Teaching Kids to Think About AI—Not Just Use It

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of teaching children to think critically about AI technology rather than just using it.

What if we've all become so focused on what technology is capable of that we've lost track of what children are capable of? We Meet: Andrew Sliwinski is the VP and Head of Product Experience for Lego Education. Credits: This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens. It was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Meg Marco.

People in this episode

Host: Jennifer Strong

Guest: Andrew Sliwinski

Topics covered

• AI education
• children and technology
• product experience
• Lego Education
• technology capabilities

Keywords

• AI
• children
• technology
• Lego Education
• critical thinking
• product experience
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lego Education

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