Voice typing, a powerful speech-to-text feature available in Google Docs, allows you to create and edit documents using your voice. This innovative tool can be a game-changer for those looking to streamline their workflow, save time, and minimize physical strain …
Free QR Code Generators for Teachers and Students
A collection of some of the best free QR Code generators for teachers and students. By definition, QR Codes are readable barcodes that store various types of data (e.g., the URL of a website, a YouTube video, address, contact information, …
Outdoor Pedagogy: Open-air Teaching
Teaching outdoors? Why not! Outdoor learning brings several benefits such as improving students’ physical and mental health, but also improving teachers’ well-being. Beyond this, outdoor pedagogy goes hand in hand with active learning (whose benefits have been proven more than …
Microsoft 365 quietly adds Artificial Intelligence (AI) Host to Windows 11, Windows 10
You’ll notice the new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Host when you expand Microsoft Word or other Office apps in Task Manager. The AI Host is being added to all installations of Windows via Microsoft Office updates. If you don’t see it …
The Best Pomodoro Timer Apps to Rocket Your Productivity
If you often hit a productivity wall after a few hours of work, a Pomodoro timer could help you keep your focus. This selection of timers has an option for every platform.
Are we on the verge of having a ‘Universal Teacher’?
What we’re trying to support with AI is learning, not teaching. “The Universal Teacher is not a teacher at all, it is the learner learning from the cultural achievements from the past. The Universal teacher is us being taught by …
How to Install and Run ChatGPT as a Windows App
While no official Windows version is available, Microsoft Edge and Chrome let you use ChatGPT as a native Windows app. Here’s how you can run ChatGPT as a Windows app using Microsoft Edge, create a Chrome shortcut for the AI …
A Canadian godfather of AI calls for a ‘pause’ on the technology he helped create
Yoshua Bengio, the Canadian professor (Université de Montréal) who is considered one of the godfathers of artificial intelligence, said the technology he helped create should be paused before AI turns into something too big to control.
https://financialpost.com/technology/canadian-godfather-ai-pause-technology-helped-create…
The launch of Turnitin’s AI writing detector and the road ahead
Today, we are pleased to announce the launch of our AI writing detector. The detector will support over 2.1 million educators and more than 10,700 institutions, reaching more than 62 million students. It is a milestone that represents an incredible …
Should AI be STOPPED?
Some tech titans think AI development past GPT-4 should be halted for 6 months. Here’s why I’m not so sure they should be the ones calling the shots.
https://www.coolcatteacher.com/should-ai-be-stopped/
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How mobile phones have changed our brains
The first handheld cellphone call was made 50 years ago, and since then these devices have become an essential multi-tool that helps us run our lives. But are they also altering the way our brains work?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230403-how-cellphones-have-changed-our-brains…
How to Use Your Own Videos in PowerPoint for the Web
Microsoft Insider users can now insert their own choice of videos on a PowerPoint slide. and create more personalized presentations.
https://www.makeuseof.com/use-your-own-videos-powerpoint-web/…
Post, a publisher-focused Twitter alternative, launches to public
Post, a Twitter alternative of sorts that’s rethinking how publishers should engage with social media — and how they should monetize their readership — has opened its doors to the public.
ChatGPT banned in Italy over privacy concerns
The Italian data-protection authority said there were privacy concerns relating to the model, which was created by US start-up OpenAI and is backed by Microsoft. The regulator said it would ban and investigate OpenAI “with immediate effect”.
Using ChatGPT to Create Multiple Choice Questions to Put into Moodle
This is a tutorial on having ChatGPT write questions to be imported into Moodle using the GIFT format.