Is AI being used in Washington schools? Yeah, of course it is. Especially when you think about how Google search is now a form of AI, it seems pretty obvious. But is it being used as more than a tool? I didn’t think so, then I saw a protest in a Spokane School that got me thinking twice.
AI In The Workplace
Each workplace has its own rules when it comes to AI. At my job place, there are limits to how we are allowed to use it. We can use it for help as an idea starter and a tool. Passing it off as our own work is a big no-no (although I have a sneaking suspicion I’ve received a performance review that was done completely with AI; that might be the topic for a later article).
In schools, I’m sure students have used AI to do their homework and tried to pass it off as their own, but now word is coming from the students that teachers are using AI for more than just idea starters.
An AI Topical Meme Looks To Be True?
Last week, I saw a meme of a student getting an F because the AI couldn’t read the student’s handwriting. That made me laugh, and then I see a news story from NBC-Affiliate out of Portland, Oregon, KGW, about a student protest to AI.
Washington Students Protesting AI In School
Over 100 students protested their Evergreen High School (Vancouver, WA) teachers using AI for lesson plans and grading.
“Pencils, not prompts.” – Evergreen High School Student Protest.
I agree. I have a big problem (at school and in the workplace) with the ‘do as I say, not as I do’ mentality…