Topic: AI

The question is not “to do AI or not to do AI”; the question is how and why and when are we choosing to use AI as teachers, or helping our students know how and why and when to use it. Read on for the conversation between Anita Charles and a student.

When we become fixated on “catching” kids cheating with AI, things go downhill fast. Instead, design meaningful work, co-create clear guidance, encourage honesty, and model understanding not fear.

How do students use AI for an inquiry-based project? Through the drafting and reflection process, evaluating sources and evidence, fostering curiosity, enabling accessibility, and questioning the use of AI.

4 reasons to teach students about AI: Young people are asking for adults’ help in understanding AI and navigating trust; they need to understand it impacts the environment; and how they can benefit from AI right now.

When students use AI, center their inquiry, research skills, evaluative mind, and creative abilities to shape, fact-check and give feedback to the work AI is doing.

A framework for working with A.I.: write first, struggle second, prompt third, question fourth, and end with reflection and transparency.

How do you get the most out of a response from A.I.? How do you craft a good prompt? Learn how to provide context, identify what you need, and be specific.

Moments of struggle are crucial as they're where learning takes root. Teach students to work through their thinking first before turning to A.I. in order to interact with it more thoughtfully.

What is the writing workshop model? How do we confer alongside ChatGPT in the writing classroom.

What are the ethics of using AI in the classroom? Redefine plagiarism, acknowledge the hallucination problem, and try it before you deny it.

Can you bot-proof your classroom? Likely not. Unpack the importance of embracing, not resisting, AI programs in the writing classroom. A 3-part series by Dennis Magliozzi and Kristina Peterson.