How to Teach AI Literacy in BC's K-12 Schools
I've been an advocate for teaching AI literacy for awhile now. At first, I suggested it should be taught as its own stand alone class or even an addendum to the existing Career Life Education 10 course. But more recently, I've called for AI literacy to be deeply embedded into BC's existing K-12 curricula rather than it being a grafted on extra. So what might AI literacy look like in BC's classrooms? Using Google's Notebook LM, I explored the intersection of the BC Ministry of Education's "Considerations for Using AI Tools in K-12 Schools," the OECD's AI Literacy Framework, and UNESCO's "AI Competency Framework for Students" to create a list of ten essential AI competencies as a starting point for an AI literacy curriculum (See images below). I linked each of those ten AI competencies to BC's Core Competencies: Critical & Creative Thinking, Communication, and Personal & Social Awareness. Again, I wanted...