Accessibility and AI Flashcards

Accessibility and AI

Introduction

• Presentation by Leslie Fisher, customized for FETC 2025 Session Attendees.
• Resource link: https://bit.ly/3VcP8Ai

About Leslie Fisher

• Keynoting and feature speaking in K-12 education for 27 years.
• Not a teacher but supports educators with technology.
• A struggling student with a learning issue and vision disorder; technology transformed her into a lifelong learner.
• Aims to present engaging solutions that educators can enhance with their teaching skills.
• Apologizes in advance for any typos in the slides.

Testimonials

• Requests testimonials to help others understand her presentation style.
• Testimonials are integrated into her new website.
• Testimonial Link: https://bit.ly/4bafnNT

Contact Information

• Booking Information: https://bit.ly/3Svd0PO (Conferences, Onsite, etc.)
• Newsletter: https://bit.ly/4bmsuNx (Future webinar dates and more)
• Twitter: https://bit.ly/3riUAkS
• Facebook: http://bit.ly/3asbKWs (Most frequent posting)
• LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3CrI2PG
• Membership: $60 a year for access to all presentations and webinars since 2018: https://bit.ly/3VcP8Ai

AI Assistance

• AI helps organize thoughts and provides a framework for content creation.
• AI assists in overcoming struggles, upgrading presentation skills by providing assistive content.
• Instead of asking for one example, ask for five examples.
• Talk to it, and follow up.

Prompting Techniques

• Use prompts like "You wrote this… Change it because of this…"
• Example text provided regarding aerodynamic principles governing flight, encompassing fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and structural engineering.
• The generation of lift relies on the airfoil shape of wings, creating a pressure differential in accordance with Bernoulli's principle.
• Control surfaces (ailerons, elevators, rudders) enable pilots to manipulate the plane.

Utilizing AI for Refinement

• AI can correct typos.
• Copying paragraphs from emails to refine them.
• Slide it up - Using descriptors from others to enhance content.
• Help AI explain difficult concepts using analogies.

AI for Problem Solving

• Using AI to figure out something you already know, summarize pages, and frame it specifically.
• Using AI to find something you cannot and to help others.

Rephrasing and Reframing

• I personally think writers block is an accessibility issue.
• Do not ask for one example; ask for three or more.
• Examples of prompts:
  • “Please give me five bullet points to describe how much of a positive impact moving to 100W USB cables has had.”
  • “Please give me five different witty but easy-to-understand passwords to set a login for a web page on an entirely new website, and you want to point out the website is still in progress.”
  • “Write three different paragraphs describing a session about AI and accessibility that will be presented to a group of awesome educators.”
  • “Please help me write my session proposal for ISTE. Make your responses framework-based, forcing me to fill in relevant content and structure in the format that ISTE uses for their conference proposals.”

Microsoft Copilot and AI

• Copilot had a massive update in October 2024.
• Blends different conversation types.
• Aims to be more conversational, with options for spoken replies.
• Concrete data referencing specific sites is not always provided.
• Still performs image generation and identification well.
• Copilot is Microsoft's naming for AI across its apps.
• Web: https://bit.ly/47BE4B7, iOS: https://apple.co/3O169uS, Android: https://bit.ly/3vv8lUR
• Can speak to Copilot by clicking the Microphone.
• Designed to be more conversational but cannot provide specific online resources.
• Asks follow-up questions.
• Good for chatting and asking questions without needing references.
• Copilot Vision example: https://bit.ly/4eXfezF

Google, Gemini and AI

• Google changed the name of its AI platform from Google Bard to Google Gemini.
• Google Gemini is a PaLM 2 (Pathways Language Model) chatbot developed by Google AI.
• Trained on a massive dataset of text and code.
• Can generate text, translate languages, write creative content, and answer questions informatively.
• Still under development but can perform many different types of tasks.
• Link: https://bit.ly/43fgxVb

LearnLM

• LearnLM is a new family of generative AI models fine-tuned for learning based on Gemini.
• Enhances Google products like Search, YouTube, and Gemini.
• Provides deeper understanding and personalized learning experiences.
• Based on learning science principles.
• Supports active learning, manages cognitive load, adapts to learners, stimulates curiosity, and deepens metacognition.
• Used in Google Search, NotebookLM, and Google Classroom (Premium).
• Article: Google Learn LM https://fishn.it/40kc, Video: https://fishn.it/qMXc

Google Experiments AI

• labs.google is a collection of AI projects from Google (released, in development, available via invite, and available for testing).
• AI Test Kitchen is a must-try for creating images, music, and video.
• Link: https://bit.ly/3W4yHXt
• AI Experiments list available: https://bit.ly/3J6WOiH

NotebookLM

• Allows typing notes and uploading content like PDFs, Docs, YouTube videos, and web pages.
• Content can be organized into relevant Notebooks as sources.
• Sources can be queried in various ways (FAQs, Table of Contents, Study Guides, timelines, briefing doc).
• Podcast option to listen to sources, with customization options.
• Links: https://bit.ly/3TZZlQS and https://bit.ly/47SSWgl
• This is my personal notebook to keep up to date on my eyes - Links: https://bit.ly/3TZZlQS and https://bit.ly/47SSWgl
• I can AI chat with just the notes in my notebook - Links: https://bit.ly/3TZZlQS and https://bit.ly/47SSWgl

NotebookLM Studio

• Create a podcast of two people overviewing your sources.
• Customizable podcaster focus.
• To customize your podcaster's output, add your sources, click on studio, and then select the customize option.
• You can then tell Notebook LM where to focus its content.
• Used to focus on a specific person, thing, etc.
• Links: https://bit.ly/3TZZlQS and https://bit.ly/47SSWgl

NotebookLM Interact

• Interact with podcasters and ask additional questions.
• Click on Interactive mode, play the podcast, and then click Join to join the conversation.
• They will offer any additional details they can provide.
• Link: https://bit.ly/3TZZlQS and https://bit.ly/47SSWgl

NotebookLM Team

• The NotebookLM Team Leaves Google.
• Links: https://fishn.it/1gXf and https://fishn.it/4e6Z

D-ID AI Presenters

• Create realistic AI-powered video presenters.
• Suitable for presentations, social media content, e-learning modules, and more.
• Variety of pre-made avatars; ability to upload an image.
• Options to type in text or upload audio.
• Wide variety of language choices and voice tones.
• Integrations: Google Slides (https://bit.ly/3Hm0ZFL), PowerPoint (https://bit.ly/41YCJDi), Canva (https://bit.ly/48yV3W9), Mobile (https://bit.ly/3RViB0a).
• Ten uses per month for free (15 seconds per use).
• Custom pricing available.
• Link: https://bit.ly/4aXxpE6

Creating Videos in D-ID

• Options to set the look, emotions, and movements of the agent.
• Ability to add an image of yourself or someone you know as the agent.
• Choices to change the avatar, add a script, set the background, and add a headline.
• Links: https://bit.ly/4aXxpE6

D-ID Features

• Clicking on audio allows uploading or recording.
• Multiple options to share and download the finished agent (Link to video: https://bit.ly/3S3XSYY).
• New Feature: Video Translate (Currently in Beta) - https://bit.ly/3A05Igh & https://bit.ly/3zMJGh8

Conclusion

• Thank you!