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AI Literacy for Teachers

5.9Level 1 — Emerging EducatorCore5 hoursPrerequisite: NoneReady

About this course

A grounded introduction to what generative AI tools can and cannot reliably do in a teaching context, and how to use them without outsourcing professional judgment.

Learning outcomes

  1. Explain, in plain terms, how a generative AI tool produces its output
  2. Identify tasks where AI assistance is appropriate versus risky in teaching
  3. Fact-check and correct AI-generated content before classroom use
  4. Use an AI tool to accelerate one routine planning task
  5. Discuss AI's limitations with students in an age-appropriate way

Session plan

1

How Generative AI Works

Explain in plain terms how a generative AI tool produces text, and why the same prompt can give different answers.

Activity: Same Prompt, Three Answers
2

Appropriate vs. Risky Uses

Classify proposed classroom uses of AI as green, yellow or red, and justify each choice.

Activity: Sort the Twelve Uses
3

Fact-Checking AI Output

Find, correct and explain errors in AI-generated classroom content using a simple, repeatable checking routine.

Activity: Find the Planted Errors
4

Using AI to Accelerate Planning

Use an AI tool to draft one routine planning artifact, then review and edit it, and record what you changed and why.

Activity: Generate, Refine, Log
5

Talking to Students About AI

Prepare and test an age-appropriate explanation of what AI can and cannot do, with a clear class rule for using it.

Activity: Draft and Test Your Explanation

Assessment

WeightExemplary looks like
Use-case classification25%Identifies a use-case others missed
Fact-check exercise35%Explains why each error is plausible-sounding
AI-assisted planning artifact40%Documents what was changed and why

Required readings

  • Plain-language explainer on generative AI
  • Green/yellow/red use-case framework for classroom AI
  • Short piece on talking to students about AI limitations

AI integration

This is the AI course itself — every activity is direct, hands-on practice with the same categories of tools the rest of the pathway references. Activities are written to be tool-neutral and have an offline version using pre-prepared samples, so the course runs without internet access.