There are probably a few good reasons I haven’t yet blogged about my makeshift “On Writing” panel for Reclaim Open in early November. One of them might be my last-minute decision to turn it into an episode of Hollywood Squares—specifically, the “EdTech Edition.” And to pull that off, I leaned hard on my trusty sidekick ChatGPT for a full-blown series of questions (four or five each) for eight people.
The rules seemed simple enough: first round, each correct answer was worth 1 point; second round, 2 points; and third round, 3 points. Pretty straightforward. The point system was justified by the idea that the questions should get increasingly more difficult each round. One small issue with this system is that I failed to keep score. The other issue was that ChatGPT was not especially good at distributing the questions equally—we were both working under duress! I think the straw that may have broken the camel’s back was when the participants realized, fairly early on I might add, that the questions were machine-made.
I thought we did pretty well for coming up with this a few hours before the session. I figured it would make what could have easily turned into a traffic jam of a session more streamlined by splitting time across an eight-person panel in a more methodical (and hopefully fun) way. “I’m doing the work, Dr. M!”
Anyway, I’m not sure it went quite as I’d hoped. On the upside, I did wear a jacket and tie, which is a rarity for the bava. Also, this now makes me part of a long tradition of brilliant edtech game-show hosts (hat tip Andy Rush and Taylor Jadin), so I’ve got that going for me. I can’t promise you it’s very good, but there may be a laugh or two in there thanks to the many brilliant participants. Thanks again, hippies.
Another comment gobbled by the 2011 theme.
(Rewriting from memory). I loved this in all ways, across, down, and diagonal. Everything listed as a “problem” is what made it so right. And the Bava in a suit and tie? Priceless.