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The Beaverton School District includes 34 elementary schools, nine middle schools, six high schools, five option schools, 19 option programs and two charter schools. We have more than 39,000 students and nearly 4,500 staff members.
The Beaverton School Board has seven elected community members who serve four-year terms.  They are volunteers. Though candidates are nominated from the Board Zone they live in, voters in the District elect them at-large.  Each Board member has several school assignments that may or may not be in their zone. 
 
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Artificial intelligence (AI) applications are open for student and staff use in the Beaverton School District.
The use of AI applications in BSD has the potential to support student learning. AI tools, like other resources on the internet, offer students the opportunity to seek help in their understanding, brainstorm ideas for demonstrating their understanding and provide ways for students to stay engaged in their learning.
For staff, AI tools can automate routine and repetitive tasks. The use of this technology can afford teachers more time to focus on instruction and relationships with students, as outlined in the Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning report released by the U.S. Department of Education. Examples include automating the delivery of additional learning resources for an assignment or project and automating recordkeeping. 
As AI tools become more integrated into applications used by students and staff, it's important to understand the limitations of these tools. While AI tools are growing in sophistication, the information that they provide isn't always accurate, so students and staff need to exercise critical thinking skills to evaluate work produced by AI. 
Teacher and student training on the use of AI tools is critical to understanding both the potential and limitations of these applications.  As AI use expands in education, BSD will continue to develop resources to guide responsible use.
BSD recognizes our responsibility to safeguard the privacy and security of students as AI applications are used. The use of AI tools will be governed by the same processes currently utilized to ensure the safety of student data.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ability of a computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with humans. While AI has been around for decades, interest increased when ChatGPT was made available to the public.
Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that can produce various types of content, including text, images and audio. ChatGPT is an example of generative AI that is able to create content based upon receiving a prompt from someone using the program. For more information, check out this article on the Definition of Generative AI.
Generative applications like ChatGPT use machine learning techniques to create content. They do this by learning from existing content and looking for patterns of words to be able to predict words and generate intent from a prompt. 
For more information, refer to this article from ZDNet: How Does ChatGPT Work?
AI tools allow users to share links from a conversation, showing how they interacted with the program and the responses they received. Students also can use screenshots to display their conversations. When students use AI tools for an assignment, they should cite that source, just like they do when using other sources. 
Here's a guide for creating a citation for AI tools.
Code 1 of the BSD Student Code of Conduct addresses student cheating, academic integrity, plagiarism or misrepresentation of truth. 
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