Email has increasingly become a preferred way for students to ask questions. Yet, academic advising and student support practices rely heavily on the power of conversation. This session will allow participants to think and reflect critically about the written communication we regularly exchange with and to students.
Explore how ChatGPT can lighten the load for community college educators by helping create engaging and relevant classroom materials. In this session, we’ll dive into how ChatGPT can quickly generate lecture outlines, spark engaging class discussions, and build a variety of assessments, all using just a chapter from a textbook. Through live examples, you’ll see how AI can simplify prep work, allowing more time to focus on connecting with students. We’ll start with a demonstration on crafting a lecture outline for the first week of class, with ChatGPT helping organize key topics and activities to set the tone. Then, we’ll look at ways to create meaningful discussion questions that encourage students to think critically and share ideas. Finally, we’ll explore how ChatGPT can help design assessments suited to different learning styles, from quick quizzes to hands-on projects. This session also covers some simple tips for getting the best results from ChatGPT and practical ways to make it a valuable support tool in the classroom. Join us to see how this technology can help you create engaging, student-centered learning materials in less time. Whether you’re experienced with AI or just curious, this session will offer friendly, adaptable ways to bring ChatGPT into your teaching toolkit.
