{"id":138,"date":"2023-01-03T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T11:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolcentral.co.uk\/?p=138"},"modified":"2024-07-11T14:51:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T13:51:32","slug":"staff-newsletter-january-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolcentral.co.uk\/?p=138","title":{"rendered":"Staff Newsletter: January 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/schoolcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DreamShaper_v5_AI.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;DreamShaper_v5_AI&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I asked an AI generator to sculpt itself, this was the end result&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||7px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontSizeXLargePlus\"><b>New year, new resolutions&#8230; quick-fire topics!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arbor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am happy to see that Arbor has been received positively and that the migration has been successful. This means that we can start building on these foundations and\u00a0expand\u00a0the capabilities of Arbor!\u00a0Watch this space!<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-mail and GDPR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A retention policy has been set on e-mail boxes to delete E-mails older than three years. It will take a while for Office 365 to sort through this\u00a0colossal amount of data but after the first spring clean, it will be done automatically on Office 365&#8217;s own schedule.\u00a0One benefit of shrinking the number of emails will be less data to sync and to search through, so it should speed up some processes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Passwords rule<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Passwords are still 8 characters minimum, must include letters, numbers, upper case, lower case,\u00a0not be your first name and surname and, when changed, they must not be one of your last 10 passwords (it used to be 3).<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/schoolcentral.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1481453309-accessit-300x237.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142 alignnone size-medium\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Library<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are looking at upgrading the antiquated library system this spring to ACCESSit. Their website states this is the most loved school library system, a bold statement. hard to quantify, but from what we have seen of it, it seems deserved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two factor authentication for Students on Office 365<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will shortly be implementing two factor authentication for Students.<br \/>It will work just like it does for staff, so they will <u>not<\/u> need a phone to login inside the school.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontSizeXLargePlus\"><strong>Social media trends:\u00a0back to peer to peer?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With the bad press\u00a0Facebook\/Meta\u00a0and Twitter have been getting, users have been looking at alternatives that would not be owned by\u00a0eccentric billionaires.<\/p>\n<p>One (of many) solution? Good ol&#8217;\u00a0peer to peer and decentralised federated servers on the Fediverse.<\/p>\n<p>As you probably know if you have children, teenagers have shifted to discord (due to its link to gaming) or Reddit but the Fediverse is also getting more popular.<\/p>\n<p>So if you wonder what the Fediverse is or are curious about Mastodon, Peertube, Pixelfed&#8230;. have a look at these videos!<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_video src=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/S57uhCQBEk0&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_video src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gOkXkMzhdko&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_video src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C78RFvnrRi0&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontSizeXLargePlus\"><strong>AI\u00a0told you so&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bWe have all grown up being told AI would one day take over the world and either enslave us (The Matrix)\u00a0or destroy us (Terminator). This focus\u00a0on AI becoming\u00a0conscious or sentient allowed us to project AI far into the future. Similarly, a\u00a0basic assumption for artificial consciousness is that it&#8217;d be found in the physical world of machines and robots (Manzotti and Chella, 2018). We has to imagine AI looking like a human (Blade Runner, Ex-Machina&#8230;) or some advanced robot (I-Robot, Chappie, Terminator, Short Circuit&#8230;) when, in reality, a body\u00a0would hinder AI. This also helped\u00a0us to project\u00a0AI way into the future. Not looking human\u00a0or not being sentient (no matter