Sometimes I think the only reason I’m surviving this moment in education is because I taught for decades before generative AI arrived.
I have a strong internal compass for what real student thinking looks like. I know what typical math “show your work” looks like, what typical middle school writing usually contains, and the difference between “I tried my best” and “ChatGPT tried its best.”
I cannot imagine being a brand-new teacher today and coming into this cold, with no mental archive to lean on.
But if you are trying to navigate this, know you’re not alone. I’ve started writing a weekly newsletter, Soundbytes, to talk about what this new reality in teaching is like, strategies for success, and how to redesign assessment to avoid the schoolslop.
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