ELT Buzz Digest - Nov. 23rd
All the "buzz" in English language teaching this week.
Dear Teachers,
Here is our weekly digest. Browse below. Lots for everyone! Happy reading.
My suggestion this week is this Edutopia article suggesting how teachers might align curriculum more towards learning and less towards the Pass/Fail and competitive point getting “game” it has become and which fosters much of the plagarism and misuse of LLMs/AI.
Happy Holidays to all! We will be taking a break until the New Year! Wishing you peace, rest, goodwill to all. Remember - The present IS the present!
Best,
David - ELT-Buzzer-In-Chief
Teacher Development | Teacher’s Coffee ft. Anna Hasper - YouTube
I learned many things this year, none Instagrammable - Cecilia Nobre
The teacher wellbeing turn: neuropolitics, education and the psy-complex
‘De-risk’ taking risks: My biggest takeaway from 2025 — Dr. Nicole Johnson
2025 Word of the Year: Slop - Merriam Webster
With “Learn Everything,” Google Strikes Out Again In Trying To Make AI Useful - Larry Ferlazzo
What Does It Mean to Democratize ELT Publishing? - Edulab
“Who are you gonna believe? Me or your own eyes?” - zkaiser
Thursday 18 December - Katherine Bilsborough Newsletter
The ‘one chatbot per child’ model for AI in classrooms conflicts with what research shows: Learning is a social process - The Conversation
Coursera to buy Udemy, creating $2.5 billion firm to target AI training - Reuters
Teenagers are preparing for the jobs of 25 years ago – and schools are missing the AI revolution
Resurrecting the Lost Art of Library Culture - Cincinnati Classical Academy
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
What would an AI university look like and how might it change education?
Video Lesson Of The Week - Bear Hunt
Whole Books and Slow School - Peter Greene
AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
How I rehumanize the college classroom for the AI-augmented age