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ELA Lesson: Responsible Use of Gen AI

Unit Plan: Generative AI in ELA

Grades 9-10 ≅60 minutes

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Primary Standards

Common Core English Language Arts Standards (CCSS.ELA)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2 Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

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Secondary Standards

HĀ-BREATH Framework
HĀ-1.e. Strengthened Sense of Belonging: Am open to new ideas and different ways of doing things.
HĀ-2.g.Strengthened Sense of Responsibility: Reflect on the quality and relevancy of the learning.

College, Career, & Civic Life (C3) Standards
D3.1.9-12. Gather relevant information from multiple sources representing a wide range of views while using the origin, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of the sources to guide the selection.

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Essential Questions

What should generative artificial intelligence’s role be in our learning?

How can we balance technology use with environmental impact?

How can we define responsible use of generative artificial intelligence in our school community?

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Learning Outcomes

Use evidence and reasoning to develop a guide for how to use generative artificial intelligence responsibly in my learning.

Identify and understand my school’s policy on generative artificial intelligence.

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Agenda

Inquire

Investigate

Inspire

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Inquire

≅10 minutes

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How do you learn?

Think of the last time you really enjoyed learning something new. How do you know you’ve learned something?

What makes you say you’ve mastered a skill or have understood a concept?

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Using Generative AI for Learning

Pros

Cons

List out as many as you can think of!

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Temp Check

How do you feel about generative AI? Think about our pros and cons list and the previous lessons.

How does generative AI fit into your learning?

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Investigate

≅30 minutes

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Acceptable Use & Academic Integrity Policies

Policies that define how technology should be used at school.
What’s allowed / what’s not allowed

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Policies

Harvard

University of Hawai‘i

University of Texas

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Researching Policies

Summarize the policy in two sentences (use images and memes!).

How are the policies different?

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Our School

Now, look at our school’s Acceptable Use and Academic Integrity Policies.

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Analyzing Our School Policy

Summarize the policy in two sentences (use images and memes!).

Explain how our school defines responsible use of generative AI.

How is our school policy different from the others, if at all?

How does our policy address bias and environmental impact?

Explain how our school defines irresponsible use of generative AI.

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Our Classroom

[Teacher can add classroom policies here]

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Inspire

≅20 minutes

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Create an AUP for Our Classroom

Responsible Use

Irresponsible Use

Write an example of responsible use of generative AI in the classroom. Include a short explanation.

Write an example of irresponsible use of generative AI in the classroom. Include a short explanation.

Your Guideline

Write a guideline to avoid bias or reduce carbon emissions using generative AI in the classroom. Include a short explanation.

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Exit Ticket

Write 3 bullet points summarizing key points about generative AI from today’s lesson you’d share with an absent classmate.
What is your personal acceptable use policy for using generative AI outside of the classroom? What will you use it for, and what will you avoid?

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Creators & Collaborators

Kara Hisatake

Authors

Archibong Akpan, PhD

Scientist Reviewer

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