AI Without Human Erasure: A Three-Question Pause for Indigenous Classrooms

Presented by Nathan Vreyborg

Artificial intelligence is entering classrooms faster than many schools can establish clear practices to protect student

judgment, identity, authorship, culture and consent. This presentation introduces Human Agency Before AI, a practical three-question pause that helps students use AI as a bounded tool rather than an unquestioned authority:

1. What do I know, think or feel before asking the tool?
2. What specific help am I authorizing the tool to provide?
3. What must I verify, explain and own afterward?
4. What must I verify, explain and own afterward?

Educators will see how students can record their starting voice, use a school-approved AI tool for a limited task, identify what changed, check for factual or cultural risk, and return to their own judgment. The approach does not ban AI or treat technology as the enemy. It gives students a repeatable way to preserve human agency while building digital literacy. On Monday morning, educators can implement the included 15-minute Before, During and After AI activity with no special software beyond any school-approved tool. Participants will receive a one-page lesson plan, student worksheet and four-point rubric measuring original thinking, bounded tool use, verification and ownership. 

The session is designed for intermediate and senior classrooms and administrators, with adaptations for broader K-12 use. The presentation is practical, non-technical and does not require a specific AI platform. The attached resource provides a 15-minute classroom activity, student prompts, educator guidance and a four-point rubric. The activity can also be completed without live AI access by reviewing a teacher-provided AI response. The session will use one short audience reflection and one classroom example to maintain participation within the 20-minute format. The framework is grounded in the Human Continuity System AI governance position that technology should support human dignity, judgment, culture, consent and agency rather than replace them.