I have used it by copying a text and asking it to create multiple choice questions. Or tell it to change the reading level. I have had it pull vocabulary words from the text. I have had it create word problems. I have had it provide a list of children's books on certain topics, and then story stretcher activities. I have even had it help me write a breakout box game! It has been so awesome. The key to remember is it helps you, like Michelle says, it does the heavy lifting. You still need to fine tune it.
I started using this over the summer and am hooked! I love the ideas you shared in this video - so great, once again! I especially like your suggestions for saving links in your school files. Your videos NEVER disappoint! Thanks so much, Michelle!
ChatGPT also works somewhat well for writing report comments. You provide it with the info you are looking for and then it will generate a comment about the student, which you can then proofread and tweak.
I wish I had known about this last school year. We did narrative report cards last year and after I was finally finished I was talking to a friend in another grade level and she mentioned it. Would have saved so much time!
It's report card time for me. As a kindergarten teacher here in China, giving detailed feedback is more important than a letter grade. So I use ChapGPT to help me with comments...for example: "draft a comment for a cute and curious 3-year old pre-schooler." And then I personlize it for my student. I basically type in their personality and behaviors and it gives me a wealth of details. I can also add "Areas for improvement?" after each and it gives suggestions. Love it!
How is it that you ALWAYS teach me something new? I have been using ChatGPT since March for many things, but I didn’t know you could share the link! Game changer! Also, fun fact, if you say ChatGPT in French it means “Cat I farted” 😂 Haven’t used it for lesson planning yet, but I will definitely try it! I didn’t even realize it was Friday until I clicked on UA-cam and the first video that popped up was yours! What a great way to start the morning! Have a great week!
Thank you for your ideas. I think we can use it to translate the welcome letter to Spanish or other languages. I teach EL and they will appreciate any attention they get from the teacher. Keep your videos coming, we need them. Thanks again❤
Ive been watching your videos since i was a student. I'm going into my 3rd year of teaching this year, and you have always helped me prepare for my classroom and the school year. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge... we appreciate you!
As a teacher of 26 years, I have learned the importance of keeping up with the changes in technology. AI is one of those major changes that will revolutionize how we teach. I love your informative videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Two more ideas: I prompted chatgpt to create a 2, 3, or 4 person skit that taught about weather tools. Then I re-prompted to write one of them to a first grade level for two of my lower readers. I also used chatgpt during our poetry unit becauseI was plumb out of ideas and it created some great rhymes. The haiku were a little off, but the others were great.
I've used ChatGPT to write emails to college students when they don't turn in their assignments on time. It not only saves a lot of time but also emotional, negative energy that doesn't need to be spent while sounding as professional as possible.
I am not a teacher but I first started watching your videos during Covid for using Google. You have helped me so much with the work I do in the community. thank you!
I asked Chat GPT for readers' theater scripts! With some minor edits, it was great and saved me literal hours of time. There are so many ways to use it. Thanks for the tips on ways to save and link to threads, I'll have to try it this year for morning meeting, too.
Omg! Thank you, Michelle! I have always learned so much from you & your videos, but this one!!🎉 I HATE writing weekly newsletter messages/memos. I used your advice to "create a list of newsletter messages to parents for every week of the school year"😮....it worked wonderfully! I am all set, one less thing to have to think about during the school days!! Great video!!!
What do you write to the parents in those weekly newsletters? I’m in Spain and we don’t tend to send general messages like this. Please share some ideas
@beatafijalkowska5367 [ ] Week 1: - Welcome to a new school year! We are excited to have your child in our kindergarten class. - This week, we will focus on getting to know each other, establishing routines, and building a positive classroom community. [ ] Week 2: - We had a great start to the year! This week, we will dive into our first units of learning in math, literacy, and science. - Please make sure to check your child's backpack for any important notices or forms that need to be filled out.
@@tiffanymcdermott1743 ah, thank you, now I see what you mean. In my school we write a daily agenda outlining the activities and learning the children have done as well as letting them know about any important events, what to bring or plan for, etc. so no need for a weekly one.
