AI Literacy and Ethnic Usage - Loriana Noriz-Diaz

If you have to write up a policy or a set of guidelines for your (future) class, what would you include to ensure ethical, effective learning?

Part 1:
Generative AI will not be used in my classroom to complete any student work. Work must be done authentically with their own original and creative ideas without the help of Generative AI. AI will and could be used in the classroom as demonstrations but not as completed work. Usage of Generative AI in student work will result in consequences and a conference with parents/guardians. 

Part 2:

I have a strong belief that AI doesn't belong in the hands of students to solve their problems or work for them. AI has benefits of creating demonstrations to show students without the logistics of graphs or high numbers, but it shouldn't be doing the work or teaching the students. The usage in schools right now has shown a threat to students not learning if they rely on AI to be the student for them (e.g. ChatGPT). AI has caused more harm than good for students and learning classrooms that cannot be undone, but shouldn't have to be worked around. To me, AI is inheritably unethical to our teaching practices of being the person who teaches our students to question and learn beyond what we are given. Our job is to give students tools to continue learning and not find an option to think for them. We are meant to teach students how to learn information to grow their minds, AI is an inhibitor that doesn't allow the students to struggle and grow their minds. 

Digital Citizenship - Loriana Noriz-Diaz

Which concept or element feels most fragile in today’s digital environment? Why?
The digital world has created a place where reasoning and AI-generation in schools has been deteriorating critical thinking. Students have found ways to shortcut work by relying on new AI technology meant as a tool and guidance. The student's integrity of work is so fragile because of websites like ChatGBT. The students may also be using the wrong reasoning on accident with false information from AI-generated technology. The internet is still learning how to flush out the false information and AI-generated content from student aged children, but this way of learning is brand new. Being more aware of where our information, as teachers and students, is coming from relies on how well we research and read about the new waves of technology tools our students have access to. 

Where do you see the greatest professional risk for educators online?
Teachers are people, but we have an image to uphold to be seen as responsible to teach students a majority of their day. Teachers may be more at risk of their digital narrative to different administrations or parents. Nowadays, a lot of teachers were some of the first generations to grow up with the internet so it's easy to get caught up in it. We now are judged by how we are perceived in our job interview and our digital footprint. The job industry will look into a person's character and the fastest way to look is their digital narrative of their personality. Teachers risk getting too comfortable in the digital world; they may expose too much of their life. There can be a thing as too much information (TMI) for people to know about your life on the public internet. Teachers need to look perfect from every direction which includes our digital narrative from parents and administration. 

How has your understanding of digital citizenship shifted from behavior management to professional responsibility?
I have to be aware of where I am on the internet and where my students are on the internet to be the most responsible as an educator. Teachers are responsible to be professional in every aspect. I now understand how my online perception can send the wrong message I never wanted to send. Not only can administrations see how online life is, but students and parents also have the right to know how our online identity shows our professionalism and responsibility. Beforehand, cleaning up some pictures and names online was the most you had to do, but now it's making sure to be responsible for the life we show the internet. I understand how a teacher's digital citizenship is not a way of acting, but a way of presenting yourself to the internet. 

What is one concrete practice you will implement to model Digital Citizenship 2.0?
To model digital citizenship, I will make sure to keep up with the new technology being used in schools and on the internet the students may have access to. I believe the only way to know how we are portrayed on the internet and how the world is evolving in technology is by reading the news and talking with people. When you are in the community it is easier to see what the students need or what new technologies they are using in school. 

Complete this sentence:
As an educator in a networked democracy, I am responsible for… keeping myself up to date on the technology advances that I or my students could be exposed to, which would change our way of learning. 

SMAR Model - Loriana Noriz-Diaz

Choose a course that you are taking or have taken in college* and identify a learning objective or outcome or specific assignment for that course (it should be on your syllabus!)
COM 125 Learning Objective:

    Students will learn how to use presentation aids.

Describe how you would design a digital project that aligns with the learning objective or outcome, using each level of the SAMR model as a guide. For each level, provide an example of a tool or resource that you would use and explain how it would enhance or transform the learning process or product.

S: A digital project on how to use a presentation aid might come in the form of substituting a book about how to use a visual aid with a YouTube video on their usage. The students would be able to see how a presentation aid can be used rather than having to imagine it from reading a book. 

A: A teacher may also be able to augment a project where students can post their online presentation aid for a speech coming up with the ability to leave feedback on Google Classroom from other classmates. Giving the students a feedback option on Google Classroom would be a way to see more examples of presentation aids and remembering the criteria for a good presentation aid. 

M: A modification to showing off a digital project about showing presentation aids may be creating an aid on google slides instead of presenting a physical one in class. Presentation aids come in many different ways such as bringing in a physical poster, demonstration, or a live animal. If students don't have access to a physical visual aid then google slides can help still give an aid to their speech for every student. 

R: Redefining the presentations of visual aids for a speech presentation may be adding a video, gif, pictures, animation that move the text, etc. instead of creating a physical aid where you can't take additions from the internet. Students can get creative with their aid and support their speech with the ability to take information from the internet. Now the students are using many outlets to show their speech is visual form for the class to see and the students to build off. 

Reflect on the benefits and challenges of using the SAMR model for your project and how it would impact your learning experience and performance.
    The online ability to create a presentation aid online will give access and free range for the students to do what they want to support their speech. The students have access to the internet to show information they may not have physical access to. Google Slides and giving feedback to one another on their presentation aids can enhance a students learning by being creative and being able to identify what needs to be on a presentation aid.

    The challenge may come from students who can't access technology well outside of the classroom. I also believe having students on the computer for long periods of time for assignments will entice them to go on non-educational websites. Students may be a creative person who can make a phenomenal presentation aid compared to their peers. Online creative projects might turn into a competition for the prettiest rather than the most informational or meeting of criteria.