This is based on data that will quickly become dated, but the report has real value in two areas. First, knowing how our future students use the tools has value. I especially appreciate that the sample was large enough to have findings representing diverse types of students. Second, the types of questions they answered might give some ideas to teams in their research development.

Annotation by Amanda Sturgill

This report has been useful because it provides a current snapshot of how teens are actually using and thinking about AI, including school-related uses, confidence, concerns, and parent perspectives. I appreciate that it helps ground conversations about GenAI in young people’s lived realities rather than abstract speculation. For engaged learning, it reminds me that many students are already encountering AI outside formal learning spaces, so educators need to design learning experiences that are transparent, critical, creative, and responsive to students’ existing practices.

Annotation by Alexander Eden