Mar. 20, 2019 - This presentation was featured by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Expert Webinar Series. The presentation introduces the pedagogical method of using artificially intelligent chatbots to teach philosophy and rhetoric theories and principles. Particularly, the presentation argues that chatbots can be used to give voices to those who are silent. Links to two live chatbots, Laozi and I am?, are included in the slides. For more information about the presentation, feel free to contact me. http://bit.ly/sherryjonesbio

1. Sherry Jones
Personas of
Writing AI Chatbots as
Real People
ISTE Expert Webinar Series
http://bit.ly/chatbotspersonas

2. Hello! I am . . .
Sherry Jones
Philosophy & Game Studies SME &
Lecturer, Rocky Mountain College of Art &
Design. Chair-Elect, ISTE Games &
Simulations Network.
Bio: http://bit.ly/sherryjonesbio
Twitter: @autnes
Email: sherryjones.edtech@gmail.com
Slides: http://bit.ly/chatbotspersonas

3. What is a Chatbot?
1
A brief overview of why the technology is proliferating its presence across the web.

4. See my ISTE 2018 Presentation http://bit.ly/botsingames

5. Chatbots in Education?
2
Using chatbots as personas to promote humanities education.

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Why Chatbots?
Chatbots as Personas

7. Rhetoric & Writing Studies Philosophy & Applied Ethics
My Pedagogy
● To demonstrate understanding of a
philosopher’s thinking, students
create chatbots as philosophers who
are responding to real current issues.
● Applied ethics is the practical
application of moral philosophy to
addressing/solving real world moral
dilemmas.
● Chatbot creation requires mastery of
presenting philosophical theories,
valid and sound argumentation, and
original thought experiments.
● As a rhetorical exercise, students
create chatbots that demonstrate
ekphrasis writing that has come to
life.
● Ekphrasis, as a rhetorical device,
refers to the description of a work of
art. It is to represent an artwork in
the form of the written language.
● Chatbot creation requires mastery of
sensory descriptive writing, visual
analysis, and rhetorical expression of
ethos (character/credibility appeal).

8. My Dialectic Chatbots
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Chatbot personas of real or fictional figures who search for the truth through discourse.

9. Chatbot: I am?
Converse with I am?, the chatbot,
to understand what it desires.

10. Chatbot: Laozi
Converse with Laozi, the chatbot,
to understand what he seeks.

11. Chatbot Creation Apps
4
Recommendation of chatbot creation apps for webchats and social media messengers.

12. Chatbot Builders
● Free account (get paid
version for more
features).
● Easy visual programming
interface with direct
coding.
● Unlimited bot creation.
● Train bots AI with intents
using NLP.
● Multiple channels of
publications (webchat,
Facebook messenger,
Slack, Skype, etc.)
● Free account.
● Easy visual programming
interface with direct
coding.
● Unlimited bot creation.
● Train bots AI with intents
using NLP.
● Publish bot as a link or as
embed code.
● Connect REST API.
● Con: Little to no technical
support is offered.
Snatchbot.me Chatteron.io
● Free account.
● Open source (on Github).
● Best for developers who
code in NLP and don’t
need visual programming.
● Train bots AI with intents
and entities using NLP.
● Export data as .zip file.
● Able to transfer
ownership of bot.
● Con: Take more time to
learn (or teach students
how to use it).
Wit.ai

13. Screenshot of my bot creation in action with Snatchbot.

14. Screenshot of my bot creation in action with Chatteron.

15. Screenshot of my bot creation in action with Wit AI.

16. Thank you!
Sherry Jones
Philosophy & Game Studies SME &
Lecturer, Rocky Mountain College of Art &
Design. Chair-Elect, ISTE Games &
Simulations Network.
Bio: http://bit.ly/sherryjonesbio
Twitter: @autnes
Email: sherryjones.edtech@gmail.com
Slides: http://bit.ly/chatbotspersonas

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