ProPublica: “Disastrous test scores increasingly show how steep a toll the COVID-19 era exacted on students, particularly minorities. Schools are grappling with how to catch up, and the experience of one city shows how intractable the obstacles are…” Continue Reading
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Women’s Prize for Fiction winners
Abe Books: “Discover all the winning novels since 1996 – Since 1996, the Women’s Prize for Fiction has recognized and celebrated the best fiction by women writers around the world. Bestselling novelist and playwright Kate Mosse founded the UK-based award to champion women in the male-dominated awards scene. Despite writing 60% of books published, by… Continue Reading
Wikipedia first-name-centric dataviz
Via Data is Plural: “Reader Caroline Beavon built an interactive, first-name-centric dataviz based on Morgane Laouenan et al.’s dataset of Wikipedia-notable people, featured in DIP 2022.07.20.” Continue Reading
Assigning AI: Seven Approaches for Students, with Prompts
Mollick, Ethan R. and Mollick, Lilach, Assigning AI: Seven Approaches for Students, with Prompts (June 12, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4475995 “This paper examines the transformative role of Large Language Models (LLMs) in education and their potential as learning tools, despite their inherent risks and limitations. The authors propose seven approaches for utilizing AI in… Continue Reading
Using AI to Implement Effective Teaching Strategies in Classrooms: Five Strategies, Including Prompts
Mollick, Ethan R. and Mollick, Lilach, Using AI to Implement Effective Teaching Strategies in Classrooms: Five Strategies, Including Prompts (March 17, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4391243 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4391243 “This paper provides guidance for using AI to quickly and easily implement evidence-based teaching strategies that instructors can integrate into their teaching. We discuss five teaching strategies… Continue Reading
Firm Investments in Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Changes in Workforce Composition
Firm Investments in Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Changes in Workforce Composition – NBER – preliminary draft 9/22/2022. We study the shifts in US firms’ workforce composition and organization associated with the use of AI technologies. To do so, we leverage a unique combination of worker résumé and job postings datasets to measure firm-level AI investments… Continue Reading
Free & Useful Artificial Intelligence Tools For The Classroom
Larry Ferlazzois teaches English, Social Studies and International Baccalaureate classes to English Language Learners and mainstream students at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California. Recently on his blog he has been highlighting free sites and services (many require registration) that are useful to educators as well as librarians. This week among the apps he… Continue Reading
Privacy Tools Guide: Website for Encrypted Software & Apps
Privacy Tools Guide: Website for Encrypted Software & Apps – “Many of the activities we carry out on the internet leave a trail of data that can be used to track our behavior and access some personal information. Some of the activities that collect data include credit card transactions, GPS, phone records, browsing history, instant… Continue Reading
Drive Thru Data: Using NLM APIs to Access Information Fast
Drive Thru Data: Using NLM APIs to Access Information Fast, Recorded: June 13, 2023. 58 min. Speaker – Mike Davidson, Librarian, Office of Engagement and Training, National Library of Medicine (NLM) The NLM provides millions of people access to health information via its portfolio of products and services. But some people may need to access… Continue Reading
To Truly Understand the Past, Pick Up an Old Magazine
The New York Times – “Find a print issue, preferably more than 20 years old, and read it cover to cover. You’ll find the old days stranger than you remember. How alien are the ways we once described the world; how swiftly we freeze the past into its mere idea, a cartoon of this or… Continue Reading
Illinois first US state to prohibit banning books in public libraries
Quartz: “Illinois has become the first US state to prohibit banning books in public libraries. Governor J.B. Pritzker signed HB 2789 into law in a public library in Chicago, amid a dramatic nationwide increase in book bans. The governor, a Democrat, called them an affront to free speech. “Young people shouldn’t be kept from learning… Continue Reading
Generative Artificial Intelligence and Data Privacy: A Primer
Congressional Research Service (CRS) – Generative Artificial Intelligence and Data Privacy. A Primer May 23, 2023: “Since the public release of Open AI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Bard, and other similar systems, some Members of Congress have expressed interest in the risks associated with “generative artificial intelligence (AI).” Although exact definitions vary, generative AI is a type… Continue Reading
