#GeekOfTheWeek

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

2 months ago

An image featuring a vibrant, retro-themed graphic with the text "I WANT MY" in white, bold, capital letters at the top. Below this, the iconic 1980s-style MTV logo—a large yellow "M" with a red "TV" scrawled across it—is centered above the word "REWIND" in a multi-colored gradient font. The entire design is set against a nostalgic background of diagonal pink and purple zebra-like stripes on a blue field.

I want my Mtv

wantmymtv.vercel.app

(One of the coolest video aggregation apps and projects I've seen to date) #edtechSR #geekoftheweek #cooltech #ds106

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

3 months ago

YouTube

"The Quest for Ethical Artificial Intelligence, Timnit Gebru, Harvard Radcliffe Institute"
youtu.be/b_--xrN3eso?si=N1G9l...

via The AI Cultural Canon
ai.wesfryer.com/canon

Background:
www.speedofcreativity.org/202...

#AI #ethics #AIethics #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #edtechSR #GeekOfTheWeek

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

7 months ago

Fantastic, practical Google advanced search tips and techniques in this podcast! Thanks to Paul Myers (BBC Verify) and Henk van Ess!
pca.st/episode/480a540d-4fef-...

Find more of my podcast recommendations on Pinboard:
pinboard.in/u:wfryer/t:podcas...

#MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #edtech #edtechSR #Ge

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

7 months ago

This image shows a demo interface of a "Chatbot Agent" named Jane, who is identified as an AI Customer Support Agent. The chatbot window displays Jane's greeting message: “Hi, my name is Jane, your AI Support Agent ready to help you with forms. How can I help you today?” Below this message are two buttons labeled “Report an issue” and “Provide feedback.” A user message is shown on the right saying, “I want to report an issue.” At the bottom of the chat window are four icons labeled “Chat,” “Voice,” “Forms,” and “History,” indicating possible modes of interaction. The background is a bright purple, with the title “Chatbot Agent” at the top and “Demo Chatbot Agent” at the bottom.

I'm learning how you can create "AI Agents" with Jotform this morning via Lucy Gray - wow!
www.jotform.com/ai/agents/

#AI #MediaLit #agentic #edtechSR #GeekOfTheWeek

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

7 months ago

Artificial Intelligence, Abolition, and Luxury Surveillance A conversation with Dr. Chris Gilliard, Co-Director of The Critical Internet Studies Institute, about his approach to writing, privacy, and “artificial intelligence.” We are joined by professors Tom Haymes and Bryan Alexander to discuss our experiences teaching and learning, and Chris starts by explaining his stance as an “AI abolitionist.” He shares his critiques of the many aspects of “AI”: their creation, use, and the culture that produces these digital tools. Chris asserts that ideology is built into digital technology, and he quotes Rob Horning: “GenAI is a tool of power that masquerades as a tool of knowledge.” Chris goes on to observe: “Some of the worst people in the world want us to use these tools.” Chris taught rhetoric and composition in community colleges for decades, but left to pursue other opportunities before the explosion of “AI” in academia. This has allowed him to be an absolutist: he hasn’t used LLMs or ”AI” at all. Chris insists that writing must be embodied and cannot be generated by algorithms. He is currently writing “Luxury Surveillance,” defined as “consensual surveillance that users pay for directly, and whose tracking, monitoring, and quantification features are understood by the user as benefits that they are likely to celebrate” on the Critical Internet Studies Institute website. In our conversation, Chris summarized it as “Ankle monitors and Apple watches are essentially the same thing.” Resources The Critical Internet Studies Institute https://www.criticalinternet.org/ Why They Can’t Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities; The Writer’s Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing; More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI; All by John Warner https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-warner/more-than-words/9781541605503/ Defining AI by Ali Alkhatib 06 December 2024 https://ali-alkhatib.com/blog/defining-ai Rob Horning AI - GenAI is a tool of power that masquerades as a tool of knowledge. https://robhorning.substack.com/p/practico-inertia https://robhorning.substack.com/p/artificial-intentionality David Golumbia https://davidgolumbia.medium.com/chatgpt-should-not-exist-aab0867abace Brian Merchant https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/openais-studio-ghibli-meme-factory On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 🦜 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3442188.3445922 Facebook Has a Genocide Problem by Alex Shephard March 15, 2018 https://newrepublic.com/article/147486/facebook-genocide-problem Allies and Rivals: German-American Exchange and the Rise of the Modern Research University by Emily J. Levine https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo22804958.html

I'm listening to the podcast "Ep. 07 Artificial Intelligence, Abolition, and Luxury Surveillance" on "Talking with Machines" by @mcorbettwilson.bsky.social using #PocketCasts
podcasts.talkingwithmachines.com/@talkingwith...

#MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #AI #edtech #edtechSR #geekoftheweek #surveillance

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

8 months ago

A promotional graphic for the Dia app, featuring the text "Learn with your tabs" and a button labeled "Download Dia." It mentions early access for Arc members. The background has a light gradient.

I'm going to try the Dia AI browser:
www.diabrowser.com/

More on:
Begun, the AI Browser Wars Have
spyglass.org/ai-browser-wars/

via Doug Peterson on #BlueSky:
bsky.app/profile/dougpete.bsk...

Added to my #GeekOfTheWeek Pinboard:
pinboard.in/u:wfryer/t:geekof...

#MediaLit #edtech #AI #edtechSR

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

8 months ago

Graphic explaining BookletCreator, a tool that converts a PDF into a booklet. The image shows a PDF icon on the left, an arrow pointing right, and an open booklet with numbered pages (1, 4 on the right page and 2 on the left page). Text explains that the tool reorders pages so that after printing and folding, a small book is created.

BookletCreator is a simple tool that allows you to create a booklet from a PDF document. It reorders pages so that after printing and folding the pages, a small book is created.
www.bookletcreator.com/

#GeekOfTheWeek #edtech #edtechSR #MediaLit

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

8 months ago

A screenshot of Safari extensions settings, showing various 1Blocker options such as Ads, Adult Content, Annoyances, and Privacy, along with 1Password and ChatGPT search extensions, all marked as "On."

I'm using the "1 Blocker" extension for iPadOS and iOS to block ads / enhance web browsing privacy:
apps.apple.com/us/app/1blocke...

#MediaLit #privacy #edtechSR #edtech #GeekOfTheWeek

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

10 months ago

EdTech Situation Room Episode 351 Where technology news meets educational analysis! Dr. Jason Neiffer (aicentrist.com) and Dr. Wesley Fryer (wesfryer.com) discuss the past MONTH's technology news through an educational lens. Show notes on: https://www.edtechSR.com/links We love Streamyard! Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/4895084180930560

Join Jason Neiffer and I at the top of the hour (9pm ET / 8pm CT / 7pm MT / 6pm PT) for #edtechSR Episode 351!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFioI0_mtbk

#edtechSR #edtech #AI #BigTech #GeekOfTheWeek

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

10 months ago

Sweet… this will by my #edtechSR #GeekOfTheWeek this week!

apps.apple.com/us/app/croissant-cross-p...

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

11 months ago

Scribe | Create Step-by-Step Guides — Fast. Scribe documents your processes for you. Build visual guides with text, links and screenshots instantly.

First new tool I've learned about today at #NEAF #EdCamp

scribehow.com

I frequently create how-to guides and tutorials for my middle school students, so this looks great!

#MediaLit #edtech #edtechSR #GeekOfTheWeek

Peston

@itvpeston.bsky.social

1 year ago

2017: Becomes #GeekOfTheWeek 🤓

2025: Becomes Prime Minister of Canada 🇨🇦

All top geeks know correlation isn’t causation. But just saying…

#Peston

Wolfgang Stief

@stiefkind.bsky.social

1 year ago

TIL: Long before named podcast, O'Reilly (yes, those with the animal books) produced a weekly talk radio show “Geek of the Week”. Thanks to the Internet Archive, quite some of the episodes are available for your enjoyment: archive.org/search?query... #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #geekoftheweek

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

1 year ago

New web design term and technique I’m going to share with my middle school web design students: “scrollytelling”

flourish.studio/visualisatio...

Via #FlourishStudio

#webdesign #MediaLit #edtechSR #GeekOfTheWeek #design #create2learn #DigitalStorytelling #EduSky

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

1 year ago

#storychasers #GeekOfTheWeek #edtechSR #WonderLink #NewYears2024 #photography

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

1 year ago

Add this 45 min video from September 2024 to your #WatchList queue: “AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special”
abc.com/movies-and-s...

Via #JasonNeiffer @neif.bsky.social #edtechSR EdTech Situation Room Episode 336:
edtechsr.substack.com

#AI #GeekOfTheWeek #MediaLit #MediaEdClub #EduSky

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

1 year ago

Thanks Grey on the Cortex [PODCAST] for sharing #ReadWise, a tool for aggregating ebook highlights and annotations:
readwise.io

pca.st/episode/b573...

#GeekOfTheWeek #edtechSR #edtech #MediaLit

Joe Sarling

@joesarling.bsky.social

1 year ago

Seven years ago today! Do we need to create a #geekoftheweek bsky starter pack, @gavinfreeguard.bsky.social?!

