Explore Brookings’ Prosper, Prepare, Protect framework for AI in education, with 12 action steps to guide ethical, effective, and student-centered AI adoption.
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AI in the K-12 Classroom
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an essential technology in many industries and fields, and it is rapidly transforming education. As AI skills continue to be in high demand in the job market, it has become crucial for K–12 educators to introduce their students to AI and its applications. By integrating AI into their teaching, educators can prepare their students to succeed in an AI-driven world and open up new opportunities for learning.
AI can be used to enhance personalized learning, allowing teachers to tailor instruction to individual students’ needs and abilities. AI-powered virtual assistants and chatbots can also assist in providing immediate feedback, answering students’ questions, and supporting language learning.
Additionally, AI can be used in classrooms to help students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. By teaching them how to use AI to analyze data and identify patterns, students can learn how to tackle real-world problems in various fields, from healthcare to climate change.
In the coming weeks and months, this collection will continue to evolve as the educational landscape shifts to integrate AI authentically and meaningfully in the classroom to benefit all students.
Brookings AI Study, Part III: The Great Unwinding—Risks New!
Explore the potential risks of integrating AI into the classroom if overused or with no guardrails.
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Brookings AI Study, Part II: The AI Teaching Dividend—Benefits
Explore the potential benefits of using AI in a K–12 classroom.
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Brookings AI Study, Part I: Bending the Arc of AI in Education—An Overview
Review the Center for Universal Education at Brookings Institution’s new study, A New Direction for Students in an AI World: Prosper, Prepare, Protect.
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Khan Academy’s Writing Coach
Help students become better writers with Writing Coach from Khan Academy.
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Vibe Coding to Develop Critical Thinking Skills
Learn about vibe coding, a great way to introduce computer science skills to students while helping them develop critical thinking skills at the same time.
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EnlightenAI: Your Virtual TA
Learn about EnlightenAI, a personalized AI assistant that teachers can leverage for grading, feedback, and data-driven instruction.
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Resources for Keeping Current With EdTech
Peruse a collection of links, separated by topic, that you may want to bookmark and reference on a regular basis as a manageable way to stay on top of the latest in edtech.
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OpenAI’s Teen AI Literacy Blueprint
Review a five-part plan from OpenAI to develop AI literacy for teenagers.
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EduGems
Explore a recent project from ed tech leader Eric Curts, who has developed a free website that shares a growing collection of premade AI Gems, which are custom prompts that have been designed and saved for educators to use as desired in Google Gemini.
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Generative AI Applications for the K–12 Classroom
Explore three strategies for teachers and seven student-facing practices for effectively using generative AI in K–12 classrooms.
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ChatGPT’s Deep Research
Discover the features and functionality of ChatGPT’s Deep Research and compare the experience and results to Gemini Deep Research.
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Using AI Mode Within Google Search
Explore the features and functionality of Google Search’s AI Mode.
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Gemini Deep Research
Explore the features and functionality of Google’s Gemini Deep Research as well as how it might be implemented in the K–12 school setting.
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Improving Classroom AI Prompts
Explore three key tips for improving your generative AI prompts.
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