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Doubling down on Ohio
aiEDU deepens statewide work in Ohio to build capacity for AI Readiness. Grant funding from Ohio Department of Education and partnership with OESCA will support professional development on AI
aiEDU proud to continue partnership with Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
aiEDU is proud to announce its continued partnership with the George McGovern Foundation. As part of a larger announcement, the McGovern Foundation backed aiEDU to continue its work cultivating AI Literacy and building AI Readiness for all students.
aiEDU shares learning products to build AI Readiness
aiEDU shared a range of learning products and professional development tools that are designed to help students, teachers and school administrators build AI Readiness.
Evaluating AI tools
When you’re deciding whether an AI tool or technology is right for your students, it’s important to think about what will truly benefit your learning environment. aiEDU’s one-pager can help you evaluate the right tools.
Ohio spotlight: aiEDU’s work on model AI policy development
aiEDU’s work in Ohio includes an updated AI Toolkit and Policy Development Protocol. The work is an example of an integrated approach and the longevity of aiEDU’s partnership, which began with a pilot program in Akron Public Schools and has now supported all corners of the state with training, professional development, and other support build AI Readiness.
aiEDU doubles down on statewide work in Ohio, building capacity for AI Readiness
aiEDU is proud to announce a grant from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce as well as an ongoing partnership with the Ohio Educational Service Center Association (OESCA) that will propel AI Literacy and AI Readiness across the state.
Save the Date: A day for AI Literacy
aiEDU is joining other like-minded organizations to support a national AI Literacy Day. This effort will engage students, teachers and community members to learn more about how AI is shaping our world.
Cultivating Critical Thinking: Guiding AI Use in Today's Classroom
Cultivating critical thinking is a vital part of AI Readiness. In aiEDU’s latest one pager, we offer strategies for ensuring that critical thinking is a core component for teachers, even as their classrooms adjust to a world with AI.
Building AI Readiness with AI fundamentals in Your Classroom
aiEDU is hosting a series of professional learning sessions designed to support teachers in learning AI fundamentals and building AI Readiness in their classrooms and schools. The sessions are designed to meet educators where they are.
‘Making the Grade with AI’ — best practices for how to use AI with grading
There are best practices for how to use AI when it comes to grading. aiEDU’s quick guide — Making the Grade with AI — offers some best practices for teachers.
Shaping AI education, building AI Literacy with the aiEDU Trailblazers Fellowship
aiEDU is recruiting its second cohort of Trailblazers, a unique fellowship that gives K12 teachers the opportunity to prepare students an AI-driven future. Applications are due Oct. 11 by 11:59 PST. The fellowship a unique opportunity for K12 teachers to learn more about AI, how to incorporate AI Literacy and AI Readiness into their classrooms, and to build a network with other education leaders and drive real impact.
aiEDU snapshots — building AI Literacy en español
aiEDU's AI Spanshots are now available in Spanish — thanks to a collaboration with Miami EDTech. The snapshots will support multilingual students and classes in exploring AI concepts. Snapshots are bite-sized, five-minute lessons are designed to spark curiosity and critical thinking about AI's role in our daily lives.
aiEDU builds AI Literacy and AI Readiness with educators in Minnesota, North Dakota
aiEDU: The AI Education Project and the TIES Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM recently hosted a pair of AI Summits in Bemidji Minnesota, and New Town, North Dakota — bringing together passionate educators for focused training and conversation on building AI Literacy and AI Readiness in their school districts.
Read: Full opening statement of aiEDU CEO Alex Kotran to Senate HELP subcommittee on Employment and Workforce Safety
Read aiEDU CEO Alex Kotran's full testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Pension and Labor (HELP) subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety.
aiEDU brings AI Literacy, AI Readiness agenda to Congress
aiEDU CEO Alex Kotran emphasized theimportance — and urgency — of building skills that will help students compete and keep up, while testifying to a Senate subcommittee. Kotran said that cultivating AI Literacy for America’s students — and building AI Readiness for students, schools, and school systems is a matter of urgency — is critical if the US is going to compete and keep up.
Building AI Readiness Where You Are
aiEDU’s fall series of virtual professional learning sessions gives educators across the U.S. the opportunity to build AI skills they can bring the classroom, with a new lineup of virtual sessions designed to empower K12 educators.
Google.org supports aiEDU to provide AI education, drive vision for AI readiness
Google.org announced significant funding to aiEDU — which the organization will use to drive forward work in AI education and its vision for AI Readiness.
Guest Blog Author! Ethics and AI with Dr. Graham Culbertson (part 3 of 3)
Dr. Graham Culbertson will be our guide as we explore Ethics and AI in this three part series. In part one he establishes working definitions of ethics and morality so that we have a strong foundation as we begin to think about using these terms in our discussions about AI.
Guest Blog Author! Ethics and AI with Dr. Graham Culbertson (part 2 of 3)
Dr. Graham Culbertson will be our guide as we explore Ethics and AI in this three part series. In part one he establishes working definitions of ethics and morality so that we have a strong foundation as we begin to think about using these terms in our discussions about AI.
Empowering Educators: Highlights from Ohio's AI Summits
Hundreds of Ohio educators attended three sold-out AI Summits, hosted by aiEDU, to learn about AI literacy and its effective implementation in the classroom.
Guest Blog Author! Ethics and AI with Dr. Graham Culbertson (part 1 of 3)
Dr. Graham Culbertson will be our guide as we explore Ethics and AI in this three part series. In part one he establishes working definitions of ethics and morality so that we have a strong foundation as we begin to think about using these terms in our discussions about AI.