{
  "id": 6166617,
  "title": "Instead of Fighting AI, Some Teachers Work It Into Their Lessons",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/instead-of-fighting-ai-some-teachers-work-it-into-their-lessons",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-07T20:34:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/07/0021232/instead-of-fighting-ai-some-teachers-work-it-into-their-lessons"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "This story from The Washington Post details how educators across the country are adapting to the rise of generative artificial intelligence in the classroom. Rather than trying to prevent students from using AI, teachers are finding creative ways to integrate it into their lessons. One University of Baltimore writing program is using an app that tracks student writing in Google Docs, providing teachers with a video playback of revisions, a scoreboard of all edits, and a timeline of the work. While some see this as surveillance, the program director acknowledges that there may be a better approach. Instead of abandoning AI, educators are modifying assignments, creating new policies, and incorporating AI tools designed for the classroom. One teacher, for example, created chatbots using a university vendor called BoodleBox. These chatbots enable instructors to observe both sides of a conversation while testing students' critical thinking skills. An assignment now requires students to participate in a simulated school board meeting about banning books, debating AI-generated chatbots with names like the Confrontational Parent. In response, students submit transcripts of their conversations with the chatbots, handwritten outlines of their compositions, and videos reflecting on their feelings about the work. The teacher argues that these new assessments may appear more challenging, but writing assignments should always include detailed checkpoints to guide the learning process.",
  "summary": "Last year the writing program at the University of Baltimore used an app that tracks students while they're writing in Google Docs, offering teachers a video playing back revisions \"with a scoreboard of all the edits, pastes and minutes spent on it,\" writes the Washington Post. \"Is it surveillance? Yes, I think obviously,\" says the program's director. But was there a better way? She is one of a…",
  "key_points": [
    "Teachers integrate AI into lessons instead of blocking its use.",
    "Chatbots help assess students' critical thinking skills.",
    "New assignments include simulated debates with AI-generated characters."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}