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SUMMARY:Teaching Artificial Intelligence in K-12 - Dave Touretzky (Carnegi
 e Mellon University\, AI4K12 Initiative) and Fred Martin (University of Ma
 ssachusetts Lowell\, AI4K12 Initiative)
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DESCRIPTION:What should K-12 students know about artificial intelligence\,
  and what should they be able to do with it? The AI4K12 Initiative (AI4K12
 .org) is a joint project of the Association for the Advancement of Artific
 ial Intelligence (AAAI) and the Computer Science Teachers Association (CST
 A)\, with funding from the US National Science Foundation. AI4K21.org is d
 eveloping national guidelines for teaching AI in K-12. Our work began with
  the release of a list of “Five Big Ideas in AI”\, described in a post
 er that is now available in 15 languages. The guidelines themselves are or
 ganized as a series of progression charts\, one for each big idea\, coveri
 ng four grade bands: K-2\, 3-5\, 6-8\, and 9-12.\n\nIn this talk\, we desc
 ribe some of the key insights into AI that we hope children will acquire\,
  and how we see K-12 AI education evolving over the next few years.\n\nSpe
 akers:\n\nDavid S. Touretzky is a Research Professor in the Computer Scien
 ce Department and the Neuroscience Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
 . He is also the founder and chair of the AI4K12 Initiative (AI4K12.org). 
 Dr. Touretzky’s 40 year research career spans work in knowledge represen
 tation\, artificial neural networks\, computational neuroscience\, autonom
 ous mobile robots\, and computer science education. He is a Senior Member 
 of Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence\, a Fellow o
 f the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, and was named 
 a Distinguished Scientist by the Association for Computing Machinery.\n\nD
 r. Fred Martin is professor of Computer Science and associate dean for Tea
 ching\, Learning\, and Undergraduate Studies for the Kennedy College of Sc
 iences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Martin’s research grou
 p\, the Engaging Computing Group\, develops and studies novel computationa
 l design environments for learners\, empowering them to create meaningful\
 , personally satisfying projects.\nMartin is presently co-leading an NSF-f
 unded researcher-practitioner partnership\, “CS Pathways RPP: A District
  Ownership-based Approach to Middle School Computer Science” with SUNY A
 lbany and three urban school districts (two in Massachusetts\, and one in 
 New York State).\nMartin is a past chair of the Computer Science Teachers 
 Association (CSTA)\, served on Massachusetts’ Digital Literacy and Compu
 ter Science Standards Panel\, and was a founding member of the AI4K12 Init
 iative’s steering committee.
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