Tech-Neill-ogy #73 - 10 November 2024

Your Weekly Guide to Leveraging Technology in College Counseling

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Jeffrey Neill
November 11, 2024

Welcome to Tech-Neill-ogy #73!

It was a very busy week. Things kicked off for the first-ever BMI-THE Africa International Schools Workshop & Forum in Nairobi, Kenya. It was an amazing conference, full of learning and sharing. I delivered one session on assisting students with using AI in their applications. Then off to Abu Dhabi to deliver the opening two-day training for the third year of programming with counselors through a College Board and US State Department grant for ADEK counselors. Now I’m in the Netherlands visiting universities. Later this week I’ll head to Basel, Switzerland for the CIS Global Forum.

In any case, enjoy this week’s newsletter!

Do more with Google Docs 🌟

Try these 12 useful features. [Not AI, but super helpful!]

wondertools.substack.com/p/my-favorite-google-docs-tricks

The Top 10 AI Tools for Boosting Productivity in 2024

In an era where efficiency and productivity are paramount, AI tools have emerged as game-changers. This comprehensive guide will explore…

medium.com/@Mindfultech/the-top-10-ai-tools-for-boosting-productivity-in-2024-2d5059a43703

Top 10 AI Workflow Generators for Streamlined Processes

Discover the best AI workflow generators to automate tasks and enhance productivity across the board. Learn how ClickUp can help.

clickup.com/blog/ai-workflow-generators

Chatbot vs Conversational AI: What's the Difference?

Find out the in-depth differences between chatbot vs conversational AI. Explore the various ways you can make the best use of them.

clickup.com/blog/chatbot-vs-conversational-ai

ChatGPT Search is not OpenAI's 'Google killer' yet | TechCrunch

OpenAI's search offers a glimpse of what an AI-search interface could one day look like. But it's too impractical as a daily driver right now.

techcrunch.com/2024/11/04/chatgpt-search-is-not-openais-google-killer-yet

Sona - Record Meetings and Summarize with AI

Boost productivity with Sona. Record conversations, get AI-powered transcriptions, summaries, and insights. Available on Apple Watch, iPhone, and Desktop.

sona.wtf

Meet your AI assistant for work | Sana AI

Chat, search, and interact with all your knowledge — even your meetings. Create your free account now.

sana.ai

Slidespilot

Never start creating a PowerPoint presentation from scratch again. Enter your topic and you'll receive an informative and professional presentation, within beautifully designed PowerPoint templates, instantly.

www.slidespilot.com

Note This Down – Transcribe Handwritten Notes with AI

NoteThisDown transforms handwritten notes into digital text, seamlessly integrating with Notion. Simply snap a photo, and our AI converts your notes to searchable, editable content.

note-this-down.com

Smartrip

Smartrip, your personalised travel agent, for planning, booking and during the holiday assistance. No matter your budget.

smartrip.ai

Here’s a fun prompt to try out as you seek to research different topics. Adjust the text in all capital letters. Give it a try! 

Act as a graduate student in a the field of HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE COUNSELING. You have been tasked with writing a literature review for a research project ON THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE in the role of HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE COUNSELING. Your literature review should provide an overview of the existing research on a specific topic, and identify gaps or areas where further research is needed. Your literature review should include at least 10 peer-reviewed sources, published within the last 5 years, and you should critically evaluate and synthesize these sources to build a cohesive argument. Your literature review should be structured in a clear and logical way, with subheadings to help organize your ideas. Additionally, you should provide an explanation of the methodology used to search for and select sources. Finally, your literature review should adhere to APA style guidelines.

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

In closing, I am sure there are more in-depth articles out there on the impact of the recent election on higher education in the coming years, and there will certainly be more published, but I wanted to share this piece that I’ve been pondering over the past week as my non-tech article of the week:

What Trump’s victory means for higher ed

Donald Trump’s first term shined a political spotlight on higher ed that has only grown more glaring since. A second could bring more sweeping changes.

www.insidehighered.com/news/government/politics-elections/2024/11/06/what-trumps-victory-means-higher-ed

Enjoy the rest of the week, and happy counseling,

Jeff