ZeroGPT: A Teacher’s New Ally

By Herman M. Lagon

ZeroGPT is helping educators navigate AI in the classroom as technology changes education. This tool makes it easy for teachers to verify student work. In a world where AI tools like ChatGPT, Grammarly, Google Bard, Gemini, Zapier, Perplexity, Copilot, and Jasper make academic tasks easier, ZeroGPT helps us detect AI-generated work to maintain academic integrity.

For me, ZeroGPT in class has changed everything. This gives me peace of mind that my students think for themselves rather than using AI for essays, reports, and assignments. I used ZeroGPT to verify a couple of student submissions. This simple but effective tool helped me keep the academic process authentic and students engaged.

Using ZeroGPT may be seen as suspicious. It helps students understand the value of doing their work for me. The power of AI can also be its downfall. ZeroGPT ensures students do not skip learning and encourages critical thinking and deep subject engagement. Its purpose is to aid understanding.

Teachers face a significant challenge when students use AI to avoid learning. Students who submit essays without personal insight or engagement may be overusing AI. ZeroGPT lets me quickly verify their work, ensuring they are genuinely studying. It ensures that critical thinking and problem-solving skills are emphasized throughout the learning process.

More than just detecting AI-generated content, ZeroGPT starts a conversation about technology in education. It encourages students to balance technology and authenticity by reflecting on the ethics of using AI in academic work. In a future where technology permeates education, self-awareness is essential.

ZeroGPT is especially important in our country, where academic integrity is highly valued. Pinoy culture emphasizes “pagpapakatao,” or being truly human, which includes education. ZeroGPT emphasizes that academic success should come from hard work and creativity, not shortcuts. Learning is about engaging with the process, building knowledge, and developing critical skills, not just completing assignments.

AI is here to stay, so we should use it to improve education. ZeroGPT shows how technology can promote authenticity, creativity, and critical thinking in education. Innovation and preserving the human element that makes education powerful must be balanced.

Many of my colleagues find ZeroGPT useful. One teacher said it gave her the confidence to better evaluate her students’ work. Another teacher said it saved her time by quickly identifying AI-generated papers. These stories demonstrate that ZeroGPT improves academic efficiency and fairness, not just dishonesty detection.

Like any tool, ZeroGPT has flaws. AI-generated content will always slip through, or the tool will make a mistake. That does not reduce its value. It adds security to the academic process, ensuring students learn and grow. It is about supporting real learning, not perfection.

ZeroGPT could revolutionize digital assessment and academic integrity. It is not just about catching cheaters but about raising responsible, thoughtful students. We must teach students how to use AI ethically to enhance their learning, and our ZeroGPT helps us do that.

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Doc H fondly describes himself as a “student of and for life” who, like many others, aspires to a life-giving and why-driven world grounded in social justice and the pursuit of happiness. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the institutions he is employed or connected with.