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between home and school (Grossman 2023). ChatGPT can generate newsletters in
more than 50 languages, which is helpful when students speak a language other than
English at home. Stern (2023) indicates that research shows that strong home-school
communication leads to improved academic and behavioral outcomes. Stern (2023)
also notes that, at this point in history where chronic absenteeism is a great concern,
continuous communication becomes all the more urgent, especially when there is a
clear relationship between a student dropping out and becoming incarcerated.
ChatGPT can also greatly help in organizing field trips. Before the excursion,
ChatGPT can plan the entire outing, offering the back history of the trip, places to
visit, and any follow-up assessment strategy (Grossman, 2023). For example, when
I asked ChatGPT to plan the trip to see Hamilton in Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A.
Ferré in San Juan, Puerto Rico, it provided the planned route in 12 steps. Some of the
planning steps it provided as well included (a) determine the date and time; (b) plan
the budget and funding; (c) arrange transportation; (d) purchase tickets; (e) share
storyline of the play; (f) review theater policies; and (g) arrive early. One cannot go
wrong with ChatGPT in this respect.

Student Uses
Students as well are resorting to the use of ChatGPT responsibly, asserts Jimenez
(2023). Laila Ayala, a student at Comp Sci High in New York City, has used ChatGPT
to research topics for her debate team. High school junior Zachary Clifton from
Kentucky said he has used ChatGPT to create study guides for some of the college
courses he takes at a nearby institution. Kenneth Hernandez, a Grade 9 student
in Puerto Rico, claimed he uses ChatGPT to check his essay written in class for
grammar and punctuation errors.

Concerns
Despite the success with teachers incorporating ChatGPT into their curriculum
for the benefit of their students and their own professional vocation, McDade (2023)
reports that a new survey from Study.com, an online education resource, recently
revealed that just over one in four out of 200+ K–12 teachers already have caught
at least one student cheating using ChatGPT. Mixed feelings surfaced as only one
third of the teachers in the Study.com survey believed that the use of AI should be
forbidden in schools. With more surveys coming out continuously, results reveal that
educators remain divided about students taking advantage of AI and its vast effects
on learning. McDade (2023) also notes that more districts and individual schools
across the globe are limiting or outright banning the use of ChatGPT on school
networks and devices amid concerns that it can be used easily to cheat.
Furthermore, it is also important to acknowledge the potential limitations and
ethical concerns surrounding the use of ChatGPT-4 for multilingual communication
as promoted by Pokotilo (2023) and Karakas (2023)—that is, the potential risk of
misuse or abuse of the technology. For instance, unscrupulous people could use
ChatGPT-4 to generate malicious content or disinformation in multiple languages,
making it more difficult for authorities to monitor and counteract such activities.
In another example of considering the perils of AI, in the United States the
Writers Guild Association, with 11,500 TV and film affiliates from the west and east
coasts, went on strike on May 1, 2023. Negotiations with the Hollywood studios
lasted 5 months (The New York Times, 2023). Aside from concerns about stagnated
compensation and streaming services, the latest strike also dealt with the writers not

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