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District outlines phased AI plan for students and teachers, adopts Magic School AI for classrooms
Summary
The district presented a phased approach to AI instruction and staff training, adopted Magic School AI as a district-approved instructional tool with privacy protections, and created an EduAI collective to develop usage guidance and an assessment scale.
District Technology Integration Coordinator Kendra Carlson told the Southeast Polk Community School District Board on Oct. 2 that the district is taking a phased, districtwide approach to teaching and managing artificial intelligence in classrooms.
Carlson described district activities already under way: elementary lessons delivered by teacher-librarians and counselors focused on what AI is and digital safety; middle- and high-school lessons covering ethics, social media intersections and when using AI constitutes academic dishonesty; and professional development for teachers. She said the district formed an EduAI collective of 12 teachers, instructional coaches and administrators to draft a usage and assessment scale differentiated by grade level.
The district adopted…
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