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Technology department staff often ask how they can better secure confidential data, especially in these days of hackers and leaks. One approach involves improving the data processes themselves. Another is to coach other staff before they choose a new instructional platform. Start with Georgetown ISD’s template to get the conversation started. For technology departments, reflect on your responses to these four questions.
“Have you heard of STEM Bins?” Peggy Reimers said. “No, I haven’t,” I replied. In a moment, I’d fallen off the plank, submerged into a sea of learning. Like treasure chests filled with tools for creative imagineering, STEM Bins are fun. I like to think of them as Story Bins, because they turn stories into powerful learning opportunities. Let’s explore several practical ideas for elementary Story Bins.
Explore five free alternatives to Equatio, the popular equation editor. As Equatio’s free version ends, discover tools to create math content. Now that the free version of Equatio for educators is going away, what options for equation editors do you plan on using? My math teachers absolutely loved Equatio. I’m looking for some options that will make them equally happy. 🙂 Thank in advance for your help. This blog entry addresses some free alternatives to Equatio.
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Take a look at ChatGPT prompts for educators! Learn how to craft your best prompt to maximize your results and get what you’re looking for. One of the most powerful benefits of the artificial intelligence ChatGPT is how much time it can save you. And for busy teachers, administrators, and librarians, saving time means a lot. But in order to be more productive with the free tool, it matters how you structure your prompts. Let’s look at how you can make the most of your prompts and look at some great prompts written just for educators.
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Ready to get started with prompt engineering? Use the handy TCEA Prompt guide. Or, use any of the other assorted prompt engineering acronyms. It’s amazing what AI chatbots can generate when you ask nicely. Learn more about prompt engineering with the Read more link or sign up for TCEA’s ChatGPT for Educator online course.
All were generated using Perplexity ai Pro and/or Claude.ai Pro.
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Depending on who you speak to, AI is a climate destroying, memory-loss, soul-sucking destructive force, or a powerful technology that can work for the good of all. For folks in real estate, it’s easy to be skeptical. In fact, you should be. Let’s explore some aspects of AI and ways to capitalize on its power for the benefit of our clients, as well as ourselves.
Are there tasks you engage in that are repetitive, that require learning, decision-making, and problem-solving? Then AI can lighten your load. You can use AI as your personal assistant, an aide that can help you fine-tune a pitch, market properties, or manage paperwork. The human connection must still be made, and only you can do that. AI is unable to provide that human touch. You can explore how AI can assist you in your work.
What does “assist you in your work” mean, though? AI can boost your productivity, and impact your marketability:
“The lesson learned for forward-thinking organisations is, lean into the opportunity and excitement piece, and you’ll capture more employee loyalty, employee retention, etc.” Source: Dan Helfrich, CEO of Deloitte Consulting, as cited
Countries like the United States are prepared to take advantage of AI. Let’s take a look at specific AI tools that may be helpful, first in your personal life and then in your work.
You know, you may already use Siri, Alexa, or Google Assistant to help you with smart devices. Chatbots like ChatGPT, Perplexity, CoPilot make it easy to have conversations with AI. Ask questions in the moment, the same way you might ask Siri or Alexa for information about an actor’s net worth or what movies they starred in. Let’s take at a few simple uses of AI chatbots:
There are million and one uses of AI. Simply ask yourself, “How could I use AI to help me with an everyday task or learn something new?”
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Canva.com offers a variety of AI powered tools and apps, as well as design resources. Learn more about them via the TCEA Course, Canva Specialist.
Ever found yourself wishing for help when streamlining operations, checking for errors, or enhancing customer service? AI-powered chatbots can help. For example, they can handle initial customer inquiries. This allows staff more time to focus on more complex tasks. AI can also analyze vast amounts of data.
Use AI to clarify decision-making processes, come up with processes, and flow-charts. Here are some specific ways you can use them:
You can take advantage of several AI models. Each offers a slightly different tool set. While you can use these tools for free, paying the $20 a month can make a big difference. A short list appears below with a key distinguishing feature:
Each of these tools is improving daily. All of these tools can generate human-like text based on the input you provide it. Use these tools for drafting email responses, creating content for marketing and contract materials, or even, property descriptions. What’s more, there are many tools for creating head shots and videos.
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The paid versions of these tools ($20 a month) also allow you to create images based on a text description. You can find some more AI-powered image creation tools and AI art generators. ChatGPT Plus allows you to generate images from a text prompt, as well.
What’s more, you can use tools like custom GPTs via ChatGPT to engage in data analysis and to generate graphs. Drop a huge amount of data from Excel or Google Sheets into ChatGPT, and you’ll be able to organize it. That might be handy.
Here are two resources to assist you:
Below are some additional AI-powered tools that can assist you. Some great tools to use for several purposes:
| Tool/Platform | Focus Area | Key Features | AI Use Suggestions |
|---|---|---|---|
| AdCreative.ai | Marketing & Content Generation | AI-generated visuals and text for ads and social media posts | Enhance digital marketing campaigns with data-backed, high-conversion ad creatives and improve click-through rates. |
| Aragon AI | AI Headshots | Generates professional AI headshots | Create professional headshots for team profiles, company websites, and marketing materials. |
| Beautiful.ai | Presentation Software | AI-powered slide templates and design automation | Streamline the creation of pitches and reports with smart templates and automated design rules. |
| Canva | Image Creation | Design platform with templates for various uses | Design a wide range of visual content, from infographics to presentations, with an easy-to-use interface. |
| DALL-E 2 | Image Generation | AI that creates images from textual descriptions | Generate creative visuals for campaigns, presentations, and content marketing from simple text prompts. |
| ElevenLabs | Speech Synthesis and Text-to-Speech | Realistic voice generation in multiple languages | Produce high-quality voiceovers for multimedia presentations and instructional videos. |
| HeyGen | AI Video Marketing | Enables creation of business videos without video editing skills | Quickly create professional videos for marketing, training, and internal communications. |
| Opus | Video Content | Transforms long-form videos into bite-sized clips | Generate engaging social media content by converting longer videos into short, shareable clips. |
| Pablo by Buffer | Social Media Images | Simplifies creation of social media images | Easily create branded images for social media campaigns and content marketing. |
| Presence Copilot™ | AI Assistance | Offers AI-powered assistance for professionals | Improve efficiency in client management, scheduling, and task automation. |
| Snappa | Image Creation | Offers templates and design resources for creating graphics | Quickly design graphics for digital marketing, social media, and branding with access to stock images and icons. |
| Synthesia | AI Video Content | Synthetic media generation for AI-generated video content | Create custom videos with AI avatars for various applications, from e-learning to customer engagement. |
Don’t limit yourself to these solutions. More are emerging every day, and there are many you can take adapt for your use.
Digital tools, especially new ones, do impact the status quo. Where would we be without email? Text messages? Smartphones? Or, paper and the fountain pen? It’s easy to think that these technologies will results in job displacement. But the truth is, they simply require us to learn how to use them, then push us to innovate. They force us to ask ourselves, “In what ways does AI change how I add value and how can I leverage that to the benefit of those I serve?”
Let’s lead the charge in embracing AI, demonstrating its value, and ensuring our industry remains at the forefront of innovation. Let’s create a future where AI and human intelligence work hand in hand to achieve greater success in the real estate and title insurance industries.
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