Education Gadfly Show #851: The case for teaching writing in the age of ChatGPT, with Checker Finn

On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, David Griffith talks with Checker Finn about why we should still teach writing in the age of ChatGPT, a new AI-powered bot that can mimic human prose. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber tells us about the challenges of implementing academic Covid recovery interventions.Recommended content:ChatGPT, the writing bot discussed in this episode“Why learn to write?” —Checker Finn“Artificial intelligence is not the end of high-school English” —Robert Pondiscio “Did a fourth grader write this? or the new chatbot?” —New York TimesThe study that Amber reviewed on the Research Minute: Maria V. Carbonari et al., The Challenges of Implementing Academic COVID Recovery Interventions: Evidence from the Road to Recovery Project, CALDER Working Paper (December 2022)Feedback Welcome:Have ideas for improving our podcast? Send them to our producer Nathaniel Grossman at [email protected].