BLOG
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
AI Summer Reading List
As school winds down for the year and teachers prepare for a much deserved break, I thought it might be prudent to offer a summer reading list for anyone looking to increase their understanding of things related to AI, or perhaps just enjoy some good fiction. No matter what you are looking for, hopefully something on this list will appeal to you.
Miami EdTech and the “First Wave” of AI Literacy
Miami EdTech, an aiEDU partner, leads efforts to increase access to AI literacy for English language learners and underrepresented communities, particularly Spanish speaking students.
Introducing Flex Plans
Flex Plans offer aiEDU’s proven AI literacy resources in a format that is engaging and effective for busy educators and their students.
How to engage students in AI literacy conversations
While most educators do not have official AI policies or AI curriculum yet, they can still begin to engage their students around AI literacy. Here are four strategies to get started.
Educators Eager Yet Uncertain About Embracing Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom
According to a new aiEDU survey, a significant portion of teachers and administrators have yet to explore this emerging technology within their classrooms and are not yet prepared to do so.
Killer Robots: Not Just Science Fiction Anymore
Description Line: While plenty is being written and said about the generative AI explosion, what’s going on in other areas of AI development? Take a dive into the world of Killer Robots!
AI Trailblazers Charting New Territory
An update on the aiEDU inaugural AI Trailblazers Fellowship program. Gathering 25 exceptional high school educators across 18 states to integrate AI literacy into teaching and empower educators through community collaboration.
10 Learnings from the AI Leadership Summit
Nidhi Parthasarathy, a high school student from the Bay Area, shares key takeaways on AI and education, and some personal insights.
A Comprehensive New Toolkit from the State of Ohio and aiEDU Helps Educators Responsibly and Effectively Integrate AI into Education
The new toolkit is a practical guide for developing policies and actions in response to the proliferation of AI tools. It is aimed at enhancing education and assessment while addressing concerns related to privacy, fairness and human agency.
AI and the Humanities with Special Guest Talos, the First AI!
We look at Greek (and other) mythologies to examine what was important to ancient peoples, and while they may have believed many things we know not to be true today, their myths illuminate that they often valued and thought about things that we value and still think about today. This would include, it would seem, the creation of artificial intelligence.
aiEDU Supports New Bill Promoting Accessible AI Literacy Education
aiEDU is proud to support the AI Literacy Act, which aims to define AI literacy, empower educators and make AI education accessible to all.
aiEDU Announces $200,000 Gift from Griffin Catalyst
Griffin Catalyst’s gift will help scale aiEDU's mission to expand access to AI literacy in K12 schools across the United States at a moment when generative AI and large language models are poised to redefine our society and economy.
From Descartes to the Center for AI Safety; 375 years of Musings, Warnings, and Arguments Against AI (PART II)
This is Part II in a two part series. In Part I we began with the past year’s warnings from experts in the industry about the future of AI. From there we jumped back to 1637 and examined Rene Descartes’s view on automata, and then progressed through history up to Karel Čapek’s play “Rossum’s Universal Robots” in 1921.
Empowering Educators and Advancing AI Literacy with the AI Trailblazers Fellowship
The AI Trailblazers Fellowship enables 25 high school educators to take a lead role in shaping the future of AI in the classroom.
From Descartes to the Center for AI Safety; 375 years of Musings, Warnings, and Arguments Against AI (PART I)
Quite a few AI experts, executives, developers, and others have recently expressed a lot of concerns about the future of AI. So if you have concerns about AI yourself, rest assured you are not alone. Even if we ignore these more recent warnings, you are a lot less alone than you might imagine. Scientists, philosophers, mathematicians, inventors, authors, and plenty of other people have been questioning, warning against, and wondering about the future of artificial intelligence for hundreds of years.
aiEDU Secures Transformational Grants to Advance AI Literacy and Bridge the Opportunity Gap in Education
aiEDU announces a $1 million grant from The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and a $250,000 grant from NewSchools Venture Fund — significant investments that will advance aiEDU’s mission of closing the opportunity gap in AI education, literacy and skills development.
aiEDU Receives $2 Million Unrestricted Grant from Ballmer Group
Today, aiEDU announced a generous $2 million unrestricted grant from Ballmer Group that will enable new opportunities for teachers and students of all backgrounds across the country and transform the education system for the better.
Tales from the Chat Log
Why am I writing about the chat of a webinar? At aiEDU we spend a lot of time working on ways to help educators, whether that’s developing curriculum or other resources for students, or professional development and trainings for educators. One of the best ways to figure out what educators want and need is to listen to them. So we pay close attention to the chats of presentations that we give and attend, and this one struck me as worth sharing.
Defining Artificial Intelligence: Why it’s hard and what you can do about it
What is AI? Whether you are new to the term, an enthusiast, or even a professional in the industry, this is not easily answered. As is often the case with fields of study that are broad and currently evolving, the definitions are also broad and evolving.
Is AI Coming for Your Job?
According to folk legend, John Henry was a steel driving man. He drove steel drills into rock with a hammer for blasting railroad tunnels. When his livelihood was threatened by a steam powered drill, John Henry proposed a contest of man versus machine.