I was very interested in the Criterion Interactive Prototype. This AI technology is designed to help and assist students with their writing (planning/feedback/editing) but not replacing the teacher. This prototype provides AI generated feedback and tips in a user friendly and graphically pleasant way to get students to look closer and more critically at their own writing. Students in Global have to write an enduring issues essay. They have to analyze documents, organize them, and choose three to use as evidence to address the task. The task is to explain how an enduring issue has been present throughout time and how it endures. The documents are meant to just be support/evidence, but by the time students are done analyzing and editing them they lose sight of the task and usually write an essay that just describes what the documents are showing them. This is the biggest struggle in this writing piece.
The Criterion Interactive Prototype allows a teacher to input prompts/rubric criteria for what the essay is tasked. Once a student has written the essay they can submit it and the prototype will generate a score and specific feedback. The feedback is linked to specific portions of the essay and gives suggestions. The teacher can review he feedback before showing the student and letting them do an edit. This prototype also allows for multiple edit phases. One phase can focus on organizational/prioritizing feedback. The next can focus on addressing the task and document use. The final can be on grammar and punctuation. This multi-phase edit helps the teacher to move through writing pieces quicker, and allows students to work on their areas of struggle one step at a time so it is more meaningful and less overwhelming. I could totally see myself using this for final exam review as we prepare for the Regents exam.
The Criterion Interactive Prototype allows a teacher to input prompts/rubric criteria for what the essay is tasked. Once a student has written the essay they can submit it and the prototype will generate a score and specific feedback. The feedback is linked to specific portions of the essay and gives suggestions. The teacher can review he feedback before showing the student and letting them do an edit. This prototype also allows for multiple edit phases. One phase can focus on organizational/prioritizing feedback. The next can focus on addressing the task and document use. The final can be on grammar and punctuation. This multi-phase edit helps the teacher to move through writing pieces quicker, and allows students to work on their areas of struggle one step at a time so it is more meaningful and less overwhelming. I could totally see myself using this for final exam review as we prepare for the Regents exam.