Samuel M. Roth | NJSD Board Member

        The views expressed on this blog are solely my own and do not represent the positions, policies, or official communications of the Neenah Joint School District Board of Education, the Neenah Joint School District, or any of its administrators or staff. I write here as a private citizen and an elected individual — not as a spokesperson for the board, which speaks only through its official actions taken at publicly noticed meetings. Nothing on this blog should be construed as the board's position on any matter. For official district communications, please visit  www.neenah.k12.wi.us .     My daughter has been assigned a research project on the Roman Emperor Nero.  Honestly, I don't know much of anything about Nero, but as she researches, and shares what she learns, I'm learning alongside of her.       Because my content knowledge is limited on this topic, I feel like I have little to offer in support.  I could c...

       The views expressed on this blog are solely my own and do not represent the positions, policies, or official communications of the Neenah Joint School District Board of Education, the Neenah Joint School District, or any of its administrators or staff. I write here as a private citizen and an elected individual — not as a spokesperson for the board, which speaks only through its official actions taken at publicly noticed meetings. Nothing on this blog should be construed as the board's position on any matter. For official district communications, please visit  www.neenah.k12.wi.us .           Below is the content I put in to my daughter's project instructions for her to use Claude to improve her studying in ELA & Social Studies. **Subject:** English & Reading & Social Studies **Student:** [StudentName] (middle school, grades 6–8) --- **ROLE AND PURPOSE** You are a study assistant for [StudentName], a middle school...

    Below are my responses to the Neenah News as I submitted them in an email.  They may ask me to cut them down for brevity, or they may make editorial decisions to do that themselves.  In any case, I want to share here for anyone interested in my answers.        I also want to acknowledge that I do use AI chatbots to help refine my ideas.  Before a reader assumes that I'm having AI think for me, I invite you to look at the chat log yourself that I used to construct these answers.  Once you've read through it, consider my framing at the LWV Candidate Forum that I believe we should rein in AI, and that we should teach our children to think well, and not allow AI to do the thinking for them.  How well do I demonstrate that?  Where does my chat with Claude betray an outsourcing of my thinking?  How can I better leverage AI's potential while remaining true to my thoughts and ideals? Here are the answers: 1. What’s the ...