Year: 2023
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Myths, magic, and metaphors: the language of generative AI
As part of my PhD studies, I read and write a lot of stuff that doesn’t really fit into my research, but which I find interesting anyway. I’m categorising these “spare parts” on my blog, and if you’re interested in following them you’ll find them all here. I’ve written a fair bit about AI ethics,…
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Practical Strategies for Image Generation in Education
Most teachers I know haven’t got the time to play around with every single new technology, and AI image generation is definitely in its shiny new toy phase. Up until a couple of months ago, I wouldn’t have recommended using any image generation in education. The highest quality platforms, like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, are…
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Sketch to website with ChatGPT
As soon as GPT-4’s “vision” or image recognition features were teased in the research paper, videos of a sketch of a website to a fully functioning site went viral. Once the feature started to roll out in the app and online, we saw even more napkin sketches and whiteboard scrawls being turned into code. Not…
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Preparing for VCE English and EAL Unit 3/4: Creating texts
This is the second post in a short series for VCE English teachers preparing for the new VCE English and EAL Study Design. This post covers Unit 3 Creating Texts Creating Texts is the biggest new addition to the VCE English and EAL Study Design, and possibly the one which has generated the most discussion…
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What happens when Generative AI disappears into the woodwork?
As part of my PhD studies, I read and write a lot of stuff that doesn’t really fit into my research, but which I find interesting anyway. I’m categorising these “spare parts” on my blog, and if you’re interested in following them you’ll find them all here. At the moment we’re still in the thick…
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Hands on with Bing Image Creator: Microsoft’s image generator just got serious
This is the fourth post in a series exploring the practical and creative implications of multimodal generative artificial intelligence (GAI). The previous posts covered image generation with Adobe Firefly, audio generation for voice, music, and sound effects, and text generation with chat plus search. Over the last couple of weeks, Microsoft has upgraded their Bing…
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Preparing for VCE English and EAL Unit 3/4: Reading and Responding to Texts
This is the first post in a short series for VCE English teachers preparing for the new VCE English and EAL Study Design. This post covers Unit 3 and Unit 4 Area of Study 1. Many of you will have spent this year grappling with the new Study Design for Units 1 and 2, and…
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Rethinking Assessment for Generative AI: Beyond the Essay
This post is part of a series on rethinking assessment in light of generative AI. The posts draw on research and resources from K-12 and tertiary to suggest ways that educators can design engaging, compelling assessments which shift the narrative away from GAI and “cheating”. Click here for the previous post on oral assessments. There…
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Hands on with chat + search: connecting generative AI to the internet
So far in this series I’ve taken a look at image generation with Adobe’s Firefly, audio generation with tools like MusicLM and Stable audio, and voice generation via ElevenLabs. In this post, I’m going back to where this wave of AI hype began with ChatGPT and text generation. However, plenty has changed since my early…
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Rethinking Assessment for Generative AI: Orals and discussions
This post is part of a series on rethinking assessment in light of generative AI. The posts draw on research and resources from K-12 and tertiary to suggest ways that educators can design engaging, compelling assessments which shift the narrative away from GAI and “cheating”. In a previous post, I talked about the risks associated…