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 …
While I certainly understand why any organization or business wants its employees to do their work in the office, we continue to miss the lesson COVID-19 taught us. That lesson is that NOT driving to work, occupying office buildings, saves so much energy, time, and money (see more graphs below). …
This was an interesting article that dealt with more than AI’s impact on the environment. See included table for what other topics. For now, I found this the most compelling. Impact on Environment AI is reliant on a chain of extractive processes that are resource-intensive and with deleterious …
Anyone who read Stoic philosophy knows about “The Painted Porch.” Not THAT painted porch that gave stoicism its name, but Ryan Holiday’s fount of Stoic philosophy and wisdom, a book shop. I haven’t had the opportunity to visit yet, even though I live in Texas, but it’s …
This ought to make edtech advocates pause on pushing ebooks into children’s hands…as an avid reader, anecdotally, I can say there is a difference if I don’t take notes by hand in notebook. I prefer nonfiction in print, fiction in digital. AI Summary A study examined how middle-school students …
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 …
Wow, this was a tough read for folks who have grown fond of Flip. The shock and surprise are still there, like watching someone desecrate a hallowed place, deface a rock face. I still remember when I cut Flipgrid (say its name) out my activities. I no longer cared for the direction those who had …
It is imperative to remember that as we use AI, there are profound consequences. Should AI Tech companies join a Water Guzzlers Anonymous group? Or really, they are using resources at an astonishing rate while remaining as anonymous as possible. Large language models such as ChatGPT are some of the …
Amazing announcement from Perplexity today: Perplexity Pages, a simple way to turn your research into visually appealing articles. With formatted images and sections, Pages lets you share in-depth knowledge on any topic. Available now for Pro users and rolling out to all users soon! Creating a …
Someone on Facebook wrote: I think I am done teaching, any suggestions on a good career change for teachers? What are the teachers who left teaching doing now? That made me wonder, “Have you asked an AI for help?” So I asked on their behalf and got this: Sure, I understand how overwhelming it can …
I have often wondered how Panama would be affected by climate change. See pictures in this news post This is one way: Some 1,200 members of a Panamanian Indigenous community, their island home threatened by rising sea levels, received new government-sponsored homes on the mainland Wednesday. The …
I may need to get this…$15! Learn how to make sense of complicated arguments with 14 video lessons and activities. Recommended for ages 13 and up. Symbolic logic helps us to break down arguments into parts in order to figure out whether or not they are good ones. This course is meant for ages 13 …
Love this quote shared via Mastodon: Source
Over at The Verge, Kylie Robison writes: Anthropic is releasing a new feature for its AI chatbot Claude that will let anyone create an email assistant, a bot to purchase shoes, or other personalized solutions. It’s called “tool use” (or the nerdier “function calling”), and it hooks up to any …
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 …
This quote resonates with my own life experiences. At Another Think Coming, I can really see how much ignoring ignorance played into my own life. Everything merits another think. It’s almost as if you walk through life with blinders on, and then suddenly, they are gone. And you see everything …
I love Abir Haddoud’s post about the book, so I am reposting it from social media (LinkedIn) below: Quote I’ve read “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman twice. It has profoundly changed the way I perceive decision-making and human behaviour. Here are some …
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 …
What are some of the problems with AI in schools? How would you resolve them? The Student’s Warning: A high school student warns you, a school board member, about the potential negative impacts of AI chatbots on student writing. Will you take action to address these concerns, or will you …
I loved this response to an educator’s question about AI use by teachers vs students. It is concise, to the point: You have a sound rationale for discouraging your students from using A.I. to draft their essays. As with many other skills, writing well and thinking clearly will improve through …
Source: Projected changes in the water cycle. Source: USGCRP 2009 Ugh. This had almost slipped from my mind until I read this article: Mountain rivers in the US state of Colorado are going rusty and the warming climate is to blame, according to research. An increase in toxic heavy metals has also …
This was the Mermaid code that Perplexity.ai generated for me, introducing me to Mermaid: Code Displayed In Image Above graph TD A[Do you have any prior commitments on the day of the event?] -->|Yes| B[Can you reschedule or delegate those commitments?] A -->|No| C[Do you want to support your …
After struggling with Dropbox as my sync home for Joplin App notes, I finally plunked down the 3.99 euros needed to cover the cost of Joplin Cloud. All the problems, of course, went away and I’m now synching my Joplin notes without long delays or headaches. It’s astonishing to me how …