This article was updated in October 2026.
AI literacy has been an important topic since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, but over the summer and early autumn of 2026, it has become even more critical. That’s because the conversations around AI these days are now no longer about its impact on the classroom and jobs market, but about its fundamental impact on the future of, well, human existence as we know it.
The idea that AI might one-day destroy all of humanity was a fairly fringe one in the distant days of April 2026, but has now become a topic of serious debate. That’s all the more reason why learning about the impact of this technology both in and outside of the classroom is important.
The links below provide educators resources for doing just that. Each of these AI literacy sources offers a wealth of balanced, thoughtful, and well-reasoned AI analyses in addition to courses and/or articles etc. These resources aim to inform teachers about the risks, benefits, and unknowns about AI.
These considerations as educators we all need to be thinking about. Whether we like it or not, AI in some form is here to stay, so AI literacy, for educators and their students, needs to be here to stay as well.
1. Digital Promise
Digital Promise is a wonderful source for information about AI literacy, as it is for most things technology- and education-related. The nonprofit’s AI in education and AI literacy page has links to many AI resources. These include recommendations for teachers on how to support safe AI use, summaries of several states’ AI in education policy statements, webinars on AI literacy, usage, and much more.
2. Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media offers a host of 20-minute or less AI literacy lessons that can help educators and their students navigate the strange new world of AI and its many implications both in and outside of the classroom. It also has a short, self-paced, and free online course that they co-designed with OpenAI about how to use ChatGPT effectively for teaching. Previously, I wrote about how helpful I found this course.
3. ISTE+ASCD
ISTE and ASCD have partnered to provide a wide variety of AI literacy resources to educators. These include K-12 lesson plans and professional development opportunities as well as access to StretchAI, an AI tool specifically designed to coach educators on using AI in the classroom. The tool is currently being tested, and ISTE and ASCD are looking for educators to use it and help refine it.
4. Future of Being Human Newsletter
The Future of Being Human newsletter by Andrew Maynard, a professor at Arizona State University, is a great resource for AI in education and to stay on top of new futuristic innovations overall. To keep up on my own AI literacy, I follow Maynard for his fun, easy-to-read, and insightful commentary on all that is happening in this fast-evolving world. For a quick taste of what this newsletter offers, check out this recent post on the risk of AI manipulation.
5. Tech & Learning Newsletter
I know this sounds self-serving, but Tech & Learning’s newsletter truly provides AI resources that are really some of the best around. With contributions from educators at every level and from various specialties, as well as tool reviews and overviews and quick and actionable advice, I keep an eye out for this newsletter that publishes three times per week. Even if I stopped writing for Tech & Learning, I would continue to do this.
