Mode 2 · AI as Tutor · DSTP Grade 9

AI Use Log

Every time you ask AI a question during Mode 2, you fill in one entry below — before you act on what AI says. The log is evidence of your thinking, not just a record of what AI told you.

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Why does this log exist?

In Mode 2, AI is your tutor — not your author. A tutor who does your homework for you isn't helping you learn. This log proves you were thinking with AI, not outsourcing to it. It's also how Mr. MacKenty can see where you got stuck, what you tried, and whether the help you received was actually correct.

Rule 1

Before you ask

You must write down what you've already tried and what your best hypothesis is. "I don't know" is not enough — if you truly can't form a hypothesis, re-read the relevant notes first.

Rule 2

After AI responds

Don't just copy the answer. Write what AI said in your own words, then evaluate it: was it correct? Did it actually work when you tried it? Where did it fall short?

Rule 3

Log everything

One entry per AI interaction — not one per session. If you ask five questions in a row, that's five entries. Brief entries are fine; missing entries are not.

To submit: Fill this in as you go, then export or print it along with your final project. It's part of your Criterion C evidence.
Your details
Name
Unit / Project
Log started
Example entry — what a good log looks like
Example · Entry 1 · Nov 10

What I was trying to do: Make my Flask route only show items that belong to the logged-in user, not everyone's items.

What I tried first: I tried filtering with .all() but that returns everything. I thought maybe I needed to add .filter() but I wasn't sure of the syntax.

My hypothesis before asking AI: I think I need something like Item.query.filter_by(user_id=current_user.id) but I'm not sure if the attribute is called user_id.

What I asked AI: "How do I filter SQLAlchemy query results to only show rows where a column matches the current user's ID?"

What AI said (in my words): AI confirmed my guess was basically right — use filter_by(user_id=current_user.id).all(). It also explained that filter_by() uses keyword arguments (column names) while filter() uses expressions — useful to know.

Verdict: Correct and actually worked. My model does have a user_id column so my hypothesis was right.

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Entry 1

Fill this in every time you ask AI a question.

Part A · Before you ask AI
What I was trying to do — be specific
Describe the exact thing you were trying to build or fix. One sentence is fine if it's precise.
What I already tried
List the approaches you tried before asking AI. If you tried nothing, go back and try something first.
My hypothesis — your best guess before AI answers
What do you think the answer is, even if you're not sure? Writing a wrong guess is fine — it shows you're thinking.
Part B · What you asked and what AI said
The exact prompt I gave AI
Copy your prompt here word for word. A vague prompt gets a vague answer — if you had to rephrase multiple times, copy the final version.
What AI said — in your own words — don't paste the AI response
Summarise what AI told you. If you can't summarise it, you don't understand it well enough to use it.
Part C · Was it right?
Verdict
Did AI's answer actually work when you tried it?
What I actually did next — the last step that matters
What code did you write or change after this interaction? What happened when you tested it? One or two sentences is fine.
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End-of-unit reflection

Complete this when you submit your final project. These questions are about your AI use across the whole unit, not just one interaction.

How many total interactions? — count your entries above
Where was AI most useful?
Be specific — not "it helped with debugging" but which kind of bug, and why was AI better than other resources for that?
Where was AI wrong or misleading?
Describe at least one time AI gave you incorrect or unhelpful output. What did you do when you realised it was wrong?
What did you learn that you know is yours?
Name two or three things you now genuinely understand — concepts you could explain to someone else without AI's help — that you didn't understand at the start of this unit.
If you could go back and use AI differently, what would you change?