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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Apr 3

Research in Special Education (RiSE) is a diamond open-access journal. We’re seeking abstracts for papers on the use of open science practices in SpEd research. We wanna know how OS practices can be/have been used to support trainees and Early Career folks. @aletheiasociety.bsky.social

Call for Submissions for a Special Series for RiSE - Aletheia

Call for Submissions for a Special Series for RiSE

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 14

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.

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Nate Stevenson @natestevenson.bsky.social · Feb 13

Take a moment and read this ncld.org/gutting-spec...

Gutting Special Education Research Dismantles Progress & Threatens Education for All - National Center for Learning Disabilities

On February 10, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the independent research arm of the U.S. Department of Education, abruptly terminated 89 federally funded research contracts.

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

Generative AI is gonna get really good really fast. How can it be used for our purposes in education?

cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

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.

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

It’s important to consider how tech can help people realize their full capabilities, in our case human teaching and learning

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

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.

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

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.

cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

Check AI. Don’t trust it.

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

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.

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

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.

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

“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.

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

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.

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

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.

cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

He’s from Iowa.

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

Dr. Seth King (totally from Delaware, iykyk) starts off with actually giving us a definition of AI.

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

Future development: how can Kai be used to help teach other comprehension strategies.

cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

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.

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

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.

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

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.

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

Instruction obviously starts with setting a purpose and follows good instructional practices to teach “get the gist” of a passage.

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

Dr. Chris Lemons gets into the race with an RCT where students wrote an expos. text w/ adult, AI, or no help.

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

Caption this. @mjkphd.bsky.social has a prize for the best one.

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cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

Output is still…interesting.

cherishsarmiento.bsky.social @cherishsarmiento.bsky.social · Feb 8

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.