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Introduction to AI literacy

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  • Classroom teachers, instructional coaches, and administrators learn to use AI in their roles supporting students, teachers, and school systems.

    Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:

    • Explain what AI can and can't do using clear, tool-focused language that avoids treating AI like a person.
    • Analyze the difference between AI-generated outputs and human judgment in common educator scenarios.
    • Categorize tasks into three buckets: appropriate for AI support, appropriate with human oversight, or not appropriate for AI use.
    • Plan integrity norms, including verification, privacy, and transparency, when AI is involved in educator work.
    • Design simple explanations of AI use that keep responsibility visible for students, colleagues, and families.

    ISTE Standards for Educators:

    • Educator - Analyst
    • Educator - Designer
    • Educator - Learner
    • Leaders - Equity and Citizenship Advocate
    • Leaders - Visionary Planner UNESCO Standards for Educators:
    • Application of digital skills
    • Curriculum and assessment
    • Organization and Administration
    • Pedagogy
    • Teacher professional learning
    • Understanding ICT in education
  • Apply the AILit Framework to school scenarios, identifying decision domains, forming domain-first questions, and using reflection loops to guide safeguards, communication, and responsible AI use.

    Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:

    • Analyze an AI-related scenario and identify the primary decision domain using the TeachAI framework.
    • Select a domain-aligned question that clarifies responsibility before choosing a tool.
    • Design a short explanation that uses the framework language to support shared understanding across roles.
    • Plan one safeguard or integrity norm that aligns with the domain and scenario.

    ISTE Standards for Educators:

    • Educator - Analyst
    • Educator - Designer
    • Educator - Facilitator
    • Educator - Leader
    • Educator - Learner
    • Educator - Collaborator
    • Leaders - Connected learner
    • Leaders - Empowering leader
    • Leaders - Equity and citizenship advocate
    • Leaders - Systems designer
    • Leaders - Visionary planner

    UNESCO Standards for Educators:

    • Application of digital skills
    • Curriculum and assessment
    • Organization and administration
    • Pedagogy
    • Teacher professional learning
    • Understanding ICT in education

    UNESCO AI Competency Framework:

    • A human-centered mindset
    • AI foundations and applications
    • AI pedagogy
  • Educators learn to use AI, generative AI, and Microsoft tools to personalize learning, automate tasks, and provide insights for education.

    Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:

    • Describe generative AI in the broader context of AI in terms of how these systems work and what they can do.
    • Explain what a large language model (LLM) is and the basics of how it works.
    • Use generative and summative capabilities of LLMs (generate text, expand from main points, condense into main points, answer questions based on given text, etc.).
    • Summarize potential impacts.
    • Explain how AI can be used to improve learning outcomes, reduce educator workload, and increase learner engagement.
    • Explain how the use of AI can help make learning more accessible and inclusive.

    ISTE Standards for Educators:

    • Educator - Designer

    • Educator - Learner

    UNESCO Standards for Educators:

    • Application of Digital skills

    • Organization and Administration

    • Understanding ICT in Education

    UNESCO AI Competency Framework:

    • A human-centered mindset

    • Ethics of AI

    • AI foundations and applications

    • AI pedagogy

    • AI for professional development

  • This module is designed to introduce educators to the powerful AI tools that Microsoft offers to educators and learners for free.

    Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:

    • Use AI tools to streamline workflows and focus more on teaching
    • Use AI tools to provide detailed feedback and personalized learning experiences
    • Create engaging lesson plans and interactive lessons with the help of AI tools
    • Use AI tools to improve coding skills
    • Use AI tools to develop learners' future-ready skills

    ISTE Standards for Educators:

    • Educator - Designer

    • Educator - Facilitator

    • Leaders - Systems Designer

    UNESCO Standards for Educators:

    • Understanding ICT in Education

    UNESCO AI Competency Framework:

    • A human-centered mindset

    • Ethics of AI

    • AI foundations and applications

    • AI pedagogy

    • AI for professional development

  • Educators learn to use AI responsibly by building accurate mental models and a simple reflection routine.

    Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:

    • Document an AI-supported decision using a short, repeatable decision log.
    • Analyze outcomes over time and identify one pattern that suggests an adjustment.
    • Select one adjustment that increases learning quality, integrity, privacy, or trust.
    • Design a short explanation that communicates what the system did and what the educator decided.
    • Design simple explanations of AI use that keep responsibility visible for students, colleagues, and families.

    ISTE Standards for Educators:

    • Educator - Leader
    • Educator - Learner
    • Educator - Collaborator
    • Educator - Designer
    • Educator - Facilitator
    • Leaders - Empowering Leader

    UNESCO Standards for Educators:

    • Application of digital skills
    • Pedagogy
    • Teacher professional learning

    UNESCO AI Competency Framework:

    • AI foundations and applications
    • AI pedagogy
    • AI for professional development

Syllabus

  • Know where to leverage AI in your classroom
    • Introduction
    • What is AI, really?
    • Build an accurate mental model of AI
    • Keep responsibility visible in AI-supported decisions
    • Apply judgment to AI use
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Understand the AI Literacy Framework, in partnership with ISTE+ASCD
    • Introduction
    • Introduction to the AI Literacy Framework
    • Understand the AI Literacy Framework
    • Use the AI Literacy Framework to clarify decisions
    • Use shared language to support better AI decisions
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Empower educators to explore the potential of artificial intelligence
    • Introduction
    • Introduction to AI
    • Generative AI
    • Large language models
    • Use AI-powered image generation capabilities effectively
    • AI in education
    • AI tools for educators and accessibility
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Embark on your AI journey with free AI tools from Microsoft Education
    • Introduction
    • Bring opportunity to schools with AI tools
    • Work efficiently with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
    • Unlock learners' full potential with Learning Accelerators
    • Save time with Microsoft Teams for Education
    • Build AI literacy and digital citizenship with Minecraft Education's AI Foundations
    • Maximize class preparation time with Khanmigo for Teachers
    • Improve coding skills with GitHub Copilot
    • Get started with AI tools in school
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Build a reflective AI practice over time
    • Introduction
    • When outcomes change over time
    • Use reflection to learn from AI decisions
    • Build a reflective AI practice over time
    • Share reflection-based decisions
    • Module assessment
    • Summary

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