# Generative AI in education: what it is and how to use it well

> Generative AI creates text, images and more from a prompt. Here's how schools use it well, for planning, feedback and tutoring, and the risks to manage.

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Generative AI is AI that creates new content (text, images, code or audio) from a prompt. In education it's used to draft plans and papers, give feedback, tutor students and generate practice.

- Page: https://sparkmentis.ai/learn/generative-ai-in-education

## Good uses

- Drafting lesson plans and question papers for teachers to edit
- Suggesting marks with reasons for teachers to approve
- Tutoring that asks questions instead of giving answers
- Fresh practice questions

## Risks to manage

- Wrong answers stated confidently
- Students handing in AI work as their own
- Personal data typed into the wrong tools
- Bias in examples and feedback

## Questions

**Should schools ban generative AI?**

Most are moving from bans to rules: where it's allowed, how to say you used it, and how work is checked.

**How do you keep people in charge?**

Let AI draft and suggest; let people approve and release.

## Related

- [What is AI literacy?](https://sparkmentis.ai/learn/ai-literacy.md): Glossary
- [What is academic integrity?](https://sparkmentis.ai/learn/academic-integrity.md): Glossary
- [Generative AI course](https://sparkmentis.ai/features/generative-ai-course.md): SparkLab

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