Michelle, thanks, as always, for your weekly video. I have no background knowledge on Chat GPT, so this was very informative for me. I also laughed out loud at your first video clip from The Office; it was perfect! Your tips are a great reminder of how technology can be used as a time saver and idea creator to make teachers' lives easier. Have a wonderful week and keep up the awesome work! 💜
Global Citizenship AI can promote global citizenship by connecting students with peers from around the world and fostering intercultural understanding.
Knowing the level of each student helps a lot. I find it very easy to spot who has used AI in their work at primary level. Trust your students but ask them to be honest with themselves and with you. Also, you can teach them what is acceptable when using AI tools and what is not. From my experience it works quite well but it does depend on the group you are teaching.
Thank you! You are so awesome! I have been avoiding AI just because I just don't have the energy to learn "one MORE thing," but you gave us some easy ideas to get us started. Thank you!
That time is not far when the need for a teacher will be replaced by an AI in the classroom that never tires; it's time to learn skills and do some other business if you are working as a teacher.
I always look forward to your videos. I’ve heard of this but just haven’t experimented with it much. Thanks for all of the great ideas in your video. I can’t wait to try them to help me get ready for next year. Thanks again!!🙌🏼
Love this video. AI gives so many new ideas! I think a way to use ChatGPT is to also help edit a class website as well! I’m in the process of updating mine with using the help of ChatGPT. It is a good advice tool. Working in a cancer field I asked it a simple question and ChatGPT gave some great insight (it gave me another way of thinking of things (thinking in 3D instead of 2D)
Thank you so much for the explanation and great examples. I'll be visiting your store to purchase a few items for planning this year. Can you believe we have literally two weeks to go? Summer has gone by quickly. Thank you again for your happy and cheerful advice.
My name is Katie I love your videos so much and was watching you ever since you were in your apartment. I loved this video because it was so helpful since I’m a 3rd grade teacher. So thank you Michelle ily>3
Thank you so much for the great ideas! I have been seeing a lot of videos about AI but was not sure how useful it would be in the classroom other than helping to create objectives. I can't wait to begin trying it out.
Usually for checking my grammar. I have a hard time with articles. I couldn't master them. So, I just put my sentence into ChtGPT and let them to place articles where needed.
Thank you, Michelle! I heard about CHATgpt before school was out last year and was able to use it to create a few quizzes for SS. However, your video has given me more ideas on other ways to use it this coming year. I bought yours and Bridgett’s digital calendar for my iPad and am just loving it! I’m so thankful for the tips you shared on saving the links in my calendar. I had not even thought about that as an option! You’re amazing as always!! Much love to you, Billy, and the fur babies! To Texas from Alabama, much thanks! Peaceful regards, Ms. Patterson, 5th grade ELA & SS, Alabama.
Thx! I love lessons plans following thé 5 e's plan. But so hard to come up with them. Gpt does that very Well. Bard does it even netter. You do need to describe thé modalities of thé lesson very closely. Thé after-prompting human work is done in a jiffy then.
I've been using them to create assignments, and grade them. I'll create the parameters, give feed back to adjust it to make it what I want, and have it create a rubric then from the rubric I can have it grade assignments
Hi Michelle, It's amazing what has become available out there for teachers or even non teachers versus the past, am I right or am I "yeah right". Here's to the future and you !, - Dwight
You probably know this but when you go to paste your meet the teacher note into your template, you can hold down the “command, shift, V” keys and it will paste in the font you already have in the template, no need to go in and change it. Game changer for me! Thanks for a great video, can’t wait to try some of these ideas!
Do you ever do anything for upper middle school students or high school level? Almost everything I've seen from you is for elementary. Maybe I'm missing something. Thanks.
@@PocketfulofPrimary I teach chemistry, so I am at the high school level, and I have found your videos to be very informative. I am completing some courses this summer over technology and your Top 10 HACKS have been GREAT!! Thanks!
Yes! I tried -generate ten missing addend problems for first grade with a Pokémon ( dinosaur, Barbie, transportation etc) theme. It worked well it would be a easy way to differentiate for various interests.
