{"id":100303,"date":"2025-12-02T08:39:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T13:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=100303"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:04:27","slug":"resources-for-educators-using-ai-in-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/02\/resources-for-educators-using-ai-in-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources for Educators: Using AI in the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

Strategies from Laura B. Fogle, a former elementary and middle school instructional technology facilitator and director of the College of Education’s Media and Education Technology Resource Center (METRC); Krista Glazewski, a former middle school teacher and executive director of the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation; and Scott Summers, a former middle and high school English teacher, former high school librarian and associate director of METRC. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Three Tips for\u00a0Using AI in the Classroom<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Question your pedagogical goals.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Every teacher should consider their pedagogical goals: What are they trying to accomplish in their instruction? What are their learning goals? How do they want to see students engage and interact? Additionally, it is important to critically evaluate AI outputs before implementing them in lesson planning. Does the output match the level of the students? Are there other resources that will help students engage or understand the material more effectively than what AI has suggested?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Carefully craft prompts for AI tools.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When using AI tools, provide context, a role and be specific about grade level, standards and the goals of the lesson. This can save time and allow you to fine tune via chatting with the chatbot versus a piecemeal, conversational approach from the start. Research has shown that AI users who engage in several exchanges with a GenAI chat bot create higher quality responses than those who accept the first response. The AI for Education<\/a> website provides an extensive prompt library, a list of prompting strategies and guides for integrating Generative AI into math and literacy that teachers can use to develop their prompt generation skills. <\/p>\n\n\n