# Arianna Lord 20230824 ## 20230824 MDF Check in: Arianna ### MESSY NOTES * wants to work on this year * developing alternative assignments for the department * working on videos * being able to create places online where students' work can be compiled * "digital exhibition" * making games out of learning * graphic design and illustration * oeb * oeb 10 * new assignments: * first assignment: * reading an introduction of the paper, identify the key question---annotated paper * let's make a gif of this * second assignment: * data analysis, visualization analysis * be able to identify the key trend, and reimagine in your own way * what could the paper do better * this can just be a sketch * third assignment: * methods of a paper * read the text and look at the tables and data within (RNA od DNA sequencing, part of DNA sequenced, etc.) * identifying the details that are important if you want to replicate the study, idenitfy the details you need at minimum to understand the paper * fourth assignment * AI and chatGPT analysis * ideas: ask chatGPT to create a critique/review of a paper * students will then annotate the paper and fact check the ai * caveat: papers with lots of press and coverage result in more accurate chatGPT text. niche papers result in hallucinations * learning objectives: * understanding AI and when and how to use it * what instances you can and can’t rely on it * final project/assignment: * group activity * social media post depicting the info in this paper. Ie. tik tok post, instagram slides, or alternative could be a diagram designed for a museum exhibit. * learning objective: communicating a scientific message to a broad general public. * cd + al: * the idea with the fifth project is you dive deeper into one form that was previewed earlier * concrete needs: * workshops * For the students, TFs, or both? TBD * support TFs in OEB 10 - help them know how these assignments will work * testing * interested in having the LLUFs try out the later two assignments * other things arianna excited about * oeb 51 - arianna teaching this in the spring * drawing animals * creating a gallery for these * character cards from favorite animals * g-4 symposium - arianna in this this year as a g4 * workshop series to get ready for this