In the AI Era, Don't Fear Copy-Pasting: Teacher Encourages Students to Co-create with AI Through Color-Coded Lectures

(CNA, reporter Chen Chih-chung, Taipei, June 20) AI technology makes it easier for students to copy and paste their homework. Lai Helong, a teacher at Taipei Municipal Chung Cheng Senior High School, is not afraid of students using AI. Instead, he encourages co-creation with AI, but requires reports to use color-coding to indicate data sources and personal opinions, and to train students to verify information with critical thinking.

Lai Helong, who participated in the revision of the 12-year basic education curriculum guidelines, has been actively trying to introduce AI tools into the high school education scene in recent years. In his information technology classes, he generously allows students to use generative AI to submit reports, but the submitted work must be a color-coded lecture.

Lai Helong requires students to use various colors to mark the sources of their thinking. Green represents textbook and educational platform content; blue is for online reference materials; red is for AI-generated information; and black is for personal opinions, with proportional restrictions for each.

Lai Helong pointed out that colors have certain meanings. Red should be treated with higher caution, while green is relatively trustworthy. This approach can guide students to co-create with AI, and by practicing source marking, they can also check if the AI is "talking nonsense with a straight face," using critical thinking to verify data, and actively constructing knowledge instead of passively consuming information.

Lai Helong also believes that this method can teach the concept of "academic integrity." It is easier for students to self-disclose their information sources than for teachers to act as investigators and track down whether they copied AI answers afterward.

Another method is to have students act as reporters, designing questions to continuously probe AI for in-depth knowledge. After the interview, they must record the complete conversation chain, create a comparison table of viewpoints, and transform it into a fast-paced presentation for the entire class.

Before visiting Yayoi Kusama's special exhibition this semester, Lai Helong had students try interviewing an AI playing the role of Yayoi Kusama. The students had to design their own questions and try to follow up. When presenting, they were also required not to look at slides, forcing students to "internalize" the information and express it in their own words.

Lai Helong stated that companies use AI to pursue standardization and efficiency, but the essence of the campus is different, relying more on context, interpersonal communication, and tacit understanding. AI can generate questions and charts, but it cannot provide students with encouraging eye contact. The warmth of interaction and companionship, as well as the trust and academic ethics between teachers and students, will always be irreplaceable core values. (Editor: Huang Ming-hsi) 06/20/115

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