Ep 22: ChatGPT: Friend or Foe of Girls' Education?

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“What I suggest you do is to sit down and be the co-pilot. You don’t have to be the expert. Let your daughter be the expert.” (Robert Dodds)

How knowledgeable are you about ChatGPT? Do you know how knowledgeable your daughter is? There hasn’t just been a buzz about this new application of artificial intelligence, there has been an unrelenting hailstorm of pros and cons from every imaginable reliable source. As a parent, should you embrace this new technology, or should you be terrified? This episode is for every parent who wants to be an informed participant in these emerging conversations. With explanations of what ChatGPT can do and language to frame guidelines for its productive use, this conversation will let you be a thoughtful co-pilot on your daughter’s exploration of a tool that will be part of her world---now and well into the future.

Robert Dodds, the Head of Innovation at Methodist Ladies' College in Perth, Australia and a parent well-versed in ChatGPT, speaks with host Trudy Hall, taking a complex topic and parsing it into understandable chunks. With practical examples for how parents can learn and use the technology with their daughters, Robert also offers wise counsel to anchor decisions about the applications of A.I. in familiar parental values. He urges us all to be “moral optimists,” seeing past the dark and mysterious questions to a future in which this tool can help girls be both innovative and better prepared for life in school and beyond.

Resources:
ICGS: https://girlsschools.org/advocacy/podcast/

Methodist Ladies College: https://www.mlc.wa.edu.au/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=gbp

Parent Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (attached as pdf)
28 Jun 2023 English South Africa Education · Kids & Family

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