#MediaLit
ChatGPT update enables its AI to “see, hear, and speak,“ according to OpenAI by #ArsTechnica https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/chatgpt-goes-multimodal-with-image-recognition-and-speech-synthesis/
This is a fantastic video documentary from #bloomberg featuring interviews with Sam Altman of OpenAI & Satya Nadella of Microsoft. “AI moving from auto-pilot to co-pilot. Do NOT trust any 1 company or person with this technology.” (24 minutes)
“Microsoft & OpenAI CEOs: Dawn of the AI Wars | The Circuit with Emily Chang”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ydFDwv-n8w
(1/3) “Parent Rights” groups and voices in our communities like “Moms for Liberty” are having an outsized impact on school curriculum via local as well as national politics these days.
#ConCW #politics #polarization #radicalization #COVID #MediaLit #extremism #conspiracy #ConspiracyTheory
These groups focus on book bans, anti-LGBTQ policies, #CultureWar issues, etc. Different social media platforms (esp Facebook) play a HUGE role amplifying these voices.
I just subscribed to Teddy…
Oh my goodness! I introduced my middle school web design students to Canva today!
https://www.canva.com/
Feels like we traded in a bicycle for a Corvette. Woo hoo!
https://sites.google.com/providenceday.org/webdesign-fryer-fall2023/home
https://lessons.wesfryer.com/courses/web-design
#PDSchargers #webdesign #design #edtech #MediaLit #NCed #stem
Check out Episode 303 of the EdTech Situation Room: “Happy Birthday Google!” (our show from 30 August 2023)
https://edtechsr.com/2023/09/17/edtechsr-ep-303-happy-birthday-google/
Jason and I discussed #AI #AppleEvent #USBC #iPhone #Chromebook #SocialMedia #Facebook #IoT #military #robots #drones #MediaLit #edtech #disinfo & more!
Ep 303 Happy Birthday Google! (our show from 30 August 2023)
https://edtechsr.com/2023/09/17/edtechsr-ep-303-happy-birthday-google/
@neif & @wfryer discuss #AI #AppleEvent #USBC #iPhone #Chromebook #SocialMedia #Facebook #IoT #military #robots #drones #MediaLit #edtech #disinfo & more!
Listening to Part 1 of 3: [PODCAST] #Freakonomics 554. Can A.I. Take a Joke?
Join @neif & @wfryer for Episode 305 at 9 pm ET / 8 pm CT / 7 pm MT / 6 pm PT tonight! On YouTube LIVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL9w8KHv1FI & Facebook LIVE https://www.facebook.com/edtechSR
Discussing the new DOJ Google lawsuit, this week's Apple Event, & more!
Great suggested list of questions to ask ourselves as teachers: What (exactly) qualifies as “cheating” when it comes to using AI for writing a paper?
via Eric Curts: “Artificial Intelligence / Natural Misuse - Managing AI in Schools” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9GernLCka4
Thanks Eric Curts for suggesting & providing an AI prompt to improve teacher-written classroom AI Guidelines!
These are mine, with enhancements provided by ChatGPT 4:
https://lessons.wesfryer.com/resources/ai-guidelines
Threads blocks searches related to covid and vaccines as cases rise by #WashingtonPost #GiftLink
#edtechSR #MediaLit #COVID #BigTech #SocialMedia #ContentModeration ##ConCW #conspiracy
The Technology Facebook and Google Didn’t Dare Release by #KashmirHill #NYTimes
Today in our middle school media literacy class, we’re talking about “Ghost Shark” submarine drones / killer robots by Anduril Industries. Eye opening new Reuters article! “Wonder Links” updated:
https://lessons.wesfryer.com/wonder-links
#MediaLit #military #AI #KillerRobots #ethics #coding #politics
This week I started an “AI Guidelines” webpage for students in my classes:
https://lessons.wesfryer.com/resources/ai-guidelines
It’s a work in progress! If you have suggestions or feedback please let me know.
#edtechSR #MediaLit #NCed #PDSchargers #edtech #AI #ChatGPT #pedagogy
Tomorrow our middle school computer programming class SCRATCH TOURNAMENT begins!
Please check out & play our student #Scratch Maze games:
https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/33811970
Give students feedback / make suggestions for how to improve! All mazes are 2+ levels!
#coding #PDSchargers #NCed #stem #ComputationalThinking #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy
Apple is reportedly spending ‘millions of dollars a day’ training AI by #Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/6/23861763/apple-ai-language-models-ajax-gpt-training-spending
#AI #edtechSR #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #Apple #AppleEdu #AppleAI
Zoom's New 'AI Companion' Will Catch You Up When You're Late to Meetings by #CNet
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/zooms-new-ai-companion-will-catch-you-up-when-youre-late-to-meetings/
AI-generated child sex imagery has every US attorney general calling for action
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/ai-generated-child-sex-imagery-has-every-us-attorney-general-calling-for-action/
(2/2) Here are thumbnails of the 5 Photo Stories we created in 15 minutes! Students then shared their ‘story’ aloud with a partner.
