Instead, using tactile learning tools like LEGO bricks can help the youngest students start to understand the basics of building a model, which can eventually aid understanding a large language model.
“Kindergarteners, do we need to immediately put them on the computer? Maybe not,” Nash told the Center for Digital Education at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit earlier this month. “We’ve taken the approach of stepping back, less screen time, more hands-on playful time, more curiosity and building those skills.”
For older students around middle school age, she said building the soft skills that AI-enabled careers demand is the next big step. Students can transition to working on screens, but still work in groups. This teaches collaboration and exposes students to multiple points of view, which will help them understand which real-world problems they can tackle with technology.
“We want to see a lot of variety in the answers, which allows for more inventive, more ideas to come out to get to a better solution in the end,” she said.
