Exploring the intersection of the Christian faith, education, and technology. Including interests in new learning and baseball.
Those readers who know me realize that I have been on a journey the past 18 months to learn more about artificial intelligence (AI) and to discover what the connection is, and will be in the future, to education and learning. I am thankful to have had the opportunity to experiment with AI in the …
Continue reading What I Have Learned about AI and Education (Part One)
Yesterday I had the opportunity to lead a session with administrators in our Rocky Mountain District of Lutheran schools on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education. A good portion of the session was time for participants to experiment with AI tools and services and then to share their learning with their peers. A few had already …
Over the past few years, the blog and website has been neglected. I have many ideas of things to share with others, but it has been difficult to harness the discipline (see this post on this word) to do so, especially since the onset of COVID disrupted many personal and professional patterns. It is time …
Over the past month I have become increasingly curious about ChatGPT and its implications for education. If you don't already know, ChatGPT is an emerging artificial intelligence (AI) tool that is currently freely available to be tested. I asked ChatGPT to describe itself, and this is the text it generated for me within ten seconds: …
Yesterday I shared that I have undergone a personal technology/social media audit in recognition that I need to model some healthier patterns of technology use. You may read about the basic premises I established for this audit here. As for the specific strategies have adopted, along with some reasons for them, here is the list: …
Continue reading My Technology/Social Media Audit — Part Two
The last two years I have noticed a difference with the majority of my students in the classroom -- one that I anecdotally attribute to social changes due to COVID-19. My students, even the best and most self-aware ones, are tied to their phones even more than they were before. Most can articulate how this …
Continue reading My Technology/Social Media Audit — Part One
Yesterday I returned from our annual Rocky Mountain District educator's conference. While I was there I had the privilege of leading a session on Supporting Curious Learners. We looked at storytelling as one of those challenges that a curious learner of any age might embrace, and I challenged the participants to create a story of …
I am thankful that my daughters have become such excellent writers. I cannot claim any credit for this. They are all voracious readers and they have had excellent teachers to guide them in their writing, particularly in high school. They also are bloggers, and if you have any interest in their subject matter, I encourage …
We are entering a period of turbulence in the educational technology world. Of course, perhaps this environment has always been turbulent, but events past couple weeks have caught my attention more completely. Two services that I have used to support learning and professional development are disappearing this summer. TodaysMeet, a tool for backchannel conversations, is …
One of my favorite reads of the past couple years has been The Digital Cathedral, by Keith Anderson. This book shares the powerful reminder that our digital age provides many more opportunities to connect with others and serve them, even from afar. I was reminded of the importance of this over the past several months. A …
Continue reading Escaping Social Media and the Digital Cathedral
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