GEN AI Guidelines

Objective

This document outlines the expectations for using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, such as Deepseek, Gemini, and ChatGPT, throughout your assignments and project proposals. The goal is to leverage these powerful resources to enhance your learning, not replace it. We believe that mastering the art of using AI effectively is a core skill for the modern maker, but it must be balanced with developing your fundamental abilities in coding, design, documentation, and critical thinking.

Why Do We Have These Rules?

You’re here to learn by doing; AI should assist, not replace that.
The industry values problem-solving, not copying without understanding.
You’ll grow faster when you explore and fail before finding solutions.

Your guidline:

AI for Arduino Programming: A Tool, Not an Answer Key

To use AI as a learning aid for understanding code, debugging, and exploring new concepts, while ensuring you write and comprehend the core logic yourself.

Allowed

Forbidden

How to Document:

When you use AI for assistance with your code, you must include a section in your documentation titled "AI-Assisted Code Development." In this section, you will:

Describe the specific problem you were facing.
Paste the prompt you used to ask the AI for help.
Explain in your own words what you learned from the AI's response and how you applied that knowledge to fix your code.

How to Prompt AI Responsibly

Think of AI as your assistant, not your brain. Before prompting:

Frame your question based on what you already know
Ask for explanations, not just answers
Avoid generic prompts like “write full code for a line follower robot”

Instead of: "Give me code for IR sensor with buzzer"

Try: "I connected an IR sensor to pin A0 and want to trigger a buzzer on pin D9 when it detects an object. Here's my attempt: [insert your code]. What's wrong with it?"

AI for Image and Visual Generation: Authentic Representation

To use AI to inspire and enhance your visual storytelling, while ensuring all images directly related to your project are authentic and created by you.

Allowed

Forbidden

How to Document: All AI-generated images must be clearly labeled with a caption stating, "This image was generated using an AI tool for [state the purpose, e.g., 'ideation,' 'concept illustration'] and is not a photograph of the physical project."

How to Prompt AI Responsibly

Instead of: “Generate a cool robot picture for my project."

Try: "Generate a front-view cartoon-style robot holding a screwdriver, with a white background, in PNG format"

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Instead of: “Generate an image of a circuit."

Try: "Generate a labeled diagram of a basic LED circuit with a battery, resistor, and switch, in schematic style."

AI for the Learning Journey Documentation: Your Voice, Your Story

To use AI as a writing and editing assistant, while preserving your personal voice and authentic reflection on your learning experience.

Allowed

Forbidden

How to Document: At the end of your documentation, you must include an "AI Assistance Declaration" where you briefly describe how you used an AI tool to refine your writing. A simple statement such as, "AI was used to check for grammar and to refine the phrasing of key concepts in this document," is sufficient.

By following these guidelines, you'll be leveraging AI as a powerful tool to accelerate your learning while still doing the hands-on, critical work that defines the Maker Diploma. These rules are in place to help you become a better maker, a better programmer, and a better problem-solver.

How to Prompt AI Responsibly

Instead of: "Explain my code."

Try: "Rewrite this Arduino code explanation in simpler words, keeping technical terms accurate, and divide the code into block of functions."

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