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1 Dec 2023 3 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.18
An Analysis of Three Chatbots - Squid Game Version School’s out, so I thought I should spread my love around and try out other chatbots besides ChatGPT. As a language teacher, I wanted to see the extent to which these chatbots could analyse a given t...
28 Nov 2023 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei $0.05
My son is a bicultural, trilingual four-year-old. But it wasn’t always like this. My wife is Japanese, so obviously he acquired her language as his native language, since she provided something I was unable to give at that point in time - fresh mil...
28 Nov 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.06
I taught English at a primary school for 3 years. It was long enough for me to realise that when parents asked me for book recommendations, what they were really asking for were books that would help their kids ace their composition exams. If I were...
26 Nov 2023 1 minute read 3 comments cryotosensei $0.19
Call me naive, but I recently found out that ChatGPT wasn’t designed to be our digital companion. Upon reflection, I realised that my view of artificial intelligence had been shaped by humanoid robots like Pepper and Dai-chan. Leveraging its ability...
25 Nov 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.06
I count my lucky stars that my paternity leave coincides with the release of “Squid Game The Challenge”. I tenaciously woke up early yesterday and today to binge-watch it before having to send my children to school. Yes, all 5 episodes before sunrise...
24 Nov 2023 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei $0.01
I’m 43 this year and should be in the thrones of a mid-life crisis. Although I have been a teacher all my working life, my trajectory is nothing short of eclectic (some would say eccentric). I have taught students of all ages ranging from primary sch...
20 Nov 2023 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei $0.04
The school year is winding down, which frees up the mental space required to fully appreciate books like “The Lover’s Dictionary”. But it isn’t that David Levithan has written something dense and complicated. He executes an innovative idea awesomely...
18 Nov 2023 3 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.18
This year, I have been using single-word prompts or a few sentences at the most whenever I prompt ChatGPT. So, whenever a fellow educator called for like-minded souls who were keen to use AI to generate lesson plans, I enthusiastically volunteered...
18 Nov 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.06
Northlight School is doing something innovative this year. All Education Officers embarked on a Staff Work Experience (SWEe) initiative this Thursday and Friday. Hai Siang Chia was kind enough to let me be attached to the SLS (Student Learning Space)...
17 Nov 2023 4 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.02
This week, I embarked on a two-day attachment with Student Learning Space. Student Learning Space is Singapore’s premier online Learning Management System that serves about 500k teachers and students. Hence, I was excited to gain a better understandi...
