Tech-Neill-ogy #35 - 11 February 2024

Your Weekly Guide to Leveraging Technology in College Counseling

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Jeffrey Neill
February 12, 2024

Welcome to Tech-Neill-ogy #35!

It’s been another busy week, but now we find ourselves again on holiday with Carnival upon us! That said, there’s a lot going on in this newsletter, so I’ll be brief here. Check out the Fliz from last week’s newsletter below!

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

How Generative AI Will Change The Jobs Of Teachers

Generative AI is revolutionizing the field of education by augmenting teaching skills, enabling personalized learning, and automating routine tasks.

www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2024/02/09/how-generative-ai-will-change-the-jobs-of-teachers

Artificial Intelligence 101: Its Evolution, Implications And Possibilities

Explore the evolution and impact of AI from its conceptual origins to its current role in 2024, how the advancements in generative AI are democratizing technology.

www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2024/02/08/understanding-ai-in-2023-its-definition-role-and-impact

5 Generative AI Chatbots Everyone Should Know About

Generative AI chatbots have rapidly become indispensable tools across various industries, transforming the way we interact with technology.

www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2024/02/05/five-generative-ai-chatbots-everyone-should-know-about

Skills shortage stands in the way of businesses unlocking AI potential

More than 60 per cent of businesses said AI is the most promising technology, followed by cybersecurity and cloud computing.

www.euronews.com/next/2024/02/06/ai-is-the-most-promising-tech-for-businesses-but-a-skills-shortage-stands-in-the-way-studi

Hire from these 9 AI-vy League companies, not Ivy League schools

An interesting take on the growth of AI.

www.signalfire.com/blog/ai-vy-league

‎Kondor

‎Kondor is your intuitive AI assistant powered by cutting-edge vision technology. Snap a photo and let Kondor analyze images, translate text from over 100 languages, or convert visual data into editable formats effortlessly. Whether you’re capturing text, objects, or scenes, Kondor delivers insights…

apps.apple.com/gb/app/kondor/id6469617425

Google Sheets™ Copilot

Put your spreadsheets on autopilot. Use GPT-4 to run tasks in Google Sheets™ and watch in real-time as the assistant executes formulas, formatting and visualisations.

workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/sheet_copilot_ai_copilot_for_google_shee/496927794322

Reggelia

Meet Reggie, your speech-focused AI language companion. Click here to join early beta testing and secure your spot on our waitlist! Start speaking like a native today!

reggelia.com

Trip Planner AI

Transform your travels with Trip Planner AI! Enjoy optimized itineraries, personalized dining suggestions, and integrate social media insights. I’ve reviewed a bunch of AI trip planners, but this one is the best I’ve encountered!

tripplanner.ai/trips

This week I am showing a pretty cool tool that has a GPT but also has a stand alone product, Pictory. However, for the prompt, go to ChatGPT’s “Explore GPTs” and then locate “Pictory GPT for Videos”. Then consider putting this in as a prompt: 

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

Create a video for high school college counselors guiding students based upon that blog post above.

I think you’ll be amazed at how quickly it churns out a final product with very little user intervention. It will ask some questions if it needs guidance, but, otherwise, it is a very interesting tool. Below is the output of the prompt above:

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 just wanted to end by sharing the ChatGPT prompting frameworks infographic below. I find it to be very helpful in thinking about the various ways I go about using it. Take a look!

I hope you enjoyed the newsletter! See you soon, and happy holidays to all of those celebrating!

And happy counseling,

Jeff