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How to Make A.I. That’s Good for People

Should there be rules regarding A.I. development to ensure that A.I. is good for all humans?

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Table of Contents

Vocabulary Building

  • Map a Word

Direct Instruction Guide

  • Cornell Notes: Audience

STEP 1: Connect

  • Finding Your Purpose for Learning
  • Think-Pair-Share

STEP 2: Read

  • Pause and Reflect
  • Test Prep Strategy: Prediction (Optional)

STEP 3: Engage with the Text

  • Highlight and Annotate

STEP 4: Summarize

  • Write a Summary

STEP 5: Build an Argument

  • Collaborate: Share Your Argument Builder

STEP 6: Create your CERCA

  • Peer Editing Activity
  • Writing Reflection

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Optional Extensions

  • Inquiry to Research: Asking Questions of the Text
  • Inquiry to Research: Controversy in Technology
  • Roundtable Discussion: Sharing Additional Research Findings, Learnings, and Experiences

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Definition

Facts and Characteristics___

Examples

Non-examples___

Vocabulary Word:�

AUTONOMOUS

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V O C A B U L A R Y B U I L D I N G

Frayer Model �

The Frayer Model helps you learn vocabulary from different angles.�

  1. Look for the vocabulary word in the center circle of the graphic organizer below.
  2. In the “examples” box, list examples or synonyms of the word.
  3. In the “non-examples” box, write non-examples or antonyms.
  4. Next, add facts or characteristics about the word.
  5. Finally, write your own definition or look one up!

Frayer Model

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D I R E C T I N S T R U C T I O N G U I D E

Cornell Notes: Audience

What is an audience?

An audience is…

What is the criteria for strong writing that can reach each audience?

Strong writing that can reach each audience includes…

What are some ways writers can appeal to their audience?

Writers can appeal to their audience by….

Take notes on the lesson using the organizer below:

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D I R E C T I N S T R U C T I O N G U I D E

Cornell Notes: Audience (continued)

Summarize and Reflect

In your own words and in complete sentences, write a 3–4 sentence summary of this skills lesson. An accurate summary will cover the lesson's central ideas and include important details to support those ideas.

Record your summary here:

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S T E P 1 : C O N N E C T

Finding Your Purpose for Learning

When you've finished reading the overview, answer the following questions in the space below:

What more would you like to learn about “human-centered” artificial intelligence? What would like you know about the concerns that people have about the development of AI?

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S T E P 1 : C O N N E C T

Think-Pair-Share

  1. Think: On your own, think about your experiences related to the topic.

  • Pair & Share: With a partner, group, or a trusted listener, share the parts of your response that you feel comfortable sharing.
  • Reflect: If time permits, reflect on your experience. What ideas did others share that you hadn't considered? How were your ideas alike?

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S T E P 2 : R E A D

Pause and Reflect

When you’ve finished reading, go back and find the questions in the text marked “Pause and Reflect.” These questions will help you connect the text to yourself, to other texts, or to the world around you.

Use the space on the left below to answer the reflection questions. Then, discuss your answers, noting how they were similar or different.

Record “Pause and Reflect” answers here:

Record discussion reflections here:

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S T E P 2 : R E A D

Test Prep Strategy: Prediction (Optional)

One way to prepare for assessments is to practice looking for the answers in the text before looking at the answer choices. Use prediction strategies as an opportunity to read a text more carefully.

Read each multiple choice question. In your own words record your prediction of the correct response in the chart below.

Question on ThinkCERCA

What is the question asking you to do?

Example: Which of the following statements best explains how the passage is structured?

Look for details on the order of ideas in the passage, like order of importance, or cause and effect.

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S T E P 3 : E N G A G E W I T H T H E T E X T

Highlight and Annotate

In this step, you will analyze the text closely, then discuss your findings to begin developing reasoning for your argument.

  1. Read the text again, highlighting and annotating important details. Follow the prompts provided.

The highlighting prompts will help you with the final writing task. You will find evidence to support your own argument or informational piece, as well as models of excellence that will help you better understand a writer’s craft in narratives. The evidence you highlight will be available when you begin building your draft in the next step.

  1. If time permits, pair and share your highlights and annotations with a classmate. Pay close attention to this conversation! Your thinking is important reasoning you may include in your final draft.

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S T E P 4 : S U M M A R I Z E

Write a Summary

Summaries help you process your thinking about a text and are often a great way to start off an argumentative or informational essay. A good summary shows you have knowledge about a topic.

Practicing summarizing also helps you prepare for the main idea questions posed on many standardized assessments. In addition, summarizing is a helpful skill for working with others, such as when you need to confirm your understanding of what someone else has said. That's a useful skill for all parts of life.

