Co-Designing Unplugged Learning Activities with K-2 Teachers for Early AI Literacy Education

Jessica Vandenberg; Keisha Bailey; Claire Aguiar; Cecilia Xuning Zhang; Danny Schmidt; Treshonda Rutledge; Bradford Mott; Joseph P. Wilson

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Co-Designing Unplugged Learning Activities with K-2 Teachers for Early AI Literacy Education

Jessica Vandenberg, Keisha Bailey, Claire Aguiar, Cecilia Xuning Zhang, Danny Schmidt, Treshonda Rutledge, Bradford Mott, Joseph P. Wilson

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Abstract

Introducing AI concepts in the earliest years of schooling can help children make sense of intelligent technologies, yet few resources exist for K–2 classrooms. This paper presents the design and outcomes of a professional development (PD) program supporting K–2 teachers as they explored AI literacy and co-designed unplugged classroom activities. Grounded in AI4K12

BibTeX

@inproceedings{aaai2026_codesigningunplu,
  title = {Co-Designing Unplugged Learning Activities with K-2 Teachers for Early AI Literacy Education},
  author = {Jessica Vandenberg and Keisha Bailey and Claire Aguiar and Cecilia Xuning Zhang and Danny Schmidt and Treshonda Rutledge and Bradford Mott and Joseph P. Wilson},
  booktitle = {AAAI 2026},
  year = {2026}
}