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How Is AI Trained?

This lesson plan teaches students how AI is trained using data they share online. Through illustrations, discussions, and real-life examples, students learn the importance of data in AI development and enhance their critical thinking and writing skills.

Interview with ChatGPT

Students explore the abilities and limitations of AI chatbots like ChatGPT through creating and recording a podcast interview. Students will analyze the role of AI in information-providing contexts and compare it with human expertise.

Facial Recognition for Good, Evil, & Everything in Between

This activity explores the dual-use nature of AI facial recognition technology through research and creative categorization. Students will develop critical writing skills by analyzing and presenting the ethical implications and societal impact of facial recognition.

Deepfake PSA

This activity engages students in understanding and addressing the impact of AI-generated deepfakes through creating a press release. The focus is on developing fact-based, balanced written communication aimed at educating the general public about deepfakes.

Artificial Common Sense

This activity involves students debating the role of common sense in AI and its importance in decision-making. Through structured debates, students will explore and argue different perspectives on AI’s capabilities and limitations, enhancing their critical thinking and persuasive writing skills.

A Decision Tree to Guide Student AI Use

This activity provides a decision tree model to guide students in responsible AI use for enhancing their learning. It emphasizes critical engagement, iterative use, and transparency in AI interactions, fostering metacognitive reflection and ethical clarity in writing.

Learn about Generative AI

This webpage provides guidance on using AI features in Google Search to enhance writing and research. It covers how AI can help generate creative content, improve research efficiency, and provide detailed answers to complex questions, making it a valuable resource for enhancing writing skills.

AI as Not-a-Grammar-Checker

Students use AI to simulate reader feedback, apply writing theories, and improve student writing beyond basic grammar checks.

AI as Not-a-Thesaurus

Students use AI as a tool for generating diverse writing styles, analogies, and explanations.

Developing a Critical Eye

This project teaches students to critically evaluate information in the age of AI to identify, create, and disseminate information and disinformation.

The Trade-Offs of AI Technology

Students examine the benefits and drawbacks of various AI technologies by exploring ethical considerations, stakeholder impacts, and personal implications of AI use.

AI and the 21st Century Worker

This project engages students in exploring how AI technologies impact school and work life. Through various activities, students learn about AI’s ethical implications, the importance of diversity in AI development, and future workforce skills.

Using AI to Explain a Concept

This activity involves students using AI tools like ChatGPT to explain concepts, receiving instant feedback, and refining their understanding.

Co-Creating an AI Policy

The activity engages students in exploring the ethical considerations and policy implications of AI technology.

Mind of a Machine

The activity helps students explore AI’s decision-making processes and its ethical implications. As part of the activity, students play “Celebrity Heads” to compare artificial intelligence to human intelligence.

Interview a Chatbot

This activity introduces students to AI and its applications in writing as they interview a chatbot to learn more about how the AI tool works.