AI in the Classroom: Trainee Teacher’s Guide to ChatGPT, Cheating and Redesigning Assignments

TL;DR: I spent a semester in a Chicago high‑school English classroom where students regularly used ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and other AI agents. The practical answer is neither ban nor full embrace: protect in‑class, tech‑free space; teach AI literacy; redesign assignments to reward process and local context; and keep human feedback where empathy and judgment matter. […]