Teaching How AI Works to K-8 Students

Presented by Vicky Sedgwick, Chapter President, CSTA Greater Los Angeles Chapter
Moderated by Jennifer Ehehalt, Senior Regional Manager, Common Sense Education

Sponsored by Common Sense Education

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We’ve all heard and seen the impact that artificial intelligence is having on our world. Even our youngest students are encountering AI in their daily lives, but can they really start to understand how it works? Yes, they can!

During this edWebinar, we take a peek under the AI hood and introduce you to short activities and lessons that you can use to demystify how AI works, including: what AI is and how it is already impacting our lives, how AI is trained and where bias may occur, how large language models like ChatGPT work, and more.

Viewers leave with ready-to-teach activities and lessons about how artificial intelligence works for K-8 students, along with knowledge of how you can implement them in computer science lessons, as extensions to digital citizenship lessons, and in a variety of curricular areas.

This recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-8 teachers, librarians, school leaders, and education technology leaders.

About the Presenter

Vicky Sedgwick is a retired K-8 educator from Los Angeles who is passionate about teaching computer science, including artificial intelligence, starting in elementary school. She is currently Chapter President of the CSTA Greater Los Angeles Chapter. Vicky was a writer on the CSTA K-12 2017 Standards and on the CSTA Standards for CS Educators. She was the K-2 Grade Band Lead on the AI4K12 Initiative and currently enjoys creating learning activities for K-2 students for the AIforCA project which is part of the K-12 Teaching and Learning Workgroup of Computer Science for California (CSforCA).

About the Moderator

As Senior Regional Manager, Jennifer Ehehalt designs and delivers high-quality professional development opportunities for educators across the country. She spotlights thought leaders by creating and moderating conversations on timely topics relevant to digital teaching and learning. When attending Jennifer’s edWeb sessions, participants know they will leave with concrete strategies from the field, including how to build a positive school culture, use straightforward templates to guide challenging conversations, and implement family engagement ideas.

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