Tag: artificial intelligence
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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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Teaching AI Writing: Purpose
This is the first post in a series exploring how multimodal generative AI (genAI) writing tools can be applied to all stages of the writing cycle, from purpose through to publication. The six stages of the writing cycle, taken from the book Practical Writing Strategies co-authored by myself and Benjamin White, encourage writers to explore…
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Comments at the Parliamentary Inquiry for Generative AI in Schools
At the end of 2023 I was invited to speak at the Parliamentary Inquiry into the use of generative artificial intelligence in the Australian education system alongside Dr Joanne O’Mara and Emma Jenkins on behalf of the Victorian Association for the Teaching of English. As part of the inquiry submissions process, VATE conducted a members’…
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AI Q&A: Steve Brophy and Using GenAI for Spec Fic in the Classroom
This post is the second in a series of Q&A interviews with educators working with generative AI. These posts will explore K-12 and tertiary perspectives of teachers, academics, and professionals who are grappling with the implications of these new technologies. Steve Brophy is Director of Digital Transformation at Ivanhoe Grammar School in Melbourne. He and…
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AI Q&A: Anna Mills on balancing the critical and creative aspects of generative AI
This post is the first in a series of Q&A interviews with educators working with generative AI. These posts will explore K-12 and tertiary perspectives of teachers, academics, and professionals who are grappling with the implications of these new technologies. Anna Mills is a community college writing teacher, open textbook author, and an advocate for…
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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 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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Secondary School Assessment and Artificial Intelligence
When ChatGPT landed on our doorsteps in November 2022, it largely slipped beneath the education radar. By the time term 1 2023 rolled around, however, it’s fair to say that the situation had changed. Most states in Australia banned the technology in Department schools, and those bans remained in place for several months. Despite the…
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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…