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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.

Improving Classroom AI Prompts New!

Explore three key tips for improving your generative AI prompts.

Best Practices 9 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Using AI for First-Line Tech Integration Support New!

Explore four ways to leverage generative AI as a virtual tech coach in K–12 schools as well as tips for building your own virtual coaching workflow.

Best Practices 9 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Using AI as Your Tech Support Assistant

Explore ways that generative AI chatbots can help you solve tech support questions in the K–12 classroom and save you valuable time.

Best Practices 6 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Coding with Canva: A Six-Step, Problem-Solving Experience

Engage your students in a six-step, problem-solving experience using Canva.

Best Practices 10 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Learn Your Way from Google Labs

Get a glimpse into Learn Your Way, a new AI-powered learning project from Google Labs that may transform the consumption of text documents in the classroom.

Best Practices 7 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Creating Student Groups with Grouper

Learn about Grouper, an online tool designed to help you quickly and thoughtfully create customized student groups.

Best Practices 7 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

The Continued Evolution of NotebookLM

Explore six of the most powerful features of NotebookLM and discover how you can use this tool in your K–12 classroom.

Best Practices 8 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

AI Image Generation with Nano Banana

Explore the features and functionality of Google Gemini’s image generation tool, Nano Banana.

Best Practices 10 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Using Gems in Gemini

Discover how K–12 teachers can use customizable AI Gems to save time.

Best Practices 7 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

TeacherServer

Explore TeacherServer, a collection of AI-powered tools designed to support educators and help save them time.

Best Practices 7 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Suno, an AI-Powered Music Generation Tool

Explore ways that Suno can be used to create AI-generated music in the classroom.

Best Practices 8 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Entry Points Into Machine Learning

Explore three ways to gain an understanding of machine learning: Google’s Teachable Machine, micro:bit’s CreateAI, and Grammarly’s guide to machine learning.

Best Practices 8 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Explore ChatGPT Study Mode

Explore the features of ChatGPT’s new study mode and learn how it works.

Best Practices 6 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

AI Literacy Toolkit for Families, from Common Sense Media and Day of AI

Explore the AI Literacy Toolkit for Families, a free resource co-created by Common Sense Media and Day of AI.

Best Practices 5 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

#405 – An AI Literacy Framework

Explore a newly developed draft document—Empowering Learners for the Age of AI: An AI Literacy Framework for Primary and Secondary Education—from the European Commission and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with support from Code.org and other leading international experts.

Tech Talk For Teachers 9 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

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