Hey Google — Do Students Need to Learn About AI and Machine Learning?

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Heidi Baynes
Denise Leonard
In this session, participants will learn how to use Scratch 3 to teach students about AI and machine learning and brainstorm ways to integrate AI lessons into the curriculum — no matter what they teach.

Audience:	Coaches, Teachers, Technology coordinators/facilitators
Skill level:	Beginner
Attendee devices:	Devices useful
Attendee device specification:	Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Topic:	Artificial Intelligence
Grade level:	6-12
Subject area:	Computer science, STEM/STEAM
ISTE Standards:	For Coaches: Change Agent Facilitate equitable use of digital learning tools and content that meet the needs of each learner. For Education Leaders: Empowering Leader Build the confidence and competency of educators to put the ISTE Standards for Students and Educators into practice. For Educators: Citizen Create experiences for learners to make positive, socially responsible contributions and exhibit empathetic behavior online that build relationships and community.

Proposal summary

Purpose & objective

Using Scratch 3.0 and an extension created by https://machinelearningforkids.co.uk/ participants will learn how to integrate the principles of machine learning into the Scratch platform and begin teaching students the basics of machine learning. The activity will focus on teaching the computer to recognize written commands to turn on and off a light and to turn on and off a fan. However, this activity could easily be integrated into more purposeful classroom instruction.

Outline

10 min- Introduction and interactive discussion about AI and Machine Learning
10 min- Discussion on bias in machine learning and AI
50 min- Learn to use Scratch 3 to model AI and Machine learning principles. Participants will create a code that allows them to use Scratch to turn a (theoretical) light and a fan on and off using written commands.
20- Discussion about the process and how this tool might be used in the classroom and across the curriculum to teach students about AI.

Supporting research

https://www.codedbias.com/

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/how-educators-can-use-artificial-intelligence-as-a-teaching-tool/2020/05

https://machinelearningforkids.co.uk/

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Presenters

Heidi Baynes, Riverside County Office of Education

Heidi Baynes is a Google Certified Innovator and Raspberry Pi Certified Educator. She works as a Coordinator of Educational Technology for the Riverside County Office of Education. She specializes in the integration of technology into classroom instruction and is an advocate of computer science education and the #CSforALL movement. Her experience in K-12 public education includes online, blended and traditional classroom models where she has taught multiple subjects and grade levels.

Denise Leonard, Mountain View High School