General
What is our unit 1 topic?
G9: ecology
Advanced/DP: cells and cell structure
Giving friends feedback on an assignment before submitting.
Acceptable! Make sure you are not copying whole sections of work, but if you want to help each other, that is more than ok.
Making up a fake source (ex. Smith, John. Enzymes. Enzymes.com)
Not acceptable! Your sources matter. I will be checking them.
Looking at another classmate's test paper.
Not acceptable! This should be obvious.
Use AI to receive a summary of counterpoints or alternative points and then do independent research on these.
According to the IB: acceptable! Make sure you are doing the research yourself without the use of AI, however.
When is your extra help day?
G9: Sunday/Monday lunch
Advanced: Sunday/Wednesday lunch
DP: Sunday/Thursday lunch
Sharing data with a friend when you are in the same lab group.
Acceptable! Unless it is an individual assignment, sharing data with others in your lab group is generally allowed.
Generating a table or graph for an experiment using AI.
Context: acceptable if your teacher allows it, unacceptable if not. If you are not including data you have collected in class, never acceptable.
Asking another AIS teacher to identify the most likely questions to come on a test.
Not acceptable! Using AI or online question banks is fine.
Use AI to generate a template for your essay, lab report, etc.
Which country is Ms. Shannon from?
Canada
Working with a friend to complete a worksheet or assignment where each of you completes half the questions, and share.
Not acceptable! If you are working individually, you must complete the entirety of the assignment yourself.
Embellishing your investment in a topic for the sake of the teacher or the IB.
Not acceptable! Both AIS teachers and the IB value honesty. The goal of most projects is to complete an investigation. Your personal investment is largely unimportant, with some exceptions.
Using your older sibling's lab report and modifying it before submitting, including changing tables and graphs.
Not acceptable! Submitted writing should be your own. If it isn't that is blatant cheating.
Write your work in one language and use AI to translate it into another language.
According to the IB: not acceptable! Translation is nuanced, and using AI exclusively to translate a whole body of work means it is no longer yours.
Who can you ask if you are unsure whether something is plagiarism or perfectly acceptable?
Your teacher or the librarians. Check the library website - there is lots of information on plagiarism and AI use!
Submitting one of your assignments from a past year that has been slightly modified.
Not acceptable! The goal is to push your thinking and content knowledge. Reusing old work defeats the purpose.
Adding your own opinion to a factual work (i.e., lab report, research paper, etc.)
Acceptable! Make sure it is clear that it is not connected to one of your sources, and that it is your own opinion.
Buying test papers from previous years off of other students or teachers.
Not acceptable! Some of those questions may have been reused, or the topics may be very similar.
Use AI to mark your work and gain feedback.
According to the IB: not acceptable! There are a limited number of times you are allowed feedback, and using AI to gain additional feedback violates this guideline.
Who is Ms. Shannon's best friend in high school?
Ms. Nicole!
Asking a friend to send you their paragraph from an assignment so you can base yours on theirs.
Not acceptable! This is still considered plagiarism - you are not using your own ideas.
Adding one data point in line with the trend collected to fill in missing data.
Not acceptable! This can get you put on academic probation or expelled in university.
Asking your class teacher to help you identify the main points/goals of a unit to narrow down what will be on the test.
Acceptable! Your teacher can help you identify the main goals of the unit, which will allow you to focus on what will be most likely. Keep in mind, generally, your whole unit is testable.
Use AI to give suggestions for grammar and sentence structure improvement, but not a whole rewrite.
According to the IB: not acceptable! The goal of written assignments is for you to read through and edit yourself. If AI does it for you, you are not gaining the editing skills that are built into the assignment.