Category: AI
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Teaching AI Writing: Publication
This is the sixth and final post in a series exploring how generative artificial intelligence can be applied to the writing cycle from our book Practical Writing Strategies. If you haven’t already read them, check out the first five posts on purpose, exploration, ideas, skills, and collaboration. Throughout this series, I have tried to demonstrate…
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Video: Understanding the Australian Framework for GenAI in Schools
The article introduces the Australian Framework for GenAI in Schools, aiming to clarify its purpose and scope. It emphasizes the need for professional development and ethical incorporation of AI into K-12 education, as well as resources aligned with the Framework. The included video provides a brief overview and invites further engagement with the topic.
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Teaching AI Writing: Collaboration
This is the fifth post in a series exploring how Generative AI can be incorporated into the writing cycle from our book Practical Writing Strategies. Check out the previous stages of the writing cycle: Purpose, Exploration, Ideas, and Skills. Collaboration in the Writing Cycle By the time students reach this stage in the writing cycle,…
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Alcohol Free AI: Can we stop pretending AI can be “safe”?
The air-con is working overtime as a class full of of year nines stagger in from the yard after lunch. One or two of them recently discovered deodorant, so the smell of sweat is pasted over with an almost visible layer of Lynx Africa. Five minutes in, and it’s already so bad the students are…
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Teaching AI Writing: Skills
This is the fourth post in a series exploring how generative artificial intelligence can be used as part of the writing cycle. If you haven’t already, check out the previous posts on purpose, exploration and ideas. In the writing cycle that we wrote about in Practical Writing Strategies we break out “skills” as separate from…
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The Myth of the AI First Draft
I write daily, often for hours at a time. I’m an author of fiction and nonfiction, and even when I’m not writing something for publication I fill notebooks with ideas and frequently illegible scribbles. I’ve also taught writing for almost two decades, and I understand that not everyone loves writing as much as I do.…
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Teaching AI Writing: Ideas
This is the third post in a series exploring how generative artificial intelligence tools can be a part of the writing cycle to help students improve their writing technique, style, and structure. For the previous post on the ‘exploration’ stage, click here. Idea generation can of course happen at any time during the writing process,…
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Teaching AI Writing: Exploration
This is the second post in the series, focusing on how generative artificial intelligence tools, such as text and image generation, can support the writing process. It follows the writing cycle outlined in our book Practical Writing Strategies, emphasising how generative AI can enhance writing skills without relying entirely on technology. For the previous post…
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Deep dive with the AI Assessment Scale: Level 5
This is the fifth and final post in a series exploring the AI Assessment Scale in more detail. The previous posts can all be found here: Level 5: Full AI This is the final level of the Scale and the one which permits the most use of AI – essentially, students can use any GenAI…
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Practical AI Strategies: Online Launch [Recording]
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Thanks to everyone who could attend the online launch for Practical AI Strategies – it was great to see so many familiar and new faces! We covered a lot of ground, including a reading from the first couple of chapters, and discussions of assessment, academic integrity, privacy, data, and the use of GenAI in K-12…