When teachers 'shake hands' with ChatGPT

TPO - From the heated debates in Literature class, to the Math classes where "learning while playing, playing while learning", more and more teachers in Ho Chi Minh City have taken advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) to make learning easier to understand, more lively and closer to students.

ChatGPT scores students

A special lesson of 10A5 class students at Luong The Vinh High School (Cau Ong Lanh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City) began with a short video telling the story of the jury of a photography contest awarding a prize to a work created by AI. The author of the photo later refused to accept the prize, saying he wanted to test whether the world was ready to accept the work of artificial intelligence.

From this story, Mr. Nguyen Thien Dong - Literature teacher asked the question: "Do you agree with this author's actions?". The question seemed simple but it aroused a series of opinions. Most students disagreed, thinking that art only has true value when created by humans, through personal emotions and labor.

Students of Luong The Vinh High School (Cau Ong Lanh Ward, HCMC) are excited in a class with Chat GPT grading.

Not stopping at oral debate, Mr. Dong divided the class into four groups, two groups agreeing and two groups disagreeing to discuss the topic: "Can AI replace humans?". Each group had to present using slides, infographics, charts or other non-verbal means, and record their speech to import into the VoiceGPT application - an AI tool capable of "scoring" presentations based on criteria set by the teacher.

Interestingly, the VoiceGPT evaluation results matched the results of the students' votes in the class. The application also provided detailed comments such as: clear arguments, specific evidence, academic language, only a few minor pronunciation errors...

After announcing the results, Mr. Dong spent time analyzing factors that AI could not accurately identify, such as the speaker's eyes, gestures, and demeanor. "The most important thing is not the results that AI gives, but how we learn from that process. AI can score us, but we are the ones who evaluate ourselves," Mr. Dong noted.

“Gamification” of Math with AI

Not only at high school level, in many schools in Ho Chi Minh City, teachers have begun to approach AI and find ways to make AI an effective assistant. At Phu Tho Primary School (Phu Tho Ward, Ho Chi Minh City), Mr. Nguyen Huu Tri - homeroom teacher of class 4/4 is the pioneer teacher in bringing ChatGPT and Gemini into teaching Mathematics. Since applying AI, the rate of students achieving excellent grades in Mathematics in Mr. Tri's class has increased after class hours. This teacher's secret is to "gamify" Math, turning dry numbers and calculations into attractive interactive games.

In each lesson, ChatGPT or Gemini is used to automatically create math games with increasing difficulty levels according to each student's ability. Each time they complete an exercise, they are awarded a gold star badge - a small reward but a great motivation. Not only stopping at games, students can also chat directly with AI as with a classmate.

Students practice with tablets during Digital Citizenship class.

In some lessons, teachers also let students create videos or comics to illustrate math problems, thereby practicing presentation and creativity skills. Not only do students benefit, AI also helps teachers "lighten" their work. While in the past, teachers had to observe and memorize each student, now thanks to the ability to analyze test data in real time, AI can automatically create detailed reports on each student's mistakes, helping teachers personalize teaching more quickly, effectively and accurately.

While many schools are just starting to experiment, Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted has been introducing artificial intelligence into its curriculum for the past 7 years. Initially, the program only had two levels: general and advanced, but now it has expanded to three levels, from basic to advanced knowledge, for students aiming to pursue AI at university level.

According to Ms. Pham Thi Be Hien, Principal of Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted, the biggest challenge is the lack of teachers with specialized training in AI. Therefore, the school has invited AI experts and engineers to teach and organize training courses for IT teachers. Some teachers are now guiding students to do scientific research on AI applications in life.

Tens of thousands of teachers in Ho Chi Minh City will be trained in AI.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu - Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City assessed that currently some schools in the area have piloted teaching AI to students, but only on a small scale. He hopes that this will soon be implemented officially, with a long-term orientation, a systematic program and a team of officially trained teachers.

In the first phase, the city will not be able to deploy it simultaneously in more than 3,500 schools, but will focus first on "mature" units, then gradually expand.

According to the plan, teachers in Ho Chi Minh City will participate in two key training programs : a 24-hour STEM teaching method course in English and a 40-hour international standard artificial intelligence teaching course.

Both courses aim to equip teachers with fundamental knowledge, modern pedagogical skills and practical application capabilities. Through this, teachers can confidently integrate STEM into English, and bring AI tools into the classroom, contributing to improving the quality of education and promoting innovation in teaching and learning.

Source: https://tienphong.vn/khi-thay-co-bat-tay-voi-chatgpt-post1794732.tpo