I. AI Trends & Education Policy (10 minutes)
A. Brief overview of AI’s impact on Education
B. Attendees share their attitudes and use of AI through poll
C. Evolving policy landscape at organizational level
D. Data on student and educator attitudes about AI use in education
II. Role of Student Voice (8 minutes)
A. Attendee small groups notice and wonder while reviewing data
B. Highlight issues of trust
C. Student voice as best practice in creating policy buy-in and compliance
III. Replicable Framework for AI Classroom Dialogue (14 minutes)
A. Design for collecting student input
B. AI data privacy in context of data privacy and digital citizenship
C. Attendees use model activity to investigate AI data privacy terms
D. Present sample belief statements and scenarios
E. Attendees use sentence frame to draft an AI belief statement
IV. Conclusions and recommendations (3 minutes)
A. Impact of project on classroom AI policy development in our setting
B. Attendees share opportunities for adapting to their setting
After this session, participants will be able to:
Summarize common beliefs among students about AI
Compare their own beliefs about AI use in the classroom to others
Articulate the benefits of involving students in dialogue about classroom policy, including AI use
Identify the challenges of candidate teachers in understanding AI as both an educator and a student
Design a classroom activity to gather student input on AI policy using a replicable framework
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Lin, L. (2025, August 14). Higher Ed 2.0: N.C. Schools Tackle AI. The Assembly NC. https://www.theassemblync.com/education/higher-education/nc-colleges-artificial-intelligence/.
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Ron, H., Chun, C.(2024) Digital Education Council Global AI Student Survey 2024 AI or Not AI: What Students Want. 29pp
Walton Family Foundation. (2024) AI Chatbots in Schools Findings from a Poll of K-12 Teachers, Students, Parents, and College Undergraduates. https://static.waltonfamilyfoundation.org/bf/24/cd3646584af89e7c668c7705a006/deck-impact-analysis-national-schools-tech-tracker-may-2024-1.pdf
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