Marc Gobeil, PhD

@STLHESAPES Thank you for the opportunity to present our research! Looking forward to the next one! @j_wilson @usaskEducation @usask

Steve Jobs on how to resolve conflict:

BEWARE of the power of the ZERO: especially when paired w/ the % scale & averaging‼️ 👉Marisol showed great growth, but that 0 at the start depressed her grade 👉Makaylah often scored proficient, but the 0s doomed her to failure 👉Steven avoided 0s & escaped w/ a C

An increasing number of papers are finding that AI is a reasonably good “grader” - often matching human evaluators We don’t know all the biases these systems have, though, and this paper finds an interesting one: (older) AIs prefer their own writing most. arxiv.org/abs/2311.09766

we are so back

If you want to carefully experiment with AI in your class, Harvard just published our multipart guide to assigning prompts There are four different use cases: AI as tutor, AI as a way of getting feedback, AI as team coach, & having students “teach” AI hbsp.harvard.edu/inspiring-mind…

Today, we are announcing Copilot, our vision for an everyday AI companion for you. blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/09/2…

Continuously blown away by @khanacademy and their Ai tutor and teaching assistant. Can’t wait to see the revolution this supports in student learning! Personalized AI Tutors? Sal Khan on Transforming Education | Amanpour an... youtu.be/_EfEoSP7oYQ?si…

Steve Jobs once said: "The most powerful person is the storyteller." In light of Apple GPT, here is 1981 Steve Jobs with the best analogy of what AI will do to humans: (1) There was a research paper in Scientific American looking at the efficiency of locomotion for species to go a certain distance. (2) Man is inefficient (1/3 down the list), but by riding a bicycle, man can beat everything on the list. (3) Man can be a tool maker amplifying inherent abilities where they fall short. "We are fashioning a 21st-century bicycle that can amplify inherent intellectual ability that man has and take care of drudgery to free people to do more creative work." Steve Jobs described computing as the bicycle for our minds. His model rings even more true as AI augments our intelligence.

Over 4 hours of video feedback for #ETAD 877, thought it would be interesting to do initial reaction video for each student with lots of specific feedback.

Minecraft Virtual Teacher Academy July Cohort Registration Open! Get ready to bring #MinecraftEdu into your classroom with this fun, free professional learning opportunity. Register today!

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

Lovely paper - Working With (Not Against) the Technology: GPT3 and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in College Composition (2023) by James Hutson and Daniel Plate - digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/faculty-resear… Using ChatGPT does not have to mean dishonesty and/or plagiarism

Any PAA Teachers looking for a new opportunity with the SDLC in Saskatoon? @usaskEducation apply asap!!! network.applytoeducation.com/applicant/jobp…

Former student of mine!

My favourite shot, had to share!

Teachers cannot reliably detect AI but might think they can. But can't prove it, even with help of software. Students can't disprove it. And so, trust is broken. We need a different way forward.

The greatest contribution of a leader is to make others leaders.

Dr. Julia Paulson will begin a five-year term as the new dean of #USask’s College of Education on June 1. @usaskEducation bit.ly/3LqZ3O7