As someone who is not familiar with this contest at all, this makes a lot of sense for me to potentially implement something like this for an FFA chapter if I did not have community resources available.

On the occasions that I have used AI, I have struggled with prompt writing. I can see this being a crucial skill as the specific wording and phrases used when communicating with the Gen AI software can drastically change the results in work.

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While I agree with some of the pros to AI stated in this article, I think the writers missed a key aspect to the article: the cons. AI can never substitute human intervention. I would have appreciated a more well rounded examination of the implementation of AI in the classroom including a look at areas where it cannot replicate the work we do as teachers.

Personally I think AI social media posts are like a sore thumb on platforms like facebook, instagram, and tik tok and deteriorate the legitimacy of a program. I am in a design class right now where we are seeing a trend with higher engagements in choppy hand drawn graphics over ai-generated content due to the sheer oversaturation of AI in our social spaces.

I had no idea that Gemini or other ai tools could replicate this at a competitive scale to human effort. This is definitely something interesting I will have to look into.

A concern I have with using grammar correction softwares is the deterioration of hard-skill development. As someone double majoring in ag communications, it is imperative that students learn how to properly use grammar in formal writing. I hesitate at this implementation as it might serve as a crutch that is over used by students and, in turn, deteriorating their writing skills.

This is a really important point of clarification. It is very important that we do not substitute creativity for artificial intelligence in our classroom.

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