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AI for Reading & Imagination
Using AI well, with healthy skepticism.
What students learn
What AI is, where it shines, where it trips up. How to use AI to help with reading, creative writing, art, and music — and when not to use it. Healthy skepticism with hands-on demos.
Students learn the vocabulary to talk about AI (training data, bias, hallucination) and the instinct to verify what AI says. They produce three artifacts that show AI being useful and AI being wrong — learning by doing.
Module-by-module
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01
What is AI? What isn't it?
Pattern matching vs. real understanding. Explain AI to a sibling.
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02
Teach a model
Supervised learning by example. Train a Quick, Draw!-style classifier.
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03
AI as reading helper
Summaries, clarifying questions, hard-word definitions. Study buddy for a book.
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04
AI for creative writing
Co-write a story, brainstorm characters, get unstuck. 500-word original story.
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AI for art & music
Generate images, remix sounds, evaluate critically. AI-collaborated art piece.
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06
Bias and mistakes
Real cases where AI got it wrong. "Things AI got wrong" poster.
What they make
A Reading & Imagination Journal with AI-assisted study notes, an original story, and an AI-collaborated art/music piece — each with student reflections on what AI did well and where it failed.
Walk away with
Healthy AI skepticism. Vocabulary to talk about AI. Hands-on intuition that AI is a tool, not a friend or an authority.
Free resources we recommend
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Day of AI (MIT RAISE)
Gold-standard K-12 AI literacy. Parent-runnable lesson plans for elementary and middle.
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Google Experiments with Google
Quick Draw, AutoDraw, NSynth — 5-20 minute demos that show what a neural net is.
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Common Sense Education AI Literacy
20-minute lesson plans with discussion dilemmas. Strong "safe + skeptical" frame.