UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about.

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

FREE download until 29 April: The Psychology of Language Teachers: Cognition, Affect, and Motivation By Dávid Smid and Sarah Mercer (University of Graz) doi.org/10.1017/9781...

We know questioning is one of the most powerful ways to activate student thinking but it’s not always easy to improve it in a busy school week. That’s why we’re running the Great Teaching Questioning Challenge. It’s free to participate and applications close on 17th April buff.ly/K9rpFG1 #EduSky

It is *fascinating* to me how quickly some people have gone completely from “we all must work in the office! human collaboration is vital and only happens in person!” to “I can replace all these pesky people with chatbots!” Definitely some commentary there about our society and who gets to choose.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it

There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom

National Linguistics Day in the UK is coming up on November 26th! If you’d like to participate in promoting linguistics, you can learn more here: www.linguisticshq.co.uk/national-lin...

Someone recommended this book on inclusion in linguistics to me. It’s available Open Access so I thought I’d share. It features contributions from many, including the late Jon Henner. Worth a look! academic.oup.com/book/56194

TESOL Quarterly is accepting abstracts for three special issues, due January 31, 2025. Please share widely. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Just discovered this substack on gen z slang in English by @heddwen.bsky.social and I cannot recommend it highly enough: englishinprogress.substack.com

Exciting NEWS! 🚨 Starting in January @larryferlazzo.bsky.social & I will host regular ed chats for teachers of English learners. We will use the hashtag #ELsky. Let us know if you’d prefer 1 hour chats or one week, slow chats. #edusky

Great to see so many English language teachers on here! Time to make #ELTsky a thing? go.bsky.app/DF29amh

When there’s a right way to do a task and it’s familiar to the point of habit, it “hacks working memory”- that is, it allows students to complete the task with working memory focused exclusively on the content and not the details of the task. teachlikeachampion.org/blog/step-on...