Blog Journal 8

Often times when I visit a website I'll complain, "this is horribly unorganized!", and honestly, my website sort of sucked too. I still believe that people who do it for their jobs should be better at making clean and accesible websites, however I can at least understand the process now. I think this assignment forced me to plan out each and every tab and part ahead of time, which is a good skill to develop. The hardest design principle I struggled with was the balance and contrast of my page. I'm still not satisfied with my end product, but it ended up working out. Its hard to get images that match with the overall balance of the page, so I can see why these companies hire people and make the EXACT type of image they want.I like how this assignment challenged us to do something we probably wouldn't do otherwise, especially in this day and age when we use multiple websites DAILY. I think we creating a classroom home page could be good, but mainly for the parents. I honestly can't see studnets making to much use out of it. 

I actually love QR codes, I think they are super convenient! I think using them in order to get to specific pages and to google docs with information can be a great use. Most students have phones on them, so if you give them a QR code that brings them directly to where they need to go, they have no excuse, surely...? I also really like scavenger hunts using QR codes, I think its a fun and engaging assignment. I remember in highschool my teacher hid QR codes ( really well by the way...) around the room and had us matching test questions to each QR code. It was also made a race, and I think students work better when things get competitive. 

Ethical Dilemma: “The ChatGPT Paper”

You are an 11th-grade English teacher who has just finished grading your students’ final research papers. One paper stands out — it’s remarkably well-written, more sophisticated than the student’s usual work, and includes phrasing that sounds vaguely artificial. Curious, you run a few lines through an AI-detection tool, which flags parts of the essay as possibly written by ChatGPT.

You now face a dilemma:

If the student did use AI to write portions of the essay, they’ve violated the school’s academic integrity policy. However, AI detection tools are not always reliable, and the student might simply have improved their writing through extra effort or external help like tutoring. When you ask the student about the paper, they admit they “used ChatGPT for ideas and editing,” but insist they wrote the essay themselves. You must now decide how to respond — balancing fairness, honesty, and the educational value of the situation.

I believe for this case, we need to do a couple different things. As someone who uses AI to grammar check my essays, I believe I can speak on this. Firstly, whether or not the student meanifully did it, we need to educate them on the fact that CHATGPT will always insist on adding "clarity" to the essay, making it obvious whether A.I was used. The A.I always tries to improve and help, sometimes to much, so even if you ask for "basic" editing, it still goes overboard. I don't think this student should get in trouble at all, I actually think its good they used tools to try and preform better. However, AI is a tool far more advanced and complicated than advertised, and the student needs to be taught that. In the future, we should have workshops for teachers and students that educate them on this issue.