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AI Literacy – Another Think Coming
Well-crafted points on this topic by Miriam Reynoldson: Using AI is not about communicating. It’s about avoiding communicating. It’s about not reading, not writing, not drawing, not seeing. It’s about ceding our powers of expression and comprehension to digital apps that will cushion us from fully participating in our own lives. Generative AI use is degenerative…
Another Week on Manjaro Linux – Another Think Coming
Wow, it seems silly to write about the operating system one uses, but I have been so impressed with how fast, easy to use Manjaro Linux (KDE Plasma) has been to use. My journey started with quite a bit of frustration, simply trying to get past UEFI and Secure Boot on a laptop while keeping…
Three Quick #AI Updates #napkin #anthropic #claude #canva – Another Think Coming
These are updates that dropped this week, and I wanted to note them here. I started with three about Napkin, Canva, and Anthropic, but had to add the latest news break from Perplexity. Update #1: Napkin AI Napkin AI shared on Thursday, April 10, 2025 that they now have new ways to get information into…
Webinar: NSPA AI Fast Track (Updated 4/16/25) – Another Think Coming
Welcome to my resources for my NSPA AI Fast Track session, Crafting Better AI Prompts: Unlocking Efficiency and Accuracy for Scholarship Workflows. This page offers a few links and resources curated for your use. Everything I created is shared via CC-BY-SA copyright (share it freely with others and link back for credit). Also, a new…
Free Event: Colorado Innovates – Another Think Coming
The goals of the Colorado Innovates conference are to share the awesomeness, better connect our trailblazing educators, and learn about the amazing things that are happening in other schools across the state. On Saturday, May 3, 2025, twenty-seven innovative Colorado schools will give twenty-seven unique, live, online presentations. Attendance is free and 60% of the slots…
Dangerous Thinking with #AI – Another Think Coming
Later this month, I have the opportunity to share a little about AI with faculty and staff, perhaps even students, at a Texas university. Looking over my presentation, I feel like I'm turning the fire hose, a torrent of ideas and information on and about AI, on them while also trying to model some specific…
#AI Annotation Analysis Assistance – Another Think Coming
Listening to one of the Boodle Box facilitated webinars, I had a chance to listen to Cheney Luttich. As I listened, I took notes. The goal of this webinar is to address some of the ways GenAI can be helpful in higher education classrooms. I found Cheney's approach, Active Annotation, intriguing since it hinges on…
Writing with the PRISM Framework – Another Think Coming
This is something I found intriguing to explore. It arose from a suggestion from a former colleague. I had let the idea sit for a while, then thought about making the connection to the PRISM Framework. What is the PRISM Framework? The PRISM Framework (adapted from Biggs' the SOLO Taxonomy as a way to help…
grille d’évaluation – Another Think Coming
TCEA published this blog entry I wrote about rubrics, and Gerald shared it via BlueSky social media to his French colleagues. Read English version It occurred to me, "Why can't I use AI to write him a response in French and translate the blog entry?" So I did. You'll have to check the English version…
MyNotes: Dropping #AI Cost: Doom for Average Workers? – Another Think Coming
With the release of the AI 2027 report, the rhetoric or storytelling is amping up: The AIs of 2024 could follow specific instructions: they could turn bullet points into emails, and simple requests into working code. In 2025, AIs function more like employees... [by 2026], AI has started to take jobs, but has also created…
Exploring MX Linux – Another Think Coming
I have an old laptop (Alienware 15) that I got awhile back. With all the stuff going on about Windows 11 Recall, CoPilot, etc., I had been wanting to have one machine in my life that might not have someone peering over my shoulder to read my screen. In this blog entry, I share a…
New Online Course for #Texas #Science TEKS #education – Another Think Coming
Are you ready to take your science instruction to the next level? The Science Teachers Association of Texas (STAT) and TCEA are excited to introduce a brand-new course. The course is “The Three Dimensions of the Science TEKS.“ Learn more.
