Tech-Neill-ogy #92 - 5 May 2025

Your Weekly Guide to Leveraging Technology in College Counseling

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Jeffrey Neill
May 05, 2025

Welcome to Tech-Neill-ogy #92!

It was a busy week! I made a 48-hour-ish trip to Abu Dhabi for an ADEK Counselors Forum (conference) at Khalifa University before leading an ADEK training at NYU Abu Dhabi… and then flew home! In any case, things are picking up here. Some interesting items in the sections below.

As always, if you encounter any tips, ideas, or questions, please send them my way!

Enjoy the newsletter!

AI Deployment: Future Outlook

As businesses increasingly adopt sophisticated AI applications, organizations need to weigh the trade-offs between public cloud, private…

medium.com/@sightify/ai-deployment-future-outlook-f7792f92ddf9

AI Prompt Engineering for College and Career Exploration - Mark Moody

The alternating responses of hype, panic, hand-wringing and celebration about AI are unavoidable these days.

www.msquaredcounseling.com/post/ai-prompt-engineering-for-college-and-career-exploration

I Recorded Everything I Said for Three Months. AI Has Replaced My Memory.

The Bee, Limitless and Plaud wearables record everything you say and use AI to provide summaries, to-do’s—and a slightly terrifying glimpse of the future

archive.is/zm0HZ

Tips to Tell Whether Something Was Written With AI

You can use AI to catch people using AI to write. Here's how.

www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/tips-to-tell-whether-something-was-written-with-ai

Workers could save 122 hours a year by adopting AI in admin tasks, says Google

Britain could gain 400 billion pounds ($533 billion) from AI-driven growth if it trained its workforce, Google said, after a pilot scheme in the UK showed workers could save more than 120 hours a year by using AI in administrative tasks.

finance.yahoo.com/news/workers-could-save-122-hours-230523442.html

https://edficacy.co/ - Tell them Jeff sent you!

TruthOrLie.ai

Upload a video interview and our revolutionary, AI-powered truth detection algorithm shows you the truthfulness of each statement.

truthorlie.ai

MyAudioJournal

The ultimate Audio Journal app that records, transcribes and analyzes your entries.

www.myaudiojournal.com

AI Presentation Narrator | Plus AI

Plus AI's presentation narrator can convert your slide decks into professionally-narrated videos in minutes.

plusai.com/features/presentation-narrator

PageOn

Use AI to create powerful slide decks and presentations.

app.pageon.ai

Granola — The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings

Granola takes your raw meeting notes and makes them awesome. No awkward meeting bots - just beautiful notes for you and your team, every single time.

www.granola.ai

I received a record number of email requests for the prompt I used last week to create the action figure version of myself, so here it is: 

[Upload photo.] Draw an action figure toy of the person in this photo. The figure should be full figure and displayed in its original blister pack packaging. On top of the box is the name of the toy ["NAME" with "TITLE/ROLE"] across a single line of text. In the blister pack packaging, next to the figure show relevant toy accessories.

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

iVisa

Say goodbye to your visa processing worries and say hello to effortless travel! With iVisa, you can be sure of a smooth journey. Give iVisa a go. You’ll only regret not using it before.

HTTP://share.ivisa.com/6G3rVP

Empowering Students to Use AI Ethically in College Admissions — AI in College Admissions

11am ET / 8am PT As AI becomes an integral part of education and the college application process, how can educators guide students toward ethical and effective use? This expert panel will share real-world experiences, challenges, and success stories from working with students and AI. Attendees will

www.edhub.ai/events/empowering-students-to-use-ai-ethically-in-college-admissions

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 this week’s non-tech article, I feel compelled to share this one from The New York Times on international students, a reality we are confronting on a daily basis here:

Losing International Students Could Devastate Many Colleges

Students could bypass the United States for friendlier countries as the Trump administration attacks universities and revokes visas. Their loss could hurt schools and the economy.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/us/losing-international-students-could-devastate-many-colleges.html

This particularly resonated with me: “Losing foreign students could also be bad for the broader economy, experts say. International students pumped nearly $44 billion into the American economy and generated 378,000 jobs last year alone, according to NAFSA: Association of International Educators, which promotes international education.”

Enjoy your week! Happy counseling!

Jeff