School Leadership 2.0

Did the student cite AI as a source? Were there specific instructions that AI assistance wasn’t allowed?

Scholarship is not going to AI; it is going to a student with original ideas.

Money should be earned without assistance from an outside source.

DEFINITELY!!!! It does not demonstrate her writing ability.

She keeps the money as long as she used AI as a reference tool and not a copy-and-paste.

If AI assisted with the essay, but did not write it, she should keep the money.

AI should be used as a tool. We should seek to understand what writing process she used. If she put the writing prompt into AI and copied and pasted it as is, then she should return the money. If it was used to generate ideas and adapt, then no $ returned

That’s plagiarism! There is a computer function that scans essays, etc. Being used in colleges. This should be used everywhere. Especially for college applications. How do u really know who writes them? It’s cheating!

AI is a tool students need to learn to use and use well. We, as educators, need to understand new technologies and their applications will enough to teach students their appropriate and ethical uses.

I don’t think the student should return the prize if the integrity of what she wrote is compromised, the credibility of what she wrote about her lived experiences, or herself.

If the whole essay was written by AI, then yes, she must forfeit because she did not write it herself. However, if she used AI for research of fact or other research, that’s a reasonable use, and she should not forfeit the prize.

The essay should be organic and come from the student, not AI.