14 3.1 Introduction
It is important to teach ethical use of technology, especially for students in secondary grades who interact with artificial intelligence (AI) daily. They encounter AI every time they use any digital device. Social media platforms have become notorious for facilitating digital sexual abuse, cyberbullying, online hate speech and radicalization, with young people being both the victims and the perpetrators of such harm (Zammit, 2022). Teaching AI ethics is crucial for students to create a safer community, and ethics must be considered while engaging with technology. Students should learn about them at school. This chapter aims to provide educators with knowledge about the challenges faced by anyone in an educational field, whether students or teachers, due to a lack of information about ethics. Teachers will also learn at the end of this chapter how administration and policymakers are not supportive enough to fix issues arising from AI. The chapter also shares recommendations for policymakers and administration to promote ethical behaviour in schools. The application of AI in educational contexts raises profound questions – for example, about what should be taught to students, the evolving role of teachers, and AI’s social and ethical implications (Adam et al., 2023). Educators can learn from recent research highlighting the importance of teaching ethics to students and supporting a safer and ethical engagement with technology.