For teachers and school leaders – on assessment, pupils' use and pupils' data
A talk on AI in schools for teachers, head teachers and school leaders – on cheating and assessment, on how pupils themselves use the technology, on where teachers can save time, and on what applies to pupils' personal data.
60 minutes, or a half-day with a workshop where the staff draw up a first draft of their own guidelines. On site or online. Travel is included within 150 km of Lindesberg; further away, travel and accommodation are added.
Schools did not choose AI. It arrived with the pupils' phones, and the questions came at the same time: what is a take-home assignment worth now, what may a teacher put into a chatbot, and who decides what applies at this particular school?
Skolverket recommends that every school has written guidelines for the use of AI that can be adjusted and updated. The talk is made to give the staff a shared basis for that work – not to sell a tool.
A chatbot can write a high-quality essay, and there is no reliable way to tell whether a text was generated by AI. Skolverket therefore advises against using take-home assignments as a basis for grading without checking them. I go through what that means in practice – writing on site, oral follow-up, assessing the process – and why tools that claim to detect AI text cannot carry a decision on a grade.
Pupils' own use
Many pupils already use AI. Skolverket stresses that they need to learn to think, write and analyse for themselves, and that they need to know AI can give incorrect information. The talk covers where the line between support and shortcut can be drawn, how to teach pupils to scrutinise what a chatbot answers, and the fact that open AI services also have age limits.
Teachers' time
Planning, texts at different levels, questions for a lesson, drafts of information to parents and notes that become running text. I show examples of tasks where AI can shorten the preparation, and where it does not belong: according to Skolverket, AI must not replace the teacher's professional competence or decisions on grades.
Pupils' personal data
A pupil's text with a name on it is personal data, and the GDPR states in its recitals that children's personal data merit specific protection. Skolverket's advice is not to share personal data or pupils' texts without permission. This is about which tools the governing body has agreements with, the difference between a school licence and a teacher's private account, and why something once put into a service cannot be taken back.
Guidelines that can be followed
What should the school's guidelines say, who draws them up and how are they kept up to date? Skolverket suggests that head teachers and representatives from the schools take part even when the governing body draws up the guidelines centrally. I go through the questions such a document needs to answer, so that it becomes support in the classroom and not a paper in a binder.
The situation
What Skolverket and the government say, November 2026
This describes the situation in November 2026. Skolverket's collected support on AI is at skolverket.se/ai and is updated continuously; the latest update I have read is from 10 November 2026.
A recommendation on guidelines. Skolverket recommends written guidelines for the use of AI at every school, and writes that teachers and head teachers do not have to use AI but that most of them need to understand how it affects school.
A picture from the teachers. In May 2026 Skolverket published the report Artificiell intelligens i undervisningen (“Artificial intelligence in teaching”), based on responses from 368 teachers in compulsory school, preschool class and after-school care in the agency's web panel. Seven in ten of them had used AI to plan and prepare their teaching. Many still saw risks of cheating and unreflective use. The sample is not representative of all teachers.
A review of upper secondary schools. In January 2026 the government commissioned Skolinspektionen (the Swedish Schools Inspectorate) to review what measures upper secondary schools take when pupils use unauthorised aids, such as AI, to mislead the assessment. The commission is to report by 30 April 2027 at the latest.
Before every talk I check whether anything has changed. I am not a lawyer, and questions about your data protection belong with the governing body's data protection officer.
Format
Talk or half-day, and who should be in the room
60 minutes. A shared foundation for all the staff on a training day or at a staff conference, with time for questions.
Half-day with workshop. The talk followed by group work, where you go through your own assessment situations and draw up a first draft of what should apply at your school. Choose this if the goal is guidelines and not just knowledge.
The audience. Teachers and other teaching staff, head teachers, and preferably someone from the governing body who can answer for which tools and agreements exist. For an education department or a network of head teachers, I spend more time on guidelines and data protection and less on the classroom.
A tip for whoever books: let someone from the school leadership say straight after the session what applies at your school until the guidelines are ready. Otherwise everyone leaves with the same knowledge and different conclusions.
Background
Who is standing at the front
My name is Mikael Glännström, I have a Master's degree in psychology from Örebro University and I have been giving talks since 2012. Today I also work as an AI consultant and build AI systems in my own business, Glänne & Söner in Lindesberg.
I am not a teacher, and I am not coming to tell you how to teach. What I can contribute is how the technology works, where it goes wrong and which data protection questions need an answer. Teaching and assessment are your profession.
Frequently asked questions about the talk on AI in schools
Is it possible to detect when a pupil has used AI?
Not reliably. Skolverket (the Swedish National Agency for Education) writes that it is not possible to determine with certainty whether a text was generated by AI, and advises against using take-home assignments as a basis for grading without checking them.
What holds up is changing how knowledge is shown: writing on site, oral follow-up of submitted texts and assessing the working process, not just the end product. The talk goes through what that costs in time and what it gives.
May teachers use AI to assess pupils' work?
As support, yes – but according to Skolverket, AI must not replace the teacher's professional competence or decisions on grades. And a pupil's text is personal data. It should not be put into a tool that the school's governing body has not approved and has no agreement with.
How does this differ from the talk on AI for workplaces?
The general talk on AI is made for businesses, municipalities and organisations, with schools as one audience among several. This one is built around the school's own questions: assessment, pupils' use, children's personal data and what Skolverket says.
How much does the talk cost?
You receive a quote after a first meeting, free of charge. The price depends on length, format and whether you want a workshop.
Travel is included within 150 km of Lindesberg. Further away, travel and accommodation are added, and that is in the quote before you say yes.
What do your staff need to know about AI?
Tell me who will be listening and which questions are most pressing at your school. I will come back with a plan and a quote. The first meeting is free of charge.
