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AI literacy for high school

A guided course for grades 11–12 on how generative AI works, where it fails, and how to use it responsibly.

PT3H · Foundational

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What you will learn

  • Explain key capabilities and limitations in plain language.
  • Check claims against original, current sources.
  • Use AI with academic integrity, privacy, and appropriate disclosure.

Course outline

01

How generative AI behaves

Understand prediction, confidence, and common failure modes.

02

Verification and judgment

Practice checking evidence, bias, and relevance.

03

Responsible school use

Apply privacy, integrity, and disclosure rules to realistic scenarios.

OPEN LESSON

Open lesson: How generative AI behaves

Before automating a task, define the result you need and the evidence that would make it trustworthy. In this course, the goal is: Evaluate an AI answer, verify its claims, and explain when AI should or should not be used. AI can accelerate a draft, comparison, or exploration, but it does not know your policies, full context, or the cost of being wrong. Begin with a low-risk case and keep the earlier version so you can compare, explain, and reverse the decision.

  1. Define the deliverable and an observable quality criterion: Explain key capabilities and limitations in plain language.
  2. Set context, allowed data, and human review before generating: Check claims against original, current sources.
  3. Check the output and document the final decision: Use AI with academic integrity, privacy, and appropriate disclosure.
Responsible authorVidAcademia Editorial Team
ReviewVidAcademia Learning Quality
MethodOutcome-first design, primary-source review, guided practice, and a human-verified final decision.

SOURCES AND EVIDENCE

Learn with references you can verify.

We select official sources and explain what each supports.

Content reviewed:

GO DEEPER

Open guides for practice before and after the course.

Use these guides to prepare the task, verify claims, and apply the outcome with human review.

PILLAR GUIDE

Responsible AI in education

A people-first approach to AI literacy, privacy, assessment, and teacher-controlled classroom use.

APPLIED GUIDE

AI literacy for grades 11–12

A practical sequence for understanding generative AI, checking claims, protecting privacy, and disclosing use.