By Carrie Rowe

I began my career as a middle and high school Spanish teacher in Pittsburgh Public Schools more than two decades ago, when the Internet was in its infancy and social media had just barely introduced itself to a world newly online. When students needed help conjugating verbs or deconstructing a sentence, they turned to their textbooks—not Google or ChatGPT.

Over the years as my career evolved, so did the technology available to students and educators alike. Now, more than ever, we find ourselves able to access information at the click of a button, usually just by using the phones already in our hands. People can interact with others across the globe, connecting on social media apps and online forums. Most recently, the rapid rise of artificial intelligence has started to pl

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