AI is here to stay, and thoughtfully used, it will be a boon to teaching and learning. Social media is abuzz with ideas for using AI in the classroom and tapping into its potential for assisting with lesson planning, suggesting topically-related activities, or producing writing prompts.

Although we may be embarking on a new era of AI-generated classroom assistance, these tools can neither reproduce nor replace the qualities of a highly skilled teacher. The heart of teaching lies in the creative, interactive, and responsive decisions and interactions that occur daily between teachers and their students.