Teaching with Chad

Beginning in January my students started talking more and more about getting help from “Chad” with their papers and essays. References to “Chad” occurred in conjunction with “the side eye,” smirks, and giggles all around. Just who was this “Chad” character?

Thank God for NPR. Not too long after Chad became a hot topic in my classroom, NPR ran a story about ChatGPT, and I started connecting the dots. ChatGPT is the elusive “Chad”!