The ELT Buzz Digest - March 3rd

All the "buzz" in English language teaching this week.

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Dear Teachers,

Our weekly digest - find it below, for your browsing pleasure.

My tip this week is this fun Norwegian take on the “enshitification” of the internet. You’ll love the ending. It’s part of an explicit process with the aim of extracting every last penny possible from those trapped in its digital vices. Ai is just the latest model, use case of this process. As it applies to ed-tech, it’s a money pit with little return. But hey! The kids are busy (vast majority cheating) with the shiny object! Also, see this podcast NotebookLM style video about research and what works when teaching ELLs. (No, I’m not totally against the use of AI!).

Best,
David - ELT-Buzzer-In-Chief

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• The Great AI-in-Education Paradox

• The worst career decision I almost made at 35 was believing I was late

• Microsoft deletes blog telling users to train AI on pirated Harry Potter books

• How Developers Are Making AI Your Kid’s Third Parent In The Classroom

• ‘Students can’t reason’: Teachers warn AI is fueling a crisis in kids’ ability to think

• The plot to replace teachers with tech

• The greatest risk of AI in higher education isn’t cheating – it’s the erosion of learning itself

• Sam Altman Says Training a Human Takes Energy Too

• The Joy Missing in the Classroom

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• Evidence Rebuts Chomsky’s Theory of Language Learning

• Secret Agent Man - 2nd Breakfast

• The Truth About Teaching English Learners: What Research Actually Says.

• Carvalho’s big bet on AI imploded at L.A. schools. Now, it’s the center of FBI raids

• AI Crash Report: The Physics of the Collapse - YouTube

• Model Collapse Ends AI Hype

• Student AI Use Is a Demand-Side Problem

• Don’t Believe The Hype

• Interlanguage Development: Some Evidence

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Video Lesson Of The Week - The 7 Deadly Sins

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