Donnell Probst
@donnellprobst.bsky.social
Waiting for the rest of the world to realize #medialiteracy and #librarians are going to save us. Deputy director at @MediaLiteracyEd. Mostly okayish wife with dog twins and human singles. Been trying to escape Missouri since 2007.
Can you imagine being the families making $201k who has to pay $25-30k more a year because they make $1k more than another family (or $50-75k+
If they have more than one kid in college)? 😳
Maybe a sliding scale would be more effective??
If they have more than one kid in college)? 😳
Maybe a sliding scale would be more effective??
Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates whose families make below a certain income threshold, starting in fall 2025.
University of Texas, MIT and others announce free tuition for some undergraduates
Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates whose families make below a certain income threshold, starting in fall 2025.
www.npr.org
November 22, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Can you imagine being the families making $201k who has to pay $25-30k more a year because they make $1k more than another family (or $50-75k+
If they have more than one kid in college)? 😳
Maybe a sliding scale would be more effective??
If they have more than one kid in college)? 😳
Maybe a sliding scale would be more effective??
Coming out of my post-election haze (anger? shock? sadness?) and feel this more clearly than ever.
November 22, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Coming out of my post-election haze (anger? shock? sadness?) and feel this more clearly than ever.
Reposted by Donnell Probst
One interesting finding from our team @newsguard.bsky.social: AI models are awful at responding to news-related prompts. In our latest analysis, we found chatbots failed to provide accurate info on news topics 43% of the time, and often repeated misinformation. www.newsguardtech.com/special-repo...
November 19, 2024 at 2:50 PM
One interesting finding from our team @newsguard.bsky.social: AI models are awful at responding to news-related prompts. In our latest analysis, we found chatbots failed to provide accurate info on news topics 43% of the time, and often repeated misinformation. www.newsguardtech.com/special-repo...
Reposted by Donnell Probst
Videos, images and text created by generative artificial intelligence tools are turning up in elections, for sale on Amazon and even in court documents. Learning to identify the growing flood of deepfakes, along with online conspiracy theories, is becoming a rite of passage for students.
AI images and conspiracy theories are driving a push for media literacy education
One of the nation's best-known media literacy events for high school students is expanding as demand grows for skills to identify deepfake images and online conspiracy theories.
www.npr.org
March 21, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Videos, images and text created by generative artificial intelligence tools are turning up in elections, for sale on Amazon and even in court documents. Learning to identify the growing flood of deepfakes, along with online conspiracy theories, is becoming a rite of passage for students.