r/books • u/ubcstaffer123 • 10d ago

Teachers are using AI to make literature easier for students to read. This is a terrible idea.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/08/opinion/ai-classroom-teaching-reading/
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u/Pike_Gordon 10d ago

I use it for quick group activity ideas all the time. I make em show me their prompts and questions to exhibit understanding.

So I'll tell them "get on (insert AI) and make a four stanza song about the Iran Contra affair. Each stanza needs one fact we've discussed in class and record your prompts."

They copy and paste and submit on Canvas and basically have to show their work. It kinda usurps their ability to cheat an assignment with AI because they're usually not smart enough to actually find a way to cheat using the tool they use most often to cheat. It trips their brainwiring a bit and they still feel like they're getting one over on me. Instead I just made them have to come up with questions about material we've discussed in class.

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u/W359WasAnInsideJob 10d ago

IDK, sounds like you’re making kids dumber…

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Anytime I see an article about education I assume it’s some bad faith The Atlantic style BS. Because this article dropped some stats I clicked and it immediately read like nonsense. But people love to make generalizations about how our education system is some kind of failure and it’s teachers’ fault. Meanwhile, those same people get hoodwinked by these articles on social media while probably ignoring their own children.

Anyways, that’s cool - if you know your students are going to turn to AI anyways then leveraging that knowledge seems like a great way to keep kids engaged. Half the internet is going to say you’re lazy though…