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Tech-Neill-ogy #105 - 17 August 2025

Tech-Neill-ogy #105 - 17 August 2025

Your Weekly Guide to Leveraging Technology in College Counseling

Jeffrey Neill
August 18, 2025

Welcome to Tech-Neill-ogy #105!

The first full week of the school year is behind us! It was busy but invigorating. We spend Wednesday through Saturday (and then again on Monday) in about 11 hours of programming for our seniors, getting them prepared for the upcoming semester and application season. It was great!

That said, lots of interesting things to share this week. I hope you enjoy the newsletter!

Opinion | What A.I. Really Means for Learning

A.I. is fueling a “poverty of imagination.” Here’s how we can fix it.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/opinion/ai-college-classrooms-chatgpt.html

AI carries potential to transform both student and teacher

Educators have an opportunity to learn to use artificial intelligence early and work with students on best classroom uses, writes a middle school teacher.

www.k12dive.com/news/ai-carries-potential-to-transform-both-student-and-teacher/757478

Students Are Using ChatGPT to Write Their Personal Essays Now

AI can replicate the shape of a narrative, but not the struggle that makes it meaningful.

www.chronicle.com/article/students-are-using-chatgpt-to-write-their-personal-essays-now

3 AI Prompts That Turn ChatGPT Into Your Friend And Therapist

More people than ever are turning to AI for therapy and companionship, using chatbots to share their thoughts, process emotions, and build resilience.

www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2025/08/15/3-ai-prompts-that-turn-chatgpt-into-your-friend-and-therapist

The Hidden AI Workforce: 29% of Employees Pay for Their Own AI Tools While Bosses Provide No Traini

Our survey of 1,000+ AI users reveals who’s paying, who’s resisting, and why the highest earners fear AI the most.

explodingtopics.com/blog/ai-workforce-research

Stay on Top with #1 Productivity Tracking Software | Time champ

Stay ahead with our #1 Productivity Tracking Software. Effortlessly monitor tasks, measure progress, and enhance collaboration. Free demo available!

www.timechamp.io

PepperAI - Smart AI Secretary for Scheduling, Tasks & Chat

Let PepperAI manage your schedule, generate documents, and assist with tasks. Boost productivity with your all-in-one virtual assistant.

www.pepperai.app

Asteroid AI - AI Browser Agents for Enterprise Automation | Build in Minutes

Transform your back-office operations with Asteroid AI's browser agents. Automate insurance quoting, healthcare data entry, and complex workflows without coding. HIPAA compliant, enterprise-ready.

asteroid.ai

Hyprnote: Private, Local-First AI Notetaker for Secure Meetings

Hyprnote is an open-source AI notetaker built for compliance and privacy. Take and organize meeting notes entirely on your device with no data leaving your control. Imagine Granola AI, but runs all locally on your device.

hyprnote.com

Recall - Summarize Anything, Forget Nothing.

Your personal AI encyclopedia. Turn scattered information into a self-organizing knowledge base that gets smarter every time you use it.

www.getrecall.ai

https://www.edficacy.co/ - Tell them Jeff sent you!

I have shared this one before, but given that we just shared it with our current seniors on Friday in an application workshop, I am reminded of its power.

I am a high school senior, and you are a professional marketer. Generate an elevator pitch about me as a college applicant using the information drawn from the worksheet provided below. Focus on alignment with my VIA character strengths in particular. The pitch should be brief, professional, and compelling, it must be written in the first person, and it should be no longer than 6 sentences. 

[Copy-and-paste brag sheet here]

The quality of the output, as with anything, comes from the quality of the input. In this case, the brag sheet needs to be scrupulously detailed and updated, but, when that happens, it is amazing to watch students wrestle with the output.

Please, if you have any great prompts or ideas, please share! Send me a note at [email protected].

Webinars & Live Events Page

Look here for upcoming webinars and other events (and recorded ones) by the College Essay Guy! New events are happening all the time…

www.collegeessayguy.com/webinars-live-events

http://www.edhub.ai/

If you know of any upcoming events related to AI or tech and college counseling/admissions, please let me know! There’s been a growth in these events that I find difficult to stay on top of!