Absolutely! For example, I typed in “Write a 2nd grade lesson plan about Jellyfish” and it came up with the objectives, materials list, and lesson activities.
We are not writing to LEARN as teachers… we EARN a degree. And we are not paid for the many hours we are expected to plan and communicate with families.
I do not agree. My students in grade 6 started using chat GPT without me knowing- no way to stop them. I need to know it too to teach the children what’s ok and what’s not when using AI. The same way, I don’t penalize them for finding out information on Google search engine either- it’s how they choose, interpret and present the information that matters and shows me their understanding. Also, many tasks we use this for are additional to content teaching, for example fun games and activities that help the group/ individuals to simply relax or bond with others. Drafting letters to parents can take ages and exhaust us emotionally, too. There is no need to reinvent the wheel here so we use the great ideas of others (which AI is summarizing for us) when possible.
A student is expected to prove his or her knowledge in a skill that has been taught to him or her. A teacher does not have the same expectations. Teachers already have proof of their knowledge to do their job: their degree. Also, teachers borrow material all the time, whether it's from textbook companies, fellow teachers, or online resources. It's not the same thing.
Emails are supposed to be short and to the point. Use your own real words, because people do not want to do a lot of fluff reading. Also, my personal feeling is that all letters should be in English, or whatever the national language is. The reason for this is that I lived in a foreign country for twenty years and no one accommodated me in the school system for my children, which helps to learn the national language and preserve it as the national language. It is very hard to accommodate everyone, especially in highly international areas. Coming back to the US, my children's foreign language was never available and it felt s little discriminating that others got so much accommodation and even in class teaching in their foreign language, because it was more well known. Stick with the national language and help immigrants learn that way, and by being non partial to certain better known foreign languages. Just my own experience here. I feel letters and emails should be short and contain only key information, there might be a place for Chat GPT, but I'm not sure where yet.
Wouldn't you have felt seen and better supported by your children's school if you had received those letters in your own language? I do see your point, though, and perhaps having these correspondences in both the national language and the home language would go a longer way towards helping the families make those language connections. The great news is that with AI, translating is no longer a huge hassle. It just takes seconds for the teacher to do, but it would mean a lot to the families.
@@lancece I don't know, if the teacher wants to that's fine, but it can actually be a lot more work depending on how international the class/school is. In my childrens preschool over twenty languages were spoken in the homes of the children who went there (the language pathologist hired there sent home a survey to parents). Most of the children had a hard time speaking the national language, and many of the teachers were foreign. I think in that situation it's better to focus on everyone learning the national language. When we moved to the US, classes and letters were only in the common languages, no one really wants to put forth the effort to hang five signs on the door, or print off that many letters home. It's usually two languages at most. It's just not realistic and becomes bias to the majority, so why not settle on the official language of the country, and not makes others feel left out?
One of our professional standards is that “Teachers Establish a Respectful Environment for a Diverse Population of Students.” I can’t imagine being any other way toward my students from other countries, cultures, etc. I do what I possibly can to communicate with them and make sure they’re supported.
@@jillbrennan2553 in the country I lived in, free language classes were provided to immigrants to help them adjust to the national language. Integration help was offered and available, but they did not hang 22 signs on the school door for everyone to understand. I think it is a nice gesture to offer interpretation for individual students families, but there are languages that are neglected and cultures left out. That way... being "inclusive" makes those families feel excluded compared to more common languages and populations. I'm not talking about just American schools, or how schools are, but how it might best function for a national population. I do feel that the national language should be preserved, and that foreign language families should be treated on a more equal level.
I have used it by copying a text and asking it to create multiple choice questions. Or tell it to change the reading level. I have had it pull vocabulary words from the text.
I have had it create word problems. I have had it provide a list of children's books on certain topics, and then story stretcher activities. I have even had it help me write a breakout box game!
It has been so awesome. The key to remember is it helps you, like Michelle says, it does the heavy lifting. You still need to fine tune it.
These are great ideas! Thanks for sharing them!
