{"id":3680,"date":"2026-04-27T13:18:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/?p=3680"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:33:12","slug":"the-quandary-of-ai-use-in-our-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/blog\/the-quandary-of-ai-use-in-our-classrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"The Quandary of AI Use in Our Classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-27T13:18:05-04:00\">April 27, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">The Quandary of AI Use in Our Classrooms<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-co-authors-plus-coauthors is-layout-flow wp-block-co-authors-plus-coauthors-is-layout-flow\"><span class=\"wp-block-co-authors-plus-coauthors__prefix\">By <\/span><div class=\"wp-block-co-authors-plus-coauthor\"><p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-co-authors-plus-name\">Elizabeth Whitney<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Note: This is the first post in <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/tag\/ai\/\">a series<\/a> about how BMCC are addressing generative AI in their classrooms. Interested in sharing your perspective? Email us at <a href=\"mailto:FacultyCollaboratory@bmcc.cuny.edu\">FacultyCollaboratory@bmcc.cuny.edu<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last few years, I\u2019ve watched as our campus and departmental policies on AI use are debated, including attempting to prohibit it entirely, insisting\u00a0on citing it as a source, and encouraging its use as a key research and career skill. We\u2019re at a complex point where we\u2019re simultaneously trying to encourage and control systems that we don\u2019t fully understand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CUNY now provides all of us, including our students, with access to Microsoft Copilot, which is built in to our email and can \u201chelp\u201d us generate and edit academic content in our documents. Content here is not limited to text, as Copilot can generate images, and produce a variety of visual file formats for you to download. Curious to see what our institutional subscription affords us, I logged in to Copilot, and it immediately welcomed me by suggesting three ways that I could use it in my daily work. Here is a screen shot of these suggestions:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"990\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-e1777303913410-1024x990.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3681\" style=\"border-width:1px;width:506px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-e1777303913410-1024x990.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-e1777303913410-300x290.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-e1777303913410-768x743.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-e1777303913410.jpeg 1130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, I was mainly concerned with how to prevent, or at least mitigate, generative AI use in my classes. However, now that I\u2019ve spent some time with it myself, my attention has shifted to how I can best use it in my teaching and my research. I believe that I would be doing my students a disservice if I did not include the effective and responsible use of AI in my classes. I cannot think of an industry where at least some knowledge of AI would not be beneficial. This is not to say that I require that they use AI, but I\u2019m also not prohibiting it, and in some ways I am encouraging it. For example, when I have my students create a meme in response to the readings, or make a zine on Canva, or a pin for a participatory map on Padlet, there is a strong chance that they are using AI in some respect. I no longer see AI use as limited to asking a platform such as Microsoft Copilot to respond to question because AI is now built-in to so many of the platforms we rely on, it\u2019s likely that we are already using it without being aware of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-60002329 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"984\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-e1777305153114-1024x984.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3682\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3420722810841397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-e1777305153114-1024x984.png 1024w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-e1777305153114-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-e1777305153114-768x738.png 768w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-e1777305153114.png 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-nv-site-bg-background-color has-background\" style=\"border-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\"><em>Microsoft Copilot:<\/em><br><em> Ideas for a zine assignment<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-1-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3684\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;aspect-ratio:0.6669912233982754;width:306px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-1-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-1-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-1.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>AI capabilities are increasingly available, and, as they become more refined, increasingly undetectable. I recently had a conversation with a colleague who works with AI in her research, and I said that I was still struggling to differentiate between generative AI and agentic AI. She told me not to worry about distinguishing, because it\u2019s not that there are different types of AI, but rather, the types of tasks we assign AI are what determine their function. In other words, AI can already seamlessly act as a collaborator, or as a task manager.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"838\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-1-838x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3683\" style=\"border-width:1px;aspect-ratio:0.8183589588087554;width:420px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-1-838x1024.png 838w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-1-245x300.png 245w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-1-768x939.png 768w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-1.png 1062w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Copilot: Drafting an email to a professor<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-2-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3686\" style=\"border-width:1px;aspect-ratio:1.499267768062978;width:447px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-2-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-2-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-2-930x620.png 930w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-2.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Copilot: Creating a bibliography<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m trying to learn more about AI as I work to incorporate it into my own life, because at this point, I\u2019m still not entirely sure what it is since it is now enmeshed in many platforms. In January I completed a three-part AI training conducted by Dr. Anthony Bishop, a faculty member in the BMCC library, which I would highly recommend the next time it is offered. The training provided an overview of AI and included group work around how we might use it in our classrooms. Dr. Bishop has also compiled an extensive <a href=\"https:\/\/bmcc.libguides.com\/ai-literacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guide to AI literacy<\/a> that includes various platforms, readings, and other media regarding generative AI.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"border-width:1px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-4-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3687\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.499267768062978;width:496px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-4-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-4-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-4-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-4-930x620.png 930w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-4.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-3-1024x233.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3685\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4.394955584520096;width:561px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-3-1024x233.png 1024w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-3-300x68.png 300w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-3-768x175.png 768w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/image-3.png 1354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Copilot: Suggesting ideas for the title of this blog post<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s difficult to believe that AI has only been widely available for public use for a few years now. As rapidly as it is being embedded in everything we do in our virtual lives, I can only imagine what developments will occur in the near future. I anticipate that in a short period of time, we will no longer be having a conversation about whether we should use AI, because it will be so endemic to everything we do. Arguably, it already is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-d63bdad3\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns alignfull has-1-columns has-desktop-equal-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-collapsedRows-layout has-vertical-center ticss-c00aadba\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-1104c896\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-overlay\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-heading-9f07e17d\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-heading wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-heading-9f07e17d\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1809\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/Prof-headshot-1-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3736\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.994475138121547;width:183px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/Prof-headshot-1-cropped.jpg 1809w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/Prof-headshot-1-cropped-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/Prof-headshot-1-cropped-905x1024.jpg 905w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/Prof-headshot-1-cropped-768x869.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/bmcc-faculty-collaboratory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4182\/2026\/04\/Prof-headshot-1-cropped-1357x1536.jpg 1357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1809px) 100vw, 1809px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-heading-061bcf7c\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-heading wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-heading-061bcf7c\">Elizabeth Whitney<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Elizabeth Whitney is a Professor in Speech, Communication, and Theatre Arts, and the Co-coordinator of the Communication Studies major. She also teaches in the Gender and Women&#8217;s Studies major.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s difficult to believe that AI has only been widely available for public use for a few years now. I anticipate that in a short period of time, we will no longer be having a conversation about whether we should use AI, because it will be so endemic to everything we do. 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