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help in revising policies.
Teachers will also have to make their students aware of
what assistance from AI they will accept in their courses and
what they will not. Alice Keeler (2023), in her blog Teacher
Tech, provides a great example for English teachers with the
post “Acceptable Use Policy for AI in the ELA Classroom.”
She provides a chart of samples of what will be acceptable
and what won’t be acceptable. For example, she provides
the acceptable use of “rewriting a reading passage at a
lower reading level” to assist the student in understanding
the passage. On the other hand, she says using the prompt
“What are the main points of the reading passage?” is not
acceptable. This chart could be used as a template by other
teachers to form their own policies for their classrooms.
Teachers will need to learn how to create concise prompts so that they can then teach students how
to use these new tools efficiently. They must also convey to their students the need to review information
generated to determine if it is accurate, up-to-date, and unbiased—because these conditions are not always
the case. Students should also be cautioned about what they post in a prompt because personal information
put into a prompt might be viewed by a third party.
The International Society for Technology in Education
(ISTE) provides free practical guides with curricular
resources for AI for grades K–12. Each guide contains
four student-driven projects that align with subject-
area standards.
Although concerns exist about students using
artificial intelligence, there are also many possibilities
on how educators can use AI to reduce some of the
time-consuming tasks that they need to complete
routinely. For instance, if one created a prompt with
a specific topic, the standards to be covered, and the
format needed, AI could generate a lesson plan. Of
course, the educator would need to review the result and edit as needed to meet the specific needs of a
class. A form letter/email to parents could be generated with only a few terms. An educator could also use
AI to differentiate an assignment to meet certain students’ individual education plans.

In Sum
Artificial intelligence will change educational
practice. AI chatbots will create some challenges for
educators in that they will have to revise or develop new
assignments that are not as easily printed out directly from
these chatbots. On the other hand, giving students training
in the AI skillsets that they will need in their future will
create new opportunities to learn and grow. These tools
will give educators an opportunity to develop new skills,
too. Following are some articles for further reading on
artificial intelligence in education.

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