Sending love and light to all my educator and school staff colleagues starting a new semester or school year. The excitement and energy is tangible. Yet the surge of activity can also be a challenge. Wishing you smoothness and happy connections, old and new. Thank you for all you do! 🩷

AI could deplete drinking water sources around Illinois, Midwest Large data centers working on artificial intelligence that need water for cooling could drain area water supplies, a Great Lakes advocacy group warns.

"Large data centers, many devoted to researching artificial intelligence, are expected to use more than 150 billion gallons of water across the U.S. over the next five years, according to the advocacy organization Alliance for the Great Lakes. That’s enough water to supply 4.6 million homes."

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A scholarly friend is looking for research participants around "The Lived Experiences of #AfricanAmerican #FirstGeneration #HigherEducation Students in the #AiChatbot College #Admissions Process." Is this you or someone you know? $30 gift card, impactful topic, and wonderful to add to your resume!

This is horrifying.

AI therapy is a surveillance machine in a police state Big Tech wants you to share your private thoughts with chatbots — while backing a government with contempt for privacy.

I cannot emphasize this enough: Please do not use AI tools as therapy. Not only is it not a good replacement for actual therapy, but your chat logs could be shared with the government, and I don't think you need a reminder that especially right now in the US, that could put you in danger.

How to Delete Your Data From 23andMe DNA-testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, which means the future of the company’s vast trove of customer data is unknown. Here’s what that means for your genetic data.

Here’s how to request your 23andMe data be deleted—and why you might want to.

A few years ago I visited the National Museum of African American History & Culture with my grandparents. When we stepped out of the building my grandmother kept repeating the words “I lived it. I lived it. I lived it.”

She’s still here. That history is still in her bones. You can never erase that.

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The Creators of SAMR, TPACK, Triple E, SETI, and GenAI-U Launch New Podcast With A Review of NoteBook LM Air GPT · Episode

If you’re like me, you’re tired of the constant #AI chatter. But, what if I told you there’s a new podcast w/ the edtech folks that created TPACK, Triple E, SAMR, SETI, GenAI-U, etc?

I can personally speak to the brilliance of Dr. Punya Mishra and Dr. Liz Kolb. open.spotify.com/episode/3iwJ...

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Thank you for sharing about the settings option. Too bad that isn’t the default. Glad it exists, though! @drnicole.bsky.social #alttext

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Best of luck! So much hard work, but worth it. 👏🏼

I am, as well! I got to take the course from RQI online through Harvard’s Grad School of Education and it was wonderful. Was looking for them on this platform and came across your post instead. 🙂

Excellent reminders for the use of alt text on #EduSky! Did you know you can turn on alt text reminders in your BlueSky settings? 🦋

Thank you!

Hi! I’m #ISTEcert. Thanks for creating this!