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Lesson 14

We will write a response to the Section 1 Diagnostic prompt: Why is it important to have policies and processes that address the ethical and privacy- and security-related implications of artificial intelligence?

Lesson Goals

Reading and Knowledge

  • Gather and Organize Evidence: How well do I gather and organize relevant and sufficient evidence to demonstrate an understanding of texts and topics, support claims, and develop ideas?
  • Analyze Relationships: How well do I recognize and interpret important relationships among the key details and ideas within texts?
  • Delineate Argumentation: How well do I identify the claims, reasoning, and evidence used to develop arguments and explanations?

Writing

  • Form Claims: How well do I develop and clearly communicate a meaningful and defensible claim that represents a valid, evidence-based analysis?
  • Develop Ideas: How well do I cite evidence to develop and support my ideas in an explanation of an evidence-based claim?
  • Use Conventions to Produce Clear Writing: How well do I apply correct and effective syntax, usage, mechanics, and spelling to communicate ideas and achieve intended purposes?

Texts

Core

  • Unit Reader
    • “Artificial Intelligence and Life in 2030,” Peter Stone et al., Stanford University, 2016

Materials

Tools

Reference Guides

Editable Google Docs

Activity 1: Read

We will identify key words and writing techniques that we plan to use in our responses to the Section Diagnostic.

Review your Vocabulary Journal. Identify a significant word or words that you would like to use in your response to the Section Diagnostic.

Review your Mentor Sentence Journal. Select at least one technique that you plan to use when writing your response to the Section Diagnostic.

Activity 2: Write

We will write responses to the Section Diagnostic prompt.

Take out all of the materials you used to prepare for your diagnostic assessment: annotations and notes, your Forming Evidence-Based Claims Tools, and your Organizing Evidence Tools.

Based on your analysis of Section 3 of "Artificial Intelligence and Life in 2030" and one other source from the unit, write a response to the following question:

  1. Why is it important to have policies and processes that address the ethical and privacy- and security-related implications of artificial intelligence?

Activity 3: Write

We will prepare a final draft for submission. Our teacher will assess our understanding and skills at this point in the unit.

Review the assessment criteria and expectations for the task. In light of the task expectations, revise and edit your response into a final draft to be submitted to your teacher.

Activity 4: Read – Write

We will reflect on our work on the Section Diagnostic and assess how prepared we are for the Culminating Task.

Step 1

Choose at least three of the questions below and respond to them in your Learning Log:

  1. How well did you take necessary action to prepare for the task?

  2. What went well for you during the completion of this task?

  3. What did you struggle with during the completion of this task? How did you push through that struggle?

  4. How well did you actively focus your attention during this independent task?

  5. How well did you develop and use an effective and efficient process to maintain workflow during this task?

  6. What would you do differently during the next Section Diagnostic?

Review your Culminating Task Progress Tracker. Think about all you have learned and done during this section of the unit. Evaluate your skills and knowledge to determine how prepared you are for the Culminating Task.

  • Add or refine any skills and content knowledge required for the Culminating Task.

  • Evaluate how well you are mastering skills and knowledge required for the Culminating Task.

Step 2

Review the Central Question of the unit:

How is artificial intelligence affecting our world?

Use the following questions to guide a discussion with a partner or small group:

  1. What new knowledge do you have in relation to the Central Question?

  2. What are you still curious about in relation to the Central Question?

  3. What is the relationship between the question and the texts you have read so far? How do the texts shed light on the question? How does the question help you understand the texts?

  4. How has your response to the question evolved, deepened, or changed?

In your Learning Log, write your response to Question 3. You will return to this response in later lessons to examine how your understanding of the Central Question has evolved.