Tag Archives: AI

AI Images in Padlet

I have not written a Padlet tutorial in quite a while and I recently learned of a new feature that may interest educators and students. I have followed the development of Padlet since it was first released and I have … Continue reading

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AI Masters Breakout

Communicating the creative potential of AI can be a challenge. Stories (examples) offer an approach if your listener understands the example you use. One story about AI that first impressed me was based on the game of chess. Most know … Continue reading

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The Coming Cost of Convenience: AI Automation and Personal Services

I have reached the point that I am convinced AI tools will play a significant role in education and in our daily lives. The amounts of money companies are investing to develop and attract interest in their AI services is … Continue reading

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Consensus Discovery

Consensus is an AI-powered search tool that identifies and integrates sources on a user-defined goal. Responses to queries are based on an ever-expanding database of studies now mostly from Semantic Scholar. At this time there are approximately 200,000 studies in … Continue reading

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ChatGPT updated but not as smart

Some researchers who track the effectiveness of large language model services have made the claim that ChatGPT has become “dumber” despite the more advanced GPT-4 no being available. Now, ChatGPT promoters and these researchers are involved in the controversy of … Continue reading

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Recommendations for Summer AI exploration

Those of us who blog for the K12 Education professionals are likely to have offered recommendations for ways in which educators might use the summer months to develop their experiences with AI and to prepare for what to do about … Continue reading

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Project Tailwind – Signup now

Google has announced an AI service they call Project Tailwind, which seems to have great promise for learning. The service allows a user to interact with documents you upload or have stored in Google Docs. The link above does not … Continue reading

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AI Scams

I pass on this warning with a warning – I don’t doubt that it is true, but I am uncertain of how widespread the problem actually is. The Washington Post recently featured an article warning that some unnamed AI bots … Continue reading

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Kahn explains Kahnmigo

Sal Kahn recently prepared a TED talk explaining his plans for Kahnmigo. This addition to the Kahn Academy provides AI-powered support for learners and educators. My interest was in Kahn’s description of the potential of this addition as a student … Continue reading

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Books on AI application

Large language model AI services have only been widely available to the public for months which really does not seem lot a lot of time for evaluation and best use investigations. Yet, there are many books on ChatGPT and similar … Continue reading

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