Tag Archives: education

Thursday, 25th September (Cambridge)

Posted on September 25, 2025 by roycross

1. First up today, Familiar Strangers, an ambitious post by Jamie Keddie on his LessonStream blog, “in which (says Jamie), with the help of three videos, I want to explore how media shapes the way we see each other and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged chatgpt, Describe image, education, Engelsberg Ideas, health, Jamie Keddie, mental-health, Russell Stannard, teaching, teenage sleep | Leave a comment

Friday, 18th July (on the train from Norwich to Cambridge – or would have been, had Greater Anglia wifi been up to it!)

Posted on July 18, 2025 by roycross

Only one post this week, a bit longer than usual, as I got in a right tiz-woz over some work I had to do for NILE with French school teachers of English yesterday and today. On reflection, the Ted Hughes … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Africa, ai, artificial-intelligence, education, English and Digital for Girls' Education (EDGE)DGE, Helen Crompton, language, Rod Bristow, Russell Stannard, teaching | Leave a comment

Thursday, 10th July (Cambridge)

Posted on July 10, 2025 by roycross

An unavoidably vain attempt today to keep up with developments in AI and thinking about AI. 1. The New York Times recently ran an opinion piece by David Brooks, Are We Really Willing to Become Dumber?, about an MIT (Massachusetts … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ai, AI and Education, artificial-intelligence, chatgpt, Claude, education, Elon Musk, Grok, Joe Dale, MIT, Ness Labs, Rolling Stone, teachingenglish, technology | Leave a comment

Tuesday, 24th June (Cambridge)

Posted on June 24, 2025 by roycross

1. Compare and contrast, if you will, the latest edition of Ethan Mollick’s Guide to AI … https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/using-ai-right-now-a-quick-guide Interesting that Mollick very confidently declares: For most people who want to use AI seriously, you should pick one of three systems: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ai, artificial-intelligence, chatgpt, education, Ethan Mollick, Generative AI, Grammar Girl, refugees, Romanian village, technology | 1 Comment

Thursday, 19th June (Cambridge)

Posted on June 19, 2025 by roycross

1. Here’s a piece by Johanna Alonso from Inside Higher Ed (IHE), The Handwriting Revolution https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/curriculum/2025/06/17/amid-ai-plagiarism-more-professors-turn-handwritten-work Five semesters after ChatGPT changed education forever, some professors are taking their classes back to the pre-internet era. A free account with IHE allows … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ai, education, english, learning, Mark Kermode, Oracy, teachers, teaching, teachingenglish, Testing & Assessment, writing | Leave a comment

Tuesday, 10th June (Richmond)

Posted on June 9, 2025 by roycross

1. I’m publishing early today, in the hope that some of you get chance to attend Geoff Mulgan’s UCL ‘Lunch Hour Lecture’, Shaping Better Public Institutions, at 13:00 UK time today, Tuesday 10th June. More info and registration here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunch-hour-lecture-shaping-better-public-institutions-tickets-1364004055849?aff=oddtdtcreator … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ai, AI in Peru, artificial-intelligence, Better Public Institutions, Cora Yang, education, Expat ELT, Geoff Mulgan, Jaime Saavedra, teaching, technology | Leave a comment

Thursday, 15th May (Richmond)

Posted on May 15, 2025 by roycross

1. My NILE colleague Rose Aylett was Anne Fox’s guest on the 306th edition of the Absolutely Intercultural podcast recently, Power in language, Critical pedagogy, Spectactors (sic), Taboo topics https://www.absolutely-intercultural.com/?p=5378 We’ll be talking about how you can use language to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Climate Change, Edinburgh University, education, Katja Hoyer, learning, Rose Aylett, Stephen Downes, teaching, The Democracy Collaborative | Leave a comment

Thursday, 1st May (Cambridge)

Posted on May 1, 2025 by roycross

1. What surprises me about this piece from BOLD, How to support highly sensitive children in class, is the very high percentage of children who are affected by a condition I’ve never heard of! https://boldscience.org/how-to-support-highly-sensitive-children-in-class/ Imagine if every sound, sight, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ai, BOLD, duolingo, education, Ethan Mollick, fall of saigon, learning, teaching, teaching for success, technology | Leave a comment

Thursday, 24th April (Cambridge)

Posted on April 24, 2025 by roycross

1. An interesting piece from Chatham House on the relationship between China and India, which they suggest will be of ‘greater long-term significance’ than the relationship between the US and China https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/2025-04/2025-04-23-how-china-india-relations-will-shape-asia-global-order-bajpaee-jie.pdf The China–US relationship is widely regarded as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Booker Prize, Chatham House, China, education, India, language, learning, Mosfilm, natesol, Tarkovsky, teaching, writing | Leave a comment

Thursday, 10th April (Richmond)

Posted on April 10, 2025 by roycross

1. First up tonight, a good news, bad news piece from The Guardian, Energy demands from AI datacentres to quadruple by 2030, says report https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/10/energy-demands-from-ai-datacentres-to-quadruple-by-2030-says-report The IEA forecast indicates a sharp rise in the requirements of AI, but said threat … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ai, artificial-intelligence, BOLD, Chatham House, education, NILE, Norwich, streaming, teaching, technology | Leave a comment

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