Tech-Neill-ogy #20 - 8 October 2023

Your Weekly Guide to Leveraging Technology in College Counseling

Author

Jeffrey Neill
October 09, 2023

Welcome to newsletter #20!

October is here! While many in our industry refer to this month as “Suck-tober,” I hope that you might pick up a few tips or tools or tricks to make this month a bit easier!

From my end, it was a busy week, as always (see LinkedIn post here), but I am thankful for our commitment in my office to avoid any and all travel this month. With app deadlines bearing down, this is a good thing!

This all being said, I wanted to bring your attention to the graphic below this introduction, which will bring you to a page outlining some of the various consulting work I’ve been doing as of late with the hope that an open offer might attract some attention. Be in touch if you have ideas for partnership!

And, thanks, as always, to those of you who share resources with me. I appreciate all of it! In any case, feel free to drop me an email at [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you!

Enjoy this week’s newsletter!

Redefining Student Use of AI in College Essays: From Tools to Thought Partners

In the age of AI, high school college counseling faces new challenges with students potentially using AI to generate essays. By shifting the narrative from using AI as mere 'tools' to 'thought partners', educators can foster genuine student interactions with AI. This perspective emphasizes improveme

www.jeffreyneill.com/blog/toward-effective-guidance-of-students-on-ai

AI in Education: 10 Months On

It's been 10 months since the introduction of generative AI in education. What have we learned so far?

www.techlearning.com/news/ai-in-education-10-months-on

Lesson Plan: Applying to College in the Age of A.I.

Students examine how chatbots are reshaping college admissions, look critically at what happens when they are given essay prompts, and formulate opinions about the questions raised by these tools.

www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/learning/lesson-plan-applying-to-college-in-the-age-of-ai.html

The Future is 3.5 Days: AI’s Impact on Work

JPMorgan's CEO envisions a shorter workweek, but will AI replace jobs?

www.superpowerdaily.com/p/the-future-is-3-5-days-ai-s-impact-on-work

Noty.ai - AI-Driven Workplace Assistant

Free 2 hours daily on meeting follow-ups, summaries, and tasks. Let Noty Workplace AI Assistant do it for you. I’ve not yet used this, but I am excited to give it a try!

noty.ai

‎EPIK - AI Photo Editor

‎Use professional editing tools and powerful AI technology to easily and conveniently edit photos. I have toyed with this one a bit, and it is a lot of fun!

apps.apple.com/us/app/epik-ai-photo-editor/id1577705074

SlideSpeak - ChatGPT powered chat with your PowerPoint slides.

Chat with your PowerPoint files. Upload your data and ask any question about your PowerPoint slides. Let our AI generate summaries, answer questions or get actions items out of any presentation. Seems like it will be useful in certain college counseling applications!

slidespeak.co

Briefy - AI-powered content summarizer

Turn lengthy texts, audios, and videos into structured, easy-to-digest summaries with 1 click. I have used this a bunch for summaries!

briefy.ai

AI Emoji Generator

Turn your ideas into emojis in seconds. Generate your favorite Slack emojis with just one click. This one is pure fun. Check out what I think is meant to be me to the right!

emojis.alexandru.so

AI Chat - DeepAI

AI Chat is an AI chatbot that writes text. You can use it to write stories, messages, or programming code. You can use the AI chatbot as a virtual tutor in almost any subject. This is a purely free version of generative AI, like ChatGPT. Try it!

deepai.org/chat

Zeebra - Dub your videos using AI + professionals

Dub your videos using AI. I am planning to use this for some upcoming presentations where we will dub it in Portuguese afterwards!

www.zeebra.ai

While we are in the throes of working with our pending graduates on their college application processes, it might be time to look ahead to your upcoming work with your grade 11 students. Here is a thought to get things started: 

Help me refine and revise my high school college counseling curriculum for our grade 11 students.

While a simple provocation, hopefully you might see the utility of this approach. For a much deeper dive, including a case example, please see this link. I hope you might find some value in it!

As always, if you’d like to explore some of the other prompts I’ve shared here and elsewhere, check out this link. If you have any great prompts or questions about prompting, send me a note at [email protected].

I hope you all have a great week ahead. Let me know if you see any opportunities for partnership with you, your office, or your schools. I’d welcome the opportunity!

In closing, please see this AI-generated video of 100 Years of Star Wars. Consider it a birthday present for myself as today (9 October) is the anniversary of my birthday! Enjoy!

Happy counseling,

Jeff