  1. ��Use the sentence stems provided to summarize the text.

Your summary should:

  • Be brief
  • Include the main idea and key details
  • Represent these ideas fairly and accurately �
  • If time permits, pair and share with a classmate. Read each other’s summary, and discuss how they are similar or different. What did you say were the main idea and key details? Were your summaries fair and accurate? Why?

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S T E P 5 : B U I L D A N A R G U M E N T

Collaborate: Share your Argument Builder

When you’ve completed the argument building step, share your results with others, and listen to how they responded to the same question. Ask questions and give feedback to help strengthen your partners’ reasons and evidence.

Should there be rules regarding A.I. development to ensure that A.I. is good for all humans?

Share Your Argument

Listen and Record Others

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S T E P 6 : C R E A T E Y O U R C E R C A

Peer Editing Activity

  1. Do a self-assessment of your CERCA. Use the online Rubric for the lesson on learn.thinkcerca.com, checking each box where you find evidence that you have achieved the criteria.�
  2. Next, collaborate with a peer or peers to read each other’s drafts. Again, use the Rubric to evaluate each other’s work.�
  3. Share insights into what might make your pieces stronger. Find two positive attributes and one area of growth for each draft you review.�
  4. Revise your piece using what you learned from your self-assessment and the feedback from your peers.

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Writing Reflection

Before you submit your final CERCA, write a brief reflection describing your experience.

An area for growth for me on this piece or in my writing in general is…

The strongest areas of this piece of writing are…

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Through self-assessment and/or peer editing, I learned…

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Optional Extensions

The following activities can be used as optional extensions to this lesson.

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Asking Questions of the Texts

As you engage with texts in any subject, you can actively ask questions about the author’s purpose, intended audience, and occasion to understand the message. The table below provides examples.

Approaches

Example

Questions about the author

Is the author an authority on this topic? What was the author’s motivation in writing this piece?

Questions about the audience, purpose, and occasion of the text

Why was this article written? Why was it published at this time?

Questions about civics, economics, geography and history

Why does the author advocate for “human-centered” AI?

Questions about concepts and ideas

What concerns do people have about the development of AI?

Questions about self and community reflections

How has AI advanced in recent decades?

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Asking Questions of the Texts (continued)

Use the table below to record questions about the text you read.

Approaches

Questions

Questions about the author

Questions about the audience, purpose, and occasion of the text

Questions about civics, economics, geography, and history

Questions about concepts and ideas

Self and Community Reflections

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O P T I O N A L E X T E N S I O N : I N Q U I R Y T O R E S E A R C H

Research: Controversy in Technology

Background

Think about how you use technology. What is the one piece of technology that you think you could not live without? Why is that technology so important to you? Research that piece of technology.

Research

First, write questions to explore in your research. You might want to know who invented your technology and what problem it was meant to solve. You might also wish to know if your technology grew out of other technologies.

For instance, if the cell phone is your technology, what is the link between the original phone invented by Alexander Graham Bell and the one in your pocket? Remember to research what people think will happen next with the technology. As you research, look for not only the positive impact this technology has, but also any downsides or negative impact it may have.

Present and Discuss

Then, take your research and use it to create a presentation. Introduce why this technology is important to you. Explain how this technology came to be and where it might go in the future.

Argue about how it has changed your life in useful ways, while fairly describing the positives and negatives of that piece of technology. Remember that a good research project includes additional questions you might like research in the future.

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Sharing Additional Research Findings, Learnings, and Experiences

Roundtable discussions offer you the opportunity to share what you’ve learned, as well as to ask questions and learn from others. Come to the discussion prepared to share your key findings. Use the organizer on the next page.

How the discussion works:

  1. Choose a group leader who will help lead the roundtable discussion, and select a member of the group to go first.
  2. Go around the group, allowing each participant to share a quick review of their their key findings.
  3. When not presenting, take notes, summarizing key findings of your peers. Snap silently to show gratitude, appreciation, or interest!
  4. After each presenter, take a moment for participants to ask questions or summarize what they just heard. Each participant should ask at least one question or summarize what someone else presented at least once during the discussion.
  5. When complete, the presenter “passes the mic” to the next presenter.

Remember, it’s important to value dialogue and appreciate different perspectives. Learning from and understanding people who think differently or have different experiences is part of the process of growth! You don’t have to agree to learn from another perspective!

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Discussion Notes

Your Key Findings

What interested you about the topic in the first place?

What was your most striking finding?

What questions were raised by your experience?

Presenter

Questions and Learnings from Peers

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