Audience asks how schools will teach critical thinking about AI; superintendent urges iterative use and source evaluation
In a prolonged Q&A, audience members asked how students should be taught to evaluate AI outputs; Michelle Connors recommended teaching iterative prompting, source comparison and embedding digital literacy in regular classroom tasks rather than a standalone course.
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An audience member asked how the district will help students learn to evaluate and use AI and online information. The questioner asked, "How do you factor all that in today to children's learning where they can actually learn how to learn and how to be critical thinkers?" Connors responded that she uses AI as a "thought partner" but teaches students to treat initial AI outputs skeptically, to iterate prompts and to compare multiple sources.
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