COLUMBUS, Ohio — According to a Forbes Advisor survey, 60% of educators use artificial intelligence in their classrooms.

What You Need To Know

  • Teachers under the age of 26 use AI the most in their classroom

  • AI is mainly used for educational games, grading, adaptive learning and more 

  • The Forbes Advisor survey found that 65% of teachers worry that their students will utilize AI to plagiarize essays, and 62% said they worry it will take away even more human interaction in the learning environment

Parents and teachers want to ensure students are still learning and retaining information, while simultaneously leaning into new ways technology can be useful.

From Apple's new Math Notes update to the use of chat GPT for essays and papers, there has been concern and skepticism in just how AI should be utilized in the classroom. The Forbes Advisor survey found that 65% of teachers worry that their students will utilize AI to plagiarize essays, and 62% said they worry it will take away even more human interaction in the learning environment. 

Although teachers have their concerns, almost two-thirds of them feel like AI will be used more widely and won’t be a central component. Teachers that do utilize the cutting edge technology says that they use it for educational games, adaptive learning, grading and chatbots for student support. 

Upword is an AI tool that is designed to help students learn how to research. It was created to marry traditional research skills with the latest technology. Roee Barak, who serves as the founder and CEO of Upword said that technology like this should be used as a tool rather than a crutch. 

“We want to kind of guide them on how to be that middleman between them and AI and understand that learning has friction,” said Barak. “It's a process. It's not an instant, you know, click of a button and you get it done and that's the kind of education you want to give them, because when they become professionals, they will be more equipped to be ready for the real world."

The Forbes survey found that the majority of teachers are excited about increased use of technology and AI in the classroom and have already started using more and more of it each school year. Barak said that it’s important that teachers and parents have conversations with their students about best practices online and the data and information to input and share online.