NYS is not yet ready for students to engage with AI products within school programs. This is largely due to safety and privacy concerns related to EdLaw2d as well as the state not providing guidance yet around these products. Teachers can still start preparing students through dicussions, modeling, and teacher hosted interactions with AI tools. These resources are intended to support thinking around how we interact with AI.
Start nurturing critical thinking and media literacy skills with students by modeling the "EVERY" strategy.
People who successfully augment new technology in their lives are mindful of their process and the limitations of the output from the technology.
It is important to evaluate the technology and how we use it while ensuring that we are transparent about our process.
The results users get on chat style AI products (LLMs) are directly related to the prompts that are given. Consider each step as you craft powerful prompts that address the task or problem you have in mind.
It is helpful to discuss with students and build clear guidelines about when and how AI could or should be used in academic contexts.
Students need to know that it is important to us and to them to ensure that we are not limiting our own capacity and growth by overreliance on technologies.
As AI evolves it is important for students to evaluate their process in incorporating AI and provide relevant credit for the work and resources provided by these tools.