Blog Post 8

 A new skill that I acquired during the web creation assignment was how to make a URL. Before then I wasn’t really big into how computers or the internet work. Mostly because I had (and still do) a burning hatred for anything that required coding so I thought it would all be behind a paywall or complicated coding. Turns out I was completely wrong on that assumption and creating a URL was one of the easier things. I suppose learning that skill will help in the future both navigating making a website and all showing me computers are not as scary as they appear.

When it comes to QR codes I think they have some really interesting uses. Of course there are the obvious ones of putting them on posters or boards or stickers but they can be more. I think they can be used to wow people and keep them engaged with the content that is being presented. One example I have of this is that in my last case for the Business Case Club trials I had done this whole non profit organization and in the middle I suggested having an AI assistant for the website then gave them a QR code that the judges scanned that brought them to a custom AI I made. That was the thing that got them engaged again after however many cases before ours and they praised the idea and roped them back into the case.

AI Made Ethical Case:

"At Atlantic High School, Ms. Ramirez teaches 11th-grade English. Each semester she assigns multiple essays, and with nearly 150 students across five class periods, grading had become overwhelming. To improve productivity, the school district encouraged teachers to use GradeScope, which groups similar responses together and suggests scores based on patterns in previous grading.

At first, the system seemed like a lifesaver. Instead of spending entire weekends buried in essays, Ms. Ramirez could review clusters of responses and approve suggested scores in a fraction of the time. She still skimmed essays to make sure the scores seemed reasonable, but the software did much of the initial evaluation.

After the first major essay assignment, however, a student named Jordan asked why he received a much lower score than expected. He showed Ms. Ramirez that his essay followed the prompt carefully and contained strong analysis, but the writing style was informal and included conversational phrasing. When Ms. Ramirez looked closer, she realized the AI had grouped Jordan’s essay with weaker submissions that also used less formal language, which led to a lower suggested score that she had approved quickly during grading.

This raised several ethical concerns. First, the automated grouping system appeared to disadvantage students who used nontraditional writing styles, raising fairness issues. Second, Ms. Ramirez realized she had relied too heavily on the automated recommendations because she was trying to keep up with her workload. Finally, students had never been told that an AI system was helping evaluate their essays, which created a transparency issue."

The way I would fix this if I were Ms. Ramirez is three pronged. First, I would not become reliant on technology for grading and while I might use it for checking spelling or grammar I would go through each individual assignment. Second, I would update my syllabus and announcements to be transparent with my technology use to make sure students can think that maybe their essay was graded unfairly in cases where the GradeScope messed up. Finally, I would emphasize to the class that I will be personally reviewing every single essay and giving detailed explanations myself on their grades to make sure I keep the good will of my students. These will create a classroom that is efficient yet also fair, transparent, and respected.