Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2025

Many educators and administrators feel unprepared to manage these legal and ethical challenges effectively. As opioid addiction remains a global health concern, medications like Suboxone are commonly discussed in training programs. Managing these issues proactively safeguards schools and promotes the ethical use of AI.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 8, 2025

He recommends using this framework to guide your thinking: break down each assignment, project, or discussion board activity into disparate steps, then decide for which parts of the process AI use is appropriate. Step 3: Carve out time to discuss and model your expectations. Instead, have a conversation with them.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 22, 2025

This allows educators to gain insights from students interactions with these technologies, fostering a deeper understanding of their applications and promoting ethical use. One student posited that AI could extend and enrich student learning by assisting in generating ideas, discussion points, and encouraging critical thinking.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

In a recent interview with K12 Digest, Nam Ngo Thanh discussed his experience with technology, innovation, and education. For example, when I want to foster peer dialogue, I might use technology to let students record and respond to one another in a way that feels safe and authentic, especially for those who may be shy in live discussion.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

However, it also raises critical ethical, operational, and strategic challenges. Central to our discussion is the assertion that a “one-size-fits-all” approach to AI adoption is inadequate for educational institutions, whose missions and values differ significantly.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 8, 2025

He recommends using this framework to guide your thinking: break down each assignment, project, or discussion board activity into disparate steps, then decide for which parts of the process AI use is appropriate. Step 3: Carve out time to discuss and model your expectations. Instead, have a conversation with them.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

Gen ed is great, so why is it discussed as a “hurdle.” Currently, she is in a general psychology course, and although she finds the concepts interesting, she is grinding her way through online discussion boards to finish her degree. She is not being asked to manufacture responses to hypothetical scenarios on weekly discussion boards.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2025

Here’s a simple review of copyright law I use to start the discussion. Here’s a video I use in my Grad School classes to discuss copyrights and image use. The law states that works of art created in the U.S. Some may be TMI, but the important stuff for writers starts at 3:47.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2025

Here’s what I learned the hard way: Bad paradox = bad discussion If the question is too vague or too clever, students freeze. Have students pair up and discuss both sides for five minutes. Ethics Why do people follow rules that conflict with their values? You taught me how to think about things that don’t have easy answers.”

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2025

Here’s what I learned the hard way: Bad paradox = bad discussion If the question is too vague or too clever, students freeze. Have students pair up and discuss both sides for five minutes. Ethics Why do people follow rules that conflict with their values? You taught me how to think about things that don’t have easy answers.”

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 8, 2025

In our Day 2 workshop, we will explore a multitude of instructional, productivity, and ethical considerations related to AI and teaching, and we will connect everything back to what we did in Day 1.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

Balch & Blanck, 2025; Butulis, 2023; Parks & Oslick, 2024) and to provide their students with instruction and practice in using AI in productive and ethical ways (e.g., In a world where AI skills and fluency will be necessary and marketable, colleges and universities have made efforts to embrace AI in the classroom (e.g.,

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

Instead, an early elementary lesson might involve discussing what computers are, how they help people and their role in students daily lives. To be intellectually ethical, computer science education should equip students with comprehensive knowledge about AI.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Dr. Tony Zhang from Gies College of Business offered perspective on AI, ChatBot technology, and ethical academic support tools. Each chapter is co-authored with students who lived the realities we discuss. Amy Leman, professor in Human Development and Family Studies, helped navigate the IRB process providing insight and guidance.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

Some faculty members let students see the reports as soon as they turn in their assignments, while others show students the reports only if they want to discuss a problem. But she considers a lot of AI use to be in an ethical gray area, including when students write a first draft themselves and then polish it with an AI tool.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

It also aligns with the ethical stance of treating students as ends in themselves , not as means to personal or institutional goals. Teaching through discussion as the exercise of disciplinary power. This realization can reduce reactions of blame and foster a more objective and accurate understanding of classroom dynamics.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

It also aligns with the ethical stance of treating students as ends in themselves , not as means to personal or institutional goals. Teaching through discussion as the exercise of disciplinary power. This realization can reduce reactions of blame and foster a more objective and accurate understanding of classroom dynamics.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2025

Several years after the release of ChatGPT, which raised ethical concerns for education, schools are still wrestling with how to adopt artificial intelligence. Learn more about EdSurge ethics and policies here and supporters here.) One of the groups on the TeachAI steering committee is ISTE. So, whats in the guidances?

