatGPT!
I agree!
You are right. I think it will mean bringing back to the viva to many of our exams and presentations etc. I agree with you.
Hi Russell, one thing we have to be careful with is the mistakes that the chat might produce. For example, when creating the cloze exercise sentences, the chat generates the answers but the first one is grammatically wrong (using the present simple 'is' with the temporal marker 'for 20 years'.
That's something that a human teacher would spot but apparently the chat will not.
Thanks for the video!
The instructions you give have to be very clear and you can ask for corrections too but yes you are right- unfortulately there are occasional mistakes, it isn't perfect.
Hi Russell, you are the best :) I had a nearly 60-minute online seminar on how to use AI in the classroom and it did not mention even 10% of what you have suggested in this video. Thanks so much!
You are very welcome. Check this Playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLqYj2sOxDkVy3o10PMhquw37VwFxu8Hzy.html
@@ttvRussellThanks so much! I will checkmyuor playlist!
Thanks Russell, as always I enjoy learning with you and preparing lots of activities. Today I know how to use Wordwall in a practical way and teach my teachers too!!!
I am glad to hear it. Thanks
Thanks, Russell. It was surely only a matter of time before we had a video from you about this phenomenal tool. Some great examples and uses shown here. Last year everyone was playing Wordle; this year everyone seems to be giving their thoughts on ChatGPT - which is a total game changer! I will have to have a serious discussion at work about how this might/will affect our university students. I know some colleagues have already played around with it, as have I.
More to come Phil, I have done some actual lessons now using it and tried out some more advanced ideas...great stuff but very worrying too.
@@ttvRussell yes my initial reaction - a month or so ago - was that it was a threat - but I think a lot of the hype and concern might be overblown. It's good to look at both the benefits and drawbacks - as you allude to but don't go into here. Look forward to the next video with interest.
Thank you for these great examples of how to use ChatGBT in our work as teachers.
You are welcome. More to come. I have been doing all sorts of tests.
One caution about specifying text difficulty levels. chatgpt will accept the instructions specifying a difficulty level relative to some standard like Cefr, TOEIC, West GSL etc but the output may include structures and vocabulary outside the target.
It's a good point. Overall though, I am very impressed with how it produces content at different levels. Today I tried to ask it to write a text at varying levels and it did a good job. So same topic etc but levels A2, B2 and C2.
totally. I say beginner and it uses subjunctive.... It can do websites and Facebook ads but it is really bad for accurate, bullet proof study materials and exercises still. It mixes levels, provides wrong conjugations, leaves out random words... I tried to train it many times but it's easier to create the gap fill myself... :D :D
Thank you, Russell. I am amazed! When I asked ChatGPT for a reading activity, the first version was okay, but it had very few nominal groups and they were short. I requested a second version with two or more words before the nominal group head, and the new text was much denser with the kind of nominal groups I wanted for my advanced students. It's like magic! ¡Brujería!
Wonderful! I am glad to hear it.
Thank your for this practical and to-the-points video, as always, Russell! Looking forward to the next
More to come!
Amazing tips, thank you!!
You're so welcome!
I never imagined it would work for the Irish language, but surprisingly it responds to my instructions in Gaeilge! I had also tried it for some literary comment previously and found it completely missed the plot of the story. Certainly a tool that can be very beneficial.
You can talk to it about the mistakes too. It will try to correct it. I am working on more videos about the tool. Hopefully you will find them useful.
That is hopeful, I'm going to try in Māori!
Amazing work Russell
Thank you kindly. More videos in this Playlist:th-cam.com/play/PLqYj2sOxDkVy3o10PMhquw37VwFxu8Hzy.html
Cheers Russell, thanks for this, informative/useful as always but a particularly important video in this instance, for sure.
Glad it was helpful! and more to come..
Wow - you really helped me understand the power of Chat GPT. Thanks, Russell!
Glad I could help. More to come
WOW! Don't know what to say! Please, when you become more familiar with this technology, PLEASE create a course for us. Thanks Russell!
Currently I am working on new videos about the tool. I might create a course in the future so keep in touch.
Thank you Russell for taking us through this amazing technology.
I am glad I could help you. It is great but also worrying
This was extremely interesting and useful! Thank you, Russell!
Glad it was helpful!
