Faculty First-Aid AI Kit: 3 Ready-to-Use Activities for Educators
Are you and your colleagues overwhelmed by AI? Confused about what’s ethical, what’s practical, or what even counts as “cheating”?
This Faculty First-Aid AI Kit offers three ready-to-use mini-activities that spark meaningful reflection and classroom conversation. Whether you’re leading a professional development session, teaching a digital literacy unit, or mentoring students on AI ethics, these themed activities pair Digital Tattoo resources with worksheets and discussion guides.
You don’t need to be an AI expert to use them. These kits are designed to meet faculty where they are: skeptical, curious, or somewhere in between, and support them in unpacking critical questions around autonomy, authorship, bias, and accountability.
Let’s dig in.
Section 1: Who’s in Charge?
Theme: Autonomy, Identity & Offloading
Type: Quiz + Tutorial + Worksheet + Group Discussion
Digital Tattoo Resources:
This activity invites participants to reflect on how much control they’re giving to AI tools and what that says about their digital habits and professional identity. The paired worksheet begins with a quiz, moves into reflection, and ends with a group scenario about decision-making.
Use it in: Faculty PD, orientation sessions, or student-facing workshops on agency and tech.
Access the worksheet here
Section 2: What’s Behind the Output?
Theme: Bias, Transparency & Privacy
Type: Infographic + Tutorial + Scenario-Based Discussion
Digital Tattoo Resources:
AI tools may feel magical, but they’re powered by layers of data, assumptions, and decisions often hidden from users. This activity helps participants unpack what goes into an AI-generated output and whose voices may be missing.
The ‘Red Flag / Green Flag’ activity helps surface ethical blind spots in a low-stakes, engaging way.
Use it in: Ethics courses, digital citizenship units, or warm-ups in computing, writing, or humanities classes.
Access the worksheet here
Section 3: Who’s Doing the Thinking?
Theme: Academic Integrity, Authorship & Bias Awareness
Type: Case Study + Tutorials + Reflective Prompts
Digital Tattoo Resources:
As students and instructors navigate AI’s role in academic work, this activity asks: What does it mean to think, and who gets credit for it?
Use this mini-kit to explore tensions around authorship, support, and self-representation. A case study helps surface nuanced perspectives, and prompts guide students through self-assessment of their AI use.
Use it in: Writing workshops, TA training, or academic integrity orientations.
Access the worksheet here
Whether you’re just beginning to integrate AI into your pedagogy or already exploring advanced ethical debates, these first-aid activities can help ground conversations in thoughtful, accessible ways.
You can use the kits as-is or remix them for your own context. If you have ideas, adaptations, or new resources to add, let’s keep building this toolkit together.
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