Community Voices: Evaluating AI Risks and Rewards

Duration: 75 minutes

Grade Levels: 6-12

Students will take on the roles of community stakeholders and determine whether or not they would vote for or against adopting AI solutions to community issues. Then they will be given information about what happened in their community six months later and decide whether to have a revote and make changes.
Resources

Lesson Plan PDF

 

Grade Levels: 6-12

Duration: 75 min

Concepts/Skills: Artificial Intelligence, community planning, cost-benefit analysis, critical thinking

Objectives: 

  • Explore the potential costs and benefits of using AI solutions for community issues.
  • Consider the perspectives of multiple community members by having students take on the role of community stakeholder personas.
  • Reconsider their voting decisions after learning the results of their decisions six months later.