A short time ago, I wrote about Pay for Student Performance. At the time, I felt I didn’t know enough…
Russian Drama and AI
A colleague in a ChatGPT for Educators Facebook group shared the following: I thought, “Why not run this through an…
Yet Another Course on ChatGPT
“In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn,” said Phil Collins. How true that is. I discovered…
Thoughts on Writing, Hattie, and AI
That highlighted portion below is like, “Go ahead and surrender. AI’s incursion into schools is already a given victory to…
Ten Sayings of #Epictetus
I asked an AI the following: What are 10 top sayings of Epictetus from simplest to implement to the…
Revisiting the Past: Libraries, Early Voting, and Double-Think
I was so glad to cast my early vote today. After breakfast, I drove my wife and I to the…
Pay for Student Performance
Photo by Tania Melnyczuk on Unsplash Is this too much like merit pay? You get paid for results, as…
Afraid to Speak Up
“The younger you are, the more likely you are to speak up against authority, or to act. The older…
Eschatology, Taylor Swift, and Critical Thinking with AI
Disclaimer: Looking for long prompts to get AI to apply critical thinking process and analyze claims you find on the…
Comparing #AI Solutions for School with Perplexity.ai
One of the questions I have, even after attending TCEA 2024 Convention and missing the opportunity to visit the booths…
Investing in AI
So far, my experience with AI has been mixed. While Claude, Gemini Advanced offered some hope as being my go-to,…
Gemini Advanced: The Orwell Test
Part of the fun of relying on AI? Using it to apply Critical Thinking processes that assess claims in news…
Applying The Orwell Test to Texas Secession with MS CoPilot
Are you familiar with The Orwell test? It came to mind when Nikki Haley was expressing positive thoughts about Texas…
Anthrop\C and CRITICal Thinking: Analyzing the Guardian's UFO Reporting #AI #CriticalThinking
As I’ve mentioned before, one of the essential skills people are said will be in dire need when AI chatbots…
Alaska's Rust Colored Rivers and the Irony of AI
In a pair of blog entries, Tim Stahmer (Assorted Stuff) points to the dark cloud of AI on the horizon,…
Making Room for Impact: De-Implementing #EdTech Solutions
Having read this book, Making Room for Impact, earlier last month, I had a fun idea. What if you could…
Book Review: Making Room for Impact
This past month, I bought a book, Making Room for Impact. I immediately was engaged in the first few chapters.…
MyNotes: Making Room for Impact
This past month, I bought a book, Making Room for Impact. I immediately was engaged in the first few chapters.…
Screen Time Bad for Young Brains
Yikes, looks like the research is in and its not looking good. Makes me grateful that I couldn’t afford tech…
Blogging for Authenticity, Not Publication
What a thrill to see a blog entry appear on the web. Still, this blog isn’t about it so much…
Permission Slip: Controlling Data About You
Every day there is a data breach, by a school district, a business, or hospital. It seems no matter where…
#AI Tool: Wisdolia #yourNETA
How would you decide whether to introduce this tool in your school district or learning organization? Wisdolia This tool is…
A New Mastodon-Powered Service: #Newsmast
Screenshot of Newsmast.org #GenAI hashtag search results A few weeks ago, I received an invitation to check out Newsmast. You…
AI Proof Job – HVAC Technician
Wait, wait, don’t laugh at me for this blog entry too much. I mean, it’s OK to have a good…
App-Based #AI Tutoring – No Teachers
One of the big problems schools have? Finding teachers to serve as tutors after-school and on weekends. One of the…
AI-Powered Students? Part 3
What do you think the next five years in education will look like in regards to AI? Complete integration or…
Framing of Education: The AI Consumer
In thinking about how much school district treasure will be spent on AI, on angst about preparing children and teachers…
AI-Powered Students? Part 2
Should students be using AI? If yes, when and where should it be introduced in school? These are tough questions.…
AI Empowered Students? Part 1
“Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word, ‘No.” So says Betteridge’s Law of…
Jamboard Replacement #education #edtech #Canva
As promised, at long last, my blog entry on Google Jamboard replacement has appeared. See it online at an amazing…
AI: A Bad Bet
“The people who really made money on the California Gold Rush were merchants…During a gold rush, sell shovels” (source). With…
Revisiting Mastodon Lists: My #News #EdTech #Tech Lists and More (Updated)
When I first started using Mastodon, Lists didn’t quite work the way I hoped. That is, I don’t recall having…
Smartphone Bans: Just Do It
Ban smartphones in schools… the unstructured presence of phones has detrimental effects on certain students and restricting their use can…
Finding a #Google #Jamboard Alternative (Updated)
Looking for a Google Jamboard alternative? Maybe the answer isn’t Figjam, LucidSpark, or Miro. It’s a tool you already love…
Into the Future, Blindfolded About the Past: Indoctrinating Another Generation of Privilege
You can’t say or think anything wrong. You can’t be impolite, or look like you think differently from the group.…
Butterflies in the Outfield: AI in Schools
As a parent, I’d sit in the bleachers and watch one of my kids play baseball. Well, tee-ball. It was…
Thinking Clearly Revisited #CriticalThinking #BayesianThinking
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve listened to this podcast, Thinking Clearly, featuring Melanie Trecek-King. Here’s the description…
Simplify
If my one word for Figjam earlier was SIMPLIFY, it’s the same for Zapier’s RSS feed to Linked In connections.…
#Google #Jamboard's Demise #edtech #education
“Oh, no, I love Jamboard,” stated a colleague when I shared the news with her. Who wouldn’t like the plucky…
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