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South March Highlands
Stephen Downes, Flickr, 2024/09/02

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Happy Labour Day. I'm cycling today, so here are some photos of our hike in the South March Highlands yesterday. You can also see my photos from Pride last week and Petrie Island the week before.

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What You Really Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Eric Sheninger, A Principal's Reflections, 2024/09/02

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So this is an interesting challenge. Eric Sheninger writes: "AI will NOT: build relationships with students or staff; implement a lesson effectively; (or) facilitate meaningful learning." I wonder what his evidence for this is. Starting with the third, I've learned a ton working with ChatGPT on Python and Javascript code. How about the first? People do seem to develop relationships with their computer friends, but more importantly, AI definitely helps people devlop relationships with each other. And the second? I don't know what it would be to 'implement a lesson effectively', but it sounds very mechanical to me.  think I'd rather see my AI tutor work more closely with student needs.

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