After teaching for 30 years, Jen Roberts has found an unlikely ally in AI
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When ChatGPT launched in 2022, Jen Roberts had been teaching middle or high school students for more than 26 years and was running on fumes. The pandemic had pushed many educators into burnout, but where others saw artificial intelligence as a threat—a technology that facilitated student cheating—Roberts saw a tool to help her survive.
When a student takes an [Advanced Placement (AP) English Language and Composition] test, [the free-response section of] their test is scored by two people. And if those scores disagree, there’s a third score. I thought: What if AI is the second scorer? If I grade it and have the AI grade it, I see if we agree. If we disagree, the AI and I have a little chat about which one of us is right.
In my time-constrained world, my comment might be brief or terse. What the AI comes up with is usually spot-on. I like to say that AI doesn’t really save me time; it just lets me do more with the time I have.
When I’m using AI-suggested scores and feedback, my students get their writing back in days instead of weeks. That means they’re revising more and revising better.
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