Igniting Passion for AI

0:00 Welcome to Spotlight for Success by American Book Company. I am Devin Pintosi, your host. We are here at LICU with Izzy Champagne, with Evergreen Junior High in Terrebonne, parish. Welcome Izzy. Hi, it's good to be here. Wow, I understand that you are an inclusion teacher. Is that right? Yes, I am. Oh, that's wonderful. So what brings you to the LICU Technology Conference? So I'm here presenting with my master's program at Nichols State University. This is a part of our master program where we come and we present our final proposals. Wow, that's wonderful. And so you said you're presenting proposals here at LICU.

0:41 Yes, I have two. We were comparing AI profiles and the different ones, the big ones, chatgpt, copilot and Gemini. And then now I'm going into a gamification one. Wow, that is wonderful. And what are your teachers or the people that attend your sessions? What are they hoping to get out of that? So just really how to apply that AI to their programs and which one would suit them best in their educator role. Basically, like we compared how they produce information and what would be the best way to utilize that information for their content. Wow, that is wonderful Izzy. What did you learn initially that brought you into becoming an educator here in Louisiana?

1:29 Well, I started off in nursing. I was in a nursing program for a good three semesters before I started working in an after-school program. There I actually worked with a couple of students who, like I, really connected with and we started talking about books and he got me to read the whole Harry Potter series and I really liked that genuine connection that I was able to make with these kids and I ended up switching my major after getting that position. So I realized that I really wanted to work with children more than I wanted to be a nurse. Oh wow, that is wonderful. And I wanted to be a nurse oh wow, that is wonderful. And so how do you feel that technology has helped you in the inclusion environment with your work?

2:10 Yeah, so, being in inclusion, you're dealing with a lot of paperwork and a lot of different kids and different needs. So what I've taken which some inclusion teachers haven't gotten to really utilize yet is I will use AI to help me with my differentiation process and I'll input their accommodations and it'll give me a good range of how I can meet those students needs, especially dealing with IEP goals, making sure that I'm meeting all the goals to the best of our ability. Another thing I do is I'm able to take my anecdotal notes that I take on my students weekly and I'm able to make a generated report for their parent, whenever I do have IEP meetings, of what I've been seeing in class. Oh wow, that is wonderful.

2:51 Cuts time in half. That is fantastic. That's great. What are you hoping to get out of LACUE here today? Definitely trying to take what I learn and give it back to my teachers, especially veteran teachers, who haven't really bridged the gap between just using the platform but using the more minute details of how they can make it more effective for the students. Oh, that's wonderful, and so would there be anything you'd like to share with the Likud community? Well, my biggest thing is not shying away from AI, because it's here to stay, and really just giving it to your students and showing them how to use it ethically, because your students are going to use it behind your back either way.

3:32 That's a really good point. Well, thank you so much, Izzy Terrebonne-Parish, for participating with us here at LECU. Yes, thank you so much. Thank you. Have a good day you too.