Like an athlete who trains to build skills and endurance to win the next race, writers train by getting to the page, where the faculties of language are our sustenance. Through our writing practice, we keep the writing muscles supple. We maintain the oral, auditory, reading, and writing aspects of Read more
You won’t find great writers like John McPhee or Anne Lamott using ChatGPT to write for them. You won’t find linguistics experts, who go out into the field to conduct ethnographic research, using ChatGPT to write for them because all great writing relies on specific, relevant details that are fresh and derived from the source. This is either a person that you can talk to, or a vetted document where the person is being quoted, but it is not information that ChatGPT is pulling from somewhere in the bowels of its “memory.”
This is obvious when you think about it, but we tend to overlook how important primary sources are. This is what these AI tools are searching the web for in the beginning, but they are doing it without context, missing the most important patterns of human language. So, when you work inside the tool, you have no idea who or what the information is derived from. It’s just random content that the model was “trained” on. This is erroneous and dangerous and in order for these tools to be truly useful, we must demand transparency
Update: June 17, 2025 I have been selected for an interview on July 28. I am conducting a community listening survey to prepare a report on the community, for my interview. Please take a moment to complete the survey. Take the Survey, Wenatchee Valley Community Listening Survey Thank you. June Read more
I often feel like I’m living, straddled between two places, different, yet similar, on opposite sides of the world, 3,000 miles apart. At the end of 2021, I sold my home and drove with my son, from Washington State to Florida’s Space Coast so my son could start his career Read more
Profile: Maisha Wilder of Wilder Connection, Orlando, FL (Orange County) Orlando, FL‑‑‑Maisha Wilder has a simple formula for success. Like the rustic, simple Mason jars she lovingly collects, she cultivates compassion for others and responds to human needs. Wilder, a dynamic, compassionate, and humble leader, has worked in education for Read more
Research team’s unique analysis reveals an important discovery: Looking at the cumulative absenteeism trends, in addition to annual trends among high school graduates, reveals a school attendance crisis that is far worse than originally believed. ORLANDO, Fla., Updated April 30, 2024— Ashton Terry is concerned. The research analyst, former educator, Read more
Today, on this sunny Florida Sunday in April, after four years, I have finally been at a place where I can work on my writing, so I spent the day revisiting the work I had completed in the MFA programs I had attended in 2019 and 2020. I’m finally at Read more
(Shared from CFEED.org) Orlando, Fla., February 12, 2024 — The Central Florida Education Ecosystem Database’s (CFEED) research is helping hundreds of Valencia College transfer students get closer to a coveted university education. CFEED research recently played a vital role in securing a $1.3M grant from Helios Education Foundation to help Read more
(Shared from CFEED.org) Orlando, Florida, February 15, 2024 — Senior Data Analyst Ashton Terry gets excited when he talks about student potential in Central Florida. Terry is a data analyst for a unique partnership called Central Florida Education Ecosystem Database (CFEED). Recently, CFEED’s research on Dual Enrollment has led to Read more
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