The Sustainable Island2027
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2027

How we use AI

Use AI freelyOwn every lineShow your work
I.E.S. El Rincón · Las Palmas Tækniskólinn · Reykjavík TECHCOLLEGE · Aalborg

Proposal for the teachers' meeting · 2 October 2026 · Built on Heinz's AI policy draft (May 2026)

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The whole process in 70 seconds

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Built on Heinz's draft

“If you cannot explain a line of code to your teacher or a teammate, it does not belong in your project.”The Golden Rule · AI Use Policy Addendum · Heinz K, TECHCOLLEGE · May 2026

Kept word for wordAI is encouraged“Students are encouraged to use AI — but must maintain genuine understanding.”
KeptCommit ownershipRead, understand and fix AI code before you commit it.
Becomes the daily notesA log of AI useWhat you asked, what came back, what you changed, what you learned.
Kept word for wordNot a punishment“A way to make sure the project is a real learning experience.”
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Three things every student needs to know

Allowed

Any AI, any part

  • Any tool, including agents that build whole features while you direct and review
  • One exception: design sprint interviews are with real people
Required

Notes, every day

  • A few bullet points: what the AI got wrong, what you changed, what you learned
  • The AI turns each day into an interactive HTML page with your notes and its own account
  • A team AI report built from both
Graded

Two rubric items

  • Understanding your code: each student explains their own code to a teacher
  • The AI report: each team, after the project
  • How critically, not how much
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Every day: your notes + the AI's own account

One student's project days, from the first commit to the graded report.

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The AI report: report/index.html

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21 January: group visits, not presentations

Three mixed pairs of teachers visit eight groups.

3 pairs

6 teachers, two from each school. Every pair mixes two countries.

2–3

groups per pair, about 8 groups in all.

~1½ h

per pair: 15 min of group questions plus 3–5 min per student.

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Two new rubric items

0–23–45–67–89–10
02471012
Understanding your codeeach studentCannot explain own codeExplains own code only with helpExplains what, but not whyExplains why, answers follow-upsWeighs alternatives, changes it on the spot
The AI reporteach teamNo report or notesNotes written at the endAll sections, some AI mistakesDaily notes tied to commits, clear decisionsCatches subtle mistakes, teaches others
Option A21 Jan · group visitsUnderstanding your code, while there's time to improve
Option B29 Jan · final presentationUnderstanding your code, on what was shipped
SuggestionAfter · post assessmentThe AI report, with the front-end and back-end review
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Why notes and a conversation, not a declaration

74%

of students didn't declare their AI use, even with a mandatory coversheet.

Gonsalves, King's College London, 2025
0 → 66%

of student repos named an AI tool, but almost none said what it did.

Parreira et al., 203 repositories, 2026
61%

of essays by non-native English writers were wrongly flagged by AI detectors.

Liang et al., Patterns, 2023

Rules that only tell students what they may do create an “enforcement illusion”. What works is changing the assessment itself. Corbin, Dawson & Liu, 2025

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What we decide today

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Use AI.Own every line.Show your work.

Thank you. The full proposal, the policy text and the film are on the page.

ellertsmari.github.io/AI-report-suggestion/