AI on Board! or the use of artificial intelligence in the career guidance of students with learning difficulties

The application showcases three good practices where teachers of development in special needs can tap the potential of artificial intelligence. Being a part of the LOGICO family, SZAKMALOGICO (profession logico) is a worksheet developed primarily for sixth-graders with learning difficulties based on the Logico Piccolo product line, using an AI text and image generator. The pack of 16 worksheets helps students to learn about professions. Its great advantage lies in the fact that it promotes independent learning and builds on the activity of pupils. Self-check is facilitated by the answer key on the back of the sheets, which they can use to correct their answers themselves if necessary. They can complete the worksheets several times, to feel a sense of achievement.

KALANDPÁLYA-PÁLYAKALAND (adventure course – career adventure) is an Idea Pool for eighth-graders. Its developer also used artificial intelligence to create it. During the game, pupils have to complete practical tasks and collect information. Students mark their own performance while trying out the activities on a Passport. As a result of the programme, pupils become more aware of the activities that match their interests, the areas in which they can deliver according to their abilities without any difficulty, and what kind of or which professions they reject. The entrant used an AI text generator to adapt the questionnaire “Interest Testing in Groups” by Dr. Pálné Ritoók and Dr. Mária Takács to eighth-grade students with learning difficulties. The questionnaire is an effective tool for identifying areas of interest, which eighth-graders can learn about in the context of educational counselling. The AI-generated texts can be read aloud, which can help visually impaired and dyslexic pupils. The tools developed are also useful in supporting the career orientation of pupils with special educational needs.