At the start of the ’24-’25 school year, a Harvard-affiliated study of 1,500 teenagers and young adults revealed that more than half had used generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. And while this statistic may conjure fears about cheating or plagiarism, many of students’ reported uses were productive and inventive: creating music, writing code, brainstorming, asking questions one does not yet feel comfortable asking an adult.
One year later, just weeks after the release of GPT5, the latest, fastest, and most objective version of ChatGPT to date, the dawn of another new school year in many parts of the world leaves us wondering how these slicker, sleeker technologies may further impact students and infiltrate writing classrooms. Will we embrace or react against students’ inclination to engage with these tools? How can we ensure that students are still authentically reading, writing, and thinking independently—then using technology to support those efforts? And how can we teach AI literacy as an explicit skill more applicable than ever to ever-evolving job markets?
Download Write the World’s Guide to Teaching with AI
To help you explore these and other questions, Write the World has compiled an engaging, downloadable guide to teaching with AI, chock-full of over 20 classroom activities, readings, podcast videos, and resources designed to enhance writing instruction in the modern era.
Read What Students Have to Say
In addition to our Teaching with AI guide, which includes informative and creative articles researched and written by Teen AI Liaisons in the Write the World community, we encourage you to explore our AI-themed issue of Write the World Review, a cross-genre literary journal in which teenagers around the world questioned, embodied, and analyzed AI technology from diverse vantage points.
Use this issue to spark your own students’ writing and/or discourse about AI this school year. Click on the cover below to expand and read the vibrant collection.
Free AI Writing Prompts
The Write the World Review features teen pieces written in response to several writing prompts about AI. Invite students to write their own pieces in response to those same prompts, linked below!
Many of these prompts reference Clara, a Socratic writing companion which is available to teens on the Write the World platform and through pilots for schools and districts.
Support Students’ Writing Through Socratic Discourse
Write the World’s own AI tool, Clara, is a Socratic writing companion designed to deepen students’ authentic writing and self-reflection skills. By sharing feedback on drafts, exposing students to new craft elements, and posing open-ended questions, Clara does not generate text for students but instead serves as a guide-on-the-side—an accessible tutor able to scaffold peer and teacher review when students need it most.
A Google Docs-integrated version allows you to integrate this tool into the writing space you and your students use most. Reach out to our team to inquire about a free pilot in your class, school, or district.
Share Your Voice
Eager to share what works — or doesn’t work — for you while teaching writing in this AI era? Ready to share your perspective or ideas with the world? Contact us at educators@writetheworld.org to share your feedback or to pitch a blog or social media post of your own.