AI Admin Assistance PD – Another Think Coming
As Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) finds its way into school and district offices, administrative assistants are on the front line of learning what works. This blog entry suggests some use case scenarios and training ideas to keep admin assistants learning forward. Read the rest.
A Visit to the Bookstore – Another Think Coming
I'm back from a morning jaunt over to Half-Price Books in San Antonio, Texas. My wife found a gift card from a colleague and friend (DB) in the kitchen maildrop, so I found myself wondering, "How many books could I get?" Of course, I didn't stay in the $2.00 carousel, and floated around my favorite…
Spotify Sucks – Listening Disappointment – Another Think Coming
Imagine getting to the second book in a series, ready to start listening, and you get this message above from Spotify. Then, you find out how much it costs to "top off." Top off? I'm already PAYING money for Spotify access. You don't limit, as far as I know, how many podcasts, etc. I listen…
Go Public: Schools and Libraries Need Saving – Another Think Coming
Consider this report from the San Antonio Express News about a district near me: The Judson ISD board is considering cutting librarians, increasing class sizes, reducing uncertified teacher pay and raising taxes to cut costs. “Elementary school is where literacy gaps start, elementary school is where achievement gaps start,” said Jo Powers, a fourth-grade teacher…
Is #AI Worth the Trouble and Cost? – Another Think Coming
Is Gen AI worth the trouble and cost in K-16? That's the question that apparently is bugging lots of people: Gina Parnaby, a 12th grade English teacher at Atlanta's Marist School, told Axios that she has seen students using AI "as a way to outsource their thinking" and "flat-out cheat. Parnaby is resisting the use…
MyNotes: Carnegie Learning’s State of #AI in #Education #EduSky – Another Think Coming
Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to watch and listen to the Carnegie Learning AI in Education webinar facilitated by Amanda Bickerstaff. The webinar is accompanied by a link to a report from Carnegie Learning. There are some beautiful, informative graphs in the report (some included below). On watching the webinar, I took about…
Analysis and Revision – Another Think Coming
Running local AI (Ollama with Gemma 3 via PageAssist in browser), I asked it to critique the argument I made in this blog entry, What is Ethical AI? I had also applied the custom instructions presented as a system prompt. An MXGraph code was generated and dropped into Draw.io to create diagram, which ended up…
Game On: Using Gamification in Your Writing Lessons #EduSky #writing – Another Think Coming
How cool to see this piece from Stacey Pattenaude and Samantha Sanchez (listen to this podcast with Samantha), two amazing educators I continue to learn from. They first presented on this topic at the TCEA Area 20 event, hosted by Northside ISD in San Antonio, Texas. I missed that presentation, but they revisited the topic…
No More Active Producers of Meaning – Another Think Coming
Ouch. This quote highlighted by Ben Williamson in a LinkedIn post is worth checking out: … by accepting generative models’ normative rationality, the University reframes learning and research as essentially consisting in the evaluation of models’ outputs. Instead of teaching students to become the active producers of meaning, analysis, and arguments, students learn to become…
Backing Up Wikipedia – Another Think Coming
The other day, I heard a news broadcast about Wikipedia getting unwanted attention from worrisome corners. I remarked to my wife, “It wouldn’t hurt to make a backup of Wikipedia and other similar sites in case….” Then I saw this: "Here we have the top DC prosecutor clearly threatening Wikipedia over editorial decisions - and,…
AI vs HI Interns – Another Think Coming
Will AI destroy critical thinking in K-12 schools? Yes, of course it will unless humans miraculously change how they learn and retain info longterm. When will we get those digital memory aids and enhance our wet brain schema oriented brains? Not soon enough. via Thinking is Power Facebook post Artificial vs Human Intelligence. AI has…
What Is Ethical AI? – Another Think Coming
In following along on a conversation via Linked In, I saw Shana V. White ask this question: How do you define "ethically"? Later, someone asks the question that Shana may really be asking in regards to AI, "What is ethical AI?" From my perspective, the questions raise the bigger issues. It reminded me of a…
