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Thoughts on Scratch Project

For the most recent assignment, we had to program a short project with "Scratch". I was always interested in IT-Stuff and was really fascinated when I learned in this class that it's actually possible and quite easy to programe a simple sequence without much background knowledge! Trying that out and finishing my project made me feel better about my technical skills and myself in general - and in the end, I think that's what teaching should be about, so I'm sure that the positive thoughts about this project would resonate with younger students as well. I definitely liked the idea of this assignment and am looking forward to what the other students came up with!

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While we are learning a lot about how to incorporate technology into working with children in schools, i feel like i'm missing a big part of this topic: How to navigate the internet safely from a children's point of view. In my opinion, this is such an important task when you want to teach children how to learn from resources on the internet! In Germany, we have many laws regarding the privacy in the internet. Although it obviously doesn't work perfectly and there are many discussions about the advantages and disadvantages of these laws, I can definitely see a big difference between how safety is navigated here and how we would talk about it in german universities. On the other hand, I definitely get the appeal of using the internet and technology in general and nowadays, it's simply not possible to not talk about the internet and its tools when teaching children things about the world they live in. So as you can see, I don't really have a stable opinion on this topic yet and am open to listening to other thoughts and points of view as well.

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In the ICT-class, we make use of AI tools for a lot of assignments. During the past years, I heard a lot about benefits as well as disadvantages of using AI tools for different projects. Dealing with artificial intelligence in real life right now, I'm experiencing mixed feelings towards it. What mostly comes to my mind when I think about AI tools, is those tools making uncredited use of content other people created, for example paintings. I have seen this happening a lot of times, so I am definitely critical towards this topic. On the other hand, using those tools in class made the assignments exciting and more memorable! Experimenting with what AI can do is interesting to me and I will definitely explore this topic and pro's and con's of it more after this class ends!

I want to raise awareness about an article I read when doing my research about AI tools. This article is about the advantages and challenges of making use of AI tools in a classroom! You can read it here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366957798_Exploring_the_Benefits_and_Challenges_of_AI-Language_Learning_Tools

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Celebrating the international feminism day on the 8th of March, I'm posting a picture of Ada Lovelace. We talked about her in the Society, family and school - technologies class, because she is known for her contribution to the field of coding and computer science!