This is just a fun addendum to my blog… Finally Moth Generator (my favourite twitterbot) sent on twitter ‘the Emma moth’. It is procedurally generated. Using a custom algorithm, Moth Generator provides an endless stream of unique winged-creatures whose names and anatomy are engineered the moment before entering existence. It also made me a #idelbot moth. SO […]

    Here is my prototype Bot.   It is all about the possibilities of ‘open-ended’ thought, provoked pictorially and aurally.   Vizbot – Emma Morton

Biesta suggests that meaningful education should be considered under three dimensions: content, purpose and relationships. I think this is a useful framework to apply when designing a bot that ultimately should ‘create something pedagogically generative’ (Baynes 2015). Underlining these three considerations, is the need for the bot to be ‘playful’, as Baynes argued. My professional […]

I have been thinking a lot about what a useful bot might look like in terms of the prototypes we have been asked to devise. On the one hand there are bots that could be construed as instrumentalist; highly useful tools to minimise teacher workloads, taking on administrative, time-consuming tasks. These are certainly ‘useful’. However, […]

It’s been a busy week and thus far my IDEL work has consisted of a lot of thinking and spending time on Twitter, exploring the ‘bot world’. I look forward to seeing if this week’s musings will radically change after doing the required reading. So what are my preconceptions and initial thoughts? No significant learning […]