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Marcus Luther's avatar

Appreciate this sharing, and agree wholeheartedly regarding the importance of process and insisting upon meaningful writing experiences.

A wondering I have: in an ideal classroom with reasonable numbers of students and adequate planning time, this all sounds incredibly feasible. But in many of our situations (at least in the US) with 30+ students per class, a writing task involves going through 100+ writing samples—which here would mean watching video playbacks 100+ times, reviewing conversations via the Flint dashboard 100+ times, etc.

My concern, then, is that the thoughtful review and intentionality would get pushed out and it would end up, at least in a significant number of situations, with students essentially just writing for the AI tool and teachers recording the scores. While I don't think we should design classrooms for the worst-case scenarios, either, a repeated question I find myself asking is what any of these tools or practices look like at scale?

Very much appreciate your reflection and sharing—and especially the learning it avails to others on this journey, too!

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John Mikton's avatar

This is excellent and so agree and just reminds me of my own time in Japan and learning about Shokunin and how the process of continuous improvement and the process is so more meaningful than the end product, thank you for this insights and reflections

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