Top chats from the Fulbright Taiwan ChatGPT Lab
How 21 Fulbright scholars teaching across Taiwan use ChatGPT for lesson planning, translating language and cultural context, and adapting to life abroad
I began using ChatGPT on its release in 2022 during a break midway through my undergraduate studies while working at the U.S. House of Representatives, where I built and managed a communications program for a congressional office. Even in its early stages, I remember being impressed by ChatGPT’s ability to elevate my work: often text-heavy, high-stakes speeches, press releases, and other copy. I didn’t have to worry about things like typos quite as much as before.
When I returned to school in 2023 and ChatGPT improved, I learned how to leverage it. I found new and interesting ways to use it to improve all aspects of my life. I used it to learn new coding languages, improve deliverables for my freelance consulting business, serve as a mock defense panel for my thesis project, and boil down what I wanted to do during the early stages of my career.
No longer was it a tool on the belt; it was the whole toolbox.
As I continued to grow with ChatGPT, I noticed that many of my peers either used it only to summarize PDFs or simply did not use it at all. I wanted to close this gap, and when I won a Fulbright scholarship, it felt like an opportunity to start the conversation.
Over six weeks, I organized a group of 20 other Fulbright recipients from across the United States — teaching across six counties in Taiwanese elementary, middle, and high schools — to meet regularly and share specific examples of how we use ChatGPT. We challenged ourselves to try it in new ways, inspired by my work and experience with the first ChatGPT Lab earlier this year.
After six meetings, we identified nine top chats that capture how we use ChatGPT for lesson planning and how we use it to translate language and cultural context, plus adapt to life abroad.
Lesson planning
Brainstorm ideas for your lesson plan
Visualize key concepts in your class
Brainstorm activities for your class
Translating language and cultural context
Translate language within a specific context
Owen Ratliff, Bowdoin College; Southern Hualien Bridge cultural gaps
Elaina Carsten, University of Northwestern–St. Paul; Taipei Draft a document in multiple languages
Alice Chang, George Washington University; New Taipei City
Adapting to life abroad
Learn conversational vocabulary
John Erlandson, Bowdoin College; New Taipei City Design habits to write daily
John Erlandson, Bowdoin College; New Taipei City Interpret text messages
Kara Richardson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Chiayi City
Thank you to the Fulbright Taiwan ChatGPT Lab!
Isaac Seiler (host), Washington University in St. Louis; New Taipei City
Jack MacDonald, University of Wyoming; Taipei City
Trinity Yang, University of Southern California; Taipei City
Perry Li, University of Cincinnati; Taitung City
Owen Ratliff, Bowdoin College; Southern Hualien
John Erlandson, Bowdoin College; New Taipei City
Helen Zhu, Northwestern University; New Taipei City
Justin Weller, Michigan State University; Taipei City
Lillian Bushway, Williams College; Taitung City
Ivana Ramirez Pilarte, Yale University; Taipei City
Reuben Tang, National Taiwan Normal University; New Taipei City
Kara Richardson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Chiayi City
Idalis Moscoso, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; Chiayi City
Brianna Proper, University of Florida; Taipei City
Sophia Chang, Princeton University; New Taipei City
Alice Chang, George Washington University; New Taipei City
Amanda Cui, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; Taichung City
Andrea Chen, Tulane University; New Taipei City
Steve Shaw, Duke University; Taipei City
Grecia Castel, University of Denver; Taitung City
Elaina Carsten, University of Northwestern–St. Paul; Taipei
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