Algorithm Overview

What is an algorithm?

An algorithm is a set of rules or steps that a computer follows to decide what to do or what to show you.

Examples of things that use algorithms: social media feeds, YouTube recommendations, search engines, GPS navigation, streaming services, online shopping websites, email spam filters, video games, AI chatbots, smart devices, and weather apps.

Prep Level Definitions

○○○ No Prep (ready to use immediately)

○○● Low Prep (digital or paper, may require printing/copying, some slide edits)

○●● Medium Prep (digital or paper, requires printing and digital edits)

●●● High Prep (reqiures printing, assembly, organizing, brain power)

Resources

#ForYou A Game About Algorithms

●●● High Prep | Media Smarts |Card game

How is AI trained?

○○● Low Prep | Common Sense Media | Interactive Game | Teaching Slides

AI Algorithms: How well do they know you?

○○○● Low Prep | Common Sense Media | Interactive Game | Teaching Slides

NewsFeed Defenders

○○○● Low Prep | iCivics | Interactive Game |

Social media algorithms explained

○○○ No Prep | TedEd | Online questions