Back to School with AI: A Playlist for Educators

Some of the resources that have inspired me and guided my work with schools

In honor of the many people returning to school this month, I’ve put together a playlist of generative AI resources. In addition to selecting a few posts from this newsletter that I think could be helpful, I’ve gathered a number of resources by others that I have returned to over and over again since I began working with schools on AI a year ago. Because this is a busy time, I focused on short, meaningful, and accessible pieces.

I hope you use this playlist to deepen both your knowledge of generative AI and the conversations you have with colleagues and students about it. And, I hope that if you know of wonderful resources that are not here, you’ll share them in the comments below.

ChatGPT-4o: “A nostalgic illustration of a playground made entirely of informational resources, featuring both human and robot children playing together.”

Strategizing for AI This Year (and Beyond)

By Me

• “Four Priorities for Human-Centered AI in Schools” 

By Others

• “AI can do your homework. Now what?” A mini-documentary from Vox

• “Generative AI and K-12 Education: an MIT Perspective” by Eric Klopfer, Justin Reich, Hal Abelson, and Cynthia Breazeal

• “Schools Really Messed Up Social Media. Now, We Have a Second Chance.” by Nate Green

Building AI Literacy

• “An AI Literacy Framework for Learners and Educators” by Digital Promise

• Animated explanation of how generative AI works by The Financial Times

• “How to Stop Deepfakes” by the leadership team at AI company HuggingFace 

• “Practical AI for Instructors and Students” Video series from Ethan and Lilach Mollick

• “Resources on Critical AI Literacy” by Maha Bali

• “Teaching AI Ethics” by Leon Furze

Using AI to Support Teaching

By Me

• “Make Sense of AI” Three guiding questions, three principles, and seven things to try.

• “Looking Ahead with AI, Part I: Teachers” How to use AI for efficiency, effectiveness, and innovation. 

By Others

• GenAI Prompt Library for Teachers by AI for Education

• The AI Pedagogy Project Collection of lessons and experiences to teach people about AI by metaLAB at Harvard

Working with Students on AI

By Me

• “Talk with Students About AI” Six AI activities to try with students

• “Looking Ahead with AI, Part II: Students” Why and how to prioritize literacy, learning, and ethics. 

By Others

• “Community Conversations about AI and Academic Integrity” by Tricia Friedman

• “Writing with Artificial Intelligence” An open-source course by Joseph Moxley with interesting and challenging tasks for students to explore AI. 

For Administrators Building Their School’s AI Capacity

By Me

• “13 AI Ideas for School Leaders to Try”

• “Looking Ahead with AI, Part 3: Leaders” Why and how to clarify your school’s vision for AI.

By Others

• “Five Questions Every Parent Should be Asking Their Child’s School About AI” by Dan Fitzpatrick

• “GenAI Strategy for Faculty Leaders” by Leon Furze

AI’s Impact on Assessment

By Me

• “AI and the Question of Rigor”

• “AI and the Authenticity Problem”

By Others

• “The Homework Apocalypse” by Ethan Mollick

• “Six Tenets of Postplagiarism: Writing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” by Sarah Elaine Eaton

Crafting Guidelines and Policies on AI

• The AI Assessment Scale by Leon Furze, Mike Perkins, Jasper Roe, and Jason MacVaugh

• “A Decision Tree to Guide Student AI Use” by Jen Stauffer and Jonathan Gold

• “Guidelines and Guardrails, Permissions and Constraints” by The American School in Japan

• Lance Eaton’s collection of 140 Higher Ed AI Syllabi Statements

• “What is Academic Integrity in the Age of Generative AI?” by Chris Dede

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Upcoming Ways to Connect with Me

Speaking, Facilitation, and Consultation

• If you want to learn more about my work with schools and nonprofits, reach out for a conversation at eric@erichudson.co or take a look at my website. I’d love to hear about what you’re working on.

In-Person Events

• In partnership with the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS), I’ll be running two workshops at “Leading in an AI World,” an event for leadership teams and boards. Join me September 24 at The Baldwin School outside of Philadelphia, PA, USA.

• I’ll be co-facilitating “Educational Leadership in the Age of AI” with Christina Lewellen and Shandor Simon at the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) annual conference in Boston, MA, USA, on November 20. 

Online Workshops

• In partnership with the California Teachers Development Collaborative (CATDC), I’m facilitating “Making Sense of AI,” an introductory workshop for educators, on October 15. 

• Also with CATDC, I’m leading a four-part online series called “Deepening our AI Practice” for educators who already have a working knowledge of generative AI. Starts October 31.