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eSchool News

MAY 23, 2025

Through Taubmans class, students are also identifying how AI increases the demand for skills that require human emotion, such as empathy and ethics. During Taubmans class, students also discussed fake images and videos created by AI.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Facilitate a respectful discussion when you bring these controversial debate topics or writing prompts for high school to your classroom Are immigration laws in the United States fair? Is war more or less ethical with unmanned planes and drones? A vegan diet is the only ethical way to eat. Should video gaming be in the Olympics?

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

In social studies , students can interpret historical or demographic data, question sources, and discuss how data is used to shape policy. Data ethics and student agency Theres another layer of data literacy thats especially relevant in todays digital age: ethics.

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eSchool News

JUNE 19, 2024

As K-12 students leverage this exciting tech, they must be taught how to use it ethically. Today’s students who become scientists and innovators will be dealing with topics such as accessibility, ethical AI usage, and the use of VR in the professional world.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

And with this change comes a host of new questions—concerns about the ethical design and implementation of these new tools. In K-12 education, a focus on ethical considerations is of critical importance. This year, ISTE has added a new volume to the series— Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom: A Guide on Ethics and AI.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2021

That’s the ethics debate playing out in one online educator space , a lively back-and-forth carried over from a recent workshop on educational A/B testing. I think the research community should attempt to align and discuss what those standards should be.” That is a research and methodology question we have to discuss.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 2, 2024

Let’s find out the truth through the Ask a Tech Teacher team: Ethics and the Use of AI in Essays AI-driven tools and their use in creative writing, specifically with the purpose of writing essays, have long been a subject of heated debate. Let’s take a look at what makes using AI for your essay a serious misconduct.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Concerns about academic dishonesty, loss of critical thinking skills, and inappropriate content creation have sparked discussions about banning AI tools like ChatGPT, Grammarly, and others. Educators can guide students to interrogate the reliability of AI outputs and discuss the ethical implications of biased algorithms.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2021

Educators can facilitate conversations around ethics in technology with students so that these technologies develop equitably. In fact, educators have a special role to play in fostering these discussions for students, and design thinking (which we at Stanford’s d.school often simply call design ) can be the methodology.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2024

This discussion aims to navigate through commonly cited concerns from educators, highlighting how each perceived obstacle to integrating AI into classrooms can actually be overcome through applications of the very technology in question. At last year’s Education World Forum, discussion centered around this very idea.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

Reading a Story: After reading a story with a surprise ending, the teacher could guide students to discuss how their predictions evolved as they read. This helps students understand the scientific process and how their understanding changed based on evidence. This promotes critical thinking and historical empathy.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2025

Key points: Technology works in service of teaching, not the other way around Teaching ethical edtech for future innovators Leveraging edtech to help students, teachers stay connected through illness For more news on AI, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Artificial intelligence brings opportunities and questions to classrooms worldwide.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

I see four AI use and ethics trends set to disrupt classrooms and conference rooms. These concerns also provide educators with an opportunity to discuss how AI systems work with their students. Expect public awareness of AI, its ethical concerns and the opportunities it has to do good to be top of mind.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

They need to face the importance of ethics and cyber security to protect their information and secure their identities. It is essential that students act safely online and respect the property of others, but how do we teach them to think ethically about technologies that might not even exist yet? Casting a critical eye.

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eSchool News

JULY 31, 2024

He discusses the importance of implementing safeguards to prevent misuse and ensure the technology is used ethically. Khan discusses how AI can help students develop essential skills for the future workforce. One of the book’s strengths is Khan’s balanced view of AI’s potential and its pitfalls.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2024

Questioning a tool or practice that initially seems so beneficial and positive forces students to pause and consider the quality of the information they’re receiving, as well as issues of security and ethics for the tools they’re using. Ethics : Share real-world examples to illustrate ethical dilemmas involving AI.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Inclusive Innovation: Leaning into Ethical and Equitable AI Solutions: Embark on a transformative journey into the ethical landscape of AI in education. Through engaging discussions and real-world examples, participants will explore strategies to address bias, promote fairness, and enhance transparency in AI-powered educational tools.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

One in six employers is hesitant to hire young adults due to their lack of a strong work ethic and practical job skills, even as they struggle to fill critical labor gaps. They shape character and instill a work ethic that benefits students in all areas of life. These lessons in responsibility transcend the workplace.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2022

That it's not our responsibility to think about the ethics or the social impacts of this. Yeah, one major challenge right now is that there's a tendency in the field of computer science—and generally in STEM fields—to say it is not our responsibility how people use the technology we create, we're just the creators of it.

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