There's nothing like finding a quick solution to a time-sensitive problem. I have to admit that I've created a "Technical" folder to house all my technical chats with Gen AI. Having tried to do many of these solutions by searching Google, using Gen AI to come up with tailored solutions has been a BIG, HUGE time-saver. Complete Tutorial FFmpeg (Install → PATH → Command Line) …

Preparing for a workshop the first weekend in December, I asked myself, "Wouldn't it be cool to have an online assessment for Gen AI fluency but for a specific group?" I'd seen a presentation from Section, where they shared Zapier's AI Fluency assessment. As you might guess, I wasn't the only one inspired to modify the AI fluency assessment (given that it's so simple, not valid or reliable, more of a gut check) Zapier had crafted.

Every Thanksgiving break, I take a stab at backing up one of my external USB hard drives to another. It takes forever since the drives are huge and data is traveling over a USB connection. I've tried different solutions. rclone on Zorin Core Linux in action (image excerpt) Solution #1: FreeFileSync This is a solution I have relied on and recommended to others.

The MIT Project Iceberg report looks to be quite portentous but reading the whole report to quickly get the takeaways the day before Thanksgiving was not on my to-do list. I'll eventually come back to read the report in more details, but for now, I wanted to get a quick overview. So, I turned to Gen AI to tear the report apart.

Joplin is my favorite note taking app. It allows me to save ideas and content across all the platforms I use everyday. In my case that’s Linux, MacOS, and iOS.... Read More

I spend much of my day on the go, whether walking around my village or traveling nearby. During those walks and drives, I often listen to podcasts or just think... Read More

I absolutely love using Joplin Notes on my iPhone, Windows, and Zorin Core Linux devices. Alas, it won't work on a Chromebook, but that's OK for me. I decided to spring for the Joplin Notes cloud account, and it works flawlessly. Since I need a cross-platform note-taking and archival tool (where do you think I store all my long prompts for Gen AI chatbots, not to mention blog entry backups, critical to-do lists, etc.?), I rely on…

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This gives me goosebumps… ChatGPT for Teachers is built for both educators and school leaders. Teachers get a secure workspace to adapt materials for their classrooms, get more out of prep time, collaborate with peers, and get comfortable using AI on their own terms. School and district leaders can bring their teachers and school staff into one account with the same education-grade privacy, security, and compliance programs that protect student data and support FERPA requirements.

Jim DeFede talks with Randi Weingarten about the warning bell she rings in her new book, "Why Fascists Fear Teachers."

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If you've suffered anxiety over Autocrat stalling on Google Forms recently (and a lot of folks have, including me), you may be wondering, "What gives?" How could Autocrat, an amazing tool for automating mail merges for tons of uses, suddenly stop working reliably? The problem? Google Forms newfangled table formatting. As you can see, a simple step can resolve the issue:

Wow, looking forward to this! It was recorded back on March 13th and is now being released on November 4th, tomorrow. You'll be able to listen to it at: Listen to Episode 15: Classroom Technology

Instead of policies that reduce crime, we get rhetoric of locking up 'bad children.' It's counterproductive and expensive, and it distracts from real solutions that were working before Trump cut their...

Since I'm spending a LOT more time on Zorin Core Linux OS these days, I've taken some time to install all my favorite apps on it. Here's the rundown of my apps: Opera browser (it came with Brave, which I also use) Zoom MuCommander Mullvad VPN and browser Flameshot for screencaptures Signal for texting family and friends securely XnView MP…

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Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”