Most recent public comments by Andrea Zellner https://nowcomment.com/users/16846 https://nowcomment.com/documents/375977?scroll_to=3320080 https://nowcomment.com/documents/375977?scroll_to=3320080 In the MIT RAISE curriculum on AI & Ethics they have a stated objective that students will "Understand that all technical systems are socio-technical systems. Understand that socio-technical systems are not neutral sources of information and serve political agendas." Cormier gets at this a little more in the earlier chapters of the book, especially when contrasts the aims of corporations who market these tools to us (i.e. making money) and the aims of education ( a little harder to count than money is). Here is the link to the MIT curriculum: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e9wx9oBg7CR0s5O7YnYHVmX7H7pnITfoDxNdrSGkp60/edit Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:49:16 -0700 https://nowcomment.com/documents/375977?scroll_to=3319210 https://nowcomment.com/documents/375977?scroll_to=3319210 Mon, 10 Jun 2024 12:56:16 -0700 https://nowcomment.com/documents/375977?scroll_to=3319209 https://nowcomment.com/documents/375977?scroll_to=3319209 Of course, I do participate according to my values, but my participation (actually based on the Practice 7 below) has really and truly changed over time. It's much more sparse and certainly the volume has slowed. Mon, 10 Jun 2024 12:55:12 -0700 https://nowcomment.com/documents/375977?scroll_to=3319208 https://nowcomment.com/documents/375977?scroll_to=3319208 Mon, 10 Jun 2024 12:53:22 -0700 https://nowcomment.com/documents/375977?scroll_to=3319207 https://nowcomment.com/documents/375977?scroll_to=3319207 Thinking about the training data for the models, the problems with translation and translanguaging.... Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:49:16 -0700 https://nowcomment.com/documents/375977?scroll_to=3319178 https://nowcomment.com/documents/375977?scroll_to=3319178 So much of formal schooling is a "gotcha" game!! For sure. Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:58:34 -0700 https://nowcomment.com/documents/375977?scroll_to=3319177 https://nowcomment.com/documents/375977?scroll_to=3319177 This makes me think about how often we assume that a user/reader/learner/lurker has that introspective stance enough to "catch" themselves feeling those strong emotions. The strong emotion is meant to trigger the act of fact-checking before sharing, but everything in our systems are pushing us to feel that strong emotion and trigger a SHARE. There's a whole reward system for that. How do we support introspection and the trigger of fact-checking instead? Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:56:04 -0700 https://nowcomment.com/documents/363988?scroll_to=3208166 https://nowcomment.com/documents/363988?scroll_to=3208166 It was so tempting though to just have it write it, but it was actually quicker for me to write it out as I was revising. Wed, 20 Dec 2023 18:57:30 -0700 https://nowcomment.com/documents/363988?scroll_to=3208160 https://nowcomment.com/documents/363988?scroll_to=3208160 Hello, fellow readers! As someone who takes a keen interest in the reader-response approach, I find this text ripe for our interpretation through that lens. It suggests that AI, while powerful and transformative, isn't universally accessible or user-friendly. Now, let's consider what strikes us as an important section of this text: "AI seems magical in how it can easily transform difficult tasks. But right now, AI is designed and implemented by large companies and governments. It is more like a bulldozer than a hammer." As readers, we bring our own contexts and experiences to this metaphor. It's fascinating because many of us view technology as a practical tool in our lives. However, perhaps we've felt excluded from the more complex facets of this technological world, much like needing training to operate a bulldozer. The metaphor might resonate more with those of us who've felt overawed or marginalized by the high-tech world where AI is the gated court of the technocrats. Reflecting from a reader-response viewpoint, let's creatively explore our inquiries: - Imagine us in a world where AI is as commonplace and easy to use as a hammer. How might this alter the landscape of education and technology in our society? - Think about the times when technology felt out of reach, too complex, or controlled by mega-corporations and government entities. How does this resonate with our personal experiences and understandings of equity and access? - Ponder about the bulldozer—its power and exclusivity—and consider help from someone who's well-versed in its workings. How might sharing privileges and knowledge in AI change the dynamic of fairness and justice in our own community? Capturing these thoughts, let's quote again from the text to ground our contextual probing: "What we mean by this is that it’s a tool, but not a common one that everyone can use, like a hammer. Like a bulldozer, it is something that you need special training to work with and lots of money and resources to use on a meaningful level." Here we see an opportunity for us to reflect on the intersection of technology, power, and societal stratification. After this stimulating discussion, let's re-engage with the text. Go back and read the excerpt once more, considering our own experiences with technology, and let's share further personal insights that have surfaced from our reflection. How do our new perspectives enrich or shift the meanings we find in these words? Wed, 20 Dec 2023 18:54:02 -0700 https://nowcomment.com/documents/363988?scroll_to=3208150 https://nowcomment.com/documents/363988?scroll_to=3208150 As part of the Call for Proposals, the journal requested specific checks on whether the stated facts and citations were verifiably accurate. That discussion happens near the end of the piece. Wed, 20 Dec 2023 18:32:41 -0700 https://nowcomment.com/documents/363988?scroll_to=3208147 https://nowcomment.com/documents/363988?scroll_to=3208147 First of all, it's sort of disconcerting to read one's own writing and thinking...I wrote that? Originally, I had an AI generated abstract, because I hate writing them. But through the review process I took another crack at it. The concerns of teaching--the work of it and the purpose of it--was really at the heart of the questions I wanted to explore in this exercise. Wed, 20 Dec 2023 18:57:30 -0700 https://nowcomment.com/documents/312304?scroll_to=2809662 https://nowcomment.com/documents/312304?scroll_to=2809662 In fact, I have been using more and more of the PBLWorks.org resources when working with teachers and students around multi-modal composition. Would love to see the MAP work in a more teacher-friendly format. Wed, 27 Apr 2022 08:25:15 -0700 https://nowcomment.com/documents/312304?scroll_to=2809589 https://nowcomment.com/documents/312304?scroll_to=2809589 This struck me because, even though the authors are making a rhetorical choice based on their audience of the journal, it exposes the huge rift we have between the comprehensive K12 world and Higher Ed. These dichotomies do not serve us as a profession. Tue, 03 May 2022 08:26:36 -0700