AI can memorize. Kids should learn to think. That’s what we teach.
For elementary, middle, and high school. · Now piloting at El Camino College & USC.
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Recess should be twice as long.
"Agree, but only if we define the terms first. Here's my evidence…"
The old deal: do well in school, get a good job, build a good life.
AI is taking the first jobs kids used to grow into.
So teach the part AI can’t do: thinking. Ask a sharp question, weigh the proof, hear the other side, change your mind. WitWeb makes it a habit, one debate at a time.
All graded on one thing: how well you reason.
One prompt. One stance. One argument.
Post a prompt. Students pick a side, defend it, and rate each other's reasoning. You grade with a rubric.
A whole class, one debate.
Students post their own hot takes and reply to classmates who disagree. One assignment, a room full of arguments.
Head-to-head, argued in writing.
Two students, opposite sides. Judged anonymously, so it's about the argument, not the friendship.
Build the argument, piece by piece.
Claim, evidence, warrant, rebuttal. AI coaches the structure until a good argument feels natural.
Post a prompt. Let them argue. Grade the thinking, not the grammar.
Join with a code, pick a side, and let your reasoning earn the points.