In response to the exponential growth in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning applications, educators, researchers and policymakers have taken steps to integrate artificial intelligence applications into K-12 education. Among these efforts, one equally important approach has received little, if any attention: What if students and teachers were not just learning to be competent users of AI but also its creators? This question is at the heart of CreateAI in which K12 educators, researchers, and learning scientists addressed the following questions: (1) What tools, skills, and knowledge will empower students and teachers to build their own AI/ML applications? (2) How can we integrate these approaches into classrooms? and (3) What new possibilities for learning emerge when students and teachers become innovators and creators? In the report we provide recommendations for what tools designed for creating AI/ML applications should address in terms of design features, and learner progression in investigations. To promote effective learning and teaching of creating AI applications, we also need to help students and teachers select appropriate tools. We outline how we need to develop a better understanding of learning practices and funds of knowledge to support youth as they create and evaluate AI/ML applications. This also includes engaging youth in learning about ethics and critically that is authentic, empowering, and relevant throughout the design process. Here we advocate for the integration of ethics in the curriculum. We also address what teachers need to know and how assessments can help establish baselines, include different instruments, and promote students as responsible creators of AI. Together, these recommendations provide important insights for preparing students to engage thoughtfully and critically with these technologies.

翻译：随着人工智能和机器学习应用呈指数级增长，教育工作者、研究人员和政策制定者已采取措施将人工智能应用整合到K12教育中。在这些努力中，一个同样重要的方法却鲜少受到关注：如果学生和教师不仅仅是学习成为人工智能的合格使用者，更是其创造者呢？这个问题正是CreateAI的核心所在，在该项目中，K12教育工作者、研究人员和学习科学家探讨了以下问题：(1) 哪些工具、技能和知识能够赋能学生和教师构建自己的AI/ML应用？(2) 我们如何将这些方法整合到课堂教学中？以及(3) 当学生和教师成为创新者和创造者时，会涌现哪些新的学习可能性？本报告针对用于创建AI/ML应用的工具，就其设计特征及学习者在探究过程中的能力发展路径提出了建议。为促进AI应用创建的有效教与学，我们还需要帮助学生和教师选择合适的工具。我们概述了如何需要深化对学习实践和知识储备的理解，以支持青少年在创建和评估AI/ML应用的过程中成长。这还包括让青少年在整个设计过程中参与真实、赋能且相关的伦理学习与批判性思考。在此我们倡导将伦理教育融入课程体系。我们也探讨了教师需要掌握哪些知识，以及评估如何帮助建立基准、纳入多元工具，并促进学生成为负责任的人工智能创造者。这些建议共同为培养学生深思熟虑且批判性地运用这些技术提供了重要见解。