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Dialing Up the Awesome: AI-Powered Projects for Elementary Learners

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Session description

Looking for ways to safely and responsibly embed AI into your elementary school curriculum? Get inspired to “dial-up” your use of AI with sample lessons from our classroom to teach AI literacy and example projects where students use AI as a bridge to boost creativity, critical thinking, and communication.

Outline

5 Steps to “Dial Up” AI Literacy -- We will provide an overview of the 5 key questions that guide our work with elementary students:
What is AI?
How does AI work?
In what ways can I use AI safely and ethically?
What tools are available to me?
How and why should I evaluate AI outputs?

For each element we will share snapshots and examples from the classroom, as well as resources (lesson plan templates, graphic organizers, sample prompts, direction sheets, etc) to help educators implement the 5 steps in their learning environment.

AI Integration Examples – The way in which AI is integrated can take many forms. We aim to show 3 ways that we’ve infused or “dialed up” activities with AI. This process facilitates increased creativity, critical thinking, and communication skills among students.

In order for participants to visualize how AI-infused projects can work in their elementary classroom, we will introduce 3 uses for AI and share specific projects/activities that we’ve launched, as described below. We will show images and videos of students engaged in the work, and offer resources to replicate the activities.

--> Using AI to brainstorm or start a project

-->Using AI to build background knowledge

-->Using AI to provide access for diverse learning needs

Takeaways and Resources to Inspire! --
We will share a toolkit of resources created and curated to inspire and encourage integration of the AI literacy principles and AI-infused projects.

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Supporting research

Cao, L., & Dede, C. (2023). Navigating A World of Generative AI: Suggestions for Educators. The Next Level Lab at Harvard Graduate School of Education. President and Fellows of Harvard College: Cambridge, MA.

Clark, H. (2023). The AI Infused Classroom: Inspiring Ideas to Shift Teaching and Maximize Meaningful Learning in the World of AI. Elevate Books Edu.

Long, D., & Magerko, B. (2020). What is AI literacy? Competencies and design considerations. In Proceedings of the 2020 chi conference on human factors in computing systems. (pp. 1–16). https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376727

Miller, M. (2023). AI for Educators: Learning Strategies, Teacher Efficiencies, and a Vision for an Artificial Intelligence Future. Dave Burgess Consulting, Incorporated.

Mollick, E. R., & Mollick, L. (2023). Assigning AI: Seven approaches for students, with prompts [Working paper]. The Wharton School Research Paper, Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4475995.

Ng, D.T.K., Leung, J.K.L., Su, M.J., Yim, I.H.Y., Qiao, M.S., Chu, S.K.W. (2022). AI Literacy from Educators’ Perspectives. In: AI Literacy in K-16 Classrooms. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18880-0_10

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Future of Teaching and Learning: Insights and Recommendations, Washington, DC, 2023. This report is available at https://tech.ed.gov

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Presenters

Marcee Harris

Director of Curriculum and Instruction

Teaching Channel

Kirstin Moldan

G/T teacher and Math Coach

Brooklyn Center Elementary

Sarah Murphy

Evaluation Manager/Professional Learning Specialist

Teaching Channel, K-12 Coalition

Session specifications

Topic:

Artificial Intelligence

Grade level:

3-5

Audience:

Librarian, Teacher, Technology Coach/Trainer

Attendee devices:

Devices required

Attendee device specification:

Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

Magic School AI
School AI

Subject area:

Computer Science, Elementary/Multiple Subjects

ISTE Standards:

For Students:
Empowered Learner

Understand fundamental concepts of how technology works, demonstrate the ability to choose and use current technologies effectively, and are adept at thoughtfully exploring emerging technologies.

Knowledge Constructor

Evaluate the accuracy, validity, bias, origin, and relevance of digital content.

For Educators:
Designer

Design authentic learning activities that align with educational standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize learning.

TLPs:

Ensure Equity, Spark Curiosity

Disclosure:

The submitter of this session has been supported by a company whose product is being included in the session

Influencer Disclosure:

This session includes a presenter that indicated a “material connection” to a brand that includes a personal, family or employment relationship, or a financial relationship. See individual speaker menu for disclosure information.