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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.

Enhancing the Socratic Seminar With AI New!

Explore strategies for integrating AI effectively before, during, and after a Socratic Seminar.

Best Practices 13 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Human Skills for an AI World

Explore skills and structures needed to help K–12 schools support students in the age of AI.

Best Practices 14 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Using AI as Your Back-to-School Planning Partner

Review 11 ways that teachers can use AI to help with planning for the first week back to school.

Best Practices 12 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

The Cognitive Cost of AI and Convenience, an MIT Study

Review a summary of MIT’s research paper, Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task.

Best Practices 12 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

AI in Focused Note-Taking, Step 5b: Applying Learning to the Real World

AI can enhance focused note-taking by facilitating the application of notes to real-world problems and contexts.

Best Practices 14 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

AI in Focused Note-Taking, Step 5a: Applying Learning to New Thinking

AI can enhance focused note-taking by facilitating the application of notes to new thinking.

Best Practices 9 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

AI in Focused Note-Taking, Step 4: Summarizing and Reflecting on Learning

Explore eight ways that AI can be integrated into the fourth step of AVID’s focused note-taking process, which focuses on summarizing and reflecting on learning.

Best Practices 10 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

AI in Focused Note-Taking, Step 3: Connecting Thinking

Explore seven ways that AI can be integrated into the third step of AVID’s focused note-taking process, which involves connecting thinking.

Best Practices 10 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

AI in Focused Note-Taking, Step 2: Processing Notes

Explore how AI can be integrated into the second step of AVID’s focused note-taking process.

Best Practices 9 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

AI in Focused Note-Taking, Step 1: Taking Notes

Explore how AI can be integrated into the first step of the focused note-taking process.

Best Practices 14 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Tech or No Tech? That Is Not the Only Question

Explore five guiding questions to determine if technology should be integrated into your lesson plan.

Best Practices 12 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Brookings AI Study, Part IV: Prosper, Prepare, and Protect—A Framework for Action

Explore Brookings’ Prosper, Prepare, Protect framework for AI in education, with 12 action steps to guide ethical, effective, and student-centered AI adoption.

Best Practices 15 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Brookings AI Study, Part III: The Great Unwinding—Risks

Explore the potential risks of integrating AI into the classroom if overused or with no guardrails.

Best Practices 13 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

Brookings AI Study, Part II: The AI Teaching Dividend—Benefits

Explore the potential benefits of using AI in a K–12 classroom.

Best Practices 10 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

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.

Best Practices 7 min Grades K-12 Resource by:

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