MIT RAISE

MIT RAISE leadership is on a roadshow through the Philippines! On Monday, director Cynthia Breazeal and MIT Open Learning's Vijay Kumar spoke at the University of Batangas on AI literacy and universal AI, along with Open Learning's John Radovan. They're doing the same today at University of St. La Salle - Bacolod...and the roadshow keeps on moving, to the Unilab, Inc. Bayanihan Center in Mandaluyong tomorrow and the Cebu Institute of Technology on Friday. This is all on the backdrop of the continued rapid growth of Day of AI, which since 2023 has had a Philippines Day of AI.

This email to RAISE director Cynthia Breazeal made our day! (Shared with the author's 👍.) Dear Dr. Breazeal, My name is Shannon Johnson and I’m part of a snow sculpting team called the Snow Angels based in MN. For the last 5 years,  we’ve depicted a little girl in a tutu engaging in various scientific pursuits. Each year we’ve chosen a different female scientist as the inspiration for our sculpture. Typically our sculpture is a 3 day, large block event, but this year, we took on a slightly different challenge – an 8-hour, one-day competition with a smaller block. We were thrilled to create “Cynthia’s Snowbot: Inspired by Cynthia Breazeal.” As a pioneer in human-robot interaction, your work seemed like the perfect subject for our snowy creation. We’re delighted to share that we won 1st place with “Cynthia’s Snowbot”! More importantly, I wanted to reach out personally to let you know how inspiring you are. Thank you for being such a positive role model and a true inspiration in so many ways. Sincerely, Shannon Johnson

Are you an MIT community member interested in reading and discussing the latest in AI for education? Professor and RAISE principal investigator Eric Klopfer hosts an AI Education Reading Group. It meets in person, roughly every two weeks, with this semester's meetings being at 10am on Mondays. Each features one member leading discussion based around some guiding questions. If you would like to join, contact Professor Klopfer at klopfer@mit.edu.

🥳Allow us to re-introduce ourselves📢 We are Day of AI. A global initiative to spark AI literacy and awareness 🌎 Join us in making AI literacy a reality for everyone! Visit us at dayofai.org to view our free curriculum and our latest professional development offerings ❤️ #AIforEveryone #AIeducation #AILiteracy #STEM #DayofAI MIT RAISE MIT Media Lab MIT Open Learning

MIT Open Learning announced the publication of nine rapid response papers — written by researchers and practitioners across the world — that examine the challenges and opportunities artificial intelligence (#AI) presents for open education. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gTh2dVew

🚀 February PD Alert! 🚀 Curriculum Focused Sessions: 🤖How Do We Develop Students' AI Literacy? 🤖Deep Dive: How Do Machines Create 🤖Deep Dive: AI Ethics Materials Pedagogy-Focused Sessions: 📣Demystifying AI for Educators 📣Examining Generative AI Tools with a Critical Lens For more information and to register, please visit our form: https://lnkd.in/ehrPDzp3 MIT Open Learning MIT RAISE

MIT's own Randi Williams, Ph.D. is taking on a new challenge as Research Lead at Day of AI! Building on her groundbreaking Ph.D. research in human-robot interaction and education, Randi will help bring hands-on AI literacy to K-12 classrooms globally. Her dedication to making AI education accessible to ALL students aligns perfectly with MIT RAISE's mission.

MIT RAISE director Cynthia Breazeal: "We've moved from the grassroots – reaching teachers directly through the Day of AI – to having conversations with ministries of education about formally bringing this into the K-12 curriculum. We've built the research, the credibility, and have piloted and tested it with teachers in different countries. Now we're trying to build collaborative ecosystems because it's not just us – there has to be a whole collection of stakeholders." #AI #education #literacy #MIT #careers #K12

How can we make sure AI is used responsibly? Day of AI equips bright young minds with the tools to brainstorm solutions. The Day of AI curriculum empowers K-12 learners to thrive in a world of AI. MIT RAISE developed the hands-on lessons and activities so learners can understand how AI works and how to use it ethically in their everyday lives. New England Innovation Academy learner Langston Reid envisions how he's going to shape the future. Watch now: https://bit.ly/3WhPQh6 #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #AIEducation #Education #OnlineEducation #OnlineLearning #GenerativeAI #GenAI #Learning #Teaching #STEM #STEAM #STEMEducation #STEAMEducation

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