Author: Mary Mendoza
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Will AI Replace Me, a Professor?
An Arizona charter school will be the first to offer a new teaching model built around AI. The focus will be on AI guided teaching mostly from platforms such as IXL and Khan Academy. But teachers are more than educators. They are motivators. They are mentors. They are role models and relationship builders and much…
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Do We Love Death?
“Weapons kill”. “Weapons save”. While this might seem like a chant between two political parties, the truth is that weapons have done both, with over 40 wars currently being fought over place, power, and possession. Having grown up in a disputed land, I know how the struggle for a place to call home draws individuals…
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What Speech Instructors Need to Know about Yoodli
“Yoodli is like Grammarly for speech” explained Varun Puri, co-founder of Yoodli, when I met him at the recent PRSA conference exhibit. And as someone who loves using Grammarly (the free version), I was immediately intrigued by the new AI tool. What is Yoodli? Yoodli is a free AI powered speech coach to help you…
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ChatGPT: Ready for 2023?
Some are calling it a game changer, a hidden gem, or even a free personal assistant. ChatGPT is one of the fasted adopted technologies, and I, like many, started hearing about it several weeks ago as it hit its millionth user in just six days. The smart AI technology generates well-written responses to your prompts.…
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Didn’t See It!
“But I didn’t see it.” If you have said those words before while driving, you might have experienced a blind spot. It’s that moment when you think that you have everything under control, everything perfectly planned, until you attempt to pull into an occupied lane. If you are fortunate, you just got a scare and…
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Worthwhile
What is worthwhile to study? As a professor, I see students struggling with finding their career paths and wondering what major might be a good fit for them. With a third of college students changing their majors at least once, it’s normal to wonder what might be a worthwhile major. My freshman year was a…
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