Peeking Under The AI Hood: Activities to Teach How AI Works For Little Learners

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Resources

• Slides - "Peeking Under The AI Hood: Activities to Teach How AI Works For Little Learners" - Google Slides link
  Speaker notes clarify what is on the slide / most images on slides are clickable
• Story Sharing - “Peeking Under The Hood: AI Stories” - Padlet link 
• Teaching AI in (Pre)K-2 Lessons linked in slides:

• What Is AI & Where Can We Find It? https://sites.google.com/view/k2teachai/lessons-activities/what-is-ai 
• Language Models (Green Eggs & Ham) https://sites.google.com/view/k2teachai/lessons-activities/language-models 
• How Has Technology Changed The Way We Create Art? https://sites.google.com/view/k2teachai/lessons-activities/ai-art 

• AI Story Creation (Large Language Models)

• Canva Magic Write https://www.canva.com/magic-write/ 
• ChatGPT https://chatgpt.com/ 
• Claude https://claude.ai/chats 
• Gemini https://gemini.google.com/app 
• Meta AI https://ai.meta.com/meta-ai/ 
• Microsoft Copilot https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/ 

• AI Image Creation

• Autodraw (not generative AI) https://www.autodraw.com/ 
• Adobe Firefly (also in Adobe Express) https://www.adobe.com/products/firefly.html 
• Canva Magic Studio https://www.canva.com/magic/ 
• Microsoft Copilot https://copilot.microsoft.com/ 
• Peeking Under The Hood: AI Stories Padlet (edit your story and use “I Can’t Draw”) https://padlet.com/visionsbyvicky/underthehoodstories 
• Trying Out AI Padlet (use “I Can’t Draw”) https://padlet.com/visionsbyvicky/tryAI 

• Books to use to teach about AI in elementary

• ReadyAI AI+ME:

• https://www.amazon.com/AI-Me-4-Book-Series/dp/B08J41BW48/
• Version w/all 5 books & extra activities/puzzles: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08NYXRTTG 

• AI Club book series: https://www.corp.aiclub.world/ai-books-elementary-primary-school-kids 
• AI Meets AI (fiction): https://www.amazon.com/Meets-Connection-AiDigiTales-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/B0C87K7HXT 
• Tinker Toddlers Series (some AI related and some other topics):

• https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P97Y8P7
• Aria and the Self-Driving Car (fiction) https://www.amazon.com/Aria-Self-Driving-Car-Tinker-Tales/dp/1950491080/
• Self-Driving Cars for Kids https://www.amazon.com/Self-Driving-Cars-Tinker-Toddlers-Built/dp/1950491099 

• Many Intelligences https://matlo.me/many-intelligences (difficult to get in the US)

• More resources to teach about how AI works for elementary students

• AI4K12 Resources: https://ai4k12.org/resources/list-of-resources/ 
• Thinking with KIBO https://kinderlabrobotics.com/thinking-with-kibo-ai-in-early-grades/ 
  (Grades 1-3/could be adapted to other robots with sensors/sensing & computer sensors - does not actually use AI)
• Hello Ruby Machine Learning and AI (Love Letters to Computers): http://www.helloruby.com/loveletters#episode9
• Teaching AI in (Pre)K-2: https://sites.google.com/view/k2teachai/home 
• MIT Raise: https://raise.mit.edu/research-projects/ 
• Kode5 AI Lessons https://www.csiselementary.org/s/kode5 
• ISTE Hands-On AI Projects: http://iste.org/ai 
• AIforCA: https://csforca.org/ai 
• Day of AI: https://www.dayofai.org/ 

Presenter

Vicky Sedgwick

• Retired Elementary Computer Science Teacher / CSTA Greater Los Angeles Chapter Leader
• Vicky’s Website: visionsbyvicky.com
• Email: visionsbyvicky@gmail.com 
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