Exploring Creativity, Technology, Design, and Teacher Education
Throughout my research on AI and bias, I’ve been developing an argument that while generative AI can be engineered to avoid explicit bias (through guardrails and human training), it continues to exhibit implicit biases that are much harder to eliminate. I’m not the only one making these arguments–AI research in several fields has highlighted how […]
Why this blog post? Because I want to share the comic I, as “Academic Adventuress” made with ChatGPT. There is probably some deeper thinking that could happen…but it’s Sunday. So here you go: How I Made It: A few weeks ago, I was pulling together all the documents for my 3rd year review–I have to […]
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Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum in Generative AI I’m excited to share a new publication co-authored with Dr. Marie Heath in the Journal of Teacher Education: “Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum in Generative AI: A Reflective Technology Audit for Teacher Educators”. The article explores how generative AI tools—particularly large language models—may subtly reinforce societal inequities in education. […]
Time for SITE 2025 in Orlando! You can find all the resources, slides, etc. from my sessions here. Monday, March 17 Workshop: AI as a (Uniquely Useful) Cognitive Illusion Melissa Warr, Suparna Chatterjee (NMSU) Workshop Resources Tuesday, March 18 Analyzing AI-Generated Feedback Melissa Warr and Nicole Oster (ASU) This paper examines potential biases in AI-generated […]
Today I had lots of fun with middle and high school students at the New Mexico Educators Rising State Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We did several activities that helped us think about how AI works–it predicts the next token based on its (biased) training data. it doesn’t “know” anything, it fills in the blanks. […]
The other day, I asked my students to write a song about what they learned that day. In 5 minutes. And yes, they could use AI. A few minutes later, I had a playlist of AI-generated songs—different styles and lyrics, but quite polished (see here and here, for example). We had fun. And now I […]
At my house we have a Valentine’s Fairy 🧚🏼 (also a Christmas Eve Fairy, but that’s for another day)! This year, I have a child in my home for the first time and am excited to introduce her to this special fairy. As I was preparing, I decided I wanted to crochet a Valentine’s dog. […]
What if you could give someone a magical spell—a carefully crafted incantation that allowed them to access a piece of your own magic? You might develop a book of spells—a grimoire—allowing others to perform your magic. This is exactly the concept that Ethan Mollick has explored in his work. He argues that effective AI prompts […]
There’s always a lot of hype around new technologies–my favorite example was how the “educational talking picture” was going to be epochal: The introduction of the use of the talking picture into education may prove to be an event as epochal as the application of the principle of the wheel to transportation or the application […]