Our AI Task Force, which includes 30+ teachers from Grades 3–12, met last week to finalize their recommendations for student-facing AI tools. We will soon share our plans for adopting a student-facing AI tool in the Fall. Our group tested Brisk, MagicSchool AI, SchoolAI, and Snorkl with students. Professional learning for using student-facing AI tools will begin this summer.
The next steps of the AI Task Force include curating and creating resources for helping our students develop AI literacy skills. AI literacy skills include critical thinking, ethical awareness, adaptability, prompt engineering, and lateral learning to name a few. With teacher-facing and student-facing AI tools available in the Fall, now is a great time for staff to build and strengthen AI literacy skills.
In a recent episode of The Digital Learning Podcast, hosts Holly Clark and Matt Miller highlighted the need for AI literacy skills. They discussed the ACE Framework they've developed: Awareness, Critique, and Exploration.
As a school leader, I use lateral learning with AI all the time. In a recent LETRS for Administrators meeting, we reviewed information spanning the Reading Rope, Science of Reading, Structured Literacy, and other concepts. Although I felt I knew the basics, I wanted more details. I used ChatGPT to provide summaries to complement my knowledge so I could learn laterally during the training.
If you're interested in this work, please email me (jjrobinson@barrington220.org) to join the AI Task Force.
No comments:
Post a Comment