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Career Tech AI Prompts - https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2025/08/ctprompts.html
100 prompts for student learning: simulated interviews, problem-solving scenarios, work-based simulations & more
300+ prompts for teachers: planning, differentiating, assessment, content creation, career exploration & more
If you're aware of digital pedagogy, you may be familiar with Jon Dron. Here's his article on why genai is not a tool.
https://jondron.ca/just-a-metatool-some-thoughts-why-generative-ais-are-not-tools/
K-12 Cybersecurity Insider | 8/11/2025 edition https://www.k12six.org/k12-cybersecurity-insider/blog-post-title-one-tlgam-3ktjh-4d3af-gpdgn-ccjng #edtech #edusec
I had a sort-of nightmare. I was at a Ben WIlliamson lecture and he said he was stepping down bc he couldnt fight the AI onslaught anymore. I shouted out how can he be forced to step down and many other people will lose jobs bc of this? Unis are bankrupt, yet pay £m to bigtech for chatbots.
#academia #academicchatter #edtech
(Side note: I posted this on BS but no one reacted. I think BS is mostly tumbleweed for mere mortals.)
What we're reading:
"Asked to generate intervention plans for struggling students, AI teacher assistants recommended more punitive measures for hypothetical students with Black-coded names and more supportive approaches for students the platforms perceived as white, a new study shows."
We know that educators are bombarded with (VC-funded) hype about AI tools as magical solutions. Please don't take these claims at face value and do your own due diligence. 1/4
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/06/ai-teacher-assistants-promote-racial-bias-study-finds/
Podcasting Is Bigger Than Ever—but Not Without Its Growing Pains (FAST COMPANY, 08 August 2025)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91380550/podcasting-is-bigger-than-ever-but-not-without-its-growing-pains
Question Bank Bulktags
Updating the tags on a single #Moodle #quiz question with 4 tags can be time consuming. It typically takes 9 clicks to update a single question. If you have a category with 20 questions that is 180 clicks. And of course there is a good chance of making a mistake.
My question bank #bulktags plugin has been accepted into the plugins database and it can reduce that task down to 10 clicks.
Gemini's Guided Learning - https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2025/08/guided-learning.html
Instead of Gemini giving the answer
Gemini guides the student through the learning process
Great for HW, essays, review, learning & more!
Watch my demo video
I missed this news back in April. I wonder how this work for #OpenAI is going?
OpenAI Is Building a Social Network (The Verge, 15 Apr 2025)
https://www.theverge.com/openai/648130/openai-social-network-x-competitor
I had an awesome time yesterday at the Ohio Council of Community Schools PD day presenting sessions on: The AI Toolbox
AI to Support all Learners
AI for Admins
All of my AI resources can be found at https://www.controlaltachieve.com/ai
Fantastic, practical Google advanced search tips and techniques in this podcast! Thanks to Paul Myers (BBC Verify) and Henk van Ess!
https://pca.st/episode/480a540d-4fef-47ca-9e8d-333b71da1ae1
Find more of my podcast recommendations on Pinboard:
https://pinboard.in/u:wfryer/t:podcastrecc/
It Looks Like a School Bathroom Smoke Detector. A Teen Hacker Showed It Could Be an Audio Bug https://www.wired.com/story/school-bathroom-vape-detector-audio-bug/ #edtech
OpenAI Unveils GPT-5, Pushing the Boundaries of Artificial Intelligence (New York Times, 7 Aug 2025)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/technology/openai-chatgpt-gpt-5.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ck8.9jIR.JASSKRaURThn&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke on AI, Coding, and Copilot (The Verge, 7 August 2025)
https://www.theverge.com/decoder-podcast-with-nilay-patel/720075/github-ceo-thomas-dohmke-ai-coding-copilot-openai-interview
@toddconaway @neif I helped facilitate multiple #edtech “playdates” when we lived in Oklahoma City and they were always both fun and inspiring! https://sites.google.com/view/playdateclt/home