Teachers Wrestling with AI in Classroom
Faculty are experiencing discomfort and challenges related to the increasing use and mandated integration of AI tools in education. Concerns range from ethical objections from students to a lack of trust in student work and a feeling that AI undermines authentic learning and assessment.
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“My studio is having a dividing moment. Everyone’s favorite topic of course. Some of us want to maximize AI use, others are against it completely. I don’t believe AI makes Art but I do believe the machine learning & natural language programming abilities of AI…”
“No classroom exists in a vacuum, neither does any class or school year, that's the basis I'm proceeding on here. Employing a method or tool is advocacy if it's something you believe is right, you've advocated to yourself for doing so, and it's inevitable if you do it for any length of time that a colleague will notice, either from your practice or from the results of it. If you're persuaded it's right, then when that colleague comes to ask about it you're surely n”
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“I'm a PhD student, and I'm in a really stressful situation. I submitted my progress report, and my guide was extremely upset after noticing that parts of it appeared to be AI-generated. He spent almost the entire day scolding me and said this is a serious academic issue. Now he's asking me to write a letter explaining and justifying what happened. To be clear, the work itself is mine. I used AI to help improve the language and structure of some sections because I struggle with academ”
“If you're not already using some AI to help you with this, I would consider it... a lot of people balk at the use of AI and say it's impersonal, but if you actually use relevant data when generating comments, you can get better, more thorough and personalized comments than you'd ever be able to create on your own... the mental fatigue of report writing is real... we all know it first hand! For that EXACT reason I build an entire platform that takes gradebook data and uses AI to write”
“Made this because I wanted a faster way to run review games without hand-writing questions or dealing with per-seat subscription tools. Type a topic, AI drafts multiple-choice questions grounded in live web search (so it's not just making things up), you review/edit each one before it goes live, then present. Students join on their own phones via QR code or a 6-digit code — no app install, no student accounts, which matters a lot for BYOD classrooms or younger grades where account creation i”
“Personally I don't want AI to read my notes, and I don't think it will help me remember stuff better.”
“During a forthcoming PhD cohort session I want to run a session on the use of AI. Does anyone know of any exercises that can be used to help students see that AI is extremely problematic. Any leads on useful articles or policies out there? submitted by /u/Artistic_Cap_4867 [link] [comments]”
““Refuses to write it for you” does land, especially for parents and counselors. I’d make the product show proof of that constraint early: before/after feedback, questions it asks, and examples of what it refuses to generate. Otherwise people may assume it is just a ghostwriter with nicer wording.”
“I use AI to write test questions. Usually I type something like this: Create 10 four option multiple choice questions with answer choices all approximately the same length in DoK 2 and 3 Edit: Adding approximately the same length is important. Otherwise the obvious correct answer is the longest. This makes the assessment more challenging and makes the student think.”
“i very strongly agree with this! i've had several people try to push it onto me since starting, which both saddens and offends me deeply. is everything we do worth nothing more than a "prompt" to them? ☹️”
“TLDR: my advisor and lab mates tell me to use AI whenever I ask a question and I’d love some advice on what to do. Hello! I’m in the United States and I’m in the field of bio/human health sciences. So I should preface this with, I’m not anti-AI. However, I’m starting to get frustrated that whenever I ask my advisor or a post doc in my lab a question, they say “just ask ChatGPT/claude/etc”. Also things tend to take me a little slower because I’m not depending on it, cuz I want to produce good wor”
“Just want to know a general opinion about using AI. to not just check grammar or restructure sentences better but also in analysing parts of the results that we may miss? Summarising papers? Writing codes for post processing? Is it bad to do so? Is it cool? I am not asking it to do the research for me but anything that I would ask my Hiwi or master student to do? I am new to phD and would want to know how acceptable it is. Also what other things do you use it for to make phD better? submit”
“long house truth/social acceptance filter. Those who oppose it are loud and obnoxious. Those who don't, or don't care, don't want to deal with 1/3 of the class acting like morons about it.”
“They hate it in their lil TikToks and Reels and Shorts. They love it when it writes their English paper for them.”
“Then stop using AI for any part of your assignments. Do not use it to "brainstorm topics" or "improve your writiing." That's not helping you.”
