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4 Lessons from California's Teaching with AI Guidance

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California and Oregon first released statewide guidelines for teaching and learning with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Katherine Goyette, Computer Science Coordinator for the California Department of Education and co-author of The Complete EdTech Coach: An Organic Approach to Supporting Digital Learning, helped write this guidance, titled Learning With AI, Learning About AI.

Goyette shares the following highlights summarized here.

• Teaching with AI Guidance: Prioritize Student Safety
  “AI systems were not developed for schools and don’t have appropriate privacy settings. We are urging educators to be vigilant and wait until safe, legally compliant ways of integrating this for student use into classrooms in possible.”
• Teach AI Literacy
  People will use AI tools at home which is why it is crucial to include AI literacy training as an “extension to digital literacy programs.” In addition, a conversation about how these technologies work contributes to AI literacy.
• Recognize AI Bias and Potential Social Impact
  Humans develop AI systems, and this “exacerbates” individual biases. This topic is considered necessary to a conversation.
• Incorporate The Community and Update Tech Procedures
  Community involvement when incorporating tech procedures should also involve student voice along with other school leaders. Including people in the early stages establishes a great foundation for revising and adding AI policies currently and in the future.