Transforming Professional Work Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize the way we work, and one area where we may soon see significant impact is in professional white-collar jobs. White-collar work typically involves tasks that require mental or analytical skills, such as writing reports, analyzing data, or making decisions. Generative AI, like ChatGPT, can… Continue reading AI at Work
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Learning with AI
How AI might transform learning and teaching Artificial intelligence (AI) technology might transform the way we learn and teach in high schools. Important and long held goals of improving learning and increasing equity could be on the horizon. From personalized learning to 24/7 availability, AI has the potential to revolutionize education in ways we never… Continue reading Learning with AI
AI as a Writing Tool
Though it may seem this way, I will not turn this blog into an exclusive focus on generative AI and ChatGPT. However, it is hard to argue that generative AI has not exploded into our collective consciousness as a disruptive, game-changing technology. I began this series to explore emerging technologies and ChatGPT, launched just in… Continue reading AI as a Writing Tool
AI as Learning Tool
Ready or Not the Future is Now The controversy over students using generative AI rages on. Study.com reports that about 90% of the 1000 students they surveyed in January 2023 have used ChatGPT for help on homework. While this sample is drawn from computer-savvy college students and undoubtedly not representative of all high school and… Continue reading AI as Learning Tool
Learning with AI
An Essential 21st Century Skill ChatGPT and other AI’s that can generate natural language text when prompted are big news. Recently, a Wharton business school professor announced ChatGPT had passed the final exam he had given it and speculated that perhaps the AI might earn an MBA. This ignited a firestorm of controversy, speculation, and… Continue reading Learning with AI
ChatGPT:
Terror or Tool? When Christian Terwiesch, a Wharton professor, announced that ChatGPT might earn an MBA, the internet went wild. AI is big news yet again. ChatGTP can generate its own essays and is not limited to simply responding to prompts. This past November, OpenAI, the company making ChatGPT, announced its release to the public.… Continue reading ChatGPT:
What’s Shaking
The Raspberry Shake is not a new type of smoothie, but a new tool for detecting earthquakes and other seismic activity. Developed by a startup in Panama, the Raspberry shake is a powerful tool for people interested in earthquakes and citizen science. The Raspberry Shake, designed initially as a maker project for home use, has… Continue reading What’s Shaking
Enabling Technologies
Raspberry Pi Sometimes one good idea leads to many others and the Raspberry Pi computers are a great example. The Raspberry Pi is a set of small, single-board computers created for to help teach computer science in schools and to other interested learners. Released in 2012 by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, an educational charity focused… Continue reading Enabling Technologies
The Beaufort Scale
Talking about the weather is usually a sign of conversational desperation and that is particularly true in California. The weather patterns here are fairly regular and predictable. Recently, however, a long series of very stormy and rainy weather has buffeted California. Watching the trees bend and sway in the gusty winds reminded me of the… Continue reading The Beaufort Scale
Youth Robotics
Robotics is not only the province of Silicon Valley high-tech start-ups or university engineering grad students. Inventor Dean Kamen founded FIRST as an organization to encourage young people to get involved in STEM activities to prepare for a technology-rich future. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) aims to combine the excitement… Continue reading Youth Robotics
STEM & Creative Change 