As schools scramble to find ways to keep AI tools out of the classroom, one Virginia Tech education expert suggests finding ways to implement them safely. With AI usage on the rise, educators are left to determine what place the technology should hold within their classrooms. [But] when you just give students an assignment, they copy and paste the assignment into AI, and turn in that paper, that’s not supporting learning. That’s skipping learning. Allen encourages teachers to experiment with AI tools before making the decision to ban them from their classrooms entirely or incorporate them into their lessons.