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lego thoughts

Published 7 months ago • 1 min read

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​“Can you put us into chatgpt and turn us into lego people?” my kids, huge lego fans, asked me.
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I explained to them why I wouldn’t do that. Anything uploaded to ChatGPT is stored on OpenAI’s servers and I wouldn’t upload photos of kids (or my students!) to ChatGPT!

It did spark an idea though.

A few months later, I took out a large canvas and pencil and I outlined lego people, one for each person in our family. Each kid then painted themselves, with their favorite outfit choice, their faces, their shoes, etc. That canvas now hangs in our toy room (near the lego ofc!)

The lego people chatgpt trend (that I wouldn't join) turned into a nice Sunday activity and quality time with my kids.

And the truth is - while I’m a big fan of chatgpt, we need to remember not to let it replace the most important thing of all - the human touch. ​
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Technology is so powerful.

Technology can save us so much time.

Technology can help us reach heights we never thought were possible.

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But we can’t let it replace us. Our connection, our collaboration, and our human touch.​
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That’s the part no technology can replace.
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On that note, 3 ways I used ChatGPT this week that you might appreciate. If you use it & it helps you save time, hey, now that you have more time for the things that really matter - the people in your life. ♡

  1. Generated an answer key of a page from a student book
  2. Transcribed and edit my 7-minute ramblings of a science unit, and then formatted into lesson plan format for the whole unit
  3. Reminded me of unique ways I’ve used ChatGPT before, for a podcast I recorded last week on this topic.

What's a way you recently used ChatGPT? Hit reply & lmk!

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Mushkie
@evergrowingeducator
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