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A paradigm shift for every classroom: This is what AI can do now
Happy 2024, dear teachers!
Your weekly EduSummary newsletter is here to keep up with the latest AI news and insights! You’ll find tech ideas for your classroom and be inspired by fruitful cases of letting students use AI ethically. But no more intros. Here you go!
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CASE STUDIES
Tracing AI in you students’ writing
Many teachers forbid using AI for writing assignments and reports while letting their students use it for preparation. The question is how to control the process. Wes DeSantis, director of educational technology at Ridgefield Public Schools, Connecticut, told NewsTimes there is an effective way to lower the risk of AI cheating: request students to work in Google Docs and track the history of changes. If a student uses an AI output and copy-paste a ready-made essay, a teacher will see the task was accomplished in seconds.
AI to study better, not to cheat
More and more schools in the US are receiving the green light to apply AI to the schedule. In Appleton's Valley New School, Wisconsin, students can use chatbots and other tools to accomplish their assignments while educators teach them to use AI respectfully and ethically. Go to Postcrescent and learn more about their experience.

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A team of 6 graders coded complex mazes designed for robots
Correspondent for BNN Türkiye, Şafak Coştu, reported a marvelous coding achievement of six-graders from a Hebrew School who achieved impressive success. Click here to learn more about this example of hands-on learning and applying AI in STEM.
AI with fun and ethics
It’s now impossible to imagine studying digital basics without teaching AI skills in Hyderabad Public School (HPS). The school principal, Dr Skand Bali, said they aim to introduce AI in the most engaging way possible. Ethical considerations and paying attention to any potential risks of AI go hand in hand with attempts to turn AI learning into an enjoyable adventure. Go here to dive into details.
PROMPT OF THE WEEK
It isn’t easy to imagine learning outcomes without feedback. EduSummary’s AI prompt choice for this time is inspired by @herfteducator.
Input:
Create a set of questions that students can use to reflect on their performance in American history based on the following submission and marking criteria and identify areas for improvement.
Output:
Accuracy of Information:
- Did I thoroughly fact-check and verify the accuracy of the historical information presented in my work?
- What steps did I take to ensure the reliability of my sources?
Historical Context:
- Did I provide enough background information to help readers understand the historical context of the events discussed?
Go to ChatGPT to see the whole story.
WEEKLY INSIGHTS
Why do students use AI to cheat?
Writing assignments are an endless source of anxiety and fear of appearing stupid. That’s why AI prompts help so many kids get rid of this annoying feeling and develop a ready-made essay in a blink of an eye. What a “brilliant” idea, right? That is a big problem to consider because teachers who focus on preventing AI cheating may finally lose as AI chatbots are getting increasingly sophisticated. It becomes more and more difficult to distinguish human writing from machine writing. That is why, teachers must consider focusing on the importance of the writing process because this is the domain in which learning lives. That is what LZ Granderson, an LA contributor, thinks about managing AI in the classroom. Click here to read more.

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TOP 5 ideas to boost lessons using ChatGPT
A geography teacher from Gordonstoun School in Scotland, Alasdair Monteith, shared several ideas for classroom use you can apply to benefit from AI right away:
Ask ChatGPT for 10 lesson ideas, and you’ll receive at least two valuable ones;
Generate a basic lesson plan in ChatGPT and engage your class in improving it;
Ask ChatGPT to summarize news and use this data to update your learning materials;
Go to ChatGPT to create short-retrieval questions and model answers;
Summarize long texts to customize your learning materials.
For all the details, click here.
Teachers and AI tools: an unbeatable team detected
There is no use in juxtaposing humans and machines in teaching; it’s essential to emphasize cooperation between teachers and AI, states Rishabh Khanna, the Founder of an online platform for teachers called Suraasa. Go here to learn more about his ideas of enhancing teaching routines and engaging students via AI.
Three camps in AI policies: Who wins?
Ted Mo Chen, a vice president of globalization for the education technology company ClassIn, fights against banning AI because of the fear of its cheating hazards. The district policies Mo Chen discusses are Zero Tolerance (a total ban on AI in learning), Active Encouragement for using AI in lessons, and Wait-and-See positions. In his opinion, raising awareness and being open to experimentation is the best idea to benefit from the rapid progress of AI. Go here to find more encouragement.
“The knee-jerk fear and risk overlooked the potential of generative AI to support students and teachers, as well as the reality that our students are participating in and will work in a world where understanding generative AI is crucial.”
NEWS
An AI-powered course to teach over 35K learners worldwide
First, Otermans Institute (OI) launched the first humanlike digital teacher. Now it’s time for a whole AI-driven course. AI-powered teachers are taking care of tutoring students during a 9-lesson course. So, AI teaches, provides tests, and creates the content of the course. Among the institutions that have already adopted the technology are Arab American University (Palestine), Bahria University (Pakistan), Ibn Haldun University (Turkey), Catholic University of Eastern Africa (Kenya), and Universidad de Las Américas (Chile). OI generally supplies over 35K students in 13 countries, focusing on the most disadvantaged areas. Here, you can learn more about the initiative.
AI helps to turn the beloved mascot into a helpful learning visual
Andrés Gvirtz, an assistant professor in marketing technology and innovation at King’s College London (KCL), had a perfect motivation to bring image generators to his lessons, especially presentations, because he wanted to turn Reggie the Lion, the one-hundred-year-old bellowed mascot of KCL into the imaginary content in his classes. He says slides are crucial in higher education, so it’s time to boost lessons with generative AI. Click here to read more and see the famous Lion.

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AI tools English teachers like the most
1,348 English-language teachers in 118 countries took part in a recent survey by the British Council. And that is what they said. While most teachers have already tried AI in their practice, not all types of tools are equally treated. Almost half of the teachers reported using language learning apps. The second type is language generation AI tools (37%). Nearly one-third of teachers worked with chatbots. Among the others are tools for automated grading, speech recognition, text-to-speech, data & learning analytics, and VR/AR. In most cases, English teachers used AI to create learning materials and help kids practice the language. Go here to see the whole picture.
TOP TOOLS
Stable Diffusion is a text-to-image diffusion model that generates photo-realistic images. You can use it to visualize all your students’ ideas. There is a free trial. You can use the premium version for $9.99 monthly.
Amazon Q is a newly released generative AI-powered assistant. You can use it for conversations, generating content, solving problems, gaining insights, and more. Here, you can get 14 days free trial.
Learn21 is an AI platform for K-12 school districts that provides schools with technology solutions. Using Learn21, you can work with student data, workflows, integrations, and more.
Claude.AI by Anthropic is an AI assistant that provides sophisticated dialogue and creative content generation. You can use it for complex reasoning, creativity, thoughtful dialogue, coding, and detailed content creation. Claude Instant starts at $0.80/million tokens.
Speechify is an AI-driven application that is used to transform text into audio. You can convert text into human-like speech, documents, articles, PDF files, emails, and web pages. Speechify supports over 30 voices in more than 20 languages. A limited version is free to use.
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