Empathize
Students will enter the project by examining concrete AI writing ethics scenarios, comparing stakeholder perspectives, and using QFT to generate and narrow researchable questions that connect an urgent issue to a real audience for the white paper.
Days 1 - 2
🎭 AI Ethics Scenario Studio
Launch 90m
❓ QFT Question Board
Deliverable 90m
Define
Students will narrow broad AI ethics interests into a clear, researchable problem statement for a white paper by comparing stakeholder needs, testing question quality, and defining an arguable issue worth investigating.
Days 3 - 4
🧭 Stakeholder Trade-Off Map
Knowledge/Skill Building 70m
✍️ Problem Statement and QFT Tune-Up
Deliverable 90m
Ideate
Students will generate possible white paper directions by comparing stakeholder needs, testing claim options against evidence, and selecting a focused, arguable issue for the next drafting phase.
Days 5 - 7
🧭 Stakeholder Trade-Off Sort
Knowledge/Skill Building 75m
πŸ“ Claim Pathway Sprint
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
πŸ” White Paper Direction Pitch
Deliverable 90m
Draft
Students will turn their refined research and stakeholder analysis into an initial white paper draft, using source-to-claim mapping, counterargument planning, and structured SWOC feedback to build a defensible argument for a real audience.
Days 8 - 11
🧭 White Paper Moves Mini-Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
πŸ—ΊοΈ Source-to-Claim Map Build
Project Work 90m
✍️ White Paper Draft Sprint
Deliverable 120m
πŸ”„ SWOC Draft Exchange
Knowledge/Skill Building 90m
Test
Students will test their white paper drafts, evidence maps, and stakeholder briefing ideas with peers and community-connected users, gather structured feedback on argument quality and audience fit, and make immediate revisions that strengthen claims, evidence, ethics, and clarity before the next critique phase.
Days 12 - 14
🧭 SWOC Feedback Warm-Up
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
πŸ” White Paper Peer Test
Deliverable 90m
🎀 Stakeholder Briefing Trial
Community Experience 90m
πŸ—ΊοΈ Evidence Map Stress Test
Project Work 45m
Critique
Students will use structured critique routines to test the strength of their white paper arguments, source-to-claim evidence maps, and stakeholder recommendations, then make targeted revisions based on peer, teacher, and audience-fit feedback.
Days 15 - 16
🧭 SWOC White Paper Tuning
Deliverable 90m
πŸ› οΈ Evidence Map Revision Gate
Assessment 90m
Notice & Reflect
Students will synthesize their research and revision journey into public-facing final products, present their recommendations to authentic stakeholders, and document how their thinking about responsible AI use changed across the project.
Days 17 - 18
πŸ—‚οΈ Portfolio Cover Letter Assembly
Deliverable 85m
🎀 Stakeholder Pitch Night
Assessment 90m