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AI Collaboration in Student Drafting

The document discusses the controversial use of AI in the drafting process of writing, highlighting the concerns of educators about students bypassing critical thinking skills. It suggests a collaborative approach where students provide their own ideas and use AI tools to help organize and communicate those ideas. Additionally, it mentions emerging AI products that guide students through the writing process while allowing for real-time feedback and co-writing experiences.

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AI Collaboration in Student Drafting

The document discusses the controversial use of AI in the drafting process of writing, highlighting the concerns of educators about students bypassing critical thinking skills. It suggests a collaborative approach where students provide their own ideas and use AI tools to help organize and communicate those ideas. Additionally, it mentions emerging AI products that guide students through the writing process while allowing for real-time feedback and co-writing experiences.

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Drafting

Creating a new writing draft is probably the most controversial use of AI in


writing. Most teachers are opposed to having students simply type in a prompt
asking the AI to write their entire paper for them since it can bypass too many
key critical thinking skills that are developed through the process of writing.
However, as teachers, we also need to acknowledge that many bloggers and
professional writers are starting to have AI co-draft content with them . . . and
this use is likely to accelerate as AI tools continue to improve. The key, then, is
finding the right approach to using AI as a cowriter in the drafting process.

One way to introduce this collaborative drafting process to your students is to


have them begin with a smaller sample of writing, rather than the entire piece.
This might be a single paragraph or one section of a longer paper. With this
approach, it is beneficial to have students provide their own content and ideas
for the writing. This might include generating research notes or brainstorming
key points and examples. Students can paste those ideas into a chatbot and ask
it to turn those notes into a draft. In this scenario, the students are providing the
ideas, and the AI is helping with the organization and communication of those
ideas. This approach may be best for more advanced writers who have already
developed a basic mastery of the drafting process. Once they have a good
foundation, it can be an effective way for them to see solid models and
alternate ways of communicating ideas, illustrating how they can use AI to get
help with forming their ideas into fully fleshed out writing.

While these examples utilize multipurpose AI chatbots, like ChatGPT, there are
more and more premium products being released all the time that will guide
students through this drafting process, rather than simply drafting for them.
Products like Packback prompt students through the steps of the writing
process and provide them with real-time feedback and coaching as they
develop their ideas. Students then rewrite these ideas to improve their scores,
which are AI-generated. It is student-driven, it’s motivating, and it frees the
teacher up to conference with students.

Khanmigo is another AI writing tutor that writes with the student instead of for
them. Developed by Khan Academy, Khanmigo prompts students to take turns
writing sentences to a story. Essentially, the student cowrites the story with the
AI. These products are the early entrants into this field of AI-assisted writing and
are likely just the tip of the iceberg of what is to come.

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