Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen

This is the second half of Neil Andersen's conversation with Míchílín Ní Threasaigh.It begins with a most valuable description of the anxieties plaguing students and proceeds to consider what pedagogies and policies might be useful in helping them to understand and appreciate GenAI.

Our students are suffering in a Generative AI Wilderness. Female students are accessing toxic boyfriend chatbots; writing students are frustrated by sycophantic and coded feedback. What might teachers do to help their students understand and benefit from GenAI affordances?Míchílín Ní Threasaigh teaches in a virtual high school where everyone is online. What has she learned and how might her experiences help us?

Pope Leo dropped Magnifica Humanitas, his encyclical addressing the challenges of Artificial Intelligence, on a significant anniversary. Sister Rose Pacatte, a Catholic media literacy educator, joins Carol Arcus, Chelsea Attwell and Neil Andersen from Rome to discuss and highlight the encyclical's messages and meanings for parents and teachers.

Chelsea Attwell, Diana Maliszewski and Carol Arcus reflect on the values of presenting at and attending international conferences. They offer tips for both attendees and presenters.

The second half of Neil's conversation with Tim King.Tim reflects on the rich experiences he has enjoyed in his IT secondments.He also explains his misgivings about new GenAI and digital innovations.Neil endeavours to find pedagogical opporunities in the new media landscape.