Hello Russell,
Thanks a lot for your video. I'm really really impressed with the possibilities that it offers to language teachers like me. I'm looking forward to starting to try it and save me time creating my own material as the high school where I work in Spain doesn't let us use textbooks. It's so time consuming!!! Anyway!! I'm sure this revolutionary chatgpt will help me a lot. Although my first thought was... We have to keep it secret from students or they won't do their writings by themselves!! Thanks a lot again for all your help with the amount of ideas you give us in your videos. Un millón de gracias Russell!! Me encantas!!!
You are veryy welcome. I am working on more videos like this so keep in touch.
Just it's an amazing video .Thank you Russell for clarifying the use of GPTChat engine. It is a powerful engine that may help teachers in various ways.
Glad it was helpful! More to come..
Your time is gold the video starts at 2:58.
All my videos have chapters so you can easily skip what you don't want to watch.
Thank you Russell for telling us what AI can do.
Thanks for sharing this amazing tool
My pleasure! More coming..
Thanks Russell, this really helps to understand this new technology! It will certainly not only upend teachers' jobs, but also lots of other roles. Already, a lot of translators are out of work (with deepl etc), but this will certainly also put many other competencies out of fashion (who needs journalistic skills, if you can ask ChatGPT to do it..). Worrying, as there are less and less "real" competencies needed, what does that say about our civilization, when you do not need to put in an effort to learn something? Learning is maturing..
Yes I agree Claudia this is really worrying..
you need to really reaaally learn how to be a robot whisperer. If you don't train it, give accurate, good instructions in the right order and endlessly correct it, it provides rubbish. :) Maybe leadership skills and patience will be the new skills students need. :D
Great ideas - thanks!
You are so welcome! More to come..
Thank you, Russel, for sharing this news, it is indeed a powerful tool. Well, education goes to the future.
It has so much potential but also very worrying.
Thanks sooo much, Russell. I am interested in the negative consequences of this technology. I felt redundant just by watching!!!
These are unknown yet. I am working on more videos about the tool and I will keep you inform.
my dear mentor
Thanks Valeria. More to come..
Thanks for putting this together! Interestingly the cloze activity 'answers' give you the present perfect form, not the present simple you asked for. I've had the same experience with ChatGPT 'conversations' - sometimes it goes back to an earlier part of the thread instead of following on from the most recent prompt.
PS Love the way you are so careful to pronounce GPT in the correct order - it is SOOO easy to mix up those letters!
carol, i asked it for present perfect sentences, it got one wrong. You can ask it to correct itself. I have noticed it sometimes gets grammar wrong. It is better for writing stories. Our job is to improve the system but providing feedback
Thank you, Russel! Very helpful
Glad it was helpful! More to come..
Hello Russell, Wow and scary at the same time! Wow for us teachers but scary if students depend on it
Yes it is scary, but we have to look at the positive side of it.
Hello Russell and thank you for this video about Chat GPT. When I first heard about this technology, I had mixed feelings about it. The more I learn about it, the more I realize how threatening it is for teachers like me. For example, I will suspect any homework done by my students as I am not really sure that THEY did it. Another thing that frightens me about Chat GPT is that it will REPLACE a lot of teachers. The French literary critic Roland Barthes wrote about the death of the author and it seems to me that we should now write about the death of the teacher. Thank you again.
I am not sure about that. I see a big role for teachers in the future, a changed role for sure. I do worry about assessment though. Students can easily get their written work produced for them.
Thank you very much Russell. very beneficial video
You are very welcome
Thanx 4 the great video as always. As you said scary and amazing at the same time. Wow.
I am really glad the video was useful
Great!
Thanks. More videos in this Playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLqYj2sOxDkVy3o10PMhquw37VwFxu8Hzy.html
I am preparing a seminar about using Ict in a language classroom and yr videos are great
Really glad I can be of some use Saliha
Hi Russell, Wow! Thanks for the video. I can see huge potential for teachers and excited to try it out. However, when students learn about this technology, how do we know we are correcting authentic work? I presume there is a fee for it.
Yes it is concerning and this is a big problem, and many people having discussions about it on the internet..
Your green-screen backgrounds are distracting. The info is amazing.
Thanks and sorry for the background.
Thank you for the information.
Any time! More coming..
Remember when everyone switched to Zoom in 2020 because of the pandemic / lockdown? Well your channel took off. I know, because I was working with you at the time. Although you may not get the same number of views with Chat GPT - it looks like this could also take off in terms of popularity. Like any tool, it has equal amounts of benefits and disadvantages. But I'm sure you will cut through the hype and provide something very meaningful to language teachers. All the best, Phil
Good to hear from you Phil. Yes, you are right mate.. There is both sides to this tool but I am trying to focus on the good stuff as plenty of people are talking about the doom scenario. I hope you are keeping well and keeping busy. Sorry I didn't reply earlier. I had read your message when you sent but I have been mad busy with stuff at home.
