Name: How to Teach Digital & Media Literacy in the Age of AI
Start: 2024-09-19T14:00:00ZEDT
End: 2024-09-19T16:00:00ZEDT

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Understanding how technologies work and affect people (digital literacy) is becoming increasingly important as the use of artificial intelligence expands across all sectors of society, including K-12 education. It can help us recognize when a platform like ChatGPT is spitting out inaccurate or biased information, empower us to use new technologies in smarter and more thoughtful ways, and lead to the design of better products and services. But perhaps most importantly, digital literacy can build a foundation for students to take a critical look at the news and information they are getting through television and social media (media literacy).

Join us to explore critical issues for K-12 leaders and educators, including:

What should digital and media literacy look like in the age of AI?
What ages should it start?
How should teachers be trained to deliver this kind of learning?

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Agenda

We’ll highlight key insights from recent reporting on digital and media literacy and AI.

Kevin Bushweller

Deputy Managing Editor, Education Week

Kevin Bushweller oversees coverage of educational technology and learning environments for Education Week.

During this session, participants will examine a series of text and images that are created by people and artificial intelligence. They will learn how to determine what is real and what is AI-created. This skill will be critical for educators as they try to help students examine text and images more critically in the age of AI.

AI is shaping nearly every aspect of our lives and is expected to transform fields from medicine to agriculture and policing. Grasping the technical aspects of AI can help temper the oftentimes inaccurate perception that AI is an all-knowing, infallible force. What do students need to understand about AI to be prepared for the world of work, to become smart consumers and responsible citizens? During this panel discussion, experts and educators outline the steps schools need to take to help students become AI literate.

Alyson Klein

Assistant Editor, Education Week

Alyson Klein is an assistant editor for Education Week.

An AI-generated “deepfake” audio recording of a principal making hateful comments has laid bare an uncertain landscape for educators—a bleak one that could consist of costly investigations, ruined reputations, and potential defamation cases. The incident is just the tip of the iceberg on a problem that is likely to grow more serious as students, educators, parents, and community members become more skilled at using artificial intelligence. What steps should schools take to curb the use of this technology for nefarious purposes and how can students and educators be protected? This panel will guide K-12 leaders and educators on how to manage this growing threat.

Lauraine Langreo

Staff Writer, Education Week

Lauraine Langreo is an Education Week staff writer, covering education technology and learning environments.

In this interactive session, participants will be asked to respond to a series of questions related to an EdWeek Research Center survey of teachers, principals, and district leaders on the use of artificial intelligence in K-12 schools. We will examine questions around “deepfake” attacks, teacher training, and using AI for scheduling, testing, teaching students with special needs, and more.

Arianna Prothero

Assistant Editor, Education Week

Arianna Prothero covers technology, student well-being, and the intersection of the two for Education Week.

Hear the big takeaways from this forum.

Kevin Bushweller

Deputy Managing Editor, Education Week

Kevin Bushweller oversees coverage of educational technology and learning environments for Education Week.

How to Teach Digital & Media Literacy in the Age of AI

Agenda

Welcome & Introduction

Interactive Session: Can You Tell the Difference?

Panel Discussion: How to Become AI Literate

Panel Discussion: A Deep Dive Into ‘Deepfakes’

Interactive Session: Big Questions About AI and Schools

Closing Thoughts

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How to Teach Digital & Media Literacy in the Age of AI

Agenda

Welcome & Introduction

Interactive Session: Can You Tell the Difference?

Panel Discussion: How to Become AI Literate

Panel Discussion: A Deep Dive Into ‘Deepfakes’

Interactive Session: Big Questions About AI and Schools

Closing Thoughts

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