“This is either engagement bait or you must teach some elective where the use of AI isn't beneficial. If you teach math, social studies, or English, then your students probably love you for being the teacher who doesn't realize they're using AI.”
“Using AI 'to some degree' does not mean coding is not a criticial thinking activity.”
“The reality is that there is no expectation that teachers hand-craft an organic, farm-to-table educational experience. Holy strawman, batman. A disrespectful teenager saying, "You didn't make this, I can tell!" is not pointing out anything unique, interesting, or meaningful. So my son's teacher sincerely complimented him on his ability to spot math errors in the questions. It was a positive, productive exchange. But you weren't there, were you? Some teachers chase the appro”
“I am writing here about using AI to generate content in ways that could be reasonably detected by others, such as assignment creation, emails, and written comments (I originally used a compound word that started with an "f" and ended with "back," but it flagged my post as spam, so I changed it to "teacher comments" throughout even though I strongly prefer my original word choice). Every time this issue comes up people point out that teachers and students have differ”
“https://blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/2026-08/als-ob-philosophieren-lily-hu Considering sharing this with students early in the term. submitted by /u/Afraid_Fishing_3694 [link] [comments]”
“I keep hearing about the "problem with AI" so many seem to be having, but to be honest, I'm not seeing it. What I see in general is 95% of my students have a deep hatred of AI to the level of AI use is as socially acceptable as selling meth. They are deeply offended when a teacher uses it. The other 5% are the same students that are socially and academically behind and generally receive pity from the other students. The students generally see it as destructive to the environment an”
“Another post about that Purdue/AI article. In the article, there's a quote: "Students could use AI to search for scholarly sources and strengthen their arguments." OK, sure. But, people could also use social media to engage in thoughtful discussions with experts, use YouTube to watch university lectures and educational documentaries, use the internet to read classic literature for free, use streaming services to watch documentaries instead of reality TV, and on and on. I could use”
“Thoughts?? (ALL 200 majors and programs now require AI proficiency) https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/9/purdue-shares-first-nation-ai-graduation-requirements-fall-semester/ submitted by /u/Alternative-Pear9096 [link] [comments]”
“Hello all. I'm a PhD student at R1 university and I teach a variety of classes in a physical science. These tend to be senior-level classes for majors, not for general education. I am depressed to report that nearly all of my students use AI in their lab reports. Often to the point that I am unconvinced that any of them actually engage with the material. Of course, it is very hard to prove any of this. So I am unsure what to do. Obviously, I'm training to become a career researcher in th”
“There's a fellowship convening in Boston this month (AASA + MIT RAISE + Day of AI) where students are drafting a national model AI policy for K-12, which is an interesting contrast to how slowly much university-level AI policy has moved. Curious whether anyone's department or institution has actually finalized real AI language yet, or if it's still mostly informal, professor-by-professor decisions, like it seems to be in a lot of places. Source submitted by /u/Kristina_Le”
“I’m not that surprised in retrospect (i mean hundreds of premeds, most of whom write about the same couple topics gotta be boring asf) but I just feel like if you’re gonna use AI, and not even bother to humanize it or draft it yourself, then just tell people you don’t give feedback. The reason I asked her for this in the first place was to get another (hopefully qualified) pair of HUMAN eyes to read it besides my dad and friends because no offense to either of them but they aren’t familiar with”
“Saw that Maryland's new K-12 AI law includes language saying AI "must not replace human relationships, professional judgment, or essential skill development." Interesting that it's showing up in state K-12 statute before a lot of higher ed institutions have anything that explicit in their own academic integrity policies. Has anyone's university actually put language this direct into policy yet, versus the more common vague "responsible use" framing? submitte”
“i recently learned that you can use ai as a chatbot and people use it to funnel their OF or anything they want to do with it on snapchat. i was wondering is this also possible for skool communities? someone can make a post in the community and then have the ai chat bot reply to the post. im now in a rabbit hole figuring stuff like this out submitted by /u/Trlx_ [link] [comments]”
“Kids lie all the time about not using AI. How can you be so sure that they didn't use AI?”
