Where I teach, we've settled on massively upping the frequency of in-class quizzes. It doesn't do anything to stop students from using AI, but it makes it really obvious which ones are doing it. By no means a perfect solution, sadly, but the best one we’ve been able to work out yet.
this post was submitted on 29 May 2025
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What are blue books and what's so special about them?
They're standardized lined notebooks used for handwritten essays in a test setting.
Is this not how school works anymore?
They tried digital, I guess. But I also assume they tried digital without hiring programmers and IT security that sufficiently prevent cheating through the use of AI because they cheap.
In their defense, they're cheap because they're insufficiently funded.
This isn't somewhere with an C-level exec choosing not to spend the money, but usually an administrator that could make more personally working in the private sector trying to make whatever budget they have work while education keeps getting deprioritized (or intentionally degraded, depending on your state and/or level of cynicism).
I’m adding 2 per semester to my in-person classes this fall.
Nothing beats an oral presentation. Not reading a text mind you, but a discussion between the teacher and student.
great, more emphasis on handwriting ~groan~
So invest in blue books stocks?