SMART AI in Schools
Lightspeed works across our portfolio to help schools confidently integrate AI into teaching and learning.
Our SMART AI Initiative helps ensure AI is:
- Safe: Protecting students from harmful, inappropriate, or biased AI content.
- Managed: Governing AI access by role, age, and educational purpose.
- Appropriate: Ensuring AI use promotes learning, digital citizenship, and academic integrity.
- Reported: Monitoring and surfacing AI activity for oversight and accountability.
- Transparent: Communicating AI use, policies, and protections openly with families and staff.
SMART AI builds on Lightspeed Systems’ trusted commitment to student safety, compliance, and educational excellence, aligning with the latest federal guidance and best practices around AI use in schools.
Survey of Clients:
- 69% say IT is leading decisions on AI use.
- 81% reported they had limited or no visibility into AI site or app usage at their district.
- 64% lack professional development for teachers.
- The biggest concern cited is academic dishonesty and misuse.
- Over 90% of districts are currently blocking AI use.
Manage students’ access to AI sites
Easily manage access to AI sites with three filtering categories, AI Detective, AI Generative, and a general AI category—providing flexibility and control to comply with curriculum-directed policies on access.
Report on all AI edtech activity and suspicious searches
Easily manage access to AI edtech sites with three filtering categories, AI Detective, AI Generative, and a general AI category—providing flexibility and control to comply with curriculum-directed policies on access.
Gain visibility into AI edtech app usage
Gain visibility into over 140 potential AI apps in use at your district, who is using them, and for how long. Understand if AI edtech app usage is increasing and unlock insight into app privacy policies to ensure the safety of your students’ data.
Spot AI Use in Class
To ensure appropriate use of AI and prevent cheating, teachers get real-time notification of AI use from their Lightspeed Classroom interface
Safe AI Made Safer
Alert + Google Gemini
Integrating Generative AI into Schools
The Quick Start Guide for Integrating Generative AI Into Schools provides an overview of Generative AI, its functions, and its educational applications, along with best practices to navigate its complexities.
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