Question: Is AI supporting or shortcutting student learning in your experience so far?

Jason Friend, Educator at Saratoga High School District, California, shares:

"Shortcutting. In many ways, the current battle against illicit AI use reminds me of the early years of Spark Notes. The more students relied on Spark Notes, the more they lost confidence in their own powers of literary analysis..."

Melissa Rofer, Educator at Los Gatos High School, California, shares: 

"I think it is shortcutting student learning in ELA. I cannot speak to other subjects. Students are most often using it as a tool to replace thinking, reading, and writing. I am a firm believer in reading the actual text rather than a summary and in grappling with the writing process to find one’s own voice..." 
 

Yasmine Ezzedine, Onboarding Consultant at Turnitin and former researcher and lecturer, shares: 

"With my background in AI and my experience in teaching, research and supervision, I see it as neither inherently supportive nor a shortcut, it depends on how it is integrated into learning and how students are approaching those tools. In my experience so far, AI can enhance critical thinking, feedback, and accessibility when used intentionally, but it can also encourage surface level engagement if students rely on it..." 

Share your perspective on today’s question and learn from fellow educators shaping how AI fits into teaching and learning.