AI researchers creating demos, resources, and activities for K-12 learners¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 theoretical), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

The paper closes with a call to action urging AI researchers to become AI educators. Because K-12 students will search the internet to understand how AI works, researchers should "Think about how your research can be made into an easily available demo, resource, or activity that students and teachers can use and share". The authors also invite the community to reflect on the big ideas every K-12 student should know and on communicating with the public about AI advances.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Willingness of AI researchers to contribute educational resources

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• K-12 students and their teachers

Target Learning Goals¶

• Public understanding of how AI works and its societal impacts

Claims¶

• Existing K-12 computing standards give AI minimal coverage [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Editorial mandates and policymaker practices to close the AI × SEL policy gap
• District actions for sustained, equitable impact with powerful technology
• AI4K12 Five Big Ideas in Artificial Intelligence — the guidelines framework the paper introduces

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Touretzky, D.; Gardner-McCune, C.; Martin, F.; and Seehorn, D. (2019). Envisioning AI for K-12: What Should Every Child Know about AI? The Thirty-Third AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-19). https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v33i01.33019795