I used it this year to type my "I Can" statements and loved it!
I started using this over the summer and am hooked! I love the ideas you shared in this video - so great, once again! I especially like your suggestions for saving links in your school files. Your videos NEVER disappoint! Thanks so much, Michelle!
*I’ve been using ChatGPT since this summer. I’ve been a fan of yours for much longer than that!
ChatGPT also works somewhat well for writing report comments. You provide it with the info you are looking for and then it will generate a comment about the student, which you can then proofread and tweak.
I wish I had known about this last school year. We did narrative report cards last year and after I was finally finished I was talking to a friend in another grade level and she mentioned it. Would have saved so much time!
How do you do this? Where do you put in the student response?
Students use this too to make answears...
It's report card time for me. As a kindergarten teacher here in China, giving detailed feedback is more important than a letter grade. So I use ChapGPT to help me with comments...for example: "draft a comment for a cute and curious 3-year old pre-schooler." And then I personlize it for my student. I basically type in their personality and behaviors and it gives me a wealth of details. I can also add "Areas for improvement?" after each and it gives suggestions. Love it!
How is it that you ALWAYS teach me something new? I have been using ChatGPT since March for many things, but I didn’t know you could share the link! Game changer! Also, fun fact, if you say ChatGPT in French it means “Cat I farted” 😂 Haven’t used it for lesson planning yet, but I will definitely try it! I didn’t even realize it was Friday until I clicked on UA-cam and the first video that popped up was yours! What a great way to start the morning! Have a great week!
😅 le chat!!!
Thank you for your ideas. I think we can use it to translate the welcome letter to Spanish or other languages. I teach EL and they will appreciate any attention they get from the teacher. Keep your videos coming, we need them. Thanks again❤
Thank You!
I always use ChatGPT to write my responses like a cowboy. Yeehaw folks!! 🤠
You could also use it to help you write an email. I definitely have spent too much time on emails.
Can you use ai to put the morning meeting prompts into power point slides without all the copying and pasting?
Yes
And you can make tests, and generate work sheets /tests
I personally haven't tried it yet.... Going to try it for this year
@@rachyweber8335 does it work with the free version? How can you use chat GPT in the PPT?
I’ve seen YT tutorials that use an AI extension for Google Slides. Then you can convert to PPT.
Ive been watching your videos since i was a student. I'm going into my 3rd year of teaching this year, and you have always helped me prepare for my classroom and the school year. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge... we appreciate you!
As a teacher of 26 years, I have learned the importance of keeping up with the changes in technology. AI is one of those major changes that will revolutionize how we teach. I love your informative videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Two more ideas: I prompted chatgpt to create a 2, 3, or 4 person skit that taught about weather tools. Then I re-prompted to write one of them to a first grade level for two of my lower readers. I also used chatgpt during our poetry unit becauseI was plumb out of ideas and it created some great rhymes. The haiku were a little off, but the others were great.
I've used ChatGPT to write emails to college students when they don't turn in their assignments on time. It not only saves a lot of time but also emotional, negative energy that doesn't need to be spent while sounding as professional as possible.
I am not a teacher but I first started watching your videos during Covid for using Google. You have helped me so much with the work I do in the community. thank you!
My husband was showing me how to use it too. He suggested using it for center rotation ideas;)
I asked Chat GPT for readers' theater scripts! With some minor edits, it was great and saved me literal hours of time. There are so many ways to use it. Thanks for the tips on ways to save and link to threads, I'll have to try it this year for morning meeting, too.
Whoa! I’ve been teaching for 26 years and this is incredible! 👍
Your videos are so helpful! Starting my fifth year teaching and I incorporate your tips and tricks all the time. Thank you ❤❤❤
Wow Michelle this was very useful. Way to keep it going after all these years! Thank you for your hard work.
Omg! Thank you, Michelle! I have always learned so much from you & your videos, but this one!!🎉 I HATE writing weekly newsletter messages/memos. I used your advice to "create a list of newsletter messages to parents for every week of the school year"😮....it worked wonderfully! I am all set, one less thing to have to think about during the school days!! Great video!!!
