Starting Nov. 3, the web search functions on Google Classroom learning management systems at schools will be unavailable to K-12 students until school administrators explicitly turn them on, company officials announced.
The move follows the tech giant’s “Guided Learning” system updates, which involve changes to Google Search, Gemini, Gemini Notebook, and Gemini in Classroom.
The changes to Google Search are aimed at helping students work through problems instead of “skipping straight to answers,” according to company officials, who say they also want to give education leaders more control over AI use in their classrooms.
This is a reversal from Google Classroom’s previous arrangement where artificial intelligence capabilities were automatically switched on unless school administrators turned them off….