Envisioning AI for K-12: What Should Every Child Know about AI?

Abstract

The ubiquity of AI in society means the time is ripe to consider what educated 21st century digital citizens should know about this subject. In May 2018, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) formed a joint working group to develop national guidelines for teaching AI to K-12 students. Inspired by CSTA's national standards for K-12 computing education, the AI for K-12 guidelines will define what students in each grade band should know about artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics. The AI for K-12 working group is also creating an online resource directory where teachers can find AI- related videos, demos, software, and activity descriptions they can incorporate into their lesson plans. This blue sky talk invites the AI research community to reflect on the big ideas in AI that every K-12 student should know, and how we should communicate with the public about advances in AI and their future impact on society. It is a call to action for more AI researchers to become AI educators, creating resources that help teachers and students understand our work.

Using Amazon Alexa as an Instructional Tool During Remote Teaching

“…With the accelerated expansion of technologies across the K–12 curriculum, students’ opportunities to engage with education-focused artificial intelligence (AI) software have increased (Touretzky et al, 2019). AI is described not as a cognitive process but as a multitude of components that constitute intelligence, such as problem solving, perception, and language identification; researchers have been able to develop AI software that mimics human decision making from its experiences (Lodhi et al, 2018).…”

When schools meet artificial intelligence in Hong Kong

“…The Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) have formed a joint working group responsible for creating national guidelines for teaching AI at the K-12 level. Although these have not yet been published, the joint working group has already established a foundation on which AI guidelines will be grounded through their "5 big ideas" which they believe students learning AI at the K-12 level should know [11]. In Australia, the Scientists-in-Schools program has launched a multi-year pilot AI course to students at the K-6 range and have already identified key insights in how AI should be taught at this level [8].…”

Ensino de Machine Learning na Educação Básica: um Mapeamento Sistemático do Estado da Arte

“…Portanto, é importante popularizar o entendimento básico das tecnologias de IA [Touretzky et al 2019a]. Com isso, o ensino de computação ganha novas perspectivas e olhares, em busca de preparar os estudantes para serem mais do que consumidores das tecnologias, mas também criadores de soluções inovadoras e inteligentes [Touretzky et al 2019b] [Kandlhofer et al 2016]. O ensino de IA na educação básica pode proporcionar um aumento no interesse desses estudantes em seguir carreiras nas áreas tecnológicas.…”