You are brilliant! I just did the same. Game changer🤯
What do you write to the parents in those weekly newsletters? I’m in Spain and we don’t tend to send general messages like this. Please share some ideas
@beatafijalkowska5367
[ ] Week 1:
- Welcome to a new school year! We are excited to have your child in our kindergarten class.
- This week, we will focus on getting to know each other, establishing routines, and building a positive classroom community.
[ ] Week 2:
- We had a great start to the year! This week, we will dive into our first units of learning in math, literacy, and science.
- Please make sure to check your child's backpack for any important notices or forms that need to be filled out.
@@tiffanymcdermott1743 ah, thank you, now I see what you mean. In my school we write a daily agenda outlining the activities and learning the children have done as well as letting them know about any important events, what to bring or plan for, etc. so no need for a weekly one.
Michelle, thanks, as always, for your weekly video. I have no background knowledge on Chat GPT, so this was very informative for me. I also laughed out loud at your first video clip from The Office; it was perfect! Your tips are a great reminder of how technology can be used as a time saver and idea creator to make teachers' lives easier. Have a wonderful week and keep up the awesome work! 💜
Another tip. You can actually ask it, "critique your work and rate it out of 10." Then tell it to "improve it" until you get it up to 9+.
GAME CHANGER!!
Global Citizenship AI can promote global citizenship by connecting students with peers from around the world and fostering intercultural understanding.
How to know if your students are using chatgpt to cheat on papers and projects? Chat gpt can't hand write papers.
Knowing the level of each student helps a lot. I find it very easy to spot who has used AI in their work at primary level. Trust your students but ask them to be honest with themselves and with you. Also, you can teach them what is acceptable when using AI tools and what is not. From my experience it works quite well but it does depend on the group you are teaching.
Thank you! You are so awesome! I have been avoiding AI just because I just don't have the energy to learn "one MORE thing," but you gave us some easy ideas to get us started. Thank you!
That time is not far when the need for a teacher will be replaced by an AI in the classroom that never tires; it's time to learn skills and do some other business if you are working as a teacher.
Thanks Michelle! I use ChatGPT all the time and I like how efficient lesson planning can now be, 😎
I always look forward to your videos. I’ve heard of this but just haven’t experimented with it much. Thanks for all of the great ideas in your video. I can’t wait to try them to help me get ready for next year. Thanks again!!🙌🏼
I am a first year Kindergarten teacher and this is genius!!!!!!! Thank you so much Michelle!
You forget the show the most important one, lesson plans.
That’s what I’ve been using ChatGpt for 👍🏻
Love this video. AI gives so many new ideas! I think a way to use ChatGPT is to also help edit a class website as well! I’m in the process of updating mine with using the help of ChatGPT. It is a good advice tool. Working in a cancer field I asked it a simple question and ChatGPT gave some great insight (it gave me another way of thinking of things (thinking in 3D instead of 2D)
Holy cow!! I’m thinking of all the ways this will help me write special education documents 😃 Thank you so much!!! ❤
Do you have set of editable board games for reading practice
Everyone knows what chat gpt is why explain
Thank you so much for the explanation and great examples. I'll be visiting your store to purchase a few items for planning this year. Can you believe we have literally two weeks to go? Summer has gone by quickly. Thank you again for your happy and cheerful advice.
My name is Katie I love your videos so much and was watching you ever since you were in your apartment. I loved this video because it was so helpful since I’m a 3rd grade teacher. So thank you Michelle ily>3
I love the use of Haitian Creole as an example of ChatGPT translating a letter.
An obscure languages?!?! Really?!?!
I was a little leary about ChatGPT whenever it first came out. I gave it a try and I must say that it was a very vaulable tool.
Thank you so much for the great ideas! I have been seeing a lot of videos about AI but was not sure how useful it would be in the classroom other than helping to create objectives. I can't wait to begin trying it out.
I made a video that I uploaded last night on how to use it to create an excel sheet to organize your classroom books! Loved your video.
