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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION Artificial intelligence has been the subject of many controversial points of view. In the educational field, many of us worry that children will no longer actually think but become proficient at copying and pasting instead of thinking. Meanwhile, those of us in education and librarianship do not possess the technical know-how on which artificial intelligence is founded. Image Source: Geek for Geeks A quick internet search on the word revealed that artificial intelligence returns the following definition: "the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages". However, when we search artificial intelligence in education, we read that it is "the use AI technologies and tools to enhance teaching and learning experiences". When put this way, the definition is plain and simple. H...

 Looking Back, Looking Ahead Source Image: Tiny Budda It has been quite an adventure. I don't know about you, but it took me a lot of courage to sign up for this MLIS and particularly for the emerging technologyies aspect of it. I grew up in the software era and was entirely intimitated by the digital world. As I decided to pursue the degree, i had promised myself to stay clear of anything related to social media and new technologies. I am a staunch believer that Truth that needs to be instilled to our students does not change and therefore old methods are still relevant no matter what people say The application of Truth changes, but Truth itself does not. We all need our points of views to be challenged. But then I worked up a little bit of courage and thought it was about time to know a little more about this technological monster I was encountering everywhere in classrooms, at the library, and in my personal life. After taking three classes, including LIS 776, I found that I cou...

  YOUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT This week we are looking into one of the scariest topics for people like me who are on the fringes of social media culture: the topic of digital tattoos, better known as digital footprint or digital shadow. A quick internet search revealed that digital footprint is defined as “the unique trail of data that a person or business creates while using the internet.” Just like other topics specific to the digital space, it seems that there is a veil that covers the topic of digital tattoo. The average internet user does not stop to think about the fact that she/he leaves a data trail on the internet that can come back and haunt them in the future. Furthermore, we do not have control over how and to whom our data is disseminated or for how long  yet the internet is replete with the drama caused by the trails left by internet users in their private and professional lives. Most of us did not ask ourselves these questions when we all jumped into the digital wo...

  YOUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT This week we are looking into one of the scariest topics for people like me who are on the fringes of social media culture: the topic of digital tattoos, better known as digital footprint or digital shadow. A quick internet search revealed that digital footprint is defined as “the unique trail of data that a person or business creates while using the internet.” Just like other topics specific to the digital space, it seems that there is a veil that covers the topic of digital tattoo. The average internet user does not stop to think about the fact that she/he leaves a data trail on the internet that can come back and haunt them in the future. Furthermore, we do not have control over how and to whom our data is disseminated or for how long  yet the internet is replete with the drama caused by the trails left by internet users in their private and professional lives. Most of us did not ask ourselves these questions when we all jumped into the digital wo...