I see myself using AI as an educator to plan and create content. I usually work with 1st graders. I’m not sure how I would have them use it except for research. I’m not sure I am afraid of them using it other than cheating or plagiarism. I’m just not sure how they can use it when they haven’t learned to read well, which also means they don’t know how to spell well.
I don’t want my students to use it when summarising content or analyzing data. I want them to have these skills. I am not sure what I will use it for other than ideas on how to start or if I get stuck. I also do not want my brain or my student’s brains to atrophy and become dependent on using this tool.
I do not want my students to use it as a place to start research on current events or ethical debates- especially related to AI. The less data AI has to train on the more bias its output is. If students start their research by using AI to guide them, then they are establishing a bias that they will find research to confirm.
The main concern to me is cheating. I am worried that students will have AI providing answers and taking away the effort and work that leads to learning and develops critical thinking. If I can find/create stuff using AI as a teacher, students can find answers in the same way.
Anything that has to do with video games. I would want to stay far away from that in a classroom setting. I worry that AI might provide ways for student to use it as a game.
I do not see myself using generative AI for writing lesson plans unless my admin what lessons plans in a specific way. Currently, I make google slides and I make them instead of using templates because it has me be an effective teacher. By creating the lesson plans, it is my way of visualizing how I plan to teach the lesson and where I will need to add scaffolds. Now if my admin what lessons plans that are not my google slides, then I could see myself using an AI program because that would ease up the clerical work. I probably will not use it to come up with responses to parents or write my class dojo stories because I would what my voice being shown. I also think at a kindergarten level, I wouldn’t use any writing piece in the classroom because they need the practice interacting with the language and writing themselves.
I already use AI in my classroom for more of the administrative side of my work. AI can create such amazing things that would take me so much longer to complete. The only thing I am hesitant about right now is creating things like slideshows for my classes. I think I am just more creative in that sense and like to create my slides, but I don’t want AI to do that for me. I have tried to use it in the past for creating slides and I just have never liked how it has turned out. As far as my students I am more afraid of them using it to complete their work for them. However, I teach 7th grade so it is usually painfully obvious if they have used AI because of the way it is written.
I don’t attend to grade student work with AI. Reading student work and offering feedback is, in my opinion, crucial for teachers. Additionally, I think it’s critical that students see writing. I would prefer that students write their papers instead of using AI. I think that students will utilize plagiarism, which would prevent them from learning how to write and summarize in their own words.
I won’t use it to produce any end products. Everything I have ever used generative AI to produce requires human oversight to correct or edit. I am not worried about my students using it. They will use it. The problem is they don’t even understand the output; and copy and paste it as their own working thinking teachers won’t know. I’d rather they didn’t use it for thinking work, so I don’t have to waste time reading work clearly not done by a student.
My worry is that AI will create a system where students become reliant upon it to complete tasks they should be able to do without. This could also happen to teachers using it as well. I like the 80/20 rule. The one thing I will not do is allow it to take over any task completely, as has been mentioned several times in the videos, one must remain the manager of the tool. I plan on always checking what is created, not only for content but also tone and style.
I won’t be using AI to grade my student’s work. My students write a lot of artists’ statements. I want them to use their critical thinking to write their statements, but I don’t mind if once they have a statement, they use AI to edit it.
I worry that my students will use AI to just get answers and avoid thinking critically. I think it’s better to teach students how to use AI appropriately, rather than pretend like it doesn’t exist.