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 …
Thoughts on Understanding Genesis
This morning I completed reading my 26th book of the year. Understanding Genesis, by Dr. Jason Lisle of the Institute for Creation Research, sat on my desk for several years before I picked it up once more and read through it over the past several weeks. I am glad I did because this was extremely …
The Book of Ruth and Hope
Some of you may already know this about me, but I am constantly reading through the Bible. My general pattern is to read from four different areas of Scripture at a time: Psalms, Proverbs, and Wisdom Literature, New Testament, Old Testament History, and Old Testament prophets. The reason for this pattern is so that I …
Faith Heritage
I recently took a day trip from my mother-in-law's in Omaha to southeastern South Dakota. I tracked down the gravesite of my grandparents (see left), my great-grandparents, and other family members. I also found the old homestead three miles outside of the small, rural community of Chester, SD. I very much enjoyed the day of …
New Learning from the Durham Museum
As shared in my previous post, continuing to learn is important to me, and I am seeking to build this culture of finding joy in the discovery of new learning by sharing this with others. To that end, here are some thoughts about recent new learning of mine. Last week I visited the Durham Museum …
Introduction to the New Learning category
As I mentioned in my previous post on FaithEdTech updates, I have added a new category to the site entitled New Learning. Later this week I will post some new content to this category based on a recent museum visit in Omaha, NE. For now, please take a look at the following video introduction to …
Updates to FaithEdTech
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 …
Articles on ChatGPT and Education
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: …
#OneWord 2023 — Discipline
For several years, education folks I follow on Twitter have selected one word to guide their work and life in the coming year. This is in lieu of traditional resolutions that are often quickly discarded. For myself, one word has seemed limiting and less than helpful. For instance, in 2020 I posted about three words …
An Education Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! As I ponder the meaning of this day many thoughts come to mind. One stream of thought relates to my role as an educator and education as a whole. There is so much for which to be thankful in this realm -- so many blessings from God. To that end, here is …
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