In 2003, Net Literacy (originally called Senior Connects) began when a middle school student used the money he was saving to buy a car to pay for forming a nonprofit and purchasing computes and supplies. He began teaching senior citizens how to become digitally literate and wrote four lesson guides to help facilitate and standardize … Read More » “Net Literacy Concludes 20+ Years of Computer Repurposing!”
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Ethical AI. What does it mean? Why is it important? Why is it so difficult to do?
Young people increasingly live in a world transformed by artificial intelligence and those who understand and leverage it will live richer and more fulfilling lives. This article provides a framework and an interactive experiment for teachers and parents to begin having a conversation about ethical AI. Best viewed by clicking on this link. You … Read More » “Ethical AI. What does it mean? Why is it important? Why is it so difficult to do?”
From MIT Media Labs: An Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Curriculum for Middle School Students
This document includes a set of activities, teacher guides, assessments, materials, and more to assist educators in teaching about the ethics of artificial intelligence. These activities were developed at the MIT Media Lab to meet a growing need for children to understand artificial intelligence, its impact on society, and how they might shape the future … Read More » “From MIT Media Labs: An Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Curriculum for Middle School Students”
From the UN: United Nations AI Repository for Sustainability
Following the success of the first AI for Good Global Summit, ITU has launched a global Artificial Intelligence (AI) repository to identify AI related projects, research initiatives, think-tanks and organizations that can accelerate progress towards the “17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Important Note Content Editors rate, curate and regularly update what we believe are … Read More » “From the UN: United Nations AI Repository for Sustainability”
From SAS: Three essential steps for AI ethics
There are two schools of thought when it comes to the future of artificial intelligence (AI): The utopian view: Intelligent systems will usher in a new age of enlightenment where humans are free from work to pursue more noble goals. AI systems will be programmed to cure disease, settle disputes fairly and augment our human … Read More » “From SAS: Three essential steps for AI ethics”
From Microsoft: AI principals
Designing AI to be trustworthy requires creating solutions that reflect ethical principles that are deeply rooted in important and timeless values. Important Note Content Editors rate, curate and regularly update what we believe are the top 11% of all AI resource and good practice examples and is why our content is rated from 90% to … Read More » “From Microsoft: AI principals”
From Microsoft: Technology opening new doors for people with disabilities
With almost 15% of the world’s population living with a disability, building a more inclusive society is a key priority for Microsoft. We believe technology should empower all people to achieve more and that technologies need to be designed with accessibility in mind to allow every individual to play their part in society. Forward-looking policies … Read More » “From Microsoft: Technology opening new doors for people with disabilities”
AI Good Practice: A tale of a whale song
Like us, whales sing. But unlike us, their songs can travel hundreds of miles underwater. Those songs potentially help them find a partner, communicate and migrate around the world. But what if we could use these songs and machine learning to better protect them? Despite decades of being protected against whaling, 15 species of whales … Read More » “AI Good Practice: A tale of a whale song”
From Net Literacy: AI Literacy Program Alpha and Beta Announced
During the last 25 years, the internet has significantly impacted our everyday lives and during the next 10 years, artificial intelligence (AI) will even more profoundly change our lives. The AI Literacy program was created to help increase awareness and the critical thinking skills of middle school students, high school students, and other young adults … Read More » “From Net Literacy: AI Literacy Program Alpha and Beta Announced”
CoderDojo is an Irish NGO that takes care of setting up the clubs and organizing free meeting to teach young people how to program
Target CoderDojo Italy, following the international guidelines of CoderDojo, aims mainly to bring the boys to develop their digital skills.The program, in fact, it helps you to use independently and consciously technology. The children, with the help of the softwareopen source , realize their programs, video games, presentations, animations, and share them online with the … Read More » “CoderDojo is an Irish NGO that takes care of setting up the clubs and organizing free meeting to teach young people how to program”