{"id":107,"date":"2025-11-04T09:19:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T17:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/caire\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:49:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:49:34","slug":"teacher-ai-literacy-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/caire\/teacher-ai-literacy-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher AI Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\n\t
\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\t
<\/div>\n\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
Developing AI Literacy for K\u201312 STEM Teachers<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tSupporting K\u201312 STEM Teachers\u2019 AI Literacy Through Local Partnerships and Community Practice\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\r\n \n
\r\n\t\n\n

Project Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This project focuses on developing AI literacy for K\u201312 STEM teachers through community-engaged partnerships in Eastern Washington. While artificial intelligence is increasingly shaping education and society, many teachers lack opportunities to learn how AI systems work, how they influence teaching and learning, and how to use them responsibly in classroom settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project builds a community of practice that brings together teachers, researchers, and local partners to co-design professional learning workshops focused on AI literacy. These workshops support teachers in understanding core AI concepts, examining ethical issues such as algorithmic bias and data privacy, and exploring how AI tools can be integrated into STEM instruction in equitable and context-sensitive ways. The project emphasizes learning with teachers rather than delivering pre-packaged training, ensuring that AI literacy development is grounded in real classroom needs and local contexts.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

\r\n\t\n\n

Project Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Project Period: 2025\u20132026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Lead: Peng He<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funding Agencies:
This project is supported by the Washington State University New Faculty Seed Grant Program<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Project Vision<\/h2>\n\n\n
\r\n \n
\r\n\t\n\n

As artificial intelligence increasingly shapes education and society, teachers need opportunities to develop AI literacy that is grounded in their instructional realities, ethical concerns, and local contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project is designed to learn with teachers rather than deliver pre-packaged training, building community-engaged partnerships that support sustained professional learning, ethical and responsible AI use, and long-term capacity building in K\u201312 STEM education.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Project Goals<\/h2>\n\n\n
\r\n \n
\r\n\t\n\n
    \n
  • Goal 1: Develop teacher-focused AI literacy workshops<\/strong>\u00a0
    Design and pilot professional learning workshops that help K\u201312 STEM teachers understand AI concepts, applications, and limitations, with attention to classroom relevance and instructional decision-making.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Goal 2: Support ethical and responsible AI use in education<\/strong>\u00a0
    Provide teachers with practical strategies to address algorithmic bias, data privacy, and equity concerns when using AI tools in STEM teaching and learning.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Goal 3: Build sustainable community-engaged partnerships<\/strong>\u00a0
    Establish a local community of practice in Eastern Washington that supports ongoing collaboration among teachers and researchers, enabling iterative refinement of AI literacy resources and long-term capacity building.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

    Team & Collaborators<\/h2>\n\n\n
    \r\n \n
    \r\n\t\n\n

    Project Team:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Tingting Li, Dini Arini, Hadir Alderaan, Jihee Im, Gan Jin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Partners<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Washington Educational Service Districts (ESD 101), Pullman School District<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Our lab is supporting K\u201312 STEM teachers in developing AI literacy through community-based partnerships and professional learning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44109,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/caire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/caire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/caire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/caire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44109"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/caire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/caire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1711,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/caire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions\/1711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/caire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/caire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/caire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/caire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/caire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}