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I won't. I don't think it's something that has a place in the classroom, except to point out how slipshod it can be and how dangerous it is for students to use it. We're supposed to be teaching students how to think, not how to find shortcuts around doing their own thinking. Good grief. Let's leave the tech industry hype outside the classroom.
I couldn’t agree more. Going back to the basics (pencil and paper) and establishing a solid foundation for the future is the way to go! Less screen time, less electronics = the better! The parents are thanking us for it and, in the long run, we will be helping the students out.
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After attending the CSPD Conference last week, I have to admit that I am intrigued by AI
I will not be using it at all. I agree, that these kids shouldn’t be taught these shortcuts, specially when they have so many gaps and struggle with foundational skills! It has its uses, but at their level, they cannot understand appropriate usage!
Just this past year, I had a student in 4th grade that turned in an extra credit essay that was clearly AI generated! It sounded like a college essay. I had a parent conference and discussed the effects of misuse. As professionals, we CAN obviously tell the difference between an AI generated essay and a student’s work. It was insulting to think we wouldn’t! If AI is brought into the classroom and we expose kids to it early on, we are opening up a can of worms and the negative effects will definitely out weigh the positive.
My middle schooler uses it at times to help guide her in the right direction and enhance her vocabulary, but we have had LONG conversations about how to appropriately use it at home to support her learning and our expectations for use. My husband is in IT, and I was a little irritated he mentioned it to her at first, but I see now that it was better for US to expose her to it than at school. She is a straight A student with a strong writing foundation, so in her case, AI can help enhance her knowledge and written expression. I would never recommend it in public school though!
Honestly, though... most of the students who will cheat with AI will probably cheat anyway. What I noticed this year was that the same students who plagiarized were also the ones who overused AI. I go through a big spill and show my kids the Brisk Chrome extension and how it shows copy and paste, plagiarism, and AI
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I was absolutely against it and as someone in our office pointed out, about 90% of them will use it in the future. (He uses it for emails, some other communications, etc.) Then I spoke with a guy in business who said kids better learn how to use it since he’s seeing a need for it more and more. And talking to my college-age kid, he said some of his profs allow it and others don’t. After getting these opinions, thinking good and hard, and doing a lot of reading about AI, I realize that AI is not going away; it is here to stay. So, I am in the process of figuring out a way to teach how to use it responsibly and truthfully, when it can and cannot be used, how it can be used, etc. I don’t think it’s opening a can of worms since that can has already been opened; I think that I want to get a jump on teaching the kids the pitfalls of worms running around, how to collect their worms and put them in order, and when they can and cannot open their own can of worms. 🪱 🪱🪱🪱
I also want to emphasize that no AI would be used until they have solid skills in writing on their own. (From what I’ve seen, some kids may never get to use AI!😉)
Here are my ideas (feedback welcome!)
1. Have the kids sign an academic honesty policy. We have a general policy in the handbook, but I’d make a separate form concerning AI specifically since it can be used so many ways and there are so many tools.
2. Develop a scale for AI use on assignments. From 0 (none) to 5 (used AI and looked it over). Anything from 1 on up, the student has to examine the work and they are responsible for anything wrong, grammar, format, etc. For example, writing a paragraph may be a 1: they could generate a list of ideas using AI and that’s it; from there everything has to be their own work.
3. Any use of AI means the student must show a link to the AI chat. Then I can see what was used and if they are being truthful with their use.
4. Teach them how to write a good prompt. (I have to learn too!) That’s a specific writing skill.
5. Think about some form of grading scale for using AI vs not on an assignment where I allow it??? For example, if you used AI at the level 5, the highest grade you could earn would be a C; the less AI, the higher possible grade?? An incentive to use less? Especially for those kids who really care about grades? 🤷♀️
6. As a previous poster mentioned, show them how I can see their keystrokes, time spent, and copy-paste with Brisk. I did that last year with an advanced class (who wouldn’t cheat to save their lives), and it made a huge impression on the kids. Google Docs also has a draftback feature that’s quite similar to Brisk.
I’m sure there’s more, but my brain has been hashing this through for a while. I looked here on FB for an AI bowl, but all they have is hard-core tech folks; maybe start an AI in education bowl?
What do you think?
Yes, I am working on some ideas now and have hammered out a draft version of a policy. I need to polish it, but so far it’s usable.
As for Originality.ai, I read several freelancers had a lot of trouble with it. They said if you used good grammar, punctuation, and spelling, Originality flags it as a high rate of AI generated. One guy said his copy was flagged at 100%, so all he did was remove some commas and other marks that should have been there and it dropped to 51%. I would not count on any AI checker yet; I’ve heard too many stories of clients lost, profs accusing students, etc.
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