Revisiting CryptPad and #Diagram Tool – Another Think Coming
Could it be folks are moving away from US-based businesses like Google? I read this with some interest: As part of the UN Open Source Principles initiative, the UN has invited other organizations to support and officially endorse these principles. To collect responses, they are using CryptPad instead of Google Forms... If you don't know…
Free ChatGPT Action Figures? – Another Think Coming
The latest craze has been using ChatGPT to create action figures: Prompt:Make a picture of a 3D action figure toy, named "Miguel G." Make it look like it's being displayed in a transparent plastic package, blister packaging model. The figure is as in the photo, [Latino/He/His] style is very [light dark skin, bald middle aged…
Merging Text Files – Another Think Coming
I was a bit at a loss how to merge 22 different text files into one file. You see, I had a few PDF files that I converted to text files (I used Calibre). But I wasn't sure how to combine them into one file. There are several programs but making a *.bat file worked…
Exploring Ollama with Page Assist – Another Think Coming
I thought it might be fun to revisit what local AI solution I'm using and what graphical user interface (GUI) am I using to interact with Ollama. That GUI is Page Assist. While I rely on Brave and Waterfox as my main browsers, Vivaldi is relied on for specific purposes (e.g. the Mail client). This…
Print Book Perspectives – Another Think Coming
Doug Johnson bemoans print books and I had to laugh: So I broke down and bought the paperback version. And boy, do I regret it. I had forgotten just what a pain in the butt reading a fat, heavy, stiff, small print publication can be. I have to have my reading glasses. I have to…
Daily Takeaways from AI Emails – Another Think Coming
For fun, I ran today's Gmail summary through Google Flash 2.5 Pro (experimental) with a Mark Twain spin. I found the results humorous. Everything below the divider is AI generated. Well now, ain't progress somethin'? Seems like every time you turn around, there's some newfangled contraption promisin' to do your thinkin' for you. Here's the…
A Bias Hidden in #AI? Really? – Another Think Coming
The objection to this headline isn't that there is bias in AI. It is the assertion that it is "hidden" somehow. Consider this article, AI culture war: Hidden bias in training models may push political propaganda by Grant Gross, via CIO...it says: Some AI experts warn that DeepSeek has the potential to secretly spread cultural…
Summer Reading List – Another Think Coming
Looking for summer reading list but the Chicago Sun-Times list let you down? Here are TWO reading lists you can try out, both generated by Perplexity AI. It makes me wonder, "Did the guy know how to prompt right?" Generated with Google's AI Studio Image Generator A Quick Aside: Hey, I know you want to…
Ethical AI vs Ethical Coffee Production – Another Think Coming
In sharing a previous blog entry, Stephen Downes asks: Why are we so much more stringent about AI ethics than, say, the ethics of coffee production? The simple answer is, coffee production is regulated, the negative effects are localized and active efforts underway to mitigate impacts. AI bot picking coffee beans to save human workers…
Reading Simple Things – Another Think Coming
When I was in second grade, on account of learning two languages, and having a terrible teacher who didn’t teach, I failed second grade. I ended up in summer school at Ft Clayton Air Force Base in Panama 🇵🇦 learning English phonics. Note: The inexperienced teacher (Ms West) was replaced by a wonderful teacher, Ms.…
Stand Up for Libraries – Another Think Coming
Highlighting this bit from Elissa Malespina: On March 14, 2025, an executive order was issued directing the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) "to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law." Subsequently, the entire staff of IMLS has been placed on administrative leave…This action appears less about fiscal responsibility and more…
Ctrl+Alt+Teach Preso Materials – Another Think Coming
On Monday, 04/21/2025 (actually, at noon today), I get to present to a Texas university via a webinar. It's been fun curating the content and finding a way to make it available online. I decided to convert my slide deck to a PDF, convert it to text, then drop it into AI tools to see…