AI LITERACY FOR YOUNG LEARNERS
How to support children in developing sociocritical AI literacies
DATE: Wednesday, September 17TIME: 4 PM EST
LOCATION: Zoom. Register here
AI is everywhere. On one hand, AI applications are improving our quality of life. On the other hand, AI is perpetuating and amplifying bias and harm for many populations. At an early age, children need to be involved in learning about how such technology works from a human-centered and sociocritical lens. In this talk, Arastoopour Irgens will discuss her learning sciences research on designing AI literacy activities with and for elementary and middle-school aged children that integrate social, ethical, and ideological dimensions. The research findings support how engaging young students in recognizing, critiquing, reimagining, and building AI technologies facilitates their development of sociocritical AI literacies.
Featured Presenter
Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, Assistant Professor of Human-Centered Learning Technologies, Teaching and Learning, Peabody College of Education and Human Development
Vanderbilt University