I checked out your video… thanks for sharing! I too am a 2nd grade teacher starting my first year of teaching 2023-2024! Congratulations Jen!
I love your video they make me a better teacher
Love this! I did a video on my channel about ChatGPT and a few other apps and how to use them for students.
Usually for checking my grammar. I have a hard time with articles. I couldn't master them. So, I just put my sentence into ChtGPT and let them to place articles where needed.
I love chatgpt!
Thank you, Michelle! I heard about CHATgpt before school was out last year and was able to use it to create a few quizzes for SS. However, your video has given me more ideas on other ways to use it this coming year. I bought yours and Bridgett’s digital calendar for my iPad and am just loving it! I’m so thankful for the tips you shared on saving the links in my calendar. I had not even thought about that as an option! You’re amazing as always!! Much love to you, Billy, and the fur babies! To Texas from Alabama, much thanks! Peaceful regards, Ms. Patterson, 5th grade ELA & SS, Alabama.
This is great! As a former teacher myself, I needed to be aware of the new technologies to impart in my change career. Thanks for sharing.
Thx!
I love lessons plans following thé 5 e's plan. But so hard to come up with them. Gpt does that very Well. Bard does it even netter. You do need to describe thé modalities of thé lesson very closely.
Thé after-prompting human work is done in a jiffy then.
I've been using them to create assignments, and grade them. I'll create the parameters, give feed back to adjust it to make it what I want, and have it create a rubric then from the rubric I can have it grade assignments
Hi Michelle,
It's amazing what has become available out there for teachers or even non teachers versus the past, am I right or am I "yeah right".
Here's to the future and you !,
- Dwight
OMG, I didn't know this existed. Super helpful. Thanks.
How did you remove the colour that comes along while copying the text from chat gpt
hello I am a new teacher here in US, everything is new to me, so I hope ChatGPT can help me in many ways.
I literally just had it write me clues for a scavenger hunt last night 🤣 Great minds..
Thank you so much for sharing! Loved this....trying out the chatgpt right now....
Does anyone remember Michelle's Dunkin' order?
Pasala muy bien este año escolar, 2023.
Excellent, I needing help for some areas am 😂😂😂 meet the teacher letter awesome
❤thanks , excellent tips and tool
I appreciate your help.
This was super helpful! I'm still a new teacher (started last Nov) so finding quick and easy ways to get things done is super helpful!
Use it all the time since it came out. Very handy!
Very helpful video. Keepem coming
You probably know this but when you go to paste your meet the teacher note into your template, you can hold down the “command, shift, V” keys and it will paste in the font you already have in the template, no need to go in and change it. Game changer for me! Thanks for a great video, can’t wait to try some of these ideas!
I didn’t know that, thanks for sharing that tip.
Thank you. I loved this.
Thank you for all the great ideas!
Thank you, I haven't used AI yet.
thank you! Absolutely love this!!
“Has come a very far way” 😬
Great ideas! Thank you!
Excellent. Thank you.
Wonderful. Thanks.
I love the ideas! Thank you!!!
You are heavens sent ❤ thank you 🎉
I’m so excited to try out these ideas!
This is amazing! Thank you!!
Thanks for this. :)
great ideas
Fantastic!
Thanks for sharing
Do you ever do anything for upper middle school students or high school level? Almost everything I've seen from you is for elementary. Maybe I'm missing something. Thanks.
Hi Jane! I only taught elementary so that's my focus but I know some teachers who teach higher grades are able to adapt the ideas to work for them!
@@PocketfulofPrimary I teach chemistry, so I am at the high school level, and I have found your videos to be very informative. I am completing some courses this summer over technology and your Top 10 HACKS have been GREAT!! Thanks!
Thank you!
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Thank you
Excellent!!!
Thank you!
Классный канал, от подачи не устаёшь
Do you know if it can help with math too? Thinking math examples specifically
Yes! I tried -generate ten missing addend problems for first grade with a Pokémon ( dinosaur, Barbie, transportation etc) theme. It worked well it would be a easy way to differentiate for various interests.
