Education Now Media Literacy Education and AI Exploring the growing influence of AI, misinformation and fake news Posted April 3, 2024 By News editor Online Education Teachers and Teaching Technology and Media How can educators help students think critically and evaluate all types of communication including digital platforms? In this edition of Education Now, panelists discuss the skills needed to navigate a world increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence, misinformation, and fake news.Guests:Merve Lapus, vice president, Education Outreach & Engagement, Common Sense Education Sarah Newman, director of art and education, metaLAB (at) Harvard, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard UniversityFaith Rogow, author, Media Literacy for Young Children: Teaching Beyond the Screen Time DebatesHost:Uche Amaechi, Lecturer on Education, HGSE Key Takeaways: It is never too soon and never too late to empower students to think critically and creatively, not cynically, about generative AI and all media. An inquiry mindset is a good entry point.Teach students the habit of asking inquiry-based critical thinking questions and remind them that all media are created and what is included and excluded influences the messages that are conveyed. Don’t give AI too much power. Everyone, including educators, should actively question the role they want new technologies to have in our lives, including our schools, colleges, and universities. Additional Resources: The State of Media Literacy Education in the U.S. AI Literacy Lessons for Grades 6-12 - CommonSense.org Resources - DemocracyReadyNY Media Literacy Handouts - Project Look Sharp Media Literacy Education Musings - Faith Rogow Media Literacy for Young Children: Teaching Beyond the Screen Time Debates AI Guide - The AI Pedagogy Project Assignments - The AI Pedagogy Project Gram and Gran Save the Summer - A Whimsical Adventure in Media Literacy From Digital Native to Digital Expert - Usable Knowledge Education Now A webinar and newsletter series to shape new approaches to challenges in education Explore All Articles Related Articles Education Now Sal Khan on Innovations in the Classroom How new innovations in remote learning can be harnessed to improve instruction in classrooms and make up for learning missed during the pandemic EdCast Educating in a World of Artificial Intelligence Chris Dede discusses how education can evolve to work with — rather than fight against — artificial intelligence Usable Knowledge Embracing Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom Generative AI tools can reflect our failure of imagination and that is when the real learning starts