“I'm assuming that AI is not allowed in your course. You can use AI for research or to help you understand the topic better but don't just ask it to give you an essay. Literally defeats the entire purpose of assessments. Like sure, if you understand all the content then give the AI exactly what you want your essay structure and arguments to be then rewrite the entire thing yourself to ensure correctness and relevance then that's probably fine and I do it myself sometimes. If you don&#”
“Many schools are doing what they can to make teaching something anyone off the street can do by simply reading a script. Ai is just one of the many ways that they steal our knowledge and abilities. They want super detailed lesson plans and day by day pacing guides created. I have written pretty much 100% of my curriculum, just as many teachers have, yet they don’t pay us for it and make it mandatory that we share it with them as well as other teachers.”
“My research advisor has recently taken a liking to AI and has been spending considerable time integrating it into his workflow. As a PhD student, I've spent a lot of time thinking about (and chatting with them about) how to use it in such a way that I don't jeopardize or outsource my own development. I think a great use case for it is to ask for a list of papers related to whatever you're researching, and to synthesize that information. Basically to do a literature review for you to”
“Okay I've got you. Here's what Im thinking: Fastest option might be using an AI prompt that reads the transcript and gives you a detailed prompt to feed into Powerpoint/Google Slides/Gamma. Should cost you $0 additional, and all you have to do is copy and paste. Transcribe your lecture with AI meeting notes. Take this prompt that i made for you below, paste it to a page by itself. The title of the page is .Presentation Builder. The body is the full prompt with nothing else inside. When y”
“take transcript and paste into notebook lm, they do a great job with podcasts and slides and quizzes and it's all free... u can upload slides too dw”
“Hi all, would love to hear your thoughts to help me fine-tune an idea I have to discourage AI dependence in writing. My students have been working in groups for most of the term (5-3 groups per class). The plan is: Have each group select a volunteer to come to the front. For these students, I would ask them to scan a QR code (so what they type appears on a slide) then to complete the prompt "I'm a good" with what the autocorrect in their phone suggests (if you keep selecting the au”
“Hi. I have a question, could this plan and pipeline work?. I will be attending university master's classes on AI (thankfully got accepted a few days ago) and computers in a few months. There will be university lectures on machine learning, computer vision, robotics, video games and AI etc, i wanted to take notes using my laptop instead of the classical approach of pen and paper. i have a 500$ hp laptop (it doesnt have touch screen though so it's screen is not reactive) and chatgpt propos”
“I am a physics professor and I use Claude running as a local agent on my computer, using it for all kinds of teaching/research/administrative duties. I wonder if this is the norm now, or people think otherwise. View Poll submitted by /u/TechnicalAd1660 [link] [comments]”
“And apart from PhD thesis, are they writing manuscripts for peer reviews using AI? And what about coursework-related papers and assignments - are they doing it using ChatGPT (or other similar LLM AIs)? submitted by /u/Ok_Reading_it [link] [comments]”
“Hey all. My university is encouraging us to use (in a “totally not required and not mandatory” way) an AI tool called Superhuman Go for our courses this fall. Anyone had any experience with this platform? submitted by /u/ContrabandRaccoon [link] [comments]”
“Did anyone do this? How did it go; was it very hard? What did it ask you? I'm kind of nervous and I'm re-studying what I wrote like 2 months ago, but I'm wondering if I need to be doing all that. submitted by /u/DrDMango [link] [comments]”
“During a conference today, I heard a strong opinion that students should no longer do written assignments because AI makes them unreliable. I understand the concern, but I’m not sure I agree. Maybe I’m wrong, but in my field students need to learn how to write business plans, marketing plans and other professional documents. I use different methods too: debates, case studies, problem analysis, podcasts, videos, simulations, flipped classroom and other methods. But how can I teach students to wri”
“Sharing this because it is worth taking seriously. According to NK News, a recent article by a Tufts professor included six references that appear not to exist. AI may hallucinate, but scholars are still responsible for what they submit, cite, and publish. We cannot ask students to uphold academic integrity while treating fabricated citations as a minor technical error when they appear in faculty work. The standard should be simple: use whatever tools you want, but verify every claim and every c”