@@ttvRussell I've been following Jamie's videos on this... he has gone from enthusiastic to cynical fairly quickly. haha.
Hello! Looks amazing but, can one print/copy.email all these activities?
Yes you can! More videos on the way..
Thank you again and again
Glad my videos are useful to you.
Amazing what this technology can do but, as you mentioned, it’s quite scary, too! A great time-saver for teachers who create their own materials. However, will students use it to their own benefit and make the most of it or will they see it as a tool for cheating?
Yes, this is one of my many concerns and yes students are already doing it. I heard about examples in lectures I have been watching.
A teacher's dream and a cheater's dream at the same time!! Obviously, assessment practices, especially in online courses, will have to change where academic honesty and integrity are the standard. For online writing courses, maybe a room camera capturing their area, their writing and the screen of their device--terrible for privacy. Or maybe a new career, the traveling proctor.
You are making very good points it worries me too.
Good video. 0:32 I'm using it for my learning of Spanish. ;)
9:13 There is a mistake in no. 2: "Moja siostra uwielbia jedzenie pizzY" In biernik here you have both: "jedzenie pizzy" as a whole what she likes. If you need help with Polish let me know. :)
Hi, yes I have noticed a number of mistakes. What it does best is write stories, essays, reports etc. you need to check the grammar for sure. Remember this is a test version. Thanks for this
I've been trying for a few weeks but Chat GPT seems to be incredibly dumb when creating ridiculously simple gap fill exercises. You say leave out 20 words, it leaves out 37. You ask it to fix it 3 times, using different wording, it leaves out random 15 words, You tell it to provide you a list of the words it left out, It provides you a list of random words that were not even in the original text. Unbeliavably wasteful. :D
OK. After 11 failed attempts to make chat GPT to create a good Gap-fill exercise without errors I think I hacked it :D LISTEN! This works. Use these instructions. To make the gap fill exercise meaningful and effective for students, you'll need to provide them with certain elements:
Step 3: Provide Clear Instructions
Instructions: Start by providing clear instructions to the students about what they need to do. Explain that there are gaps in the text, and their task is to fill in the missing words or phrases. You can also specify the type of words they should use (e.g., nouns, verbs, adjectives) or any other relevant guidelines.
Step 4: Organize the Exercise
Formatting: Format the exercise in a clear and organized manner. You can use a table or a simple list format. Each gap should be numbered or labeled so that students can easily identify where to insert their answers.
Word Bank (Optional): Depending on the level of difficulty or the learning objectives, you may provide a word bank with the missing words. This can be helpful for beginners or when introducing specific vocabulary.
Step 5: Create an Answer Key
Answer Key: Prepare an answer key that includes the correct words or phrases to fill in the gaps. This is essential for grading or self-assessment. Make sure the answer key corresponds to the gaps in the text.
Step 6: Review and Edit
Proofreading: Before distributing the exercise to students, carefully proofread it to ensure there are no errors in grammar, spelling, or formatting. The exercise should be free from any mistakes that might confuse or mislead students.
I asked it to explain this to me. Then I copy pasted what it wrote back to it and now it creates good exercises LOL
I'm glad you found a way to make ChatGPT work for creating Gap-fill exercises, and your provided instructions are a helpful approach to ensure clarity and effectiveness in the exercises.
Now I have grave doubts whether to invest in my DELTA and a master's degree in Education or not :)
Yes it is worrying...
It makes mistakes at the time being. I asked for a biography of a famous poet and the date of birth, homecity and books were wrong.
Unfortunately, occasionally it can happen, it isn't perfect. More videos to come..
What is the difference between using chatgdp or following a textbook? Not much.
I agree in some ways. I am a fan of a book and always use one to study Polish. Obviously you can create content on anything with chatGPT and you can bring the content into other tools which I show you in some of my other videos. It is a fair comment
Is it free or does it have a free version?
It is free. at the end of my video, I direct you to a video that shows you how to log in.
It made a mistake in the instruction for the Present Perfect activity. Phew! Haha.
Tamara, I didn't notice that. It is still learning. That is why it is out for open testing. It has made some odd mistakes during my tests but it can also correct its own mistakes if you tell it the problem!!
Is it free?
Yes it is free. At the end of the video, I direct you to a video to show you how to sign up
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Thanks for the comment