AI 10 Ways Title One Students Attending BCA Can Use AI
Minister, CEO & STEAM Teacher William Jackson
Speaker and Contributor L&D Africa (Nairobi, Kenya)
Co-founder L&D Nexus (UK & UAE)
1.Building curiosity by understanding what AI is
and how it works in daily life allows for relevance
and reliability. The younger a student, there
is more impact and the opportunities for longer
discovery, collaboration and research.
2. Strengthening critical thinking by learning
how to ask meaningful and specific questions.
Even though from K to 7th is the age for being
inquisitive, the traditional educational model
tends to destroy the desire and confidence of
“asking questions of teachers.” Students are too
often ridiculed for being curious, experimental
and questioning because it holds up the traditional
models of teacher-lead learning. There are major
shifts in this with project-based learning, but
unless there is a STEAM lab or equivalent
classroom or program very rarely do students
feel comfortable to ask things.
3. Expand creativity by using AI tools for
storytelling, art, and design. Help ignite
storytelling and creative thinking and learning.
Literacy and comprehension
are key when using AI, and can be made fun
and challenging.
4. Improving literacy by practicing reading
with AI-powered text support and building
individual models that can meet the needs
of individual or small group instruction.
Teachers are often encouraged about the
value of “small group” instruction. This is
beneficial in so many ways.
5. Growing vocabulary through AI word
games and adaptive learning as teachers
and students learn together. AI is an
adaptable inclusive tool that can address
on the fly the learning levels of students.
6. Enhance spelling by receiving instant,
personalized corrections that make learning
through mistakes not embarrassing. Developing
innovation skills by experimenting
with AI-driven problem-solving to mentally
build using imagination, scaffolding and
scaling of thoughts and memories.
7. Students need increased confidence by
engaging in safe, guided AI conversations,
but those conversations must be monitored
and “programmed” to be positive and uplifting.
The recent podcast by “Dad Is Not A Noun”
by Ishmael Street, provided William and Aida
Jackson to share the Ethics of AI and its affects
on youth, teens and young adults.
AI ETHICS: The Algorithm & The Human
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUj5sr6kq2I&t=3s
8. Learn digital responsibility by exploring how
to use AI wisely. Preparing for future learning
by building early technology fluency, collaborations
and cooperations within the classroom.
The American education system must embrace
a forward shift teaching artificial intelligence
to children as early as second grade (if not earlier).
At its heart, AI is not just about machines, but
about thinking, questioning, and exploring ideas
with creativity and imagination.
9. For students in grades two through four,
especially in Title One schools, AI can transform
literacy, word recognition and vocabulary growth.
Making it challenging in a good way and fun to
learn reading and speaking with diction and
pronunciations.
10. Imagine a classroom where every child has
a digital learning partner that listens to their
questions, suggests new words, helps them
spell, and even builds stories with them not
for them. This individualized attention strengthens
reading comprehension and builds a love for
language, learning and encourages laughter.
AI can adapt to each child’s pace, ensuring no
student is left behind. With proper mentoring,
collaboration with teachers and peer to peer
learning. The potential is unlimited….
