Teaching About AI
Find free educator tools for teaching about artificial intelligence and the critical-thinking skills students need to thoughtfully navigate the uses and implications of this technology.
As generative artificial intelligence permeates our lives, it has never been more important to understand this technology — its implications for society and civic life, its potential and its limitations. We support educators in ensuring students have the skills and knowledge to understand and know how to use this evolving technology. Whether you need quick and easy discussion prompts or a complete lesson, you’ll find adaptable tools that make it easy to incorporate AI in your curriculum.
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Start with our “6 Things to Know About AI” infographic, offering six news literacy takeaways to keep in mind as AI tools evolve.
Explore “AI or not?” This lesson plan includes activity slides and extension activity ideas.
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Activities from The Sift®
Use these slides, think sheets and quizzes for quick exercises or more in-depth lessons. These have been featured in The Sift, our newsletter covering teachable moments in the news that is packed with classroom activities and resources.
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A deep dive with Checkology
Use the “Introduction to Algorithms” lesson from our Checkology virtual classroom to give students a comprehensive and eye-opening look at how algorithms and AI shape social media feeds. Completely revamped in 2024, the lesson features two humorous characters: Algo, who personifies algorithms, and Gen, who represents generative AI.
“Introduction to Algorithms” is easy to assign.
Just make sure you’ve created a free Checkology educator account. Create a class, add students and assign “Checkology 101” (choose the middle or high school version). Within “Checkology 101,” you can skip straight to “Introduction to Algorithms” or teach the entire sequence of lessons to explore even more news literacy topics.
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