Interesting Recent Articles
“AI and the Future of Work,” The Conversation
This thoughtful piece features five experts giving opinions on “what ChatGPT, DALL-E and other AI tools mean for artists and knowledge workers,” including an evolution in skills. Thanks to Josh for recommending it!
If history is any guide, it’s almost certain that advances in AI will cause more jobs to vanish, that creative-class people with human-only skills will become richer but fewer in number, and that those who own creative technology will become the new mega-rich.
Larry Ferlazzo, et al., “19 Ways to Use ChatGPT in Your Classroom,” EdWeek
A prolific edublogger compiles responses from teachers about creative uses of AI tools in the classroom, including generating outlines and giving feedback on essays.
When ChatGPT went live in November 2022, it didn’t take long for us to pick up on the heightened anxiety over this new AI tool and the potential impact on writing instruction. As teacher leaders with more than 20 years combined experience teaching high school English, we wanted to test it for ourselves. Right before our holiday break, we sat down to explore ChatGPT side by side, and here is what we found.
Sarah Cooper, “8th Grade Insights Into ChatGPT and the Future,” MiddleWeb
Thoughts from Prep students about the possibilities of powerful new AI language models.
Even a 15-minute conversation energized me and gave me more insight into the tool’s capabilities. What sparked me most? The farsighted perspective students had about how this tool could change not education but our entire lives.
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Recent Faculty and Staff Professional Growth
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English teachers Emily Balliet, Monica Coorsh, and Department Chair Tyke O’Brien took part in the 2022 National Council of Teachers of English National Convention.
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Physical Education teacher Ramses Barden learned more about Functional Range Conditioning through a seminar offered by Functional Anatomy Systems.
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School Counselor Kiara Best and Learning Specialist Ann Vradenburg took part in the Teaching Struggling Brains Conference offered by Learning & the Brain in Boston.
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Curricular Coordinator Reid Fritz attended two webinars: Navigating the Political Divide Among Independent School Adults from Independent School Management and CAIS Accreditation for Self-Study Team Training from the California Association of Independent Schools.
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Science teacher David Herman and Science Department Chair Laura Kaufman spent a day with jelly scientists and aquarists at the Aquarium of the Pacific, bringing back new ideas for Prep’s own Jelly Lab.
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Math Teacher Maddie Martin and School Counselor Kiara Best led a group of students to San Antonio for the Student Diversity Leadership Conference and attended the People of Color Conference, both hosted by the National Association of Independent Schools.
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Physical Education Department Chair Julie Mejia joined California Teacher Development Collaborative for their annual Women + Leadership Conference, Women Rising: Inspiring, Honest, and Empowering Leadership.
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Science teacher Hilary Thomas and English teacher Austin Roy went to the National Sex Education Conference organized by the Center for Sex Education.