And look at the old school branding, @mspry.bsky.social!

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

1 year ago

The MLA Style Center has a helpful page on how to attribute / cite use of generative AI:
style.mla.org/citing-gener...

I added this to my own classroom AI guidelines:
lessons.wesfryer.com/resources/ai...

#edtechSR #GeekOfTheWeek #AI #citation #bibliography #AItools #MediaLit #edtech #DigCit #NCed

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

1 year ago

I just subscribed to the [PODCAST] “Are We Doing Tech Right?”
pca.st/podcast/c818...

Outstanding media literacy topics! Via #TWiT & #LarryMagid connectsafely.org

#edtechSR #GeekOfTheWeek #MediaLit #DigCit

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

1 year ago

Steven Johnson & Michael Specter on the Future of Life - The Next Big Idea Last month, longtime New Yorker staff writer Michael Specter released a brand new audiobook with our friends at Pushkin. It’s called “Higher Animals: Vaccines, Synthetic Biology, and the Future of Lif...

My [PODCAST] listen today: “Steven Johnson & Michael Specter on the Future of Life” (27 April 2024) by #TheNextBigIdea

pca.st/episode/9e27...

#future #biology #DNA #crisper #AI #edtechSR #GeekOfTheWeek #LifeHack #virology #immortality

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

1 year ago

Super cool and powerful to see how #BlueSky is supporting curated lists using custom hashtags. Hopefully this will be a feature option in #Mastodon soon as well!

bsky.app/profile/did:...

#MediaLit #edtechSR #SocialMedia #GeekOfTheWeek #edtech #SpaceEd

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

1 year ago

#college #tenure #professor #crisis #teaching #edtechSR #GeekOfTheWeek h/t @alicekeeler.com

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

1 year ago

(2/2) It’s free, simple, and visually powerful. Great UI / design.

#edtechSR #GeekOfTheWeek #edtech #MediaLit #LifeHack #productivity

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

1 year ago

The StoryGraph We'll help you track your reading and choose your next book.

Great tool: Story Graph!
www.thestorygraph.com

“We'll help you track your reading and choose your next book based on your mood and your favorite topics and themes.”

Via Ryan Collins’ Substack:
eduk8me.substack.com/p/kids-lack-...

#GeekOfTheWeek #edtechSR #edtech #MediaLit

Keith Bloomfield

@hardluckhotel.bsky.social

1 year ago

Year 08 – Issue 02 of The Geeky Brummie Podcast! And we're back for 2024! Join us for Geeky Brummie's 8th Birthday as we chat Madame Web, what the hell is going on in the gaming industry, introduce you to…

It's Year 8 - Issue 2 of the Geeky Brummie podcast!

Join us as we chat #DunePart2, introduce our #GeekOfTheWeek with Adam from @slicedndiceduk see if our #Oscar predictions went correct plus our #OneGeekThing

geekybrummie.com/issues/geeky...

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

1 year ago

FreeBlockbuster.org FreeBlockbuster.org is combatting the dangerous myth of scarcity by providing free entertainment to as many people as possible. TAKE a movie, LEAVE a movie. Be Kind, Rewind!

My #edtechSR #GeekOfTheWeek next week: www.freeblockbuster.org

Background info: “Tired of Streaming? Free Blockbuster Libraries Offer an Alternative.” (NYTimes, 21 March 2024)
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/a...

#blockbuster #streaming #video #entertainment

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

2 years ago

KarAIoke: When AI Art Meets Music AI unleashes all sorts of creative possiblities. In this post, I show how to mash up AI image generation with your favorite song lyrics.

Great post and presentation / workshop idea from the always innovative Carl Hooker:

KarAIoke: When AI Art Meets Music
hookedoninnovation.com/2024/02/20/k...

#KarAIoke #AI #GeekOfTheWeek

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

2 years ago

Lessons by Dr. Wesley Fryer @wfryer - Image Slideshows Use these direct Flickr SLIDESHOW links to display a dynamic slideshow of recent images from these channels.

(2/2) more:
lessons.wesfryer.com/wonder-links...

(Open as self-advancing slideshows on a classroom TV or projector when it’s not being used for other purposes!)

#InspireSTEM #stem #SpaceEd #WonderLink #NCed #edtechSR #GeekOfTheWeek I’m

Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

2 years ago

Screenshot of a web page showcasing the "Form Response Limit" add-on for Google Forms with brief description, user rating, the number of users, and an uninstall button.

I’m giving this free Google Extension a try today: “Form Response Limit” for Google Forms:
bit.ly/form-respons...

#edtechSR #GeekOfTheWeek #edtech #MediaLit #googleEDU