Is AI Helping Your Teen Learn—or Doing the Learning for Them?
Homeschooling with Technology

Is AI Helping Your Teen Learn—or Doing the Learning for Them?

B1IntermediateAugust 19, 202617 min

385: Is AI Helping Your Teen Learn—or Doing the Learning for Them? AI can be an incredibly useful learning tool for teens—but only when they use it in ways that support their own thinking and skill development. In this episode, I share a framework parents can use to help teens decide when AI is appropriate for schoolwork. The key question teens need to ask is: Will using AI help me learn something, or will it help me avoid learning it? We look at situations where teens should not use AI...

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This is a production of the Ultimate Homeschool Radio Network. Welcome to the Homeschooling with Technology show. Your host, Meryl van der Merwe, loves using technology to streamline her life and to make lessons more engaging. She is a graduated homeschool mom and teaches homeschoolers at her local co-op classes and online at fundafundacademy.com.

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Whether you are tech challenged or someone who loves technology, this show is for you. And here's your host, Meryl Van Der Merwe. Hello and welcome to the Homeschooling with Technology podcast. I'm your host, Meryl Van Der Merwe. And today in episode 385, we're going to be looking at is AI helping your

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teens learn or doing the learning for them. This is an important topic to look at as we start a new school year. As someone who is teaching students both at our local co-op and also online. AI is an issue. Now if you've listened to the podcast long enough, you know that I use AI a lot and I am not anti-AI. However, our teens don't always seem to understand when it's a good

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