Tech-Neill-ogy #72 - 3 November 2024

Your Weekly Guide to Leveraging Technology in College Counseling

Author

Jeffrey Neill
November 04, 2024

Welcome to Tech-Neill-ogy #72!

Happy November! For some of us, this means more than others. For me, I have sent off applications for 32 of my 38 senior counselees. Phew. What a month.

In any case, I am off on a two-week work trip now, first to Nairobi for a BMI-THE event, then to a College Board event in Abu Dhabi, and then to Amsterdam to visit universities, and finally to Basel, Switzerland for the CIS Global Forum. I hope to see many of you at these various events!

In any case, enjoy this week’s newsletter!

Ethan Mollick on LinkedIn: On AI Natives…

I keep hearing from executives that they expect that a new generation of "AI natives” will show them how to use AI. I think this is a mistake… [I’ve been talking a lot about this lately…]

www.linkedin.com/posts/emollick_i-keep-hearing-from-executives-that-they-activity-7258170867770167296-5qAO

Introducing ChatGPT search

Get fast, timely answers with links to relevant web sources. [Try the Chrome Extension!]

openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-search

AI May Ruin the University as We Know It

The existential threat of the newest wave of ed-tech.

www.chronicle.com/article/ai-may-ruin-the-university-as-we-know-it

5 Small Steps for AI Skeptics

Getting academics to teach with tools like ChatGPT is proving to be a tough nut to crack.

www.chronicle.com/article/5-small-steps-for-ai-skeptics

Spinach AI

Spinach is the world’s first AI Meeting Assistant - a virtual, AI powered teammate that’s always on time, captures accurate meeting notes, and follows up with action items and ticket suggestions.

www.spinach.io

Sourcely | Find Academic Sources with AI

AI-powered literature sourcing tool that quickly retrieves relevant texts based on user input. With advanced natural language processing techniques, it provides easy access to diverse information sources, saving time and effort. Get help from Sourcely AI.

www.sourcely.net

STORM, from Stanford

Get a Wikipedia-like report on your topic with AI

storm.genie.stanford.edu

AI Infographic Maker - Create Stunning Visuals Easily

Create custom AI-powered infographics for your content poster maker, infographic generator online, infographics, infographic of infographics, infographic examples

graphicinfo.cc

ContentRadar - Create and repurpose content super fast

Create & repurpose content with AI for LinkedIn & X in one click. Sign up for free!

contentradar.ai

Here’s a new prompt that I’ve been working on in preparation for some upcoming work with juniors and sophomores. The full prompt can be found here. I’ve lately been thinking a lot about the ways in which AI can be used to provide more critical feedback directly to students, enabling deeper work between the counselor and the student without having to navigate, perhaps, some discomfort by the student. Give it a try.

If you have any great prompts or ideas, please share! Send me a note at [email protected].

Webinars & Live Events Page

Look here for upcoming webinars and other events (and recorded ones) by the College Essay Guy! New events are happening all the time…

www.collegeessayguy.com/webinars-live-events

For my non-tech article this week, I wanted to share the following piece that focuses on how educators can enhance the teaching of critical thinking skills, in light of what seems to me to be another wave of negativity aimed at AI.

Want to hone students’ critical thinking skills? Give them more opportunities for input

A Rand Corp. analysis finds student input contributes to more engaging and hands-on learning, which strengthens crucial skill sets.

www.k12dive.com/news/students-critical-thinking-skills-project-based-learning/728783

Enjoy the rest of the week, and happy counseling,

Jeff