The Bot Brothers: AI for Educators

🤖 The Bot Brothers: AI for Education 🎓 Mike Pearson & Pat Burns explore AI's impact on teaching, learning & EdTech. Join us for innovative insights & transfor

[Jill Hlavacek @JillHlavacek]

5 easy steps for responsibly piloting AI and tech in education https://t.co/NSkgex5aIh via @Getting_Smart

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@AnnaRMills Yep.
I was just thinking about this today.
I was also thinking is this the way writing is going, and should I be working with kids on this?

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@Marc__Watkins It seems to me that besides specific use cases, like teacher coded tutors, there is less and less reason to employ AI in education!

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I asked ChatGPTo to work as a copilot with me in creating a rubric. It shifted to Canvas mode. After creation, I asked for suggestions, it highlighted the text and added commentary. Game changer. #APLang

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Definitely worth a read, educators.

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

I wrote a list of 15 types of work where AI is particularly helpful, and also 5 areas where it can be a trap.

AI is still best, at least for now, as a co-intelligence working with humans. Knowing when to use it, and when to avoid it, is a useful skill. https://t.co/PwMLct5Sv7

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@emollick I’m curious as to why this isn’t just a GPT? Is it so that it is LLM agnostic?

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I don’t often look at OpenAI’s site but I did today and came across this page. I think it is helpful for those who teach and worry about writing. Thoughts?

https://t.co/MBXibvgoQl

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@emollick Seems like that should be rather obvious but data for backing seems to be a necessary requirement in the 21st century.

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@schneider_EF @Marc__Watkins @james_s_bedford @thedavenelson Good question. So far, mine have been writing specific and in my classroom. There isn’t much back and forth. What has worked for me so far are attempts for extremely targeted feedback in writing.

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@Marc__Watkins @james_s_bedford @thedavenelson I’ve had some success with this via personal GPTs or the Magic School Wrapper of personal GPTs. But it takes some time to write, contextualize, and debug the prompt. A student said I digitized myself. Most teachers do not have the time or knowledge for this.

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@Brehove I think it is a step in the right direction. Writing teachers are more like math teachers now as showing your work is as important as the answer.

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Super specific bit for AP English Language and Comp 2023 Rhetorical Analysis. It will give focused, specific feedback one point at a time and ask student to revise.

https://t.co/PlbcOM76Vr

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@AnnaRMills Anna,
Are you using Lex with students or do you know if students are?

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@Marc__Watkins @RosenzweigJane A good point.
I was thinking more about how students can now slide a fader up or down change their word choice and syntax. As a writing teacher, I’m scratching my head and thinking how to approach this with students.

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@Marc__Watkins It’s a simple matter for anyone to upload an out of copyright text downloaded from Gutenberg and have Notebook generate the podcast, notes, questions, etc.

I can also imagine high school/university students uploading class content and using it to “learn.”

[Anna Mills, annamillsoer.bsky.social, she/her @AnnaRMills]

Free read-aloud software recommendations from a listserv I'm on: ElevenLabs Reader app, ReadAloud Chrome extension, and the built-in voice in the Edge browser. Haven't tried them yet...

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@markcmarino She is right on. The feedback is limited and average unless you know the specific writing/thinking dilemma that class is having. Then, you can write a bot that will work that.

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@AnnaRMills @jtneill @tbertramgallant @emollick @DrSarahEaton Not at all.
I just had my students write without AI today and they are working on voice and style using some model essays by Doyle.
They understood how AI would interfere with that process.

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As always, useful for writing teachers and teachers who use writing to assess learning!

[Anna Mills, annamillsoer.bsky.social, she/her @AnnaRMills]

"AI Text and Student Words: How Can We Best Distinguish?"
(I have no definite answers, but I'm earnest and open about considering many options)
Slides: https://t.co/gMZIEAQ8qh
Glad to be invited by Auburn University leaders @ChrisBasgier @WilkesLydia @Candicewe

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

We're sharing an update on the advanced Voice Mode we demoed during our Spring Update, which we remain very excited about:

We had planned to start rolling this out in alpha to a small group of ChatGPT Plus users in late June, but need one more month to reach our bar to launch. For example, we’re improving the model’s ability to detect and refuse certain content. We’re also working on improving the user experience and preparing our infrastructure to scale to millions while maintaining real-time responses.

As part of our iterative deployment strategy, we'll start the alpha with a small group of users to gather feedback and expand based on what we learn. We are planning for all Plus users to have access in the fall. Exact timelines depend on meeting our high safety and reliability bar. We are also working on rolling out the new video and screen sharing capabilities we demoed separately, and will keep you posted on that timeline.

ChatGPT’s advanced Voice Mode can understand and respond with emotions and non-verbal cues, moving us closer to real-time, natural conversations with AI. Our mission is to bring these new experiences to you thoughtfully.