Hi all,

I enjoyed our discussion this week on AI in education. Clearly, this is something that some have worry about and concerns for with regard to teaching and learning. Remember to try and stay positive and find ways to coexist with this new technology. There may be ways it can assist with your planning, brainstorming, and activity generation for classroom activities. There are several resources in the slide deck below that I did not get to touch on, so please review at your leisure.

The best advice I have seen, and that I carry forward with regard to AI in education are the following:

  • Openly Address and Seek to Demystify AI: Teach learners the nature of generative AI; the potential, the pitfalls, the environmental impacts, the possibility for bias in the models, how to use it ethically,  and to develop a critical lens.
  • Focus on the Process or Learning: In learning, the destination is the journey. This is an opportunity to rethink our approaches to assessment to target the process of learning rather than just the product.
  • Honour Learner Agency: We live in a world of rich information. This presents significant opportunities for inquiry-based learning design and for allowing multiple ways of representing learning, seek to unlock student creativity!
  • Celebrate Humanness: Develop and cultivate skills that AI cannot attain. Humanness is our asset.

Keeping my update short this week. Please stay well and best of luck wrapping up the term. Reach out if you need help.

Slides from Week Nine

To Do list for Week Nine

  • Next week we will be welcoming guests from BCEdAccess to our class. If you have not already done so, please familiarize yourself with BCEdAccess and take time to consider questions related to accessible technology and equitable education. You should also read, ‘The Least Dangerous Assumption‘ article to prompt your thinking for next week, and finally, review this resource on assistive technologies on our website.
  • Continue with your weekly WordPress class reflection as well as your free inquiry project update.
  • You have your educational technology groups formed so you can continue with research and discussions to move that forward. Let me know if I can help at any time.