{"id":"res-tch-district-ai-policy-uses","audience":"teachers","category":"research","technique":"grounding","title":"Check your planned AI uses against the district policy","free":false,"task":"Before the semester, you want to check 4 ways you plan to use AI against your district's new policy. You want exactly 4 numbered lines, each starting Allowed, Not allowed, or Policy doesn't say, then the policy section in parentheses where one applies. Use only the 2026 policy, plain text, and nothing else.","materialLabel":"The district AI policy and your planned uses (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"CEDAR FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT - AI USE GUIDELINES FOR STAFF (adopted Aug 2026)\nSec. 2.1 Staff may use district-approved AI tools (currently: Brightboard AI and Copilot for Education) to plan lessons and create materials.\nSec. 2.2 Staff must not enter student names, ID numbers, grades, or IEP details into any AI tool.\nSec. 2.3 AI may not be the sole basis for a student's grade. A teacher must review any AI-suggested score.\nSec. 2.4 Staff must tell students when a class assignment requires AI use.\n(The 2024 draft guidelines, which banned all AI grading help, were replaced by this version.)\n\n-----\nMY PLANNED USES (Mr. Danforth, 7th grade science)\n1. Use Brightboard AI to make a 10-question quiz on cells.\n2. Paste my class roster with student names into Copilot to make lab groups.\n3. Have AI suggest rubric scores for lab reports, then I review and adjust each one.\n4. Use a free AI image generator (not on the approved list) to make a poster for my classroom door.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the old draft","why":"The 2024 draft banned AI grading help, and the AI may still apply it.","fix":"Say: \"Use only the Aug 2026 policy.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing the privacy rule","why":"Making lab groups sounds harmless, so the AI may not notice the roster has student names.","fix":"Add: \"Check every use against every section.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Getting a lecture","why":"The AI adds general AI-in-education advice and buries the answers.","fix":"Say: \"Output only the 4 lines.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not saying how many","why":"The AI decides the length itself and usually returns more lines, one per use than you can use.","fix":"Be exact: \"exactly 4 numbered lines, one per use.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Getting markdown back","why":"AI defaults to bold labels and headings, which show up as stray symbols in your planning notes.","fix":"Ask for \"plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives exact labels","patterns":["allowed","policy doesn't say","label"]},{"label":"Names the current policy","patterns":["2026","aug(ust)?","current","not the (2024|draft|old)"]},{"label":"Asks for sections","patterns":["sec(tion)?\\.?","cite","which rule"]},{"label":"Says exactly how many","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,25}(line|use)","exactly \\d+"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"Policies change, and small details like a roster with names matter. Tell the AI which version counts, give it three labels, and ask for the section.","rubricLabels":["Use 1 is Allowed (Sec. 2.1), and use 2 is Not allowed because it enters student names (Sec. 2.2)","Use 3 is Allowed because the teacher reviews each score (Sec. 2.3), not banned under the replaced 2024 draft","Use 4 is Not allowed or Policy doesn't say (the tool isn't approved under Sec. 2.1, but the policy doesn't directly address classroom decor), and the output is only the 4 lines with no intro or tips"]}