Mine or the AI's? Honest Schoolwork

1. What your child learns and why

Your child looks at eight invented school situations with a traffic light (green, yellow, red) and learns what honest work is: saying who did what. They make a three-line note about the help and a draft poster of class rules that the teacher can accept or change. The lesson does not blame or threaten — the talk is about honesty, not punishment.

2. Three questions for dinner

• “What help do you get with homework — from people and from apps?”
• “When do you think help becomes too much? How would you tell the teacher?”
• “What would you write in the note about the help for your last task?”

3. 15 minutes together without a screen — the class poster

1. On a big sheet make three columns: 🟢 🟡 🔴. Each person thinks of a situation and says which column it is in.
2. In the yellow column add “I ask the teacher”. At the bottom: “I always say who did what.”
3. Let your child show the poster to the teacher — they decide whether to accept or change it.

4. What success looks like

• Your child says in their own words what honest work is.
• They can write a three-line note about the help for a real task of their own.

5. Common difficulties

• Hides that they use help → no blame: “Thank you for telling me. Let's write the note together.”
• Thinks everything is forbidden → “Help is not forbidden; presenting someone else's work as your own is.”

Say: “What matters is that everyone knows who did what.” The rules for using AI in class are set by the teacher; if they are unclear, ask them.

6. Safety

The lesson has no chatbot registration and uses no real AI tool; all situations are invented. Nothing is saved or sent. Do not write personal data on the poster. If something frightens your child — they should tell an adult they trust.

7. Where to go next

Next lesson: coming soon (DB-II-06). Previous: DB-II-04 (coming soon); if needed see DB-IB-06 “How AI ‘Guesses’”.

You don't need to know the answer. Say: “Let's find out together.”