Kathryn Laurentius

Service learning connects the community and students in a way that is practical and meaningful. There is also benefical learning that can happen during the experience. 

Chat GPT as a tool is so powerful and I see more advantages to it for educators than disadvantages. It is being used widely in industry so that is also an important factor for teachers to get on board with it. 

Using Chat GPT has helped save me so much time, I especially love it for finding examples to specific concepts. It is also helpful to change the tone of an email or message to be more professional or reasonable. 

I learned the many benefits and downfalls of Chat GPT. The bias element is something I don't think my students recognize and so being aware and sharing that with them is very important to me. 

I learned that AI has actually been around a lot longer than I realized. 

The tax, insurance, debt and budgeting concepts for different career paths are considerations I did not consider. It is important to keep those at the forefront when discussing with students financial literacy. 

There were new resources such as Bonzi that was listed that I did not know about. In the state I teach, personal finance is a graduation requirement so everyone takes it. Having good resources with varying types of content is helpful to keep it relevant to students. 

Case studies are a great way that I apply this in marketing with personal finance. I also use local experts in financial planning and insurance to speak to students on topics such as financial literacy and planning. 

Personal finance and financial literacy is unique to each individual's goals, family situation and life experiences. It is important to teach from a lens without bias and to tailor the teaching to different learning styles. 

Understanding how community partnerships can benefit the school and the industry professionals is important.