Tech-Neill-ogy #43 - 8 April 2024

Your Weekly Guide to Leveraging Technology in College Counseling

Author

Jeffrey Neill
April 08, 2024

Welcome to Tech-Neill-ogy #43!

I did not expect my April Fool’s joke last week to have been successful as it was. I’m not entirely sure what that means of all of your perspectives of me! That said, it was indeed a prank, and I am, sadly, not headed to the Culinary Institute of America… at least not yet!

Here’s a quick recap of what’s been going on this week from LinkedIn. Also, I’ll be leading a free UCLAxOpen webinar on AI in College Admissions tomorrow, Tuesday, April 9 at 5:00 PM Pacific Time. (There’s a second part on May 7 at 5:00 PM PT as well!) I hope you can join if you’re available!

For now, please enjoy this week’s newsletter!

UCLA xOpen Free Courses

Free personal enrichment and professional development courses and seminars offered by UCLA Extension, many of which have a tech focus. Always worth checking out what’s coming up!

www.uclaextension.edu/uclaxopen

How to Use Chrome’s New AI Features — and Why You Should

Google Chrome is integrating more and more features, and this is how you use them. Be aware that if you are using a school-based Google account, you may need to ask your administrator to allow you access.

www.makeuseof.com/how-to-use-chromes-ai-features

The Top 100 AI for Work – April 2024

AI is helping us work up to 41% more effectively, according to recent Bain research. We review the platforms to consider for ourselves and our teams. I love these lists as I’m still learning about new, cool apps and uses.

www.flexos.work/learn/top-100-ai-for-work

ChatGPT use is up, including at work

Employees under age 30 are most likely to report using the generative AI tool for tasks in the workplace, Pew says.

www.hrdive.com/news/use-chatgpt-at-work/712128

Podcast: How Should I Be Using AI Right Now?

Give your AI a personality, spend 10 hours experimenting, and other practical tips from Ethan Mollick.

www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-ethan-mollick.html

Wudpecker - Your AI Meeting Assistant

Start the meeting prepared. End the meeting with perfect notes. Share it to every stakeholder. All in a seamless experience with Wudpecker.

www.wudpecker.io

Wonderchat - Build a ChatGPT for your website

Wonderchat lets you to build a custom ChatGPT chatbot in 5 minutes. Train a GPT from a link to your website or PDF files. Embed on your website. Boost customer response speed by 100%. Generate leads. Collect powerful chat analytics.

wonderchat.io

History Teacher GPT

Discover the power of AI! Dive into history with an interactive virtual teacher, providing accurate insights and engaging explanations.

supertools.therundown.ai/content/history-teacher-gpt

Thinkbuddy - A MacOS Interface of AI

Simplify life with AI at your fingertips. All-in-one AI suite that seamlessly integrates your voice to maximize your productivity with the best price on Mac.

thinkbuddy.ai

SHUFFLL - Create incredible videos with the power of AI 🚀

Shuffll is a cutting-edge video production platform that uses AI technology to streamline the video production process. Our platform allows businesses to easily create high-quality, personalized video content in a fraction of the time it would take using traditional methods. If you are asking: "How can I create video content for my businesses?" - You arrived at the right place

shuffll.com

Perhaps to drive up some attendance for tomorrow’s UCLAxOpen webinar, here is a recording of last quarter’s. Tomorrow’s event promises to cover new use cases and tools!

If you cannot attend tomorrow’s event, I hope to record and share it out.

Some previous prompts are shared at this link and on my YouTube channel. However, if you have any great prompts or questions about prompting, send me a note at [email protected].

The College Guidance Network (CGN) hosted a webinar recently which featured AVA, which claims to be the “the first and only AI counseling assistant for students and families.” While regular readers of this newsletter would know that this claim is perhaps misleading (as there are several out there and several others that have been using AI for quite some time), there does seem to be some value in having practicing college counselors aware of the ways in which AI impacting the work that we do. As such, AVA and CGN are looking to grow their community of practice as they develop their software to support students and families. You can learn more here and join the community of practice.

And happy counseling,

Jeff