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Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence With High School Students
A certificate course for High School educators on integrating AI into disciplinary learning while preserving rigor, evidence, authorship, verification, agency, privacy, and intellectual independence.
FormatSelf-paced
Time205 minutes
Enrollment$9.99
CredentialVerified certificate
Who it is for
Made for decisions educators face now.
This practical learning experience is designed for educators and school teams who need clear, responsible ways to make decisions about AI.
You do not need technical expertise. The focus is sound judgment, learner protection, transparency, and actions you can explain.
Course map
8 modules. A practical learning path.
Academic Integrity in an AI-Enabled School
Move beyond detection by defining student ownership, transparent assistance, assignment-specific expectations, and evidence of learning.
Protect the Learning
Distinguish polished AI-supported performance from durable learning and redesign assessment so understanding remains visible.
Use AI to Increase Rigor
Use restricted AI roles to increase rigor through questioning, challenge, practice, feedback, transfer, and student defense of ideas.
Research, Truth, and Verification
Treat AI output as a claim to investigate through source tracing, verification, synthetic-media awareness, and calibrated skepticism.
Voice, Identity, and Intellectual Independence
Protect student voice, identity, creativity, judgment, intellectual confidence, and the mature choice not to use AI.
SEL, Agency, and Responsible Independence
Connect AI use to self-awareness, stress, help-seeking, relationships, privacy, agency, and responsible independence.
Preparing Students for What Comes Next
Prepare students for changing college and workplace expectations through accountability, privacy, tool evaluation, and durable habits.
What learners receive
Practical guidance and verified evidence.
- Self-paced written and video learning
- Scenario-based application and reflection
- A final knowledge assessment
- A publicly verifiable certificate after passing
Research behind this course
Check the foundation directly.
These selected sources fit this course’s audience and purpose. The complete library explains evidence types and limitations.
Official guidance · 2024AI Competency Framework for TeachersUNESCO ↗Official guidance · 2023Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and LearningU.S. Department of Education ↗Peer-reviewed research · 2025Generative AI Without Guardrails Can Harm LearningProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ↗
Explore the complete verified source library →Written and reviewed byBrannon Fissette, Ed.D., MBA
Independent-school educator and technology leader with experience in teaching, faculty development, school operations, responsible AI, and applied educational research.
Review approachLiving curriculum
Research standards and source library →Guidance is checked against primary sources and revised as technology, research, and institutional expectations change.
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