Replied to https://beyonddigital.org/2025/05/16/is-it-ever-too-early-to-learn/ (beyonddigital.org)

Digital and AI literacy isn’t just about understanding how technology works. It’s about building habits of critical thinking, empathy, and responsibility.

In a Primary Years Programme setting, and the same applies in other curriculum contexts, we already emphasize critical thinking, empathy, and action. These values align well with conversations about AI ethics. When students understand why it’s important to check sources, think before they share, get more than one perspective, and reflect on how algorithms shape what they see, we start to provide them with a toolkit to navigate the digital world with care.

Is It Ever Too Early to Learn? – Beyond Digital by Is It Ever Too Early to Learn? – Beyond Digital

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John, I really enjoyed this post unpacking how you explore and address ‘AI’ in the classroom. I really liked your point about digital (and AI) literacies are about more than just the technology, that it is about critical thinking, empathy, and responsibility. This reminds me of Doug Belshaw’s discussion of skillset and mindset. It has me thinking about a course I did on cyber security and dark patterns and how these explorations are as much about a way of thinking that can start at a young age.

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