Never Post Is It Even Possible To Ban A.I. In The Classroom?
Sep 26, 2025
Tori Dominguez-Peek, a contributing producer and AI education advocate, dives into the contentious topic of AI in classrooms. She explores how AI is changing student engagement and academic integrity, discussing the alarming trend of students relying on tools like ChatGPT for assignments. Tori highlights the emotional and educational value of original writing and shares insights into professors' strategies for enforcing no-AI policies. The conversation raises critical questions about the future of learning and literacy in an increasingly digital age.
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Writing Reveals Thought
- Writing acts as a way to discover and check your own misunderstandings when you can't phrase an idea clearly.
- Outsourcing writing to AI risks losing that self-check and the teacher's access to students' thoughts.
Stretching Tests To Study Later
- Tori describes cheating in high school by prolonging a test to study during another period and then improving answers.
- The tactic let her learn and change answers, illustrating gamesmanship rather than cognitive outsourcing.
Collect Handwritten Baseline Work
- Require in-class handwritten writing samples to establish each student's authentic voice as a baseline.
- Use those samples to compare later electronic submissions and detect likely AI-generated work.
