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Thursday, 14th May (Cambridge)
1. Here’s a good ‘long read’ for the weekend from our correspondent in Ecuador, the first piece in a series for The New Yorker by Jay Caspian Kang, Will A.I. Make College Obsolete? https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/will-ai-make-college-obsolete A few weeks ago, while I … Continue reading
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Tagged Alveus Sanctuary, art, books, C L T, food, Ipsos Generations Report, technology, U K F I E T, Will AI make college obsolete?
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Tuesday, 12th May (Cambridge)
1. Radio 4’s Book of the Week this week is Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe by Katja Hoyer https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002w5pm Katja Hoyer’s ‘Weimar – On the Edge of Catastrophe’ – is informed by the meticulous diary of Carl Weirach … Continue reading
Thursday, 7th May (Cambridge)
1. Here’s Michael Feldstein’s latest post on his eLiterate blog, Claude Interviews Me About How AI Works https://eliterate.us/claude-interviews-me-about-how-ai-works/ It’s a long read for the weekend, I suggest. Feldstein’s Claude has learnt (from Feldstein) to be very articulate. I’m returning (says … Continue reading
Tuesday, 5th May (Cambridge)
1. It only took me ten years to discover this one from 2016 by Mark Forsyth for BBC Culture, The language rules we know – but don’t know we know https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20160908-the-language-rules-we-know-but-dont-know-we-know You are utterly familiar with the rule of ablaut … Continue reading
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Tagged 50 Greatest Films, ablaut reduplication, Colm Tóibín, Comma rules, Michael Gubser, The New Yorker, U S A I D
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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
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