Tech-Neill-ogy #27 - 26 November 2023

Your Weekly Guide to Leveraging Technology in College Counseling

Author

Jeffrey Neill
November 27, 2023

Welcome to Tech-Neill-ogy #27!

I’ll be brief to get things started this week as I’m in Portugal visiting universities, and I’m trying to cram work in between commitments. (Check out my LinkedIn post for more details!)

I’ve been very excited about the number of really positive conversations that I’ve been included on as of late about the impact of AI in individuals’ professional world. I think there continues to be plenty of skepticism about student use (and misuse), but there is a rising tide of users. Hopefully this newsletter contributes a little to your own journey.

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 the newsletter!

AI could play a major role in holiday shopping

Consumers plan to use AI to improve their holiday shopping, particularly chatbots and personalized recommendations.

www.digitalcommerce360.com/2023/11/15/ai-could-play-a-major-role-in-holiday-shopping

5 Tips for Understanding AI for Today’s Classroom

Some basics for the starter in AI…

www.instructure.com/en-gb/resources/blog/5-tips-understanding-ai-todays-classroom

Building An OpenAI GPT with Your API: A Step-by-Step Guide

On November 6th at OpenAI’s DevDay, a new product called GPTs was announced. These GPTs offer a quick and easy way to build a ChatGPT…

alexsniffin.medium.com/building-an-openai-gpt-with-your-api-a-step-by-step-guide-70168bef00e7

After a year of ChatGPT, is academia getting to grips with generative AI?

Students love it but faculty typically hate it. Both are asking for help with it. But how close are institutions to devising AI policies that protect both academic integrity and student employability? New York University Abu Dhabi vice-chancellor Mariët Westermann offers her reflections

www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/after-year-chatgpt-academia-getting-grips-generative-ai

11 Best AI Email Assistants and Writers of 2023

Discover the best AI email assistants and writers of 2023 that can transform your communication. Improve productivity, generate personalized emails & subject lines, and streamline your workflow with these AI email tools.

www.promptpal.net/blog/best-ai-email-assistant-and-writers

5 Soft Skills Needed for Success in an AI-dominated Workplace

You probably won’t be surprised by the 5 points made here, but they certainly are worth revisiting.

www.fastcompany.com/90975351/the-5-soft-skills-needed-to-succeed-in-an-ai-dominated-workplace

If ChatGPT Can Write Virtually Anything, What Should a National Writing Exam Test?

That's a question the board that oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress is confronting amid AI's rapid ascendance.

www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/if-chatgpt-can-write-virtually-anything-what-should-a-national-writing-exam-test/2023/11

Best Free AI Slide Tools

We test the best free AI slide tools for teachers to see which can help your presentations

www.techlearning.com/news/best-free-ai-slide-tools

4 Education Trends Beyond AI

AI has dominated the education conversation as of late but it’s not all that is changing.

www.techlearning.com/news/4-education-trends-beyond-ai

10 AI Tools That ChatGPT Says Every Consultant Should Know

Here are 10 AI tools that ChatGPT suggests every consultant should master to stay at the forefront of their field.

www.analyticsinsight.net/10-ai-tools-that-chatgpt-says-every-consultant-should-know

Amazon aims to provide free AI skills training to 2 million people by 2025 with its new ‘AI Ready’ commitment

Amazon’s AI Ready initiative comes as new AWS study finds strong demand for AI talent and the potential for workers with AI skills to earn up to 47% more in salaries.

www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-free-ai-skills-training-courses

Generate your own fakenews with AI

Craft sensational AI-powered breaking news videos in minutes with fakenews.me! Type your script and watch our virtual newscaster bring your fake news to life, perfect for pranks, fun, and entertainment

fakenews.me/index/1700065758202x484455037289693200

Death by AI - Survival Party Game

Step into a world where AI holds all the cards. Will it be your ally, or will it pull the plug? Choose wisely, because it's not programmed to care! Death by AI is a prompt based survival multiplayer game to play with your friends and family on mobile and web.

deathbyai.gg

FreeSubtitles.ai

Transcribe audio and video to text for free with automatic free translation. I’m looking forward to trying this one out soon.

freesubtitles.ai

HearTheWeb: Instantly Turn Your Newsletter Into a Podcast

Do your subscribers prefer listening over reading? Effortlessly create captivating podcasts from text, and attract new audiences. I’m toying with this one now!

www.heartheweb.com

In reading through another newsletter earlier this week, I was struck by the results that a similarly simple prompt to this one kicked out. Keep in mind that the one super valuable functionality of generative AI is your ability as a user to engage with it as a thought partner. For example, in using this prompt, consider digging into a particular point it makes to ask it to elaborate, expand, or provide more details about how to get started. Again, a “thought partner” rather than a tool… 

I am a high school college counselor. Please provide me with 50 prompts that will help me be better at my job and more efficient.

As always, if you’d like to explore some of the other hacks, tips, and 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].

That’s it for this week. Lots going on in the world around us. I’m particularly thankful to be able to be in Portugal at the moment. I hope you all are doing well!

Happy counseling,

Jeff