The ELT Buzz Digest - Oct. 21st
All the "buzz" in English language teaching
Dear Teachers,
Here is this week’s buzz!
My recommendation for reading and reflection this week is this article about the birthing of the post-literate society. So many think AI is destroying the ability of students to write well … that actually isn’t quite correct. What’s happening is students who don’t read widely, deeply aren’t learning to write. At heart, writing is a product and result of reading (much like how speaking is a result of listening). This article is a great overview of what’s happening. AI hurts student agency, makes plagiarism and cheating easy-peasie but it isn’t the cause of horrendous student writing skills. It’s a wider issue of screens, educational culture and a waning Gutenberg Galaxy.
Best,
David - ELT-Buzzer-In-Chief
How Amazon operates in education
The AI Industry Is Traumatizing Desperate Contractors in the Developing World for Pennies - Futurism
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
An Open Letter to Perplexity AI: - Marc Watkins. AI pushes cheating.
On the essay in a time of GenAI
The Great Scrape: The Clash Between Scraping and Privacy
my teacher was a youtuber - Youtube
Why Non-Competes Are Often Unenforceable—and Why Working Directly Can Be Better
Genetics Can Track How Languages Mixed in the Past
The More Scientists Work With AI, the Less They Trust It
Can AI Replace Teachers? - YouTube
Video Lesson Of The Week - Stranger’s Pawn