More resources about “5 Photo Story” projects are available on:
https://showwithmedia.com/5-photo-story/
(1/2) I LOVED our “Daily Create” challenge today in our Media Literacy class: a “5 Photo Story: Weekend Recap” project! Students could use their own photos, “safe image sources,” or images they created with AI using Padlet’s “I Can’t Draw” feature.
Disinformation researchers targets of conservative culture warriors, ironically chilling free speech as they purport to defend it :-(
“These academics studied falsehoods spread by Trump. Now the GOP wants answers.” (Washington Post, 6 June 2023)
https://wapo.st/44SjwTL #GiftLink
#ConCW #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #polarization #politics #edtechSR
(1/3) Thanks to Jason Neiffer’s AI tool recommendations in tonight’s EdTech Situation Room (Ep 303) I did some quick comparisons between two tools.
#MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #AI #GenerativeAI
First, since I’m in the AI beta for Google Tools, the built-in “Help Me Visualize” option in Google Slides! Image generation takes about 20 seconds, and (in Jason’s words) looks like Stable Diffusion about 6 months ago, but it’s still OK and super easy to use!
Second, a new tool for me: Ideogram
Please join @neif & @wfryer LIVE at the top of the hour for Episode 303! Streaming on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOBWrM5w8CM & Facebook https://www.facebook.com/edtechSR
Discussing #edtech #technews #AI #ChatGPT #Claude #BigTech #googleEDU #ChromeOS #Microsoft #MediaLit & more!
Just used AI image upscaling to improve the quality of a video thumbnail I created with Google Slides. GREAT results!
https://www.upscale.media/upload
Via #JasonNeiffer cc #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #edtech #design #webdesign
US Copyright Office wants to hear what people think about AI and copyright by #Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/29/23851126/us-copyright-office-ai-public-comments
#edtechSR #AI #ChatGPT #MediaLit #regulation #TechCorrection
Just subscribed to the “Building Cyber Resilience” [PODCAST] https://pca.st/podcast/f19a2840-bc52-013b-f3f5-0acc26574db2
via #SecurityNow #TWiT cc #edtechSR #security #MediaLit #hacking
@sentient_water @markusl @hosford42 @Tooden @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity Read these before the next time you hear from NTs or read Wikipedia articles that aren't about communication: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manipulation_%28psychology%29#George_K._Simon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_techniques https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_principle#Grice%27s_maxims https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosis https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_disorder#Cluster_B https://youtube.com/@TheraminTrees?si=FBrOvRGpWgQ28-1V https://www.wikihow.com/Handle-Conflict-if-You%27re-Autistic
#advice #actuallyautistic #criticalthinking #medialit #medialiteracy
I updated my “Space and STEM Resources” website:
https://space.wesfryer.com/
#stem #edtech #space #SpaceEducation #MediaLit #teaching #education
Since we started the EdTech Situation Room Podcast in January 2016, our episodes have been downloaded over 60,000 times! (via #podlove_org)
Please keep sharing us with others interested in #edtech #MediaLit #googleEDU #AI #BigTech & other topics we regularly address!
Ep 301 Adjusting to AI (16 Aug 2023 show)
https://edtechsr.com/2023/08/25/edtechsr-ep-301-adjusting-to-ai/
@neif & @wfryer discuss #AI #edtech #MediaLit #innovation #change #future #leadership #ChatGPT #Wakelet #iPhoneSOS & more!
Following Elon Musk’s lead, Big Tech is surrendering to disinformation by #WashingtonPost #GiftLink https://wapo.st/3EbFvdb
#edtechSR #ConCW #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #politics #polarization
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education sues social media companies over mental health impacts by #WSOC https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/charlotte-mecklenburg-board-education-sues-social-media-companies-over-mental-health-impacts/HC424QXULJEDRF4DDVFYOEQ22Q/
Cyber Fundamentals by Minecraft Education: https://education.minecraft.net/en-us/lessons/cyber-fundamentals
Promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9MRjjUTsfs
#edtech #stem #DigCit #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #security #InternetSafety
Round Square schools’ ideals include “International Understanding, Democracy, Environmental Stewardship, Adventure, Leadership and Service.”