what\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/jun\/12\/google-engineer-ai-bot-sentient-blake-lemoine\" data-interception=\"on\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/jun\/12\/google-engineer-ai-bot-sentient-blake-lemoine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/jun\/12\/google-engineer-ai-bot-sentient-blake-lemoine\">some might claim<\/a>) does not mean that one of today&#8217;s\u00a0AI\u00a0lack intelligence. Quite the contrary! They have access to an amount of data our brains cannot dream to contain; they are taught to understand any human in the world and, in a few seconds,\u00a0they can resolve calculations and resolve problems that would take us lifetimes to comprehend&#8230;\u00a0so it is no surprise\u00a0they can easily mimic human intelligence (ChatGPT),\u00a0can create convincing artworks or photography in seconds (DALL-E) or even create music (EMI AI). Joaquin Phoenix in the movie &#8220;HER&#8221;\u00a0falls in love with an AI and, at some point the AI\u00a0says: &#8220;The DNA of who I am is based on the millions of personalities of all the programmers who wrote me. But what makes me me is my ability to grow through my experiences. So basically, in every moment I\u2019m evolving, just like you.&#8221; AI has down some\u00a0growing while we were not looking and has now reached a point where we should all be paying attention&#8230; The future is already here.<br \/><span class=\"highlightColorYellow\">It\u00a0already affects education in multiple ways\u00a0and will impact the future\u00a0of our\u00a0students<\/span>.<br \/>I have collected a bunch of articles specifically about ChatGPT by OpenAI to demonstrate this last statement:<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2023\/01\/21\/chatgpt-passed-wharton-mba-exam-one-professor-is-sounding-alarm-artificial-intelligence\/\">ChatGPT passed a Wharton MBA exam and it\u2019s still in its infancy. One professor is sounding the alarm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/chatgpt-our-study-shows-ai-can-produce-academic-papers-good-enough-for-journals-just-as-some-ban-it-197762\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"> ChatGPT: our study shows AI can produce academic papers good enough for journals \u2013 just as some ban it<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2023\/01\/21\/chatgpt-passed-wharton-mba-exam-one-professor-is-sounding-alarm-artificial-intelligence\/\">Educators Battle Plagiarism As 89% Of Students Admit To Using OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT For Homework\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tes.com\/magazine\/teaching-learning\/general\/ai-marking-teachers-could-chatgpt-mark-your-students-essays\">Could ChatGPT mark your students\u2019 essays?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/teaching-learning\/opinion-chatgpt-teachers-weigh-in-on-how-to-manage-the-new-ai-chatbot\/2023\/01\">ChatGPT: Teachers Weigh In on How to Manage the New AI Chatbot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tes.com\/magazine\/analysis\/general\/why-rise-chatgpt-should-liberate-education-artificial-intelligence\">Why the rise of ChatGPT should liberate education &#8211; not scare it<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/technology\/opinion-will-chatgpt-unflip-the-classroom\/2023\/01\">Will ChatGPT Unflip the Classroom?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/ai-and-the-future-of-work-5-experts-on-what-chatgpt-dall-e-and-other-ai-tools-mean-for-artists-and-knowledge-workers-196783\">AI and the future of work: 5 experts on what ChatGPT, DALL-E and other AI tools mean for artists and knowledge workers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/openai-chatgpt-contractors-train-ai-software-engineering-autonomous-vehicles-report-2023-1?r=US&amp;IR=T\">ChatGPT creator OpenAI might be training its AI technology to replace some software engineers, report says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/karlfreund\/2023\/01\/30\/chatgpt-massive-disruption\/?sh=55842d85659f\">ChatGPT: Massive Disruption<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equaltimes.org\/are-artists-writers-musicians#.Y9fY2HDP0uU\">Are artists, writers, musicians threatened by artificial intelligence?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/chatgpt-dall-e-2-and-the-collapse-of-the-creative-process-196461\">ChatGPT, DALL-E 2 and the collapse of the creative process<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/23\/01\/07\/microsoft-plans-adding-openai-chatbot-tech-to-productivity-apps\">Microsoft is adding OpenAI writing tech to Office<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/teaching-learning\/video-teachers-try-this-build-a-lesson-plan-using-chatgpt\/2023\/01\">Teachers, Try This: Build a Lesson Plan Using ChatGPT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2023\/01\/26\/sam-altman-chatgpt-ai-future\/\">Sam Altman, the maker of ChatGPT, says the A.I. future is both awesome and terrifying. 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Arbor I am happy to see that Arbor has been received positively and that the migration has been successful. This means that we can start building on these foundations and\u00a0expand\u00a0the capabilities of Arbor!\u00a0Watch this space! 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