MSM 645: ChatGPT and Crestfallen Faces
Summary:
Shawn and Troy discuss projects with Greek Gods, Moodle Database, and more. Dave flutters royally.
Jokes:
What did Cinderella say when her photos didn’t show up?
I had a pair of racing snails. I removed their shells to make them more aerodynamic, but they became sluggish.
It’s remarkable that there are old people the same age as me.
What’s the difference between a seal and a sea lion?
- An ion!
Now this brings back memories.
Ever have a stirfry outside?
- it’s just a wok in the park.
The field of yo-yo design has its ups and downs
Studies show that fertility is hereditary.
- If your parents didn’t have children, chances are, you won’t either.
Middle School Science Minute
by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com)
K12Science Podcast: Monarch Butterflies
Recently, I had the pleasure of reading the November-December 2024 issue of “Science Scope,” a journal published by the National Science Teaching Association.
Within this issue, I encountered the “Citizen Science” section, authored by Jill Nugent. Her article, titled “Journey of the Monarchs: Studying North America’s Nomadic Butterfly,” provided insightful information on the migration of Monarch populations.
Journey North, a participatory science project based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, offers a special way for educators to bring the study of the monarch butterfly migration into their classrooms. To learn more about this project, visit:
https://journeynorth.org/monarchs
http://k12science.net/monarch-butterflies/
Reports from the Front Lines
- Preparing for break
- Suicide Prevention Training
- Student Use of AI
- Computer Distribution
The Social Web
Tamasha James @relations-routines.bsky.social
Educators:
With the high demands of our roles not diminishing anytime soon, what is one thing you want to strengthen or improve after the break?
Specifically something that is in your control.
#BlackEduSky
#EduSky
Emily Camar @emilyandedtech.bsky.social
💡 Pro tip: Keep a ‘sandbox’ class in your LMS to test and explore new tools. It’s the perfect space for experimenting without impacting students. Share your tips! #EduSky #EmilyAndEdTech #EduCoach
Teacher [going over class rules on 1st day – this was before cellphones]: You may NOT leave the room unless I hand you a hall pass.
Student: What if you’re having a heart attack?
Lesson learned: Make absolute rules & you create a challenge for students to undermine you.
Don’t you hate spelling errors! Mix up a couple of letters and your whole post is urined.
Word of the weekend is ‘williwaw’ (19th century): a sudden violent squall or toppling gust of wind.
14 year olds severely underestimate the nexus between obnoxiousness and interpersonal outcomes
The future of learning is open and interactive. D2L is now accepting submissions for the 2024 H5P Awards, celebrating those using open-source tools to create impactful learning experiences.
Don’t ask students to share a “Fun Fact” about themselves but instead ask them to share a “Boring Fact” 😃
I can tell you as someone who made the switch a few years back, it results in a ton more “fun” facts and whole lot less anxiety in your students 💜
Great for adults too 😎
#edchat #edusky
Resources:
AXIS The Culture Translator
Don’t Believe Your Eyes
What it is: This week, the creators of ChatGPT debuted their much-anticipated text-to-video AI tool, Sora.
How it’s going so far: At its launch, OpenAI’s Sora was only available to people who had a subscription to the paid version of ChatGPT. But even with this restriction, massive demand for the new service seems to have overwhelmed their ability to keep up, and people trying to log in to Sora for the first time are being told that the ability to create new Sora accounts has been temporarily suspended. The sample videos on Sora’s homepage appear to be freed from the glitches and unexpected mutations that previous AI-generated videos suffered from, although critics say there are still a lot of issues to be worked out. Soon, it will be unthinkably easy for our sons and daughters to seamlessly generate high-fidelity videos of anything they can think of. What could go wrong?
Web Spotlight:
American Students Outperformed the Rest of the World During the Pandemic
By now, you’ve probably registered the alarm that pandemic learning loss has produced a “lost generation” of American students.
American students improved their standing among their international peers in all three areas during the pandemic, the data says.
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