Lindale ISD
AI Center
We are dedicated to navigating the integration of AI in education. Our comprehensive management resources provide clear guidelines for students, parents, and staff to ensure responsible and effective technology use within our school district.
Active vs Passive Technology Use
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Lindale educators design lessons that include students' Active Use of Technology.
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Active Technology Use occurs when students are thinking or creating. Examples include: writing, designing, analyzing information, solving problems, coding, collaborating, and producing digital work
Responsible Use
Responsible AI use in our classrooms starts with clear expectations, intentional guidance, and ongoing conversations with our students. As these tools become a regular part of the digital landscape, teachers play a vital role in modeling thoughtful, transparent, and ethical AI integration.
Classroom Considerations
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Protect Student Privacy: Always ensure students do not enter personal or sensitive information into AI tools.
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Require Transparency: Build a culture where students openly cite or disclose how and when they use AI in their coursework.
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Critique and Refine: Teach students to always critically review, fact-check, and refine AI-generated content and never accept it at face value.
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Keep Learning at the Center: Use AI to enhance and scaffold student thinking, never to replace the actual process of thinking and learning.
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Establish Clear Guardrails: Set explicit, assignment-specific boundaries so students know exactly when AI is a helpful tool and when it crosses into academic dishonesty.
Screen Time
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Screen time is only one part of a lesson design.
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What are our students doing on the device
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Does the activity enhance the learning and mastery of the objective
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Does the use of technology significantly add value to the lesson
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Is the lesson balanced with offline learning, interaction, hands-on activities, or movement
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Teachers ensure that any device use is limited to manageable periods and that students have regular opportunities for offline activities such as breaks, movement, discussion, writing, and working with others.Â
Age-Appropriate
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Technology use should grow and evolve along with students. At every grade level, the goal is the same: use technology when it strengthens learning, builds important skills, or creates opportunities that wouldn’t be possible otherwise.
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Elementary School:Â Primary Grades learning is grounded in foundational skills, relationships, conversation, handwriting, reading, manipulatives, play, and hands-on exploration. Technology is slowly introduced in K-1Â and scaled in 2-5 through short, purposeful experiences that support learning without replacing the experiences young children need most.
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Middle School: As students become more independent, digital tools can strengthen collaboration, creativity, feedback, research, and skill development. Teachers balance technology use with discussion, writing, organization, critical thinking, and the development of focused, responsible learning habits.
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High School: Technology becomes an essential tool for deeper learning and future readiness. Students use digital tools to research, communicate, analyze data, create, collaborate, solve authentic problems, and develop the skills they’ll need for college, careers, and life.
Supporting Your Child's AI Journey
Understanding how to responsibly and ethically use AI tools to enhance your learning journey.
We provide comprehensive resources to help parents navigate AI tools and ensure a safe, educational environment for all students.
AI Safety Guidelines for Parents
Learn how to monitor and guide your child's use of AI responsibly.
Student AI Policy Handbook
Official district policy documents for families and educators.