Tech-Neill-ogy #31 - 14 January 2024

Your Weekly Guide to Leveraging Technology in College Counseling

Author

Jeffrey Neill
January 15, 2024

Welcome to Tech-Neill-ogy #31!

Happy New Year, once again! For those of you who have returned to the office, I hope that the transition from vacation has been smooth! There is a lot of interesting content in this week’s newsletter. However, I also want to bring your attention to the Third Thursday reference in the graphic below. This is a monthly opportunity to get together with other college counselors to discuss ideas, questions, topics, etc of interest to you. It is one of the best professional development things that I do! Drop me an email if you’d like to be added to the invite.

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!

How ChatGPT Can Help With Your Lesson Plans

ChatGPT is one of the most transformative AI programs to make an appearance in classrooms. Check out this guide from the NEA on how ChatGPT can help lesson planning.

www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/try-how-chatgpt-can-help-your-lesson-plans

Is AI Affecting College Admissions?

AI can help schools automate and expedite parts of the admissions process, experts say.

www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/is-ai-affecting-college-admissions

Why AI might make us have fewer friends at work

Artificial intelligence could make us lonelier on the job. But it could give us more time to connect with coworkers, and make us hungrier for human connection.

www.businessinsider.com/ai-lonelier-at-work-friends-connect-with-coworkers-2023-12

4 Lessons From California’s Teaching with AI Guidance

California is one of the first states to comprehensively address AI in the classroom. Here are some of the state’s lessons.

www.techlearning.com/how-to/4-lessons-from-californias-teaching-with-ai-guidance

Thunderclap - Supercharge your twitter game

Write viral tweets, threads, replies and get your twitter cold DMing game on top with Thunderclap.

thunderclap.ai

ShotSolve - Instantly solve your problem with GPT-4 Vision

ShotSolve is a mac menubar app that allows you to take a screenshot and then uses GPT-4 Vision to solve any question you have in mind.

shotsolve.com

Impakt: Fitness AI Coach & Socials

Experience the future of fitness with a true AI Coach in your pocket. Train smarter, not harder! Meet your new personal trainers who analyses all your reps and helps you maximize your fitness efficiency. Being healthy & fit has never been easier: All you need to do is show up. Leave the rest to AI Coach.

impakt.com

FibonacciKu · Your genius study buddy

Personalized AI Learning Assistant for students and teachers, FibonacciKu Simplifies learning and makes education accessible

www.fibonacciku.com

Record Once: Create video tutorials with an AI, in minutes

Create video tutorials in minutes, using AI that edits and polishes out mistakes.

recordonce.com

Apologies. I had promised some of you to share a new, updated exploration of my counselor letter of recommendation process, given that much has changed since I last shared that. However, truthfully, I am still on holiday, and so I did not get around to it. That said, this is a super interesting prompt. While the general context here is to create LinkedIn posts, I’ve used this prompt simply to explore new approaches to concepts, challenges, etc. Take a look! 

Create a LinkedIn post about the topic of [topic] following the VS4C framework. Be original, daring, provocative, and add 3 hashtags related to the topic at the end.

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].

I am on holiday for another week. That said, I hope some of you will join me for Third Thursday. Also, I appreciate the handful of you who clicked on the “buy me a coffee” link! Thank you! I’m always up for others to join the charge! Let me know if you have any questions or topics that you would like me to address here in the newsletter.

Happy counseling,

Jeff