Fashion isn’t my thing. I wear similar outfits from day to day, often with boring uniformity. Has Ed Tech ever been any more than changing fashion? In my ongoing exploration of whether Ed Tech has fallen out of favor (and if it has, what should we be spending our electrons on?), James Abela …
Ouch. Is there a backlash against Ed Tech going on, a realization that the evidence for Ed Tech is light, while it has been shown to be less than effective? If that’s so, why such a big push for Ed Tech at big events? Love to hear your thoughts. ‘We’re drinking the Kool-Aid’: Teacher fights …
Bradford Vivian writes on BlueSky: Bible-based alternatives already exist throughout the nation—in private schools for that purpose. The issue here isn’t creating an alternative, or free speech, but using public funds to promote a favored religion in schools starting in kindergarten. I …
What Is the First Thing Remarkably Successful People Do? Figure Out Which Game They’re Actually Playing Then you can determine how to win the game you not only want to play, but need to play. …
As a whole, this piece (Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies) was unconvincing. I found it stuffy, ivory towerish, and yet…the longer I reflect on it, the more little pieces of it grow on me. Critical Thinking One example includes this quote from Vee, as cited: “Large language models such as ChatGPT …
Americans are getting what they want. Who am I to speak against the overwhelming majority? The morning after the election, I went back to work. “Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit,” says Helena Rubinstein. She makes sense in that quote. Did I feel a passing sense of …
“Two major media companies, the Washington Post and the LA Times, made decisions to capitulate to the man they fear will be elected president before a single vote has been counted. They decided not to run editorials endorsing their preferred candidate for president, Kamala Harris, because the owners …
“Ideas that are hoarded help no one. Success follows generosity.” -James Clear, The 3-2-1 Newsletter and author of Atomic Habits This is a wonderful quote from James Clear. I am often reminded of the times school districts and organizations decided, “No, we are not going to share …
“Teaching about the influence of religion in our history is an important part of a well-rounded education, but this error-riddled curriculum risks turning public schools into Sunday schools, with parents of diverse religious beliefs left in the dark,” said Val Benavidez, president of the TFN …
Want to sneak your AI generated text in under the radar? Try UndetectableGPT, an AI Humanizer that’s available for free online. That’s kinda funny, right? An AI making something sound more human. So I decided to give UndetectableGPT a try with a real response. First, let me give you some …
It appears that two days after being suspended from Facebook, I have been permitted back on, all without any explanation or rationale given.
Oh oh, goodbye Facebook. Time to bid my education Facebook account, Instagram, Threads adieu. Good riddance. Since I only post education stuff, who knows how I offended the Facebook daemons. Update 8/29/2024 Two days later, it appears I am allowed back on Facebook: In a surprising turn, I’ve …
This is sure to be a hot topic for many of us in ed tech spaces. This online publication frames the issue as one between teachers vs parents. For the teachers, it’s about eliminating distractions. For the parents, it’s about staying in contact with their children in an environment rife …
Will AI really save time overall or just push us to complete tasks more quickly so we can do more tasks without saving time? If you have eight hours, you finish 20 tasks instead of the usual ten, but you still work your full eight hours or more. No time is saved unless you hold to the same total …
This piece in Forbes by Dan Fitzpatrick makes some interesting points about assessment, quoting several educators. I admit that I have not given assessment as much thought as I should when considering AI. A simplistic perspective is that we write to learn and think through ideas. If you take a …
This is concerning: Project 2025 operationalizes the tenets of white Christian nationalism on such issues as climate change, education, immigration, systemic racism, and abortion. To stand silent on the sidelines is to contribute to the harm that will come to democracy and to religion should …
New survey info shared today (with me) via the National Center for Science Education, Inc. email: “Eight in ten (80 percent) of people globally called on schools in their country to teach more about climate change, while just 6 percent of people globally said schools should teach less about …
Can legislation slow a technology innovation? That is the question implied in a post by Jason Gulya with the screenshot of California above. It does seem a way for politicians to look effective while not doing anything substantive and long-lasting This is an issue brought dramatically to everyone’s …
A school district in Houston {Cypress-Fairbaks ISD} has voted to redact chapters on vaccines and climate change, and parents and educators are worried Via Erum Salam, The Guardian I have to agree with this assessment from PEN America of this act: “A narrow ideological viewpoint is reshaping …
Is it safe to say, without evidence, that most writers don’t write for the pleasure alone, but for money? And if they write for money, as part of their work or to publish, then their end goal is financial remuneration, so they can make a living wage? (No, no it is not…see note at the end of this …
I have to admit I love the doom and gloom of this article, Memo to Faculty: AI is not your friend. A FlowChart: Stages of AI Adoption in Higher Education For fun, I cooked up this chart in Mermaid code (so much fun!): Key Points Some key points from the article as identified by Claude.ai; my …
What do you think? More guns in schools or not? My opinion is simple. Given the choice of being unarmed and facing an active shooter, it would be better to be armed. But most active shooters arrive well-armed with assault rifles. Would a pistol be sufficient? Tennessee Passes Bill to Allow Teachers …
Image source: Someone in a Facebook ChatGPT for Teachers group Great news, right? Custom GPTs will be usable by free users of ChatGPT, those custom GPTs will no longer be behind a paywall. The letter above was shared by an educator who is creating custom GPTs for his K-12 students to use. Can vs …
It’s all about your privacy perspective, isn’t it? Free account? Expect none to little privacy, or whatever suits the vendor. Pro user? A possibility of privacy protection. Let’s juxtapose Ruben Hassid’s reaction to AI-powered video avatar with Perspective AI’s disclaimer to free users. See anything …
In previous blog entries, I shared a list of AI fears. Did those fears have any evidence? This is part 4 where I share the AI fear and an AI’s response with AI evidence. Skeptical? Good. I won’t mention the problem with confirmation bias, only remind you of Trecek-King’s quote: …