https://www.roundsquare.org/
“Proactive guardians of our planet” - More in this 3 minute overview video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox0QfO2eAqY
You can now train ChatGPT on your own documents via API by #ArsTechnica https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/you-can-now-train-chatgpt-on-your-own-documents-via-api/
Montana Digital Academy offering new Artificial Intelligence course to high school students (KPAX, 16 Aug 2023) https://www.kpax.com/news/montana-news/montana-digital-academy-offering-new-artificial-intelligence-course-to-high-school-students
Join @neif & @wfryer TONIGHT LIVE for Episode 302! Discussing the past week's technology news through an educational lens. On YouTube LIVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t1fU9DZnFA & Facebook LIVE https://www.facebook.com/edtechSR
#technews #edtech #MediaLit #AI #ChatGPT #BigTech #googleEDU
I created a new page on my teaching website to highlight student YouTubers:
https://lessons.wesfryer.com/resources/student-youtubers
Today’s #WonderLink [VIDEO] selections: 1st two in the #Codedotorg YouTube playlist “How The Internet Works” https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzdnOPI1iJNfMRZm5DDxco3UdsFegvuB7
cc #edtechSR #MediaLit #stem #coding #webdesign #MediaLiteracy
Bill Simmons, Alex Cooper, Emma Chamberlain and 36 More on The Future of Podcasting by #HollywoodReporter https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/bill-simmons-alex-cooper-emma-chamberlain-and-36-more-on-the-future-of-podcasting-1235566812/
New Google Docs discovery for me tonight: File - Page Setup - PAGELESS!
https://support.google.com/docs/answer/11528737?visit_id=638282659450811062-1841201679&p=pageless_docs&rd=1
How the Kids Online Safety Act puts us all at risk by #CaseyNewton in #Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/4/23819578/kosa-kids-online-safety-act-privacy-danger
We're BACK at LAST! Please join @neif & @wfryer LIVE TONIGHT for an EPIC Episode 299! Discussing the past WEEKS of technology news through an educational lens. On YouTube Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggtCc6X0Rdc & Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/edtechSR
Selling Your Cellphone Location Data Might Soon Be Banned in U.S. for First Time by #WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/first-u-s-ban-on-sale-of-cellphone-location-data-might-be-coming-fbe47e53
#book2read: “One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America” by Kevin M. Kruse
via #ChristOrCaesar
#ConCW #dw4jc #Jesus #politics #polarization #patriotism #nationalism #Christianity #MediaLit
I am reading “Christ or Caesar: Church and Nation in Christian Perspective” by Allan H. Harvey and Carl S. Hofmann (2023)
https://a.co/d/gg9qmn0
(Thanks to Kenny Brown!)
#ConCW #dw4jc #Jesus #politics #polarization #patriotism #nationalism #Christianity #MediaLit
Eric Curts @ericcurts is remarkable for so many reasons as an educator & educational technology #edtech / #googleEDU expert. One of them is the generous & comprehensive way he shares resources from all his sessions! Check out everything Eric is sharing this year at #ISTE23!
https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2022/12/my-iste-2023-sessions.html cc #edtechSR #MediaLit
Ep 295 Generative AI Tools in Education
https://edtechsr.com/2023/06/23/edtechsr-ep-295-generative-ai-tools-in-education/
@mguhlin If and when Twitter gets rid of the option to block users, it may be the last straw for me. I've been on the edge of abandoning the #BirdSite for several months now. Such a shame. But such is the dynamic nature of our information landscape today... #MediaLit #SocialMedia
@ct_bergstrom I recommend ignoring vitriolic drivel like that message & not giving it oxygen. We do need to be aware of the darkness in the world, but we need to be careful not to over-amplify it in our quest to fill our lives with more messages reflecting kindness / "the good" rather than evil. This is a difficult line to walk when it comes to media literacy education, I think. #MediaLit
The Finnish Science Barometer is intended to gauge public opinion and attitudes towards science. Commissioned by the Finnish Society.
https://www.tieteentiedotus.fi/files/tiedebarometri_2022_en.pdf
via Mikko Salo @Faktabaari @NORDIShub @EDMO_EUI @FactBar #MediaLit #digiURI #ConCW #MediaLiteracy #CIP
The information diet of our students is often different from that of the adults (big gaps between young and old, that is cultural but seems to be a common issue across national boundaries”
Via Mikko Salo @Faktabaari @NORDIShub @EDMO_EUI @FactBar #MediaLit #digiURI #ConCW #MediaLiteracy #CIP
We are working to “pre-bunk” election disinformation.
Started as a fact-checking service, now sharing methods on how to do fact-checking yourself
“We have a BIG NEIGHBOR and they send cyberattacks which affect our older citizens as well as young people”
Via Mikko Salo @Faktabaari @NORDIShub @EDMO_EUI @FactBar #MediaLit #digiURI #ConCW #MediaLiteracy #CIP
Now hearing from Mikko Salo @Faktabaari @NORDIShub @EDMO_EUI @FactBar: Founder of Faktabaari (FactBar) | Executive Member of EDMO NORDIS Hub | Former Member of the European Commission
https://faktabaari.fi/edu/
“Which Face Is Real?
https://www.whichfaceisreal.com/
“Our aim is to make you aware of the ease with which digital identities can be faked, and to help you spot these fakes at a single glance.”
