Once students master the basics of math, they are allowed to use calculators. The same should be true of writing and ChatGPT.
https://bigthink.com/thinking/students-calculators-math-chatgpt-writing-essays…
Teacher saves hours a week using ChatGPT to plan lessons
A primary school teacher admits using AI and ChatGPT saves him hours every week – but he can’t see robots taking over anytime soon. David Grant, 27, reckons using technology has stopped him ‘taking the job home’ – and given …
Your phone is the key to your digital life. Make sure you know what to do if you lose it.
Preparing yourself for the worst is easier than you might think — and it’s never been more important.
https://www.vox.com/technology/23954548/lost-broken-stolen-phone-save-yourself…
Bot-Building for Educators
OpenAI have released a new “assistants” function. Put simply, this development means that it’s now possible for anyone who can use ChatGPT to “build a chatbot”.Since its release, I’ve spent some time digging into the new assistants feature to ask: …
7 principles for AI in education
The edtech industry aims to advance the responsible use of AI to enhance learning, while also protecting privacy and promoting educational equity.
‘We don’t have teachers’ | This Austin private school lets AI teach core subjects
Alpha private school leaders believe AI learning paired with life skill courses will be the standard for modern schools in the future. The school doesn’t have teachers but instead uses what it calls “guides.”
New internet addiction spectrum: Where are you on the scale?
Young people (24 years and younger) spend an average of six hours a day online, primarily using their smartphones, according to new research. Older people (those 24 years and older) spend 4.6 hours online.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231002124352.htm…
Trying to Predict the Future of AI
No-one working in higher education over the past six months will have been able to escape the frantic discussions about artificial intelligence (AI) and what it means for the future. It’s not my background, and I’m certainly no expert. One …
Using Technological Tools to Develop Students’ Attitudes Rather Than Skills
In the Winter 2023 session, I taught the complementary course Séjour international [International Stay] at Cégep Limoilou. To prepare my students for a 3-week trip to Morocco at the end of the session, I set up 2 activities involving technological …
YouTube’s AI Chatbot Reads the Comments for You
YouTube is testing out two generative AI features for Premium users that will answer user questions about the video they’re watching and summarize a video’s comment section, Google announced Monday.
https://gizmodo.com/youtube-ai-chatbot-google-bard-reads-comments-1850998925…
5 Wonderful Free Day Planner Apps for Your To-Dos, Goals, and Daily Habits
Achieve consistent daily productivity with these free day planner apps to organize your tasks and goals.
https://www.makeuseof.com/free-day-planner-apps-to-organize-to-dos-goals-daily-habits…
How Microsoft’s AI teaching assistant helps generate classroom materials
With the help of Shiksha copilot, a teacher in Bengaluru, India, reports reducing her lesson-planning time from hours to minutes.
24 of the best online MIT courses you can take for free
edX hosts online courses from the most famous educational institutions in the world.
How to ChatGPT-proof Analysis Assignments
In this post, I’m going to show you one easy solution that solves the problem of assuming students will use generative AI by incorporating it into assessments. Keep in mind this is just a sketch using naked ChatGPT. If we …
Will ChatGPT change our definitions of cheating?
We can’t yet know if we have a full taxonomy of ChatGPT-enhanced mischief, or whether certain uses should be classed as mischief at all, writes Tom Muir.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/will-chatgpt-change-our-definitions-cheating…