Looking at the pros and cons of using technology in the kindergarten to grade 3 classroom, this audio presentation provides various perspectives on the underlying question: (How) should technology be used in the kindergarten to grade 3 classroom? With considerations, such as the importance of hands-on play-based learning, the era of technology we live in, the overuse of screens and the need to balance screen time, etc., this brief summary may help to inform educators, administrators, and social scientists when considering if and how technology should/could be used in the primary years.
I was able to find a free, online text-to-voice website that allowed me to convert the opinions of some experts into an AI-generated voice. And while a few other sites allowed me to convert my text to an AI voice, this was the site I found that did not require any payment for downloading the converted audio file. There was no choice of voice with this version though, and so this section has a British, female AI-generated voice.
My original idea was to use an AI-generated voice for both of the sections I did, but, I didn’t want both sections with the same AI voice AND I didn’t want to go through the process again of converting the text to an AI voice only to find that I wouldn’t be able to download the audio file without paying a subscription fee. And so, I recorded the next section, A Conversation with AI, with the Voice Memos app on my phone.
The version with the video has been recorded in 2x speed to fulfill the requirements of the assignment (being under 10 minutes), but I will also post an audio-only version in the case the media player being used does not have the option to slow the speed down for the first version.
If you look close enough, you might have been able to see a chipmunk or two climbing through the trees. In the least, you definitely heard them.
But if you prefer human voices at a normal speed and can concede to having no video, this version may be for you: