cherishsarmiento.bsky.social
@cherishsarmiento.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Secondary Literacy. Word Nerd, Science Buff, and Writing Researcher. I post musings about stuff at conferences.
I’ve never reposted faster and delighted to see a mentor of mine speak so fiercely. I’m going to share widely with my circles.
February 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Generative AI is gonna get really good really fast. How can it be used for our purposes in education?
February 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
He reiterates, “AI should not be left to its own devices.” Considerable work goes in to get the tech and the person with the expertise to speak the same language.
February 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
It’s important to consider how tech can help people realize their full capabilities, in our case human teaching and learning
February 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Dr. Tyler Bell tries to reassure us that the sky falling over AI is a reaction we’ve had to everything innovative, especially when computers came out.
February 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
When providing training with new tech, it’s essential to train people on how to use it first. It’s kinda the same with AI. We gotta train it w/ different types of people.
February 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Check AI. Don’t trust it.
February 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I am learning that we have had AI things around for a while (speech to text, animation tech etc.). Generative AI is the new thing we all freak out over.
February 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Since AI is not as smart as we are, it’s important to be comfortable with interrupting the AI to get it to course correct.
February 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“YOUR CONTENT AREA EXPERTISE IS VALUABLE”

Remember this any time you engage with an AI or VR tech. With that in mind, we can train the VR to be adaptive to various situations that might arise w/ a person.
February 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
We discuss pros and cons of VR. W/ respect to behavior, VR can help give repeated exposures to scenarios to help w/functional behavior training. It’s gotta have an adult supervising though.
February 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Thinking that AI is just gonna replace us is a problem. (Thank you!) so you gotta think about it as a tool, an extension of us and our knowledge. Can it help us do a thing.
February 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
He’s from Iowa.
February 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Dr. Seth King (totally from Delaware, iykyk) starts off with actually giving us a definition of AI.
February 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Future development: how can Kai be used to help teach other comprehension strategies.
February 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
By using AI to learn how to write gist statements, student APQ responses are more robust. It’s important to note that the AI didn’t do the writing for the student. It helped scaffold their thinking so the students can accomplish the task themselves.
February 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Does it help students be better writers? It’s better than baseline, independent work, and teacher only instruction. That’s before students use any hints.
Kai is helpful, especially for an older group of students who otherwise might disengage with pen-paper.
February 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Let’s get to the AI: the interface is very cute and easy on the eyes. One student reported that that he enjoyed using it very much, especially since the AI could give you hints if you get stuck.
February 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Instruction obviously starts with setting a purpose and follows good instructional practices to teach “get the gist” of a passage.
February 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Dr. Chris Lemons gets into the race with an RCT where students wrote an expos. text w/ adult, AI, or no help.
February 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Caption this. @mjkphd.bsky.social has a prize for the best one.
February 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Output is still…interesting.
February 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
They noticed a hiccup that I always run into- AI still makes the task take forever. However, AI is getting better and can reduce the time spent.
February 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM