How should teachers handle work made with AI?
Make the purpose of the task worthwhile and the learner’s thinking visible. Ask them to explain choices and apply what they understand.
Begin with why the work is worth doing. If the only visible purpose is to deliver a document and collect a grade, a machine offers an obvious shortcut. Give learners a question to investigate, something to create or a contribution whose value they can understand.
Then make room for the thinking to become visible. Ask a student to explain a choice, work through a new example or show how they assessed the assistant’s suggestion. Let them describe what they tried, what surprised them and what they can now do that they could not do before.
This follows the Manifesto’s view of teachers as allies in learning. We can take AI assistance seriously while still expecting students to understand their work and develop abilities of their own.
— Martin Poliačik