#MediaLit #digiURI #ConCW #MediaLiteracy #CIP
Thread 🧵 of my notes from “Teaching for Resilience: FinnishED Workshop” at the University of Washington with #TIPteachers
https://www.cip.uw.edu/events/finnishedworkshop/
Our focus is on media literacy specifically for citizenship & democratic governance. #MediaLit #digiURI #ConCW #MediaLiteracy #CIP
EdTechSR Ep 293 AI’s Ethical Implications
https://edtechsr.com/2023/05/21/edtechsr-ep-293-ais-ethical-implications/
@neif & @wfryer discuss #edtechSR #edtech #MediaLit #AI #Ethics #Education #TechNews #Cybersecurity #RemoteWork #AIinEducation #DataPrivacy #GeekOfTheWeek
Scratch Day is coming May 13th! Get all the details & get involved! https://www.scratchfoundation.org/scratch-day
#edtech #edtechSR #MediaLit #coding #scratch #ScratchDay #NCed
Great Google search #MediaLit #SIFT tip tonight from @mikecaulfield: Click on the "three dots" next to a Google search result to view more information about the source! via #uwcip webinar tonight!
I started a new #wakelet collection for "Media Literacy Skills Everyone Should Have" https://wakelet.com/wake/4UYqBth3KcDEVnqPze6F0
(just getting started with 3 basics...)
#MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #edtech #literacy #googleEDU #YouTube #podcasts #create2learn
Last night I wrote a new blog post, "LISTEN Carefully to his Words," after watching the (recorded) 50 minute closing speech at Friday's NRA meeting in Indianapolis. You should read and share it:
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2023/04/14/listen-carefully-to-his-words/
I also cross-posted this to Medium & my Substack newsletter on media literacy:
https://medium.com/@wfryer/listen-carefully-to-his-words-c1df6922d5d
#democracy #elections #politics #polarization #history #MediaLiteracy #MediaLit #citizenship
.bubble “The best way to build apps without code” https://bubble.io/ via #kendirkin #theDLCedu
[VIDEO] Collecting Information for a Chart in ChatGPT ("use a required table format to collect and gather information to save time and use that for studying the information!") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn7vfLjg_YI via #jontfila #theDLCedu cc #edtechSR #ChatGPT #MediaLit #edtech
2007 research publication by Google: “Attention is All You Need”
https://research.google/pubs/pub46201/
Via #AmyWebb
#edtech #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #SXSW23 #future #edtech #AI #ChatGPT
new post: Digital Picture Frames
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2023/04/02/digital-picture-frames/
Ep 286 Mom Isn't Calling
https://edtechsr.com/2023/04/02/edtechsr-ep-286-mom-isnt-calling/
@neif & @wfryer discuss #AI #ChatGPT #Microsoft #security #scams #MediaLit #edtech #ChromeOS #Chromebooks #googleEDU #copyright #InternetArchive #Hachette #FCC #SocialMedia & more!
new post: Write Less (Smart Brevity)
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2023/03/24/write-less-smart-brevity/
#blogging #writing #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #attention #AttentionEconomy #marketing #advertising #wisdom
“Conspiracy theories are good for business in the attention economy” by Kelly Weill #KellyWeill
#ConCW #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #ConspiracyTheory #digiURI
https://www.audible.com/pd/B0B7QMTDRN?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=player_overflow
Inside the Flat Earth Conference, Where the World’s Oldest Conspiracy Theory Is Hot Again (from 2017) by #KellyWeill in #DailyBeast https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-flat-earth-conference-where-the-worlds-oldest-conspiracy-theory-is-hot-again or https://archive.ph/zKvqY cc #ConCW #conspiracy #ConspiracyTheory #FlatEarth #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy
I created a new resource website for "Oral History Projects" https://medialiteracy.wesfryer.com/oral-history
#MediaLit #oralhistory #family #FamilyHistory #podcasting #podcast #interview
Mind map drawing example & free #wakelet educator’s guide by Manuel Herrera @manuelherrera33
https://wakelet.com/wake/76cc922c-35c8-4033-897d-4b2cfeb0b740
#NCTIES23 #create2learn #sketchnote #creativity #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy
Great student sketching lesson idea! Similar to my lesson “All About Me / All About Us” “Identity Collage” https://mdtech.casady.org/lessons/identity-collage with Google Slides But with drawing!
via Manuel Herrera #NCTIES23 #create2learn #sketchnote #creativity #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy