This set of gen AI guidelines from Merion Mercy Academy outlines proper and improper use of AI as well as a framework for crafting effective prompts. Merion Mercy's teachers are diving all-in on using AI for writing feedback through Flint's activities and are setting up project workflows to train and demonstrate to students how to responsibly leverage the power of AI.
Their Assistant Head of School for Academics, Philip Vinogradov, also wished to disclose:
"In the 6 months following the emergence of ChatGPT many schools were sharing their emerging policies. A great deal of our policy was inspired by the work of other, with whole sections borrowed, modified, and incorporated. Untangling original sources may not be possible, but it is important to note the collective efforts of educators who were willing to share ideas with the whole community.
The create acronym comes directed from the work of Tom Barrett."
"Last spring, we said that AI is a tool that students will never be without for the rest of their lives. They're only going to be surrounded by more and more powerful versions. The new digital divide will not be about access—it's going to be about who knows how to use these tools effectively and responsibly and who doesn't. We can put up all the firewalls we want, and water will always find a way. So, our best approach is a holistic and constructive approach based in ethics and citizenship. And so we developed our policy. It leads with a simple set of principles. When you're uncertain if it's okay to use AI, ask the teacher. And then, your responsibility is to share with the teacher how you used AI, and Flint makes sharing that chat very easy."
Philip Vinogradov
Merion Mercy Academy • Assistant Head of School for Academics
