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  • Artificial Intelligence and Film Studies: Midjourney versus CAMELS

    Artificial Intelligence and Film Studies: Midjourney versus CAMELS

    CAMELS? As an English teacher, I’ve done a lot of analytical film studies over the years. The biggest problem is always students’ grasp of technical language: film analysis tends to drift off into character and plot description, even more so than for written texts. So, when I teach film, I lean more into my Media…

    Leon Furze

    March 29, 2023
    AI
    acting, AI, artificial intelligence, CAMELS, camera, ChatGPT, cinematography, digital media, editing, education, english, film analysis, film production, film studies, film vocabulary, GPT-3.5, image generation, image prompts, Language model, lighting, media studies, Midjourney, mise-en-scene, OpenAI, screenwriting, storyboards, teaching, technical language, visual composition
  • Teaching AI Ethics: Beginner Series

    Teaching AI Ethics: Beginner Series

    The Teaching AI Ethics series is a collection of articles on the many ethical concerns of Artificial Intelligence as a technology and an industry. In this series I offer practical advice on how to teach AI through an ethical lens, including discussing AI ethics from the perspective of multiple subject disciplines. When I wrote the…

    Leon Furze

    March 27, 2023
    Uncategorized
  • Teaching AI Ethics: Truth and Academic Integrity

    Teaching AI Ethics: Truth and Academic Integrity

    This is the third post in a series exploring the nine areas of AI ethics outlined in this original post. Each post goes into detail on the ethical concern and provides practical ways to discuss these issues in a variety of subject areas. For the previous post on Environmental concerns, click here. The concept of…

    Leon Furze

    March 21, 2023
    AI, Ethics
    AI development., AI ethics, AI outputs, AI training, algorithmic bias, biased datasets, community needs, data bias, discrimination, environmental impact, ethical concerns, ethical guardrails, facial recognition, Fairness, Justice, predictive policing, responsible AI use, social services, societal biases
  • Crafting Texts: What Crafting Texts Means for the English Curriculum

    Crafting Texts: What Crafting Texts Means for the English Curriculum

    This is the final post in a series which goes deeper into the new VCE English and EAL Crafting Texts outcome. Each post includes some discussion of the Area of Study along with practical lesson ideas. Even if you’re not a VCE English teacher, you’ll find this post useful if you use mentor or model…

    Leon Furze

    March 19, 2023
    assessment, close reading, Practical Writing Strategies, Reading Strategies, VCE
    adaptation, analysis, annotation, Area of Study, audience, climate change, close reading, context, crafting texts, feedback, Futures, Harvard Project Zero, inspiration, language techniques, lesson ideas, literary devices, Margaret Atwood, mentor texts, Personal Response, Purpose, reflection, revision, Senior English, style, text types, VCAA, VCE English, voice, Writing Cycle, Writing in the Age of AI, writing strategies
  • Crafting Texts: Assessment and Reflection

    Crafting Texts: Assessment and Reflection

    This is the third post in a series which goes deeper into the new VCE English and EAL Crafting Texts outcome. Each post includes some discussion of the Area of Study along with practical lesson ideas. Even if you’re not a VCE English teacher, you’ll find this post useful if you use mentor or model…

    Leon Furze

    March 16, 2023
    assessment, close reading, Practical Writing Strategies, Reading Strategies, VCE
    adaptation, analysis, annotation, Area of Study, audience, climate change, close reading, context, crafting texts, feedback, Futures, Harvard Project Zero, inspiration, language techniques, lesson ideas, literary devices, Margaret Atwood, mentor texts, Personal Response, Purpose, reflection, revision, Senior English, style, text types, VCAA, VCE English, voice, Writing Cycle, Writing in the Age of AI, writing strategies
  • Teaching AI Ethics: Environment

    Teaching AI Ethics: Environment

    This is the second post in a series exploring the nine areas of AI ethics outlined in this original post. Each post goes into detail on the ethical concern and provides practical ways to discuss these issues in a variety of subject areas. For the first post on bias and discrimination, click here. The original…

    Leon Furze

    March 13, 2023
    AI, Ethics
    AI development., AI ethics, AI outputs, AI training, algorithmic bias, biased datasets, climate, climate change, climate crisis, community needs, data bias, data center, data centre, discrimination, electricity, energy, environment, environmental impact, ethical concerns, ethical guardrails, facial recognition, Fairness, Justice, predictive policing, responsible AI use, social services, societal biases
  • Crafting Texts: Ideas

    Crafting Texts: Ideas

    This is the second post in a series which goes deeper into the new VCE English and EAL Crafting Texts outcome. Each post includes some discussion of the Area of Study along with practical lesson ideas. Even if you’re not a VCE English teacher, you’ll find this post useful if you use mentor or model…

    Leon Furze

    March 8, 2023
    assessment, close reading, Practical Writing Strategies, Reading Strategies, VCE
    adaptation, analysis, annotation, Area of Study, audience, climate change, close reading, context, crafting texts, education, english, feedback, Futures, Harvard Project Zero, inspiration, language techniques, lesson ideas, literary devices, Margaret Atwood, mentor texts, Personal Response, Purpose, reflection, revision, Senior English, style, text types, VCAA, VCE English, voice, writing, Writing Cycle, Writing in the Age of AI, writing strategies
  • Teaching AI Ethics: Bias and Discrimination

    Teaching AI Ethics: Bias and Discrimination

    This is the first post in a series exploring the nine areas of AI ethics outlined in this original post. Each post will go into detail on the ethical concern as well as providing practical ways to discuss these issues in a variety of subject areas. UPDATE: Here’s a pre-post-script to this post which raises…

    Leon Furze

    March 6, 2023
    AI, Ethics
    AI development., AI ethics, AI outputs, AI training, algorithmic bias, biased datasets, community needs, data bias, discrimination, environmental impact, ethical concerns, ethical guardrails, facial recognition, Fairness, Justice, predictive policing, responsible AI use, social services, societal biases
  • Crafting Texts: Using Mentor Texts

    Crafting Texts: Using Mentor Texts

    This is the first post in a series which goes deeper into the new VCE English and EAL Crafting Texts outcome. Each post includes some discussion of the Area of Study along with practical lesson ideas. Even if you’re not a VCE English teacher, you’ll find this post useful if you use mentor or model…

    Leon Furze

    March 2, 2023
    assessment, close reading, Practical Writing Strategies, Reading Strategies, VCE
    adaptation, analysis, annotation, Area of Study, audience, climate change, close reading, context, crafting texts, feedback, Futures, Harvard Project Zero, inspiration, language techniques, lesson ideas, literary devices, Margaret Atwood, mentor texts, Personal Response, Purpose, reflection, revision, Senior English, style, text types, VCAA, VCE English, voice, Writing Cycle, Writing in the Age of AI, writing strategies
  • Teaching Writing in the Age of AI: Reinventing English

    Teaching Writing in the Age of AI: Reinventing English

    This is the fifth and final post in the series Teaching Writing in the Age of AI. Check out the other posts in the series: In this series, I’ve explored how teaching writing might change as the adoption of Artificial Intelligence accelerates. Late 2022 was a watershed moment in AI, with ChatGPT pushing generative AI…

    Leon Furze

    February 27, 2023
    AI, assessment, curriculum, writing
    AI, assessment, bias, chatbot, ChatGPT, classroom, collaboration, communication, creativity, critical thinking, digital citizenship, digital literacy, disruption, education, english, ethics, exams, fact-checking, future, generative, innovation, instruction, knowledge, misinformation, opportunities, Professional Development, research, skills, teaching, technology, writing
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