This talk was presented on April 26, 2023, at Asia University by Nathan Miller. Overall this is a sharing session of things I have found successful in my classroom. All the mentioned websites are in this post. There are also interactive AI-generated audio files, AI art, and the HTML element I demonstrated during the workshop, everything can be found here.
Here is the opening video, a bit of common ground:
Here is the Hot Potatoes J-Cloze video. Here is the link for the Hot Potatoes Software.
In the following video, I will introduce a variety of websites that you can use in the classroom, or at least introduce to your students.
Last video I demonstrate a few text-to-speech and speech-to-text tools. Here is the video.
Here is my Japanese example, you can listen to the audio of my voice speaking Japanese and see the transcribed Japanese and the translated English. This is really amazing.
And here is the translation, the .srt, .txt, etc, and other files were all created. This can save so much time and effort going from L1 to L2 to produce a speech, an essay, or any material. Very neat stuff.
Installing Whisper on a Windows machine might be a bit of a task for some folks. Here is a link to get started. Also, you can do a Youtube search, there are plenty of guides online. It took about 1.5GB of space and about an hour to install in my case.
Here are the AI-synthesized voices from Eleven Labs, this is really great quality. I have used the ChatGPT conversation that I generated at the start of the talk.
Here are the AI-synthesized voices from Uberduck, as you can hear they are not as good, but this site has potential.
This audio file can be useful for the students to practice the conversation, I have completely removed Sarah’s part, leaving only the time she should speak, and have kept Jack’s part.
Here is the ChatGPT conversation between Jack and Sarah stuck in an elevator.
Here is the actual HTML file. Here is the PDF and here is the DOCX file.
Jack and Sarah
Here’s a conversation between a man named Jack and a woman named Sarah who are stuck in an elevator:
Jack: (presses the emergency button) Hello? Is anyone there? We’re stuck in the elevator!
Sarah: (looking anxious) Oh no! How long do you think we’ll be stuck here?
Jack: I’m not sure. Hopefully, the maintenance team will come soon to fix it.
Sarah: (nods) I hope so too. I’m feeling a bit claustrophobic.
Jack: Don’t worry, Sarah. It’s going to be okay. Let’s try to stay calm.
Sarah: (takes a deep breath) Okay, I’ll try my best. Thanks, Jack.
Jack: No problem, Sarah. Do you have any idea why the elevator stopped?
Sarah: (shakes her head) I have no idea. It was working fine until it suddenly came to a halt.
Jack: Yeah, same here. Maybe there was a power outage or something.
Sarah: (nods) That’s possible. I hope they fix it soon.
Jack: Me too. (checks his phone) Oh no, my phone battery is low. I can’t make any calls.
Sarah: (checks her phone) Mine too. This is not good.
Jack: (tries to open the elevator doors) It’s jammed. We can’t get out from here.
Sarah: (sighs) Looks like we’re stuck for now. I hope they fix it soon.
Jack: Yeah, let’s hope so. At least we’re not alone. We have each other for company.
Sarah: (smiles) Yes, that’s true. It’s better than being alone.
Jack: (tries to make light of the situation) Well, at least we have some time to get to know each other better.
Sarah: (laughs) Yeah, stuck in an elevator, not exactly the ideal first date, right?
Jack: (laughs too) Definitely not. But hey, we can make the best of it.
Sarah: (nods) You’re right. So, tell me more about yourself, Jack.
Jack: (grins) Well, I’m an engineer and I love playing the guitar in my free time. How about you, Sarah?
Sarah: (smiles) I’m a teacher and I enjoy reading and painting. This elevator ride might give us more time to talk than we expected.
Jack: (smiles back) Yeah, it seems that way. Who knows, we might come out of here as friends.
Sarah: (laughs) Yeah, or maybe even more than friends.
Jack: (blushes) Yeah, you never know. (they share a smile)
Sarah: (looks around) It’s getting a bit warm in here, isn’t it?
Jack: Yeah, it is. I’ll press the emergency button again and see if we can get an update on when they’ll fix it.
Sarah: Okay, let’s hope they come soon.
(They continue talking and getting to know each other while waiting for the elevator to be fixed, finding comfort in each other’s company as they pass the time in the stuck elevator.)
All websites mentioned in today’s talk are linked below:
AI art generator websites that are easy to access – Mage Space and Deep Dream Generator.
Here are some AI art images I made with mentioned websites. I used MidJourney for a couple of months but it was a bit overwhelming using Discord, actually an interesting experience. I have yet to install anything locally but I hear AUTOMATIC1111 is the way to go as of April 2023.
