Teaching With AI in Classrooms
Teaching With AI in Classrooms
How Four Grade 10 English Lessons Show the Possibilities for Equity, Engagement, and Human Thinking
date: December 4, 2025
The student leaned in over the page, his forehead wrinkled in concentration. He was doing everything we hope young readers will do: asking questions, looking up vocabulary, rereading tricky passages, and pushing himself to make meaning. Yet the cognitive load of decoding English, his third language, was so heavy that it eclipsed the deeper comprehension he was fully capable of.
So I opened an AI translator.
Within seconds, the text appeared in Punjabi. He read silently, then looked up and smiled. He finally had full access to the ideas. What followed was not about language at all. It was about interpretation, accuracy, and how well technology can convey meaning.