Week 2: Kristen Thompson
Good day friends, this week in Internet for Ed we had our first quest speaker come in! Her name was Kristen Thompson, who works as a coordinator of ICT at the Mountain View School Division. We explored various topics of technology in the classroom. We jumped into thought provoking conversations involving AI/Robots taking over classrooms for teachers. We discussed the pros and cons of the theoretical metallic take-over. Kristen also shared some great resources with the idea of using technology to help get some things done quickly and more efficient.
In brief, the main (and basically the only) con about the classroom robot take over would be the lack of connection/relationship building with students. This was all under the assumption that robots were not crazy futuristic and so human-like that you couldn't differentiate between a genuine human being and an artificial intelligent figure.
In talking about this theoretical take-over, spawned the question of : "what are things that can be replaced with technology/AI, and what are some things that cannot be replaced?". This question was mostly to help us think about things that we don't necessarily NEED to do by ourselves without the help of technology. A few things that were brought up as replaceable by technology was - Assessment Making, Non-Subjective marking of assessment, and Educational Youtube videos. Of course, the things that were not replaceable were all to do stables in genuine human behavior like relationship building, humor, and the ability to critically think when your backed into a corner ("I'm sorry, I do not understand" - google).
Until next time folks, thank you to whoever took time out of their busy schedules to read this. Take care and we will see you in class this week!
- Drew
Image Credit:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjOkI-MmJHnAhVZV80KHdDPAE0Qjhx6BAgBEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bigstockphoto.com%2Fimage-120192773%2Fstock-vector-modern-robot-helping-teachers&psig=AOvVaw1bucxreCNp_Xe2DZYk9xtr&ust=1579575665853185
In brief, the main (and basically the only) con about the classroom robot take over would be the lack of connection/relationship building with students. This was all under the assumption that robots were not crazy futuristic and so human-like that you couldn't differentiate between a genuine human being and an artificial intelligent figure.
In talking about this theoretical take-over, spawned the question of : "what are things that can be replaced with technology/AI, and what are some things that cannot be replaced?". This question was mostly to help us think about things that we don't necessarily NEED to do by ourselves without the help of technology. A few things that were brought up as replaceable by technology was - Assessment Making, Non-Subjective marking of assessment, and Educational Youtube videos. Of course, the things that were not replaceable were all to do stables in genuine human behavior like relationship building, humor, and the ability to critically think when your backed into a corner ("I'm sorry, I do not understand" - google).
Until next time folks, thank you to whoever took time out of their busy schedules to read this. Take care and we will see you in class this week!
- Drew
Image Credit:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjOkI-MmJHnAhVZV80KHdDPAE0Qjhx6BAgBEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bigstockphoto.com%2Fimage-120192773%2Fstock-vector-modern-robot-helping-teachers&psig=AOvVaw1bucxreCNp_Xe2DZYk9xtr&ust=1579575665853185
I like your little graphic Drew! I am still trying how to add little touches like this and I'm sure it is simple. . . its going to take some time for me to learn and be patient. I thought Kirsten was going to show us how to automate our classrooms somehow. It turns out that the concepts she was talking about was to free our time as educators to spend more quality time building relationships and learning about our students. It was a pleasant surprise and I definitely buy into it more because it makes sense. Exactly what that will look like in MY classroom, I'm not sure. I can't wait to find out though.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week,
Steph