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In This Issue

• Fun Facts about The Jetsons

• Using AI to Support Learning

• Using AI to Write a Fake News Story

• Do You Need a Curiosity Journal?

• Book Notes: Catch 22

• Regular Features: Board Games played, and CD’s listened to

Fun Facts About The Jetsons

Did you know the Jetsons premiered 64 years ago? The first prime time TV show where every episode was in color?

Read more here.

Using AI To Support Learning

Some schools are no longer grading homework since students are using AI tools (like ChatGPT) to complete the homework. As a result, they are getting good grades on homework but failing exams since they are short circuiting important parts of the learning process.

I believe that AI can provide some valuable assistance in the learning process, and I’ve detailed some of my thoughts in this post. The basic idea is that AI can support learning, without replacing learning.

Using AI to Write A (Believable) News Story

As AI penetrates into deeper levels of our lives I was wondering if AI could be used to write a believable news story.

The answer is yes. With just a few simple prompts, I found that AI could write a credible news story about discovering evidence of space aliens in the New Mexico desert. I’m certain that some people would believe the story.

See my example here.

It’s more important than ever to use our critical thinking skills to evaluate everything that we read, see, or hear.

Do You Need A Curiosity Journal?

I’ve previously written about various note taking and learning systems such as a spark file, commonplace book, and personal curriculum. Another tool, which might be easier to setup and maintain, is a document that contains short items of interest, aka curiosities, along with easily researched answers. I call this a curiosity journal.

The curiosity journal can be handwritten or in a digital file. For example, I was recently wondering what the differences were between Gem and Haas avocados since I had seen them both in local stores earlier in the year. A quick google search answered my question.

Read some ideas on how to set one up and use it, along with some examples, here.

Book Notes: Catch-22

“People who met him were always impressed by how unimpressive he was”

This book was the latest entry in my reading/re-reading of some classic fiction. I found it to be a bit of a slog, but there are some wonderful gems of writing buried inside.

Read more here.

Board Games Played

• World of Warcraft (The Board Game)

• SpaceCorps-Ventures

CD’s Listened To

• John Coltrane-Coltrane Blues

• Return To Forever-Romantic Warrior

• Herbie Hancock-Maiden Voyage

• Bob Dylan-Street Legal

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