Welcome and Framing the Why (10 minutes)
- Content: Introduce the importance of early AI literacy; discuss how AI is already part of children's daily lives.
- Engagement: Quick poll
- Process: Whole group discussion and participant interaction.
Understanding AI for Young Learners (15 minutes)
- Content: Simplified definitions on AI concepts
- Engagement: AI or Not? game
- Process: participant interaction focused on possible misconceptions and teachable moments.
Hands-On Unplugged Lab (30 minutes)
- Content: Activities aligned to early AI skills such as pattern recognition and classification.
- Engagement: Activity rotation with at least four activities.
- Process: Each group collaborates to test, tweak, and adapt activities.
AI Exploration Kit (20 minutes)
- Content: Introduce a framework for creating an AI plan.
- Engagement: Participants co-create artifacts.
- Process: Collaborative planning using templates and participant feedback
Reflection, Action, and Share-Out (15 minutes)
- Discuss implementation strategies and challenges.
- Engagement: reflection.
- Process: Debrief and final preparation for plans.
Attendees will leave with a ready-to-use "AI Exploration Toolkit" that includes sample unplugged activity plans, conversation starters, and a customizable framework for introducing AI concepts in early learning settings. The kit will double as an action plan, guiding educators to adapt, implement, and extend AI learning experiences in a variety of ways.
(1) Press Start: AI in Early Education by Nneka J. McGee: https://www.ascd.org/blogs/press-start-ai-in-early-education
(2) Love to Learn by Isabelle Hau: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/isabelle-c-hau/love-to-learn/9781541703773/?lens=publicaffairs
(3) STEM in Early Education: A Guide to Integrating Technology by Nancye Black Black, Susan Brooks-Young, and Gail Lovely: https://cms-live-media.iste.org/ISTE_ASCD_GM_STEM_Guide-6.2.25.pdf
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