I would say that I enjoy these blog posts. They are a great way for us to retrospectively analyze and look back on what we have been able to accomplish while taking the course. I enjoy being able to look back on old blog posts, or looking over old writing assignments to see if my views on specific things have stayed consistent over time. The only thing that I dislike about these blogs is how isolated they feel, as with a weekly discussion post, I get to see both my own views as reading how my peers my view a specific topic.
As we move deeper into this coursework, it is important for us to address the groundbreaking AI technological tools that are developing for common use of efficiency within the school system. My initial thoughts on using AI in a K-12 setting is that there will be a loss of personalization, individuality, and genuineness within the classroom. This would be the case for teachers and administrators who are completely reliant on AI, using it as a way to deflect the work of responding to emails and such. I believe that when this becomes the case, teachers are sending the message to their students that it is ok for AI tools to do the work for someone, when that should not be the case. I believe that when AI is used for efficiency specifically, it can be useful for a teacher, who may need help brainstorming an idea or quickly researching approaches to a topic.
I thought that it was incredibly easy to create a Generative AI image for the Participation Portfolio assignment. As it was stated in our instructions, the more details and input that is given in the prompt, the more specific the image will be and likely come out the way that we are picturing it in our minds. I found it difficult to use Canva's AI generating image function. I would provide a prompt that was as specific as possible as I can make it the next time.
As I hope to become a Speech Language Pathologist in my future, the way that I may use Generative AI would vary slightly from the way that teachers may use it. I believe that it can be used similarly to the way that it was used in the Lesson Planning activity, as I found the specific standard that I was targeting for the Lesson Plan and input it directly to the Generative AI. Through this specific input, I was ensuring that the exact lesson plan that I wanted it to create was being created, without extra unnecessary information held within it also. If there was a situation where I had a plan created that focused on a specific goal, I could could possibly input this into a Generative AI, and ask for it to customize the lesson plan with characters that a child liked. For instance, if we were targeting the /s/ sound for kids, and I knew that they enjoyed superhero movies, I may ask a Generative AI to specialize the lesson plan to include fun prompts for the kids to name superheroes with the letter "s" in their name. In this case, I think that it is important to be open and transparent with the parent in informing them that AI was used to possibly specialize the activity for that day, in the case of ethical concerns.
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