Teaching AI With Confidence-Grade 7 Edition: A Full-Year AI Curriculum for Any Educator Even If You Are New to AI

by Dr. Jamiylah Jones

Overview

Empower your students to think critically, act ethically, and design responsibly in the age of artificial intelligence.

In this comprehensive year-long curriculum, Dr. Jamiylah Jones guides seventh graders through an exploration of how artificial intelligence makes decisions, uses data, and reflects human values. Designed for teachers of all backgrounds, this book combines ethics, creativity, and hands-on inquiry to make AI education both engaging and developmentally appropriate.

Aligned with national K–12 AI education goals, this edition invites students to question, analyze, and create through four transformative units:

Unit 1: Smarter Than You Think?
Students examine what intelligence really means and debate whether machines can truly think or feel.

Unit 2: Decoding Decisions
Students uncover how algorithms work, audit real systems for bias, and redesign them to make outcomes fairer and more inclusive.

Unit 3: Data, Power, and Privacy
Students investigate who controls their data, how it shapes access and influence, and what it means to live responsibly in a connected world.

Unit 4: The Ethics Engine
Students become designers, building their own ethical decision-making models that demonstrate fairness, empathy, and accountability.

With four complete units, 32 ready-to-teach lessons, and culminating projects, this edition provides educators with everything needed to lead thoughtful, relevant, and inspiring instruction. Each lesson includes objectives, success criteria, materials, rubrics, and reflection prompts, ensuring that both teachers and students move through the content with confidence and clarity.

Whether you teach science, English language arts, or social studies, Teaching AI with Confidence equips you to help students understand that technology is not neutral. It reflects human choices, values, and priorities. By the end of this journey, learners will see that intelligence is more than data or speed; it is grounded in empathy, ethics, and human judgment.

You do not need to be an AI expert. You only need to start the conversation.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940185098820
Publisher:	Dr. Jamiylah Jones
Publication date:	11/23/2025
Series:	Teaching AI With Confidence
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Dr. Jamiylah Jones is an award-winning education strategist, school founder, and CEO of Creative Transformations, a global education consulting firm that partners with schools to lead meaningful change, including the integration of AI in education. With over 25 years of experience across public, private, and international schools, Dr. Jones has served as a classroom teacher, assistant principal, principal, head of school, and systems-level leader. Her work spans school redesign, leadership coaching, and AI integration, always with a focus on equity, student voice, and innovation.

As a national thought leader in AI-powered teaching and school transformation, Dr. Jones has helped dozens of schools launch, grow, and thrive. She brings a unique blend of systems thinking and human-centered design to her work, empowering educators to lead with purpose in the age of artificial intelligence. Her groundbreaking approach bridges tradition and innovation to create inclusive, forward-thinking, and deeply connected learning environments.

Dr. Jones is also the founder of What's Your AI Problem?, a dynamic initiative that helps schools identify their AI vision, empower teachers through AI-powered instruction, and support leadership development through her signature program, AI for Educated Leader Success. She leads workshops, designs online courses, and consults with schools and districts to help them confidently navigate the AI revolution in education.

The Teaching AI with Confidence series reflects Dr. Jones's commitment to making AI education accessible, engaging, and developmentally appropriate for every grade level. In the middle school editions, she brings special attention to the unique growth and curiosity of early adolescents. These units not only build foundational AI literacy but also nurture creativity, ethics, collaboration, and critical thinking.

To learn more about Dr. Jones's work or to bring AI-integrated coaching, training, or consulting to your school, visit