
Dear Teachers,
Read and enjoy the articles and videos in this week’s report! See below.
My reading tip this week is this 404 Media article - Teachers Are Not Ok. It’s a revealing read into the dilemma’s posed by rampant and addictive ChatGPT use by students and the frustrations of teachers. Even if you support some use of generative AI - what happens is ”your mind is incrementally taken over” as Norman Finkelstein explains so well below. You will start using AI more and more … And from there, there is no going back, you’ve been hooked and crooked.
All the best, David
ELT Buzzer-in-Chief
Norman Finkelstein vs ChatGPT: Why AI Ruined His Classroom? - Video
Things That Fly - ELT Buzz Video Lessons - Video
Can Alcohol Improve Language Fluency? - Newsletter
Should we let students use ChatGPT? | Natasha Berg | TEDxSioux Falls
NM: Stride Caught Misbehaving Yet Again - Corruption

Dog Speak - A poem about language
Translanguaging - More hot air - Geoff Jordan
Understanding the impacts of generative AI use on children.
AI Is Destroying a Generation of Students
Open Library - June / July - ELT Buzz Teaching Resources
Why Gen A.I. has become digital fentanyl: Addiction | Cognitive Impact
Teachers Are Starting To Worry About AI
Teachers, Your Students Are (Probably) Cheating