Teaching Tomorrow: Unleashing The Power of AI in Education

Webinar - September 26, 2023 | View recording

AI industry leaders and educators from around the world lead a discussion on AI and its implications for teaching, learning, and assessment. 

Panelists:
Tricia Friedman, Founder and Director, Allyed.org and Shifting Schools
Nate Green, MS Academic Technology Coordinator, Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC
Priya Lakhani OBE, CEO and Founder, CENTURY Tech, London
Dr. Andrea Schwamb, Assistant Superintendent, Wareham Public Schools, MA
Stephen Taylor, Director of Innovation in Teaching and Learning, Western Academy of Beijing

c/o CENTURY Tech (Priya Lakhani):

• The no-nonsense guide to AI
• Interesting uses of ChatGPT in education
• A CENTURY guide to implementing edtech successfully in schools and colleges
• Retrieval practice blog
• How Cognita Schools is deploying AI across the world
• How does CENTURY’s AI work?
• How CENTURY helps teachers to differentiate learning 

c/o Shifting Schools (Tricia Friedman):

• Free guides on integration of AI available via Shifting Schools resource library
• Community conversations about AI and Academic Integrity
• For those interested in concept based inquiry one such approach is leveraging Generative AI for ‘concept expansion”
• Survival of the Best Fit - an educational game about hiring bias in AI
• AI Literacy and LGBTQ Free Guide
• Recent interview with Queer in AI Lead Organizer
• More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech (Meredith Broussard, MIT Press, March 14, 2023)
   

c/o WAB Learns (Stephen Taylor):

• Go to resources hosted on learn.wab.edu
• Here’s a demo of bias in image generators (huggingface.co)
• Have We Reached The “Invisible AI” Tipping Point? (May 31, 2023; AI, innovation)
• For someone starting out with GenAI, I’d recommend perplexity.ai
   

Discussion topics and activities (c/o Nate Green):

• View this working list of conversations we need to have about AI in education, "Ethics, Equity, & Justice x AI Discussion Topics, Resources and Queries."
• High School AI Literacy unit (slides)
• 6th grade AI Literacy unit (slides)
• Activity for teachers to help them see the power of AI in designing lessons.
• Schools Really Messed Up With Social Media. Now, We Have a Second Chance. This summer it’s high time to make plans (Nate Green, slate.com, June 2023)
• A person to follow re. AI in education is Ethan Mollick and his substack, One Useful Thing.
   

c/o webinar attendees:

• UNESCO - Guidance for generative AI in education and research
• UNESCO - Artificial intelligence and the Futures of Learning
• What is artificial intelligence, algorithm, and data literacy?
• MIT DAILy Curriculum - The Daily-AI workshop, designed by MIT educators and experienced facilitators, features hands-on and computer-based activities on AI concepts, ethical issues in AI, creative expression using AI, and how AI relates to your future.
• AI Shapshots - 180 Classroom warmups built to spark debate, ignite curiosity, and build community.
• Teaching AI Ethics (LeonFurze.com)
• Responsible Use Policy for Artificial Intelligence in International Schools (Aug 18, 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. Cao, L., & Dede, C. (2023).
• AI Is a Lot of Work: As the technology becomes ubiquitous, a vast tasker underclass is emerging — and not going anywhere. (collaboration between New York Magazine and The Verge, June 2023)
• Classical AI launches in Massachusetts (Wareham) - Artificial intelligence comes to Middle School math class (Wes Cipolla, WarehamWeekToday.com, Mar 13, 2023)
• New York lawyers sanctioned for using fake ChatGPT cases in legal brief (Sara Merken, Reuters, June 26, 2023)