E20
Forget Screen Time Limits, Teach AI Literacy Instead with Tara Menghini
From Make EdTech 100 · Hosted by Lindy Hockenbary
Episode summary
In this episode of Make EdTech 100: What does AI literacy actually look like in a kindergarten classroom? For Tara Menghini, it starts with no AI tools at all. Tara has built a hands-on progression for teaching kids AI literacy from Kindergarten through 6th grade.
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What does AI literacy actually look like in a kindergarten classroom? For Tara Menghini, it starts with no AI tools at all. Tara has built a hands-on progression for teaching kids AI literacy from Kindergarten through 6th grade. All without touching AI chatbots. In this episode, she walks Lindy through what that progression looks like K-6: the early lessons on "dehumanizing AI," how the conversations shift as kids get older, and what changes once sixth graders start debating where their own lines should be drawn. We also get into: What a statewide screen time limit would mean for her classroom, and who it would affect most Why "dehumanizing AI" is one of her core early lessons The companionship toys and home robots she's bringing into class discussions Resources from the episode: “Doug Unplugged”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0375859217?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback Posha Kitchen Robot: https://www.posha.com/ Connect with Tara: @techteachertara: https://www.instagram.com/techteachertara/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-menghini-a5aa892a7/