Enhancing Education: 6 Essential Tools for Instructors on Artificial Intelligence
In the ever-evolving landscape of education, integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly crucial. To help educators navigate this shift, several resources have emerged, offering guidance and practical strategies for integrating AI into classrooms. Here are some of the top AI literacy resources recommended by Tech & Learning:
- Common Sense Media AI Lessons – These short, 20-minute or less lessons are designed to help educators and students understand and navigate AI concepts in an accessible way.
- ISTE + ASCD Partnership – This collaboration offers K-12 lesson plans, professional development opportunities, and early access to StretchAI, an AI coaching tool for educators to integrate AI thoughtfully in classrooms.
- Future of Being Human Newsletter by Andrew Maynard – This newsletter provides insightful, easy-to-read commentary on AI innovations and issues relevant to education.
- AutomatED – Focusing on actionable, detailed guides, AutomatED helps educators use AI effectively in teaching, with specific tools like Google’s LearnLM.
- National Academy for AI Instruction (AFT-led) – This newly launched national AI academy offers free training and curricula to help teachers ethically and responsibly use AI in classrooms.
- Microsoft Education and Partner Programs – This comprehensive resource includes AI for Educators Learning Path on Microsoft Learn, AI Classroom Toolkit, AI Foundations with Minecraft, and Khanmigo for Teachers, delivering a wealth of AI literacy resources and teaching supports.
These resources combine lesson plans, professional development, newsletters, guides, and large-scale training initiatives to equip educators with foundational AI literacy and practical classroom integration strategies.
StretchAI, currently being tested, is seeking educators to use it and help refine it. Common Sense Media also offers a free, self-paced online course co-designed with OpenAI about using ChatGPT effectively for teaching.
The National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S) by ISTE offer a framework for teaching AI literacy and digital citizenship skills. The ISTELive 2025 conference has partnered with ASCD to offer a variety of AI literacy resources to educators.
The Future of Privacy Forum offers resources for educators on teaching AI ethics, privacy, and security to students, including K-12 lesson plans and professional development opportunities. Lastly, the MIT Media Lab's Scratch programming platform offers resources for teaching AI concepts to students in a fun and interactive way.
These resources aim to empower educators to embrace AI as a tool for enhancing student learning, promoting college, career, and civic readiness, and fostering digital citizenship skills in the 21st century.
- многие ресурсы, предложенные Tech & Learning, помогают учителям полноценно интегрировать искусственный интеллект (AI) в классroom, такие как Common Sense Media AI Lessons, AutmatED и National Academy for AI Instruction (AFT-led).
- для того, чтобы лучше понимать AI концепты, рекомендуется пройти курс Common Sense Media о дигитальном обучении, созданный в партнерстве с OpenAI.
- ISTELive 2025 сотрудничает с ASCD и предлагает разнообраzные AI литературные ресурсы для учителей на конференции.
- Future of Privacy Forum предоставляет материалы для обучения AI этикету, приватности и безопасности студентам, в т.ч. K-12 лекций и возможностей для профессионального обучения.
- Microsoft Education and Partner Programs предоставляют обширный ассортимент AI литературных ресурсов и поддержки обучения, включая AI for Educators Learning Path на Microsoft Learn и AI Classroom Toolkit в Minecraft, которая помогает студентам понять понятия AI.
