⛔ AI: What's cheating? What's not?

📺 PANEL: AI-Forward Leadership

Swivl is offering a series of FREE panel discussions to help school leaders navigate change in their communities of educators.

(Sounds like a big goal of this group, right?)

They say: “In the age of AI, we need to be even better than ever at embracing change and being open to new ideas and experiences.”

NEXT PANEL: AI-Forward Leadership

• Date: Tuesday, February 6

• Time: 7pm U.S. EST / 6pm CST / 5pm MST / 4pm PST

• Guests: Michelle Ament (Chief Academic Officer for ProSolve; Natasha Nurse, STEM educator and mentor coordinator)

• Register to join the panel here

PAST PANEL: Supporting Teachers as Thought Leaders

• Guests: Stacey Roshan (educator/author), Lauren Kaufman (district leader), Elisabeth Bostwick (Canva learning consultant)

• Watch the replay here

• Get a certificate of completion for watching here

Want to be a panelist? Email Swivl’s Sara Candela for details.

NEW POSTS: Classroom AI 101

As I’ve talked to and worked with educators regarding AI, here’s a big thing I’m finding …

They’re still looking for concrete ways to save time with AI.

Sure, they’re curious about the future.

They definitely have questions about academic integrity.

But they’re looking for practical ways that AI can help them be more efficient.

I’m starting a series of blog posts called “Classroom AI 101” to show clear, practical solutions that AI can provide.

The first? Guided notes for videos with AI.

They’re those activities where students fill in the blanks to show that they’ve watched and understood a video.

This post shows them how to create them.

But a secondary goal? Showing tangible examples so educators start learning how AI tools work — and what they can do for them.

Check it out here: Classroom AI 101: Create guided notes for videos with AI

📧 Kendra Carlson’s “Frid-AI Newsletter”

Thanks to Kim Brown for sharing this great guidance document from the California Department of Education!

They’ve provided this document to help school leaders (like you) think through various topics surrounding AI in schools, including:

• Fundamental skills for educators and students

• Why utilize AI in schools

• How to take necessary steps

• How to develop AI in schools

Click here to read the whole document

🗓 This week’s discussion topic

Here’s this week’s new discussion topic (posted under Resources / GRAPHIC: AI in the Classroom: What’s Cheating?):

This topic has been available in our community / discussion boards ever since AI for Admins opened.

Over the last couple weeks, some of our members have found it and started discussing it.

I created this graphic to show the variety of ways that AI could be used in student work.

It ranges from “more AI creation” (too much AI creation???) down to “more human work.”

Your questions (take this whatever direction you’d like):

• If you had to draw a line where everything above it was cheating and everything below it was not, where does that line go?

• Which of these do you like? Which concern you?

• How do we determine what’s cheating and what’s OK when it comes to AI?

Click here to view the graphic and respond!

PS: Hit reply to this email if you want to suggest a future discussion topic!

📚 New AI resources this week

1️⃣ Will Chatbots Teach Your Children? (via The New York Times): New A.I. tools could enable a Silicon Valley dream: bots that customize learning for pupils. Prior attempts have not lived up to the hype.

2️⃣ Your classmate could be an AI student at this Michigan university (via mlive.com): Ferris State University is exploring the development of artificial intelligence by creating two virtual students who will enroll in classes and participate in lessons and activities over the next several years.

3️⃣ Q&A: How will AI reshape education? Experts consider the opportunities and dangers (via Phys.org): Three distinguished authorities in the field of education share their thoughts on the future of classrooms and schools in light of AI.