Tech-Neill-ogy #48 - 19 May 2024

Your Weekly Guide to Leveraging Technology in College Counseling

Author

Jeffrey Neill
May 20, 2024

Welcome to Tech-Neill-ogy #48!

So it has been one full year since I began writing this weekly newsletter. I thought I had missed just 2 weeks (Christmas and Dengue), but my astute math skills show me I must have missed two other weeks at some point… In any case, thank you all for your support!

That being said, I have a small request for all 663 of you: would you do me the favor of sharing about this newsletter on your various social media platforms and email lists? Near the bottom of this issue, I’ve shared a graphic that you can download and post. I am blown away by the support and readership, and I would love to get this newsletter in front of even more. My goal is to hit 1000 subscribers by July 1! Please help by sharing this. Thanks in advance for your support with this pursuit!

That said, we are fully into the downhill sprint here at my end. Read more here on LinkedIn. Senior Week and graduation is next week, and then I’m off to New Orleans for NAFSA. Will I see any of you there?

And, particularly given the explosion of attention given to AI and all things technological, if you encounter anything interesting, please send it my way! I try to stay abreast of all I can find out there, but I am astounded to still find more resources that I’ve missed, many of which are shared by you faithful readers. Please send them my way!

For now, please enjoy this week’s newsletter!

AI and assessment in higher education

Threat or opportunity? Advice for using, mitigating and embracing artificial intelligence in university assessment, skills development and task design.

www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/spotlight/ai-and-assessment-higher-education

Flipped Classrooms Can Benefit From AI, Say Flipped Learning Pioneers. But There Are Concerns

AI chatbots could potentially assist flipped classroom instructors, both during class time and when students are watching videos, but the tech needs to solve its bias problem first

www.techlearning.com/news/flipped-classrooms-can-benefit-from-ai-say-flipped-pioneers-but-there-are-concerns

3 Ways to Address AI in Teacher Education Programs

With AI use in the classroom continuing to increase, it's critical to include it in teacher education programs

www.techlearning.com/news/3-ways-to-address-ai-in-teacher-education-programs

There’s Already a Solution to the STEM Crisis: It’s in High Schools

Some solutions include creating a sense of joy and belonging in the classroom and making the high school schedule less rigid.

www.the74million.org/article/theres-already-a-solution-to-the-stem-crisis-its-in-high-schools

CS50's Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python | Harvard University

Learn to use machine learning in Python in this introductory course on artificial intelligence.

pll.harvard.edu/course/cs50s-introduction-artificial-intelligence-python

Topview

Topview is an online AI video editor that turns your links or media assets into viral videos in one click, empowered by Youtube & Tiktok & Facebook ads library, best editor to create, edit, and enhance videos using AI.

www.topview.ai

Lazy • A capture tool for knowledge

One keyboard shortcut to save every idea, link, tweet and so much more…

lazy.so

Term Typer - Improve typing and vocabulary

Simply type the word and description to improve typing and vocabulary. Aids in language acquisition as well…

www.termtyper.com

Limitless

Go beyond your mind’s limitations. Personalized AI powered by what you’ve seen, said, and heard.

www.limitless.ai

ExplainIt

Create interactive chats for your documentation website…

explainit.mzslabs.com

All the chat this week around AI and college counseling has been College Genie, which was shared with me by Girish Ballolla, CEO at Next Gen Education. This is an exciting and innovative tool for college counselors. Not unsurprisingly, I’ve heard from many who decried this tool as some sort of death knell of human college counselors. I’m still convinced, as I have said many times, that AI will not replace college counselors, but we might be replaced by people who are using AI…

College Genie

AI-powered college and career counselor for every student.

collegegenie.org

Take a look at this tool. I’d love to hear your thoughts, as I’m sure Girish and his team would.

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… still time to register!

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

Best wishes to all of you in these final weeks of the semester and with graduation, etc. Don’t forget to lend me a hand with sharing the good word about this newsletter with the graphic below! And let me know if you come across anything interesting!

And happy counseling,

Jeff