🎯 Context

• I work at an international school where all students bring a laptop to every lesson.
• I have taught IB DP Geography for 20+ years.
• I have had an ‘ICT Coordinator’ type role for the last 12 or so years.
• I have been teaching IB DP ESS and IB DP TOK for 3 months.

Framing the situation

• Our students are using AI at every opportunity that they get, but don’t assume negative intent.
• “Students are using the AI tools for ‘pre-thinking, ’ where we use it for ‘post-thinking.”
• It is not ‘anti-creativity’.

https://x.com/AuthorJMac/status/1773679197631701238

I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/let-ai-do-dishes-your-writing-sai-dinesh-jidic/

• We are doing our students a disservice if we do not engage.

Like it or not, the AI genie is out of the bottle, and those who don’t learn the pros and cons of using this cutting-edge technology may be left behind. The future of education should always be rooted in adapting, adopting, and evolving. Adding AI to the mix is just the natural next step in that ongoing journey.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91068077/why-educators-should-embrace-artificial-intelligence

• It’s a sidekick rather than the villain.

Rather than viewing artificial intelligence (AI) as a threat to academic integrity, educators should embrace it as a valuable tool that can enhance learning and encourage deeper analysis among students.

https://digitalpromise.org/2024/10/21/student-guest-post-shifting-our-mindsets-about-ai-reframing-ai-as-the-sidekick-rather-than-the-villain/

• What are the exam boards saying/requiring?