Blog Post #4

     My experiences with blogging have been nothing but positive so far! Ever since I picked it up from a media class in my junior year of high school, I've been a huge fan of posting blogs, both for educational purposes and for personal satisfaction. I like the organized structure it brings to writing, and how it promotes consistent posting rather than doing a lot of writing one time. Blogging is great for measuring progress on a long-term project, and through blogging weekly updates on projects, I've learned that it makes it a lot easier to track how you go about the process of completing an assignment.

    If you haven't heard of GroupMe before, I have to recommend it heavily as an educational tool. Though it seems like just another group messaging app, it actually works much better than typical group text services through its easy-add feature and organization of different groups. Using GroupMe, a student can easily monitor communication from teachers and classes from one app, since it can display more than one group chat at a time. And on the other side of things, teachers are able to use GroupMe channels as a quick, easy way to communicate to their students without having to rely on outdated methods like email. It's a win for everyone involved!

    My experiences with generative AI have left a lot to be desired. For starters, I already didn't like the idea of introducing this technology into my life, since I couldn't shake the feeling that I was cheating myself out of earning work. But when I did eventually decide to bite the bullet and use it for something, it completely misunderstood the prompt and gave me useless information. I tried using it to generate some options for a story I was thinking about writing, and to gauge what benefits each decision might bring me. However, it was completely useless to me, which I am now thankful for, since I prefer doing my work myself.

    If I'm being honest, I would not want generative AI being used in my teaching practice. Especially when considering how AI-dependent the students I would be teaching might be, I think it would be more beneficial for students to learn from an AI-free environment. The only acceptable use of AI, in my opinion, would be as a more adaptive search engine to help students cite work easily and quickly. The ethical concerns are too great, and I feel that the temptation to cheat on homework and assignments would be too much for students to resist.

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