Blended Content1. Introduction to AI Concepts & Tapping Into Prior Knowledge (10 minutes)
Tap into students’ prior knowledge about AI by launching a SchoolAI Space in your Learning Management System (ex. Schoology). A SchoolAI Space is an AI chat that teachers can create and customize with specific prompts, parameters, and rules. It allows students to have personalized discussions with AI on topics set by the teacher, while teachers monitor the chats through their dashboard and receive live AI-generated data based on student progress throughout the activity.
Students will discuss the following in this AI chat: What is AI? What do you know about AI? What are some examples of AI that you know of? How could AI be helpful to society? How could AI be harmful?
Before moving on, discuss insights as a class. What did you chat about with AI?
2. Understanding Machine Learning (10 minutes)
Provide some background information on AI and Machine Learning using resources from code.org. Facilitate students making connections to how AI relates to the real world.
Show code.org video: What is AI and Machine Learning?
Discuss main takeaways from the video in groups and/or as a class.
Emphasize that human intelligence is still more important than AI and that there is actually a workforce of humans behind the training of AI.
Activity #2: Machine Learning Simulation from code.org
Students will now put themselves in the shoes of someone who has a job training AI.
Directions: You are now going to train AI and help it identify whether something is a fish or trash. Once you have a training score of 50, click the “run” button to see how your AI bot performs and how accurate its output is.
Discuss as a class
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Were your AI outputs accurate? Why or why not?
If humans train AI poorly or inaccurately, it will produce poor outputs.
Sometimes, people don’t always realize they are training AI inaccurately.
Teachers can allude to bias or begin discussion here. Ultimately, we want students to be aware that they may encounter bias and/or hallucinations with AI and that they should approach any AI output (or anything off the internet) with a healthy dose of skepticism.
3. Analyzing AI vs. Human Creations (10 minutes)
Now that you know how AI works and that it is trained by humans, let’s see if you can spot things that are AI-generated when you see them!
Activity # 3: Let’s play the game called, "Can we no longer believe what we see?!”
a.k.a. Real or AI image?
Directions: Students will be shown 2 images on a slide and need to decide which one is real and which one was generated by AI.
After the game, discuss the tips for detecting AI-generated images.
4. Safe and Responsible Use of AI (10 minutes)
Content and Engagement: Lead a discussion on the responsible use of AI, emphasizing appropriate search terms and safe online behavior.
Process: Use role-play scenarios to practice handling inappropriate or unexpected AI-generated content.
As you encounter different images, media, and content each day, think critically about…
The information being shared
Who is sharing the information
Is this real or fake?
Digital Citizenship Discussion (whole class)
Before we switch gears to start generating our own images with AI, let’s chat…
When you’re on the internet Googling images, are you always guaranteed to find what you are looking for? No. You may have a similar experience when generating images using AI
If you do encounter something that makes you feel uncomfortable, what should you do?
Make promises to be super digital citizens.
5. Creating AI-Generated Images (15 minutes)
Now that you know how to spot AI-generated images, let’s have some fun and design some of our own using Canva!
But first, let’s brainstorm together. We want to start simple and generate an image that brings us joy. Think to yourself, what is your favorite animal?
Mention that they can select extinct or mythical animals too (ex. Unicorn, pegasus, etc.)
Give students independent think time first. Then have them share ideas in groups.
Put your prompt engineering hats on and let’s dive into the realm of creativity. Think out of the box. As a class, brainstorm a list of ideas that would fall into the following categories:
What animal? What is it doing? Other adjectives. Other ideas.
Ex. Super cool Panda DJing by the pool having a good time
Quick Canva Demo to set the purpose for the activity
Pop an example prompt generated by the class into Canva to show the image output
This will get students excited for creating their own
Activity # 4: SchoolAI Sidekick (Prompt Engineering)
Directions: Students will interact with the Sidekick in order to brainstorm and engineer their prompt that they will use for their image.
Encourage collaboration with peers and share our some great prompts
Teachers post the Sidekick in the Learning Management System (ex. Schoology) for students to access.
A SchoolAI Sidekick is another type of open-ended AI assistant that teachers can create and customize with specific prompts, parameters, and rules. It allows students to have personalized discussions with AI on topics set by the teacher, while teachers monitor the chats through their dashboard and receive live AI-generated data based on student progress throughout the activity.
Activity # 5: Lesson Application - Generate images of your favorite animal using Canva’s AI tool!
Log into Canva
Create a blank design (ex. presentation)
Show students how to add Canva’s AI tool: Magic Media
Another brief demo of entering prompt into Canva and generating images
Let creativity run wild!
6. Conclusion and Reflection (5 minutes)
Content and Engagement: Conclude with a brief reflection on what students learned and their feelings about using AI creatively.
Total Time: 60 minutes
Note: This session is condensed for presentation purposes but requires approximately 90 minutes in a classroom setting to fully engage students in each activity and allow for deeper exploration and reflection.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mwAqBWBzv8RBD09G-O16vHfe5r6ZCXJ8/view?usp=sharing
https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/04/18/teaching-kids-about-ai-importance/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666920X22000169
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/usable-knowledge/23/07/embracing-artificial-intelligence-classroom
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