by Vimbainashe Mabvaru and Josiette Juddah

For our mini-podcast, we chose to focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how it could impact education. Our first step was researching more on AI because we wanted to understand what it entailed. Next, we started looking for credible sources detailing the ways AI is used to improve educational experiences for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) students, and for those in other fields as well. In order to come up with the drafts, we had both in-person and virtual working meetings. We brainstormed ways to use the information from our research, decided which scholar would plan which episode, then independently created drafts for the episode assigned to that person. Once we had the episode drafts, we met with our coach, Dr. Bayon Paicely, who gave us feedback and pointers that we implemented in our recording process. The recording process was done in person. During the formation of this podcast, the biggest challenge was the recording process. We had to restart several times due to “bloopers,” edit the script to incorporate new ideas, and do more research in order to support these new ideas and ensure we were putting out accurate and valuable information. The amount of research we conducted for his podcast helped us to learn more about AI, particularly how it applies to those with special educational needs. We also gained a deeper understanding of AI chatbots and what they can do. 

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