AI + Education Insights
“Chatbot Hype or Harm? Teens Push to Broaden A.I. Literacy”
We love this article from the NY Times highlighting students’ push for AI literacy in their school. This article echoes so much of what we see when working with students on AI ethics and literacy. For those who run into the paywall, here are the key points:
What do students think of AI detection software?
What do students think of AI detection software?
Report Summary: The impact of generative AI on Black communities
A new report by McKinsey on the impact of Generative AI on Black communities highlights both the potential risks and opportunities of this transformational technology. It's a worthwhile read for anyone interested in ethical and equitable AI. Here's our summary.
How Young People Are Using AI
There is still so much we don't know about how young people use GenAI, so it is great to see OfCom's 2023 Online Nation Report for the UK. Here were some of the key findings…
Google Gemini Release Review
After a few delays and a lot of hype, Google just released Gemini, their new GenAI model. In this video I break down the 60 page paper they released in support of the launch, with highlights below…
6 Strategies for Using AI for Social-Emotional Learning
Helping students develop inter- and intra-personal skills is an essential part of learning and plays a significant role in students’ overall well-being and academic success. GenAI tools can help teachers create highly personalized social-emotional learning (SEL) experiences. Here are our six favorite strategies for designing SEL lessons and activities with GenAI:
A Year in ChatGPT and Education
A Year in ChatGPT and Education Timeline
Thanksgiving Activities Prompts
Try these 6 different mini-prompts to develop activities for exploring the holiday with your students.
Multi-Modal GPT-4: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
OpenAI is about to launch multi-modal GPT-4 with expanded capabilities that were unimaginable even this time last year. Unfortunately, as with all new technology there are both amazing possibilities and enormous risks. OpenAI outlines these risks in a recent paper covering the early testing of their image to text generator: GPT-4V(ision). I break down the paper in this video with a TL:DW version.
Higher Ed Workshop - Two Things
We ran our first workshop for Higher Education faculty at Ramapo College of New Jersey with a packed house of engaged, thoughtful stakeholders from across the college. There were two things that we wanted to highlight from the session.
Big Moves from OpenAI and What It Means for Educators
Open AI is making big moves with two announcements that are set to have major impacts in education. 1) The launch and integration of DALL-E 3 image generator into ChatGPT, which will allow people to use prompts to create and refine images. 2)The ability to talk to and share images with ChatGPT-4 when you are prompting, which makes ChatGPT a multi-modal GenAI tool. So what does this mean for the education sector? Teachers and students will now be able to…
11 New Prompts for Educators
Excited to announce we have added 11 new GenAI Chatbot Prompts to our Library. We have new prompts for: Aligning Standards to Text, Reference Letters, Oral Exam Ideas, Classroom Jeopardy, Worksheets, In-Class Writing Assignments…
My Wishlist for ChatGPT
OpenAI is looking to sell shares at a $80-90 billion valuation, up from 29B in April. With all that new cash about to come in, here's my wishlist for ChatGPT…
How to Use AI for Lesson Planning
Today I want to share a video walk-through of how to use GenAI chatbots for lesson planning, one of the best and most popular ways for a teacher to take advantage of the current capabilities of AI. A key to getting the most out of these tools is to remember you are the expert! GenAI is great at approximating an answer, but it isn't “thinking.” So when you use expertise-driven prompting, you can lean into the best parts of AI: creativity, speed, and refinement.
How is AI changing the future of work?
Today we're going to talk about a really important question: How is AI changing the future of work? We're reviewing a recent study from Ethan Mollick that talks about centaurs and cyborgs and the Jagged Frontier! All of which can be quite confusing and we’ll get to those ideas too – but most importantly I’m here to take you through what the study has shown on the impact of AI on work.
The Top 6 Questions for Schools to Ask Gen AI Edtech Companies
GenAI Edtech vendors will come knocking on school doors in droves this year. Here are the Top 6 Questions to ask them about their solutions:
Quick Guide Graphic for Students: Should I Use AI?
AI-powered tools promise to enhance learning, but they also come with big risks. Our new quick guide graphic helps students understand how and when to use these tools wisely and responsibly.
An Educator's Guide to Using ChatGPT+ Plugins
Top 10 Time-Saving Prompts for Teachers: Save 100 Hours Next Semester with ChatGPT!
Getting Started with AI: A Beginner’s Guide for Educators
It all begins with an idea.