The more digital things are moving, the less I realize I am doing handwritten assignments. Now that CollegeBoard has made all AP Exams digital (or at least a hybrid), it seems like it’s harder to do more handwritten assignments. I still have them do their note taking by hand but I notice they’re very slow. Even typing, many of them struggle to type well and quickly. There are always so many spelling mistakes too! How do you handle this challenge?
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I saw something online from Niall Ferguson, a controversial historian who is now working at Stanford. He had a good way of looking at the classroom at the dawn of the AI era. He said if we use computers, we need to assume they are using AI in SOME capacity. Either creating the work or modifying or even running it through Grammarly.
He then said, We need to address what we want in our classroom, and he suggested an idea that was something like this:
The Closture- NO TECHNOLOGY. Paper, pencil, book, and discussion. The teacher MAY have a powerpoint, but keep that limited, even because students need to assume that the teacher is ALSO USING AI to craft the lesson materials.The Starship- 100 percent technology allowed. Every AI tool under the sun can be used, but the assignment needs to be geared with that in mind. So, for example, the classic typed paper needs to change in our modern school because we need to assume students are using AI somewhere in it.
I have adapted this idea this semester in my World History class, and it has been very cool. We are honest and open about handwriting, and I found some things that help students work on their handwriting. It helps my daughter, who is five, and she is working on that skill right now, so I made videos of her telling my students they can do it and can get better at writing just like her.
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I saw something online from Niall Ferguson, a controversial historian who is now working at Stanford. He had a good way of looking at the classroom at the dawn of the AI era. He said if we use computers, we need to assume they are using AI in SOME capacity. Either creating the work or modifying or even running it through Grammarly.
He then said, We need to address what we want in our classroom, and he suggested an idea that was something like this:
The Closture- NO TECHNOLOGY. Paper, pencil, book, and discussion. The teacher MAY have a powerpoint, but keep that limited, even because students need to assume that the teacher is ALSO USING AI to craft the lesson materials.The Starship- 100 percent technology allowed. Every AI tool under the sun can be used, but the assignment needs to be geared with that in mind. So, for example, the classic typed paper needs to change in our modern school because we need to assume students are using AI somewhere in it.
I have adapted this idea this semester in my World History class, and it has been very cool. We are honest and open about handwriting, and I found some things that help students work on their handwriting. It helps my daughter, who is five, and she is working on that skill right now, so I made videos of her telling my students they can do it and can get better at writing just like her.
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