AI and Academic Integrity: Establishing Secondary Classroom Expectations
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Description
It's time to add a lesson about "AI and academic integrity" to your plans for the fall. Technology has shifted rapidly, and it's now imperative that teachers establish clear expectations around their students' use of artificial intelligence. This 40-50 minute lesson utilizes whole-group instruction, independent work, and small-group work to meet the following learning objective: Students will determine academically appropriate uses for AI. The tone of this lesson is collaborative as the students and teacher work together to consider ethical implications and establish norms.
This lesson is best suited for teachers who understand the value of AI, and want to permit students to use it in some academically appropriate situations, but also continue to value the writing process as a means to develop deeper understanding. If you want to work with your students to find pedagogically sound approaches to incorporating AI, this resource is for you.
Lesson Overview:
- Learning objective: Students will determine academically appropriate uses for AI.
- Duration: 40-50 minutes
- Designed for secondary students in grades 9+
- Utilizes independent work, whole group instruction, and small group work
Lesson Components:
- Activate prior knowledge with a "brain dump"
- Build tier III vocabulary
- Examine different types of generative AI
- Analyze differences between "techno futurism" and "lock it and block it" approaches to AI in schools
- Identify academically appropriate AI scenarios in school
- Sort AI applications to determine classroom expectations
- Understand the requirements of AI acknowledgment and attribution
Included Resources:
- Google Slides lesson with extensive teacher notes - everything can be edited
- Google Doc student note-catcher and scenarios handout - everything can be edited
- Google Doc printable sorting cards - everything can be edited
- Three PDF printable posters for classroom AI expectations - everything can be edited
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