New Resource Offers Guide to AI Instruction Across Grades PreK-12
By Rhea Kelly
12/16/24
The School Library Systems Association of New York has created a free resource for PreK-12 educators on building student understanding of artificial intelligence. Developed by an interdisciplinary team of educators and AI specialists as part of the LibraryReady.AI project with support from the Allison-Rosen Foundation, "AI Scope and Sequence" offers a curriculum framework designed to "empower students with essential skills in AI literacy, critical thinking, and information seeking practices, the organization explained in a news announcement.
The document is organized into four "strands" representing the intersection of computer science, media literacy, and information fluency:
Why AI: The Evolution and Integration of AI into the World and My Life;
How AI Works: Technical Aspects and Functionality of AI;
AI in Society: Ethics and Other Questions About AI; and
AI in Practice: Being a Productive and Responsible User.
The document is available for download on the LibraryReady.AI project site.