Keep the thinking in the writing.
Use your assigned story, poem, article, or excerpt as the starting point. Bobby asks students to explain an interpretation and support it with evidence; you can keep its answers within the materials you provide.
Add your reading or lesson materials. Tell Bobby to use only those materials when helping students.
Let students test a thesis, choose evidence, and consider a counterargument before drafting. Socratic Bobby can press on weak reasoning while students make the decisions and write the essay.
Turn Bobby on and ask it to guide students with questions. Tell it what kinds of help to give and which parts students should do themselves.
Have students investigate a question, compare sources, and build a bibliography or research paper. Keep research open or choose approved sites, and use Bobby chats to see how their thinking develops.
Let students browse for research, or choose a set of websites for them. Ask Bobby to help them question sources and explain their conclusions.
Have students share an excerpt in chat and ask for questions about clarity, structure, or evidence. They decide what to change, then explain why the revision strengthens their work.
Turn Bobby on and ask it to guide students with questions. Tell it what kinds of help to give and which parts students should do themselves.
Use Secure Writing for an individual Google Doc, turn Bobby off, and keep copy and paste disabled. Add Lockdown Browser when the writing should happen in one controlled sitting.
Choose Secure Writing to give each student their own Google Doc. Turn Bobby off and keep copying and pasting disabled.
