Tech-Neill-ogy #47 - 12 May 2024

Your Weekly Guide to Leveraging Technology in College Counseling

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Jeffrey Neill
May 13, 2024

Welcome to Tech-Neill-ogy #47!

I frequently refer to this time of year as the “downhill sprint,” in that we are all going to make it to the bottom of the hill one way or another; we just hope to keep our feet beneath us. Here’s a recap of last week. We are two weeks out from graduation, but there’s a ton between now and then.

I think the big news right now in the intersection of technology and college counseling is the likely announcement today by OpenAI of a search engine to rival Google. Worth keeping an eye out for the release!

For now, please enjoy this week’s newsletter! Hopefully there’s a tip or two here that you find helpful. And here’s to keeping our feet beneath us!

Ethical Use of AI: Guidelines for Fall 2024 Applicants

Caltech has released an interesting set of guidelines for 2024 applicants on the ethical use of AI in the college application. Nothing surprising, but certainly worth taking a look.

www.admissions.caltech.edu/apply/first-year-applicants/supplemental-application-essays/ethical-use-of-ai-guidelines-for-fall-2024-applicants

Warning issued to anyone using ‘AI death calculator’

An interesting read on a site that claims to predict when and how you will die…

www.ladbible.com/news/technology/warning-ai-death-calculator-users-462887-20240427

Consensus: How to Use It to Teach

Consensus is an AI tool that can help teach using research papers, in a widely adaptive new way

www.techlearning.com/how-to/consensus-how-to-use-it-to-teach

AI in Counseling: Embracing the Future

This should bring you to the recording of last week’s CGN webinar on AI in college counseling. A quick one at only 30 minutes.

streamyard.com/watch/xgjanTjt9FKM

Kaiden: Create Lesson Plans 10X Faster with AI Teaching Assistant

Discover a game-changing AI-powered teaching assistant that revolutionizes lesson planning, delivering unparalleled speed and efficiency. Elevate your teaching experience with Kaiden!

supertools.therundown.ai/content/kaiden

Kickresume | Best Online Resume & Cover Letter Builder

Create your best resume yet. Online resume and cover letter builder used by 5,000,000 job seekers worldwide. Professional templates approved by recruiters.

www.kickresume.com/en

Photopea | Online Photo Editor

Photopea Online Photo Editor lets you edit photos, apply effects, filters, add text, crop or resize pictures. Do Online Photo Editing in your browser for free!

www.photopea.com

FocuSee - Turn Screen Recordings into Eye-Catching Videos Automatically

You just focus on screen recording. FocuSee automatically adds pan and zoom effects, a nice background, and generates a professional-looking video ready for use.

gemoo.com/focusee

Bookwiz - AI-Powered eBook Creator

Bookwiz’s mission is to help writers to write books on any topic with ease, providing them with tools to customize their work and monetize their efforts.

bookwiz.io/library

I’m sure this one will provoke some opinions! A while back, I was tinkering with this AI software called Brancher to create an app. I chose to create an app that accepts minimal input from a user and creates a letter of continued interest. Take a look.

Letter of Continued Interest Generator

This is a bot to create a draft of an email to a college admissions officer to provide an update while waiting for an admissions decision

app.brancher.ai/f1ec3068-1ef9-48f2-9d90-097c55ccf321

I use this to incite conversation and debate among students in the UCLA Extension course I teach on “College Counseling for International Students.” Some are understandably critical of app, while others appreciate that it shows a student how to go about writing these things. In any case, I hope this gets you thinking some!

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].

2024 Summer Institute for International Counselors at NYU

A great event…

eventreg.collegeboard.org/event/c482116f-7a0a-4621-9ada-bc9d9175f8b2/summary

Higher Education & Adult Educators Courses | UCLA Extension

Check out the upcoming Summer Series with a fantastic line-up of guests, including Jon Boeckenstedt, Akil Bello, Peter Van Buskirk, and Phil Moreno… all free!

www.uclaextension.edu/education/higher-education-adult-educators/courses

College Board Counselor Summer Institute 2024

This free, comprehensive, online professional development event, is a flexible opportunity for counselors to connect and learn from higher education and counselor leaders.

globalmeet.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1666972&tp_key=8ddf2c8cca&SFMC_cid=EM1186864-&rid=47323503

I look forward to hearing from you about this week’s newsletter. For those of you who participate, this month’s Third Thursday will take place this week. For now, best wishes in keeping your feet beneath you!

And happy counseling,

Jeff