Seventh Grade Digital Literacy Lessons
Please, work with your school site to determine who will teach which lessons this year to minimize repetitive lessons for students. Suggestions are listed below by department.
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All lessons are divided into six different core topics, plus AI.
All lessons are divided into six different core topics, plus AI.
Each subject will focus on one of the core topics. Most subjects will include one AI lesson.
Each subject will focus on one of the core topics. Most subjects will include one AI lesson.
Core Topics include: Healthy Habits, Privacy & Safety, Digital Footprint & Identity, Relationships & Communication, Cyberbullying & Online Harms, Information & Media Literacy
Core Topics include: Healthy Habits, Privacy & Safety, Digital Footprint & Identity, Relationships & Communication, Cyberbullying & Online Harms, Information & Media Literacy
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Science Classes
Science Classes
(Healthy Habits)
(Healthy Habits)
What Is AI? (15 minutes)
What Is AI? (15 minutes)
What is artificial intelligence and what are its potential benefits and drawbacks?
Artificial intelligence technology is evolving quickly. Use this short lesson to help students get acquainted with how AI works and consider some of its potential benefits and drawbacks.
Objectives
Objectives
Define what artificial intelligence is.
Understand what makes generative AI unique.
Reflect on the benefits and drawbacks of generative AI.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
artificial intelligence (AI) . generative AI
Mathematics Classes
Mathematics Classes
(Privacy & Safety)
(Privacy & Safety)
How Is AI Trained? (20 minutes)
How Is AI Trained? (20 minutes)
How does data determine what artificial intelligence can do?
Artificial intelligence is often trained on data we share online. Help students become more critical and responsible users of this technology by gaining a deeper understanding of how AI uses data to learn and create.
Objectives
Objectives
Understand that data is a building block of artificial intelligence.
Identify what AI can do based on the data it is trained on.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
data . input . output
English Classes
English Classes
(Digital Footprint & Identity)
(Digital Footprint & Identity)
AI Chatbots: Who's Behind the Screen?
AI Chatbots: Who's Behind the Screen?
Why are AI chatbots designed to sound so human-like, and how can that impact our everyday lives?
Recent advancements in artificial intelligence are making chatbot technology more helpful (and clever), while at the same time, it's becoming harder to tell if we're talking to a person or a robot. In this lesson, students will explore how and why AI chatbots are designed to sound so human-like, which will help them think critically about why this can be both helpful and harmful.
Objectives
Objectives
Define what AI chatbots are and how they work.
Understand why AI chatbots are intentionally designed to sound like people.
Reflect upon the potential impacts of AI chatbots in our lives.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
artificial intelligence (AI) . AI chatbot
Physical Education/Health Classes
Physical Education/Health Classes
(Relationships & Communication)
(Relationships & Communication)
Social Studies Classes
Social Studies Classes
(Cyberbullying & Online Harm)
(Cyberbullying & Online Harm)
Understanding AI Bias (20 minutes)
Understanding AI Bias (20 minutes)
How does AI bias happen?
Artificial intelligence is trained on real-world data that people have given it, and if that data contains biases (or is incomplete), the AI can end up being biased, too. In this lesson, students will think critically about the training data that informs what AI tools can do, and consider possible ways to reduce AI bias.
Objectives
Objectives
Define AI bias.
Understand how AI bias happens.
Reflect on ways to reduce AI bias.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
AI bias . testing data . training data
Electives
Electives
(Information & Media Literacy)
(Information & Media Literacy)
How AI Bias Impacts Our Lives (20 minutes)
How AI Bias Impacts Our Lives (20 minutes)
What are the impacts of AI bias?
Just like people, artificial intelligence tools can make mistakes. That could mean simply mistaking tomatoes for apples. But the impacts of AI bias can often be much more serious. AI tools can end up recirculating harmful stereotypes and inequities within society. In this lesson, students will think critically about AI bias and how it affects the world.
Objectives
Objectives
Understand that AI bias can impact people in different ways.
Reflect on the negative impacts of AI bias.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
AI bias . training data
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