So it seems like AI is an inevitability-however you feel about, it is already here. Students are using regularly without even knowing that Google is an AI tool now. We need to teach students how to navigate these tools responsibly.
Information Literacy is something that it is never too early to introduce. Even with my Kinder students are on Instagram and Tiktok. They will tell me stories about something as if it really happened because they saw it on YouTube. Many of these students have unfettered access to technology at home. Parents don't even monitor what they are looking at. I had a Kinder student who would go get her mom's phone after she went to bed and spend hours on YouTube (mom thought it was something wrong with her phone battery because it was never charged the next day).
So how can we introduce this to younger kiddos. There are videos like this one:
This is AI generated. This videos expalins how that works.
I am always talking through how I model Googling something. A student asks "do fish drink water?". I google it but am cautious to point out that even though an answer appears-the sources are to the right. Am I going to trust a source like YouTube? Reddit? Or the National Oceanic Institute?
Laying this foundation early on will help these students in future research endeavors. I truly believe kids who are more informed about what is reliable and trustworthy will make better decisions in the future.
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