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Breaking Bias: AI/Media Literacy in The Generative Age

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Colorado Convention Center, Innovation Arcade: Emergent Tech Classroom A

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Educational Technology Director
Pocantico Hills CSD
@AlanaWinnick
@AlanaWinnick
ISTE Certified Educator
Alana Winnick is an award-winning leader who holds positions as the Educational Technology Director and Data Protection Officer for Pocantico Hills Central School District in Sleepy Hollow in New York, and the Hudson Valley Director for NYSCATE. She has established herself as a leading expert on AI in schools and is both the author and host of The Generative Age, a book and podcast that explores the rapidly evolving world of generative artificial intelligence and its impact on education.

Session description

Join us for an immersive session designed to equip educators with the essential tools to nurture critical media literacy skills in their students. In today's AI-driven era, it's crucial for students to navigate through a digitally saturated world overflowing with bias, misinformation, and deep fakes. Our session will discuss actionable strategies to empower students in discerning the authenticity of AI-generated content. Through hands-on activities and discussions, participants will learn how to analyze AI-generated content, uncovering underlying biases and misinformation. By leveraging students' cultural perspectives, we'll explore how to foster a comprehensive understanding of media literacy.

Session specifications

Topic:
Equity and inclusion
Attendee devices:
Devices required
Attendee device specification:
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Subject area:
STEM/STEAM, Social studies
ISTE Standards:
For Educators:
Citizen
  • Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical examination of online resources and fosters digital literacy and media fluency.
Collaborator
  • Collaborate and co-learn with students to discover and use new digital resources and diagnose and troubleshoot technology issues.
For Students:
Knowledge Constructor
  • Students evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance of information, media, data or other resources.