Date
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Time
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Location Name
RL 11
Name
Building AI-Ready Learners: A 9th Grade Literacy Framework
Description

Last school year, Foxborough High School launched a nine‑lesson AI literacy sequence for all 9th graders—an initiative designed to help students understand, question, and responsibly use the AI systems shaping their daily lives. This session brings participants inside that work: how the curriculum was designed, how each lesson scaffolds core concepts for freshmen, and the classroom-tested strategies that made abstract AI ideas accessible to mixed‑ability learners. Attendees will walk through the full instructional arc, exploring how students engaged with topics such as chatbots, bias, data privacy, facial recognition, and environmental impacts. By the end of the session, participants will have a clear understanding of the essential concepts for a 9th‑grade AI literacy curriculum and a complete, adaptable model they can bring into their own classrooms, advisory programs, or schoolwide initiatives.

Session Type
Traditional Workshop
Track
AI in the Classroom
Secondary Track
Digital Wellness/Digital Citizenship
Primary Audience
Middle/High School
Secondary Audience
General Educators
Fall Conference Strands
Educate
MA DLCS Strands
Computing and Society, Digital Tools and Collaboration