Blog 4

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    For the Computer Science Standards (Starting 2025-2026) I chose Standard 2 SC.K.PE.2 :Identify data. Two of the Lesson Plans within that Standard involve Generative AI; how it works, and how to train an AI Model. I don't feel prepared nor skilled at all in teaching anything that comes to Generative AI, as I morally object to its mainstream uses. I find that Generative AI is intensely lazy, as well as used for improper and malicious purposes. It steals data from smaller creatives, and thrives off of "prompt engineers". I really do not feel skilled nor excited to teach this at all. 

    For the SS.K.E.1.1 (Describe different kinds of jobs that people do and the tools or equipment used), the lesson plan "Taking Care of Business" uses the book Everybody Works by Shelley Rotner to explain various jobs and their importance. Afterwards, the students work together in small groups to show what they have learned. Personally, I dislike the practice of just reading a book, then talking with partners. I would use the book to begin the conversation, then assignment a few groups to each draw out a large picture of a specific job. I would pre-make large outlined bodies on large pieces of paper, then give the students the art resources to draw and talk about what job they had been assigned. Then once they had finished, I would host a "Job Fair" for the students, where they all would be able to talk about the jobs they depicted in their art pieces.

    It is very important to be a proficient Internet searcher as a teacher because it is important to be able to easily and quickly access information. I will definitely be using the Google Advanced Search feature "Tools"! I did not know that that tool (pun intended) was there! Typically I don't have a hard time trying to find scholarly sources, but I do have a tough time finding images! And the ability to select images that are in Creative Commons so easily is genuinely mind blowing to me!!

    I am personally terrified for what AI has to offer. It seems that AI is just taking away the good parts of life, and I honestly get very existential thinking about it, as my husband wants to become an artist, and AI is taking over so many artistic jobs. In a K-12 setting, it makes me even more anxious. I fear that genuine academic work is going to become a thing of the past, it has never been easier to cheat your way through life. I fear that AI will just get better and better at sounding and appearing to be human, and I am afraid that students will lose their creativity, which in turn leads to adults never having creativity. AI is terrifying and I sincerely hope if it continues to occupy our world, its progression moves in a different direction.