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unit_title: "Teach the Machine"
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standards_alignment:
  - framework: "VA CS SOL"
    codes: ["K.AP.1", "2.AP.1", "K.DA.2", "2.DA.1"]
  - framework: "VDOE AI Guidance"
    codes: ["Do No Harm", "Empower Student Success"]
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# Teach the Machine
Show the computer good examples, and it
learns what they have in common…

K-2 · Unit 3 · Student lesson

Teach the Machine

A computer doesn’t start out knowing what a cat looks like. We teach it with examples. Show it lots of good cat pictures and it starts to notice what they have in common — pointy ears, whiskers, a tail.

What happens if some of the example pictures are wrong? The machine learns the wrong thing. Good examples in, good learning out.

K-2 · Unit 3 · Family letter

What we’re learning at school

This week your child learned that computers can learn from examples — and that the examples have to be good ones.

Try at home: sort socks or toys together and talk about what makes each pile alike. No device needed.

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