Using ChatGPT

To Quickly Summarize Sources

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Write Thesis Statements

ChatGPT

• What is ChatGPT?
• ChatGPT stands for Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer. It's a chatbot developed by OpenAI and was launched on November 30, 2022. A chatbot allows humans to interact with digital devices. This language model is based on a large neural network architecture known as GPT (Generative Pre-training Transformer). ChatGPT allows users to engage in human-like conversations and perform various tasks, such as
• Answering questions,
• Composing emails,
• Generating code,
• Summarizing information,
• Develop Thesis statements
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• Craft Clear Prompts: Be specific to get accurate responses.
• Fact-Check Responses: Verify accuracy before relying on them.
• Embrace Learning: Accept mistakes and uncertainties as part of the process.

Do Not Provide Personal Information

ChatGPT Conversations ARE NOT PRIVATE

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ChatGPT Video

Questions

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1. How do teachers know that ChatGPT is being used in student assignments?

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• What is good about ChatGPT according to the professor?

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• What are some other positive and negative ways ChatGPT can be used, not just in schools, but at work?

Summarizing in Google Docs

-Copy and paste your text onto a Google Doc

-Highlight the entire text in your Google Doc

-Click “View” in the Toolbar

-Choose “Show Outline”

-On left side, Click the + near “Summary”

-You will get a brief summary of your source--no details

Original Text

Did ChatGPT miss anything in its summary?

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This is the rest of the summary.

What vital information does this provide that the original result didn’t provide?

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Types of Plagiarism

Direct Plagiarism

Self Plagiarism

Mosaic Plagiarism

Accidental Plagiarism

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Take a look at this source for an explanation of the different types of plagiarism. Also, look at the examples. Does ChatGPT plagiarize?

This abstract comes from a study, “What Interventions Work Best for Families who Experience Homelessness?”

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Use Chat GPT to comprehend sources.

Simple Enough?

Try simplifying sources, especially if you have trouble understanding them at first.

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After simplifying, go back and read the original text. Your reading skills might improve.

Is this clearer?

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Read the original text. Does it make sense now?

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Is the ChatGPT summary stating the same ideas?

What are some problems you can encounter when summarizing using ChatGPT?

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How can ChatGPT help students and workers?

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What should students and workers know before using Chat GPT?

ChatGPT & Thesis Statements

How to write a thesis statement

You can ask Chat GPT to write you a thesis statement. But now you have to find the evidence.

ChatGPT Thesis:

Rethinking homelessness solutions should involve incorporating mandatory sobriety tests into Housing First programs, as supported by research indicating their effectiveness in keeping individuals off the streets, and addressing the significant barrier posed by landlord discrimination against those with criminal convictions.

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My Revised Thesis:

The homeless problem might be solved by requiring mandatory sobriety tests into Housing First programs, and ending landlord discrimination against those who have been convicted of crimes.

Use ChatGPT to help you. Don’t take what it spits out to you. Rephrase it so you can understand the thesis ; it must make sense to you.

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This is a tool to help you, not do the work for you. You never know if ChatGPT is detected in Turnitin.

An easier approach to writing a thesis is to take your evidence first, then build the thesis statement.

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What did you learn from your source? ChatGPT can synthesize those ideas.

Is this the thesis statement I want based on my findings?

Original Research Question:

Is providing permanent housing the most effective way to address homelessness?

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My edited thesis statement, placing my least important ideas to my most important ideas:

To address homelessness effectively, we need more accurate data on programs like Housing First, sobriety tests for people receiving housing assistance, fair housing access regardless of criminal history, and most importantly proactive federal rent subsidies to help families before they get evicted.

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Final Thesis Statement

While permanent housing advocates stress the need for Housing First in order to reduce homelessness, there are more effective ways to combat homelessness such as requiring homeless people to submit to sobriety tests before placing them in housing programs, passing laws that guarantee fair housing access regardless of criminal history, and most importantly continuing proactive federal rent subsidies to help families before they get evicted.

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How is the final thesis statement different than the thesis statement ChatGPT created?