The ELT Buzz Digest
All the weekly goings on and "buzz" in education and English language teaching.
Dear Subscribers,
Here is this week’s report. Lots of interesting items, something for every teacher!
My tip this week is Masha’s weekly newsletter - In The Same Boat. Check them out and support them - I like teachers producing this kind of content. You’ll enjoy their light take on the heavy work we all do!
P.S. I’m back blogging on my personal blog - Naked & Alive after a short hiatus! Eclectic, probing stuff.
Best,
David - ELT Buzzer-In-Chief
From Words to Worlds: 12 Stages of Language Mastery - YouTube
Dogme Revisited - Going Unplugged in the AI Age.
Classroom Seating and Student Achievement - The Effortful Educator
Luddites Win - Audrey Watters
Does anyone actually want AI-generated podcasts? What’s the problem Google NotebookLM is trying to solve?
The Return - You’re IT Cassandra is back.
How does generative AI promote autonomy and inclusivity in language teaching
What Kind of Writer Is ChatGPT?
“Love Conquers AI”
By Peter Sakura
I’m against AI because:
1) All the billions of dollars and all of the human talent that companies and investors have used for AI is money and talent that should be funding and working towards a just transition to a low-carbon society and a livable climate;
2) Intellectual property rights are not respected by AI;
3) The energy consumed by AI is unjustifiably large when energy consumption needs to go down to realize a low-carbon future for human survival;
4) People are wasting time maintaining relationships with AI chat bots at the expense of maintaining relationships with other people;
5) Teachers are being encouraged to adopt a new form of technology that is not high quality or supported by research. It’s another useless product that we are forced to consume because we are living in the cult of professionalism.