@@katybartlett6395 Thanks for the reply!
could chat get be used for writing lesson plans? I feel like that's where I struggle with
Absolutely! For example, I typed in “Write a 2nd grade lesson plan about Jellyfish” and it came up with the objectives, materials list, and lesson activities.
And you can specify that you want it aligned to CCSS standards or whatever standards you use
The irony and hypocrisy that a teacher would use chat GPT but when a student does then the student is cheating.😢
it is changing.... focus on what chat GPT doesnt know
We are not writing to LEARN as teachers… we EARN a degree. And we are not paid for the many hours we are expected to plan and communicate with families.
I do not agree. My students in grade 6 started using chat GPT without me knowing- no way to stop them. I need to know it too to teach the children what’s ok and what’s not when using AI. The same way, I don’t penalize them for finding out information on Google search engine either- it’s how they choose, interpret and present the information that matters and shows me their understanding.
Also, many tasks we use this for are additional to content teaching, for example fun games and activities that help the group/ individuals to simply relax or bond with others. Drafting letters to parents can take ages and exhaust us emotionally, too.
There is no need to reinvent the wheel here so we use the great ideas of others (which AI is summarizing for us) when possible.
A student is expected to prove his or her knowledge in a skill that has been taught to him or her. A teacher does not have the same expectations. Teachers already have proof of their knowledge to do their job: their degree. Also, teachers borrow material all the time, whether it's from textbook companies, fellow teachers, or online resources. It's not the same thing.
This irony only going to make your child more responsible and active! #self_hard_work
Emails are supposed to be short and to the point. Use your own real words, because people do not want to do a lot of fluff reading. Also, my personal feeling is that all letters should be in English, or whatever the national language is. The reason for this is that I lived in a foreign country for twenty years and no one accommodated me in the school system for my children, which helps to learn the national language and preserve it as the national language. It is very hard to accommodate everyone, especially in highly international areas. Coming back to the US, my children's foreign language was never available and it felt s little discriminating that others got so much accommodation and even in class teaching in their foreign language, because it was more well known. Stick with the national language and help immigrants learn that way, and by being non partial to certain better known foreign languages. Just my own experience here.
I feel letters and emails should be short and contain only key information, there might be a place for Chat GPT, but I'm not sure where yet.
Wouldn't you have felt seen and better supported by your children's school if you had received those letters in your own language? I do see your point, though, and perhaps having these correspondences in both the national language and the home language would go a longer way towards helping the families make those language connections. The great news is that with AI, translating is no longer a huge hassle. It just takes seconds for the teacher to do, but it would mean a lot to the families.
@@lancece I don't know, if the teacher wants to that's fine, but it can actually be a lot more work depending on how international the class/school is. In my childrens preschool over twenty languages were spoken in the homes of the children who went there (the language pathologist hired there sent home a survey to parents). Most of the children had a hard time speaking the national language, and many of the teachers were foreign. I think in that situation it's better to focus on everyone learning the national language. When we moved to the US, classes and letters were only in the common languages, no one really wants to put forth the effort to hang five signs on the door, or print off that many letters home. It's usually two languages at most. It's just not realistic and becomes bias to the majority, so why not settle on the official language of the country, and not makes others feel left out?
One of our professional standards is that “Teachers Establish a Respectful Environment for a Diverse Population of Students.” I can’t imagine being any other way toward my students from other countries, cultures, etc. I do what I possibly can to communicate with them and make sure they’re supported.
It is federal law that parents receive important school information in a language they can understand.
@@jillbrennan2553 in the country I lived in, free language classes were provided to immigrants to help them adjust to the national language. Integration help was offered and available, but they did not hang 22 signs on the school door for everyone to understand. I think it is a nice gesture to offer interpretation for individual students families, but there are languages that are neglected and cultures left out. That way... being "inclusive" makes those families feel excluded compared to more common languages and populations.
I'm not talking about just American schools, or how schools are, but how it might best function for a national population. I do feel that the national language should be preserved, and that foreign language families should be treated on a more equal level.