AI in the classroom: ally or threat for teachers

Google has launched free artificial intelligence tools for education, such as Gemini in Classroom. They allow teachers to generate assignments and adapt materials quickly. The measure aims to reduce bureaucratic workload, but it opens an inevitable debate: are we facing a silent replacement of teachers or just a support tool? 🤖

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How Gemini in Classroom works and its technical limits 🧠

Gemini in Classroom integrates into the Google Workspace ecosystem. It analyzes the curriculum and suggests exercises tailored to each student's level. It can also summarize texts or generate exam questions. However, its capacity is limited: it does not understand the emotional context of the classroom nor can it improvise when faced with an unexpected question. AI follows patterns, it does not reason. For the public, this implies a possible personalization of learning, but always supervised by a human.

Automatic grading: every teacher's dream (and the student's nightmare) ✍️

Imagine a future where AI corrects your essays. Goodbye to crossing out mistakes with a red pen. But also goodbye to that perfect score for a creative essay that the machine doesn't understand. The teacher becomes a coach who says: the machine gave you a 4, but I like your style. AI removes tedious work, but it also removes the possibility of fooling the teacher with excuses like: my exam got erased. Ironies of progress.