What is TeachAI? A new resource for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in teaching

TeachAI is a new resource for educators and edtech leaders launched by Code.org, ETS, ISTE, Khan Academy, and World Economic Forum. The website TeachAI.org will serve as a new resource portal offering policy and pedagogical recommendations for Artificial Intelligence in teaching.

TeachAI aims to integrate AI education into primary and secondary curricula worldwide through new reports, policy recommendations, and public engagement opportunities.

The new portal will provide a global framework for computer education that includes AI and provide public engagement opportunities around AI for educators. TeachAI is launched as a response to explosion of interest in AI tools in education powered by ChatGPT and other AI tools.

Joseph South, Chief Learning Officer at ISTE, says his organization and others involved in TeachAI have been pushing for more AI resources for educators since long before ChatGPT was released. They’ve also wanted a space for various stakeholders to come together and discuss this exciting but also challenging modern technology.

“This is not a group of organizations that are coming together saying, ‘We have all the AI answers. Sit down and listen to us,’” South says. “This is a group of organizations saying, ‘We’ve been in this space for a long time. We’ve been thoughtful about issues, and we want to engage a larger conversation.’”

What TeachAI will offer for educators?

TeachAI will focus its initial efforts on three areas:

1. Policy and pedagogical recommendations for teaching with AI

Teach.AI will provide guidance and best practices around teaching with AI, safely and ethically, South says. “We’ll also write some vision around assessment, which I know is on everyone’s mind.” Another part of this process will be to bring all the resources already available from various Teach.AI stakeholders together in one place. “For example, ISTE already has five project guides that are open source and any teacher can use to bring AI into their classroom right now,” South says.

2. Develop a global framework for computer science, including AI

“The K-12 CS framework is going to be updated as part of this work,” South says. It will be expanded to include AI and will include recommendations for a global audience. This new framework will be designed to help guide standards, curriculum, professional learning, assessments, and policy.

3. Public engagement opportunities for educators and administrators 

TeachAI will be a place to have a conversation around AI in education overall and will host webinars, blog posts, emails, and social media to collect input and share best practices. “It’s just making sure that communication is open,” South says. “A lot of people went out of the gate thinking, ‘Oh, we’re going to deal with this by banning ChatGPT,’ and they thought that was absolutely the right decision. Then they were surprised to get pushback. And that’s not because anybody was acting in bad faith, but because the conversations were being convened without everyone at the table.”

How Can Teachers Utilize TeachAI?

The educators who are interested in learning from TeachAI’s resources and future guidances, webinars, etc. can go to TeachAI.org and select the “get updates” button on the homepage to receive updates. Educators interested in taking a more active role with TeachAI can select the “join TeachAI” button located on the home page to potentially participate in the research and work the organization is conducting.

Organizations from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors are also welcome to join the partnership.

“Like any new technology, it’s going to be bumpy and wild, and we should expect some false starts,” South says. “We should expect stories of AI being used in ways that make us all uncomfortable, but I think we’ll also discover really exciting applications that make us excited for the future of teaching and learning.”

What Organizations Are Involved in TeachAI?

TeachAI will be coordinated by a steering committee formed by Code.org, Educational Testing Service (ETS), International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), Khan Academy, and World Economic Forum.

The effort will include input from tech companies such as Amazon, Cisco, Microsoft, and OpenAI, and education organizations such as AASA (The School Superintendents Association), College Board, Council of Chief State School Officers, National Association of State Boards of Education, National School Boards Association, as well as education ministries and associations from Brazil, Germany, Kenya, Malaysia, South Korea, UAE, UK, and other countries from six continents. These organizations reach millions of teachers and hundreds of millions of students worldwide.

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