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Monthly Archives: April 2026
Thursday, 30th April (Cambridge)
1. Colm Downes & Jade Blue have just established a consultancy, EcoLens Education, which focuses, as the name suggests, on visual literacy for climate education https://ecolenseducation.org/ Their website offers an ‘Education Guidance Model’ and an ‘Education Toolkit’. PDF of the … Continue reading
Tuesday, 28th April (Cambridge)
1. Since the beginning of this year, The Rest is History podcast has covered, often in considerable (enjoyable, enlightening) detail, an extraordinary range of subjects: Joan of Arc; The Nazis at War; Horatio Nelson; Walt Disney; Queen Elizabeth 1; Jack … Continue reading
Thursday, 23rd April (Brighton)
1. The three plenary talks so far from the IATEFL conference here in Brighton: Patricia Angoy’s talk on Tuesday, English language – the coloniser. A black female leader’s response https://youtu.be/75qt67_iBWc Danny Norrington-Davies and Richard Chinn’s talk on Wednesday, Emergent language: … Continue reading
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Tagged A I, ai, Brighton Rock, chatgpt, Communities of practice, E L T J, formative assessment, GenAI, Graham Greene, I A T E F L, Nik Bear Brown, Pearson, technology
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Tuesday, 21st April (Cambridge)
1. A TED talk by Peter Steinberger on his creation, Open Claw https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_steinberger_how_i_created_openclaw_the_breakthrough_ai_agent OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger takes us back to the transformative moment he let his AI agent loose on the internet, igniting one of the world’s fastest-growing open-source … Continue reading
Thursday, 16th April (Cambridge)
1. Two from The Conversation to start with today: First, a piece by Sam Wass from the University of East London, UK parents urged to curb fast‑paced screen content for small children – neuroscientist who advised government explains why https://theconversation.com/uk-parents-urged-to-curb-fast-paced-screen-content-for-small-children-neuroscientist-who-advised-government-explains-why-278732 … Continue reading
Tuesday, 14th April (Cambridge)
1. Now this is what could and should be done in schools with AI! Thai Oral History – Hua Dong Storylines: Weaving Memories with AI https://thai-oral-history-web.vercel.app/ Welcome to our storytelling space! This website is like a living archive of “Hua … Continue reading
Thursday, 9th April (Cambridge)
1. First up today, Li Wei in conversation with Zeinab El-Khateeb on The power of language, identity and education https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2026/mar/power-language-identity-and-education-academia-et-al This conversation traces Professor Li Wei’s path from classroom teacher to Director and Dean of the UCL Institute of Education, … Continue reading
Tuesday, 7th April (Cambridge)
1. I found this piece by John B. Judis, Trump as Alexander the Great: A Theory That Explains Iran (And Everything Else): Hegel figured it all out 200 years ago, really quite convincing https://www.notus.org/perspectives/trump-as-alexander-the-great-a-theory-that-explains-iran-and-everything-else (…) too many Democrats are missing … Continue reading
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Thursday, 2nd April (Cambridge)
1. Jim McKinley is giving the next (online) seminar in UCL’s Academic Writing series at 16:00 UK time on 9th April on Beyond polishing: Generative AI, academic voice, and the future of student writing. More info and registration here https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2026/apr/beyond-polishing-generative-ai-academic-voice-and-future-student-writing … Continue reading
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