“I'm looking for advice and brainstorming for humanities group projects. I want to redo my upper-division courses to be *less* susceptible to AI use. I have 40. They always have done in-person quizzes and exams all in blue books. I cut individual research papers years ago because I did not have the time to grade them (I teach a 4-4; 160 students/semester). I have developed a number of pedagogically successful group projects that teach useful research skills despite being in a group format. Bu”
“I assign a grade based on the quality of their prompts and if they were able to upload the proper materials to answer the question at hand. This paper gets a F because they didn’t prompt their AI to cite its sources. This paper gets a B because they had AI write it and then used their rudimentary knowledge of the course syllabus to slot in citations at the end of sentences containing a claim. This paper gets an A because they uploaded the proper readings to answer the question and prompted AI to”
“Im a third year student and have been close to quitting numerous times. Im also older (45-ish) but lets not get hung up on all the reasons going back to school at this age are arduous and questionable. AI has been a godsend for me. I understand that it is not an expert and cannot be used to simply write a dissertation. However, I have found its the only way I can understand what my advisors are "advising". I get wildly different feedback from them and I also get belated feedback which”
“It's not just me is it? I feel like using AI for school has become like this shameful thing but in this day and age, with AI, why do we need to learn how to write an essay? Isn't this basically the calculator of essays? We don't need that skill anymore. Which begs the question, so what skill do we need? I think it's putting together a coherent essay that AI drafted. For example, AI can draft the essay for me, but the ideas are all mine so I'm technically still learning, I'”
“I'm TA-ing a history course for my advisor, who is in his 60s and has become obsessed with generative AI in recent months. He wants to feature AI generated historical videos in the class, thinking they will be fun for the students and will 'look good on screen'. Any advice on how to approach this? I do not want to teach them that this use of AI is acceptable. submitted by /u/edminzodo [link] [comments]”
“I mean the day to day expectations beyond what the vague ai generated policy says about it on the district/school website. What can I ask in an interview to get a realistic sense of how heavily an admin team will push teachers to use ai in the classroom/other work environments? For context: I am a high school bioscience/CTE teacher going into my 5th year of teaching working below full time status due to funding shortages. While I'm happy with my school and team in my current role, I”
“Hey I'm in university, I use AI to quiz me on topics, to generate visual experiments (ex: to help me visualize topics) an for general explaining of topics. Does anyone have good ideas for how to use AI for school? Writing my assignments: is a no thank you :) haha submitted by /u/Patient-Dimension990 [link] [comments]”
“I’m teaching an online painting class this summer (ugh I know) and try so hard to AI- proof my assignments. Tonight I graded a work that looked suspiciously smooth and not like a painting... looked closer and the image had a Gemini watermark in the corner. Disappointed because the students work has been good so far and the concept was good. Why take an art class if you’re not going to actually make the things? Do I need to have them record their painting process to believe it’s actually their ow”
“Been seeing more and more AI grading tools lately and I’m curious what teachers actually think of them. Has anyone used one? did it actually save you time or did you spend just as long fixing what it got wrong. I’m mostly dealing with handwritten paper so im curious if any of them handle that or if it’s all typed stuff. Mostly wanna hear where it goes wrong for you. whats been bad about it. submitted by /u/abnz11 [link] [comments]”
“It would be stupid to say that AI tools can’t fairly and ethically complement learning in medical school to boost learning and create better physicians. With that said, which is the best to do this? A lot of people are realizing the benefits of Claude/anthropic compared to chatGPT or Gemini. But which tools are med students actually using most successfully? How can we use it to best learn and not cognitive offload? submitted by /u/BigBart123 [link] [comments]”
“Hi y'all. So, I am planning on applying to a Master's in English (I have a few schools in mind), and I need to have a writing piece for the admissions committee to judge as part of my application. I am wondering if it is unethical in admissions to utilize AI as a brainstorming tool. I would like to note that it will not write anything for me content-wise; I am just using it to brainstorm and organize my thoughts so I can write a good piece. For example, I picked a writing piece I wrote,”
“So I found out a fully funded MSc student uses AI for everything, and they brag about it. I met this ass during my undergrad, and they brag about using ChatGPT all the time and how the subscription is the best investment they ever made. I told them I was reapplying to grad school again and they made fun of me saying because I did not use AI! It pissed me off so bad, I honestly think the system is broken. This person made the dean's list and everything during undergrad but I know they used AI”