Adapting for AI: How elementary teachers adjust their practices for an AI-integrated curriculum
Conversational AI tools are entering children's everyday experiences, and schools are interested in adopting them. However, successful classroom integration depends not only on the technology but also on the work teachers do to make it usable and appropriate for their students and classroom context. There is little known about how elementary teachers work as they implement conversational AI tools in real classrooms. In this study, we examine three teachers' experiences implementing an AI literacy and English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum built around ToyTalk, a conversational AI toy development platform, over 13 instructional days, a three-week summer camp. Drawing on daily individual re...
| Authors | Fasika Melese, Ruiyang Wu, Xinyue Cui et al. |
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| Primary category | cs.HC |
| Published | 25 September 2026 |
| Last updated at source | 25 September 2026 |
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