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Guiding Question:
Guiding Question:
How can we help build AI Readiness and empower students with AI literacy so they are prepared to thrive in education and beyond high school?
How can we help build AI Readiness and empower students with AI literacy so they are prepared to thrive in education and beyond high school?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the world we live in. From using generative AI for schoolwork to dealing with misinformation and befriending AI chatbots, students have a lot to consider when it comes to this ever-evolving technology.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the world we live in. From using generative AI for schoolwork to dealing with misinformation and befriending AI chatbots, students have a lot to consider when it comes to this ever-evolving technology.
Through these lessons, students will:
Through these lessons, students will:
- Understand what AI is and how it works
- Consider some of its potential benefits and risks
- Think critically about how we can be responsible and ethical users of AI
Freshman Seminar Lesson:
Freshman Seminar Lesson:
This is an overview of AI, how it is used at WHS, and how it can be used with integrity. Julie Hall, WHS Tech Integrator, is available to come into your Freshman Seminar class to teach this lesson. Please schedule a time based on the FrSem calendar.
This is an overview of AI, how it is used at WHS, and how it can be used with integrity. Julie Hall, WHS Tech Integrator, is available to come into your Freshman Seminar class to teach this lesson. Please schedule a time based on the FrSem calendar.
Common Sense Media Lessons:
Common Sense Media Lessons:
9 Lessons on AI for Students
9 Lessons on AI for Students
Note: You will need to create a free account with Common Sense Media to log onto these lessons. Use your WHS Chrome profile to create account.
Note: You will need to create a free account with Common Sense Media to log onto these lessons. Use your WHS Chrome profile to create account.
Lesson 1
Lesson 1
What is AI?
What is AI?
What is artificial intelligence and what are its potential benefits and drawbacks?
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.
Time: 15 minutes
Lesson 2
Lesson 2
How is AI Trained?
How is AI Trained?
How does data determine what artificial intelligence can do?
How does data determine what artificial intelligence can do?
Artificial intelligence is often trained on data we share online. In this lesson, you will helo students become more critical and responsible users of this technology by gaining a deeper understanding of how AI uses data to learn and create.
Time: 20 minutes
Lesson 3
Lesson 3
Chatbots: Behind the Screen?
Chatbots: 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.
Time: 15 minutes
Lesson 4
Lesson 4
AI Chatbots and Friendship
AI Chatbots and Friendship
How can AI chatbots impact our idea of friendship?
How can AI chatbots impact our idea of friendship?
Over time, technology has influenced how we build and maintain friendships. And with recent developments in AI technology, we now have generative AI chatbots that can conduct what feels like a very real conversation. While this can be entertaining and helpful, it can also cause people to develop emotional connections with chatbots. But is this OK? In this lesson, students will grapple with this question, reflecting upon what makes human friendships special and unique.
Time: 15 minutes
Lesson 5
Lesson 5
Understanding AI Bias
Understanding AI Bias
How does AI bias happen?
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.
Time: 20 minutes
Lesson 6
Lesson 6
How AI Bias Impacts Our Lives?
How AI Bias Impacts Our Lives?
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.
Time: 20 minutes
Lesson 7
Lesson 7
AI Algorithms: How Well Do They Know You?
AI Algorithms: How Well Do They Know You?
How does artificial intelligence influence what we see online?
How does artificial intelligence influence what we see online?
In a world filled with more content than we could ever possibly consume, recommendation algorithms have long been a necessary part of the internet. This type of AI helps determine what we see (and don't see) online. But while that can be helpful, these algorithms can have unintended consequences, like creating filter bubbles, perpetuating bias, and undermining our creativity, choices, and opportunities. Use this lesson to help your students think critically about how AI is shaping their experiences online in both helpful and harmful ways.
Time: 20 minutes
Lesson 8
Lesson 8
Facing Off with Facial Recognition
Facing Off with Facial Recognition
What are the benefits and risks of facial recognition?
What are the benefits and risks of facial recognition?
Facial recognition is one of the many applications of AI technology. Like other technologies, facial recognition offers both opportunities to improve our lives and potential risks. Use this dilemma and thinking routine to help students consider the benefits and drawbacks of facial recognition.
Time: 20 minutes
Lesson 9
Lesson 9
Artificial Intelligence: Is It Plagiarism?
Artificial Intelligence: Is It Plagiarism?
What is the impact of artificial intelligence on how we learn and create?
What is the impact of artificial intelligence on how we learn and create?
The number of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has grown significantly over the past few years. Some of the most popular tools are capable of creating seemingly original content, like images or text. Help students consider the ethical dilemmas of using AI to create content, and help them identify the appropriate use of these tools in a school setting.
Time: 50 minutes
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