Hur kommer AI-tekniken att påverka skrivandet i skolan? Öppnar den upp för nya sätt att skriva och lära? Eller sitter vi som grodor i kokande vatten och märker inte att vårt mänskliga tänkande trubbas av då AI långsamt tar över det? Det frågar sig läraren Johan Schultz.

School districts across the country have begun punishing students by forcing them into online classes, sometimes indefinitely. Research shows that students of color or with disabilities comprise a sizable chunk of in-school and out-of-school suspensions.

Many teachers are beginning to use AI such as ChatGPT as an educational tool in the classroom, acknowledging both the technology's potential benefits and limitations in order to introduce their students to a useful new tool while maintaining academic integrity.

"If educators can reclaim their time by using generative AI to do the mundane tasks, they can get back to doing some of the fun stuff that made them get into teaching,” says one school district director of technology.

History teacher Matthew Fulford has adapted his essay assignments to adjust to student accessibility to AI writing tools, such as ChatGPT. Fulford now breaks his essay assignments into parts - research, writing, documentation - and grades each separately to reward students' problem solving and creative efforts.

Artificial-intelligence tools can help teachers maximize instructional time, making the classroom a more inclusive place through personalization, while jumpstarting creativity when thinking has stalled, writes Marcia McInnes, partnerships lead of Canva for Education.

As the US works to develop policies on the use of artificial intelligence in education, some other countries are implementing AI in classrooms.

Flere og flere elever oplever at blive digitalt krænket. En nordjysk kommune har lavet en handleplan for at klæde lærere og forældre bedre på til at hjælpe elever, der for eksempel får delt et nøgenbillede.

Major UN report issues warning over excessive use, with one in four countries already banning the devices.

While many acknowledge they can have benefits for learning, the effect on pupils’ behaviour and attention spans mean others favour a full ban.