From Passive to Active: Teaching Students to Critically Engage with AI Feedback

Oct. 7, 2025

Join us on Oct. 7th for our next free webinar where we’ll explore how to teach students to critically engage with AI feedback, addressing a common concern: that AI turns students into passive consumers rather than active thinkers and writers.

In this session, educators will learn strategies to help students question, challenge, and strategically use AI feedback - building essential skills for navigating AI in all areas of life.

Rather than replacing teacher and peer feedback, AI becomes a tool that helps students become more intentional about their writing choices and build confidence in their voice while learning to use AI to stimulate not replace their thinking.

Key topics covered:

  • The Peer & AI Review + Reflection (PAIRR) feedback prompt: Designed by educators and grounded in core writing pedagogy, this prompt helps students see their work through readers' eyes—identifying strengths to build on and areas for revision.

  • Scaffolding critical engagement: Seven practical strategies for teaching students to iterate with AI feedback, including how to push back on suggestions, explore uncertainties, and seek contradictory perspectives.

  • Protecting human connection: Why teacher and peer feedback remain essential for meaningful writing as human communication, and how AI feedback can supplement rather than replacing these interactions.

  • Hands-on practice: Work with real examples of AI feedback to test out iteration strategies and evaluate the feedback prompt in action.

Participants will gain:

  • Strategies and adaptable materials for teaching students to question and improve AI feedback rather than accepting it passively

  • Familiarity with the research-based PAIRR prompt and PAIRR reflection questions that guide students to compare AI feedback to peer feedback

  • Ideas about how you might incorporate AI feedback to support your pedagogical approach.

Can’t make the time? A recording + resources will be emailed to all registrants.