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Students use AI magic show to teach peers about technology's pitfalls

Students at North Salem Middle School in New York created and performed a magic show to educate their peers about artificial intelligence. The project aimed to help students understand that the AI they interact with is not a person. This initiative was part of a broader effort by the News Literacy Project to teach about AI and its potential pitfalls. AI

IMPACT Illustrates novel approaches to AI literacy education for young students.

RANK_REASON Educational initiative using a creative project to teach about AI. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.4]

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Students use AI magic show to teach peers about technology's pitfalls

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    1/ “I really wanted them to know & understand that what they’re interacting with is not a person." - Cynthia Sandler, a library media specialist in North Salem,

    1/ “I really wanted them to know & understand that what they’re interacting with is not a person." - Cynthia Sandler, a library media specialist in North Salem, NY Read about how Sandler's 7th graders spent months creating & then performing a magic show to teach about #AI & its p…