Tech-Neill-ogy #49 - 26 May 2024

Your Weekly Guide to Leveraging Technology in College Counseling

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Jeffrey Neill
May 27, 2024

Welcome to Tech-Neill-ogy #49!

I hope all are doing well with the downhill sprint to the end of the school year! We had graduation this past Saturday, so now we are refocusing attention on the younger grades. We had a marvelous Senior Week. Read more here on LinkedIn!

As of my writing this, the newsletter is up to 705 subscribers, but I would love to encourage you all to share mention of it on social media. A graphic you can share is at the bottom of this newsletter.

Do not forget to send me things you encounter about the intersection of college counseling and technology! So much is out there I am not aware of!

That all being said, for now, please enjoy this week’s newsletter!

AI Translation Made Simple: How to Translate Any Language Quickly and Accurately

Picture yourself traveling to a foreign land for a vacation, eager to immerse yourself in the country’s vibrant culture and history. When…

medium.com/@ahlamkiki/ai-translation-made-simple-how-to-translate-any-language-quickly-and-accurately-9a844a39f476

How Generative AI Can Augment Human Creativity

There is tremendous apprehension about the potential of generative AI—technologies that can create new content such as text, images, and video—to replace people in many jobs. But one of the biggest opportunities generative AI offers is to augment human creativity and overcome the challenges of democratizing innovation.

hbr.org/2023/07/how-generative-ai-can-augment-human-creativity

Improvements to data analysis in ChatGPT

Improvements to data analysis in ChatGPT Interact with tables and charts and add files directly from Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive.

openai.com/index/improvements-to-data-analysis-in-chatgpt

The best AI chatbots in 2024

Find a ChatGPT alternative to suit your needs, with options to create an AI chatbot yourself. All these AI chatbots bring something new to the table.

zapier.com/blog/best-ai-chatbot

This is how I plan to explain AI PC to my confused friends and relatives

Let’s think differently…

www.techradar.com/computing/laptops/this-is-how-i-plan-to-explain-ai-pc-to-my-confused-friends-and-relatives

RefBuilder

RefBuilder is the world’s easiest way to write and organize reference letters.

refbuilder.com

Bragsheet AI

Bragsheet.ai creates everything you need to request a great reference letter or letter of recommendation: a polite email message to your recommender, a brag sheet highlighting your qualifications, and a personal first draft of the letter that your recommender can use (or not) to save time.

bragsheet.ai

Intelligent Diagramming | Lucidchart

Lucidchart is your solution for visual communication and cross-platform collaboration.

www.lucidchart.com/pages

DocLime

Save hours from reading research papers. Generate research ideas, search papers, summarize, create Q&A, and chat with your PDF.

doclime.com

Survicate: Effortless Survey Software

Survicate lets you create engaging surveys with ease, including NPS, CSAT and CES. Collect continuous customer feedback with email, web, in-product and mobile app surveys.

web.survicate.com

I’ve been toying with the idea on and off again of expanding into other realms of social media. Here’s an idea you might try if you are similarly interested. 

Create a social media schedule: You are an expert social media manager. I want you to create a schedule for social media posts over one month, starting from [insert date that schedule will start]. The frequency of posting will be [daily/every two days/every weekday/weekly]. My business is called [insert name] and we sell [insert products or services]. For each post, include the day it will be published, a heading, body text and include relevant hashtags. The tone of voice we use is [professional/casual/funny/friendly]. For each post, also include a suggestion for an image that we can use that could be found on a stock image service.

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 just a little 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

This meme is from AI Breakfast, but I’m not sure how to cite my source here…

There are some interesting tools above in the Extracurriculars section, and I’ll be interested in getting your perspectives on them, if you have the time to explore!

And happy counseling,

Jeff