Last week, we had our first student in my three years here use AI on one of our assessments. He wasn’t even sneaky about it, which mde us both chuckle. He typed in the question in his Google search bar, then copied, word for word, the Google AI answer.

Words he had ZERO idea how to say out loud.

Words he had ZERO idea what they meant.

He just knew he had answered the question.

So, when my grade partner brought him back and asked him to read it, he, not surprisingly, struggled through the reading.

So now what?

This is the first, but there will be more, and tech companies push this to kids younger and younger.

So what do we do? We’ll need to start looking at the technology and try to figure out how to push it into the classroom. I know of high school teachers who use it, allowing students to create essays so they can assess the writing.

I know others who allow students to use it to solve different problems, but then, they have to show the work for the problem.

Others have students write, then allow them to use AI as a proofreader, getting the program to check for grammatical mistakes, and giving feedback to their writing.

Me? We use it to create reading passages and comprehension for students last year. I loved the fact that I could plug some writing project into AI, then take the feedback and tailor it to that student.

What about you? What do you think the goal of having AI in the classroom should be? Feedback? Lesson/unit planning? Or something completely different?

I’d love to hear from you! Drop a comment down below!