Huge (600 pp) trove of research on children’s (toddler to adolescent) use of digital screens. Open Source (free to download) too. From Springer. Handbook of Children on Screens.
Kevin putting it out there
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100 Heartwarming Stories
From the BBS, many with short video clips, and most short and simple enough to be used in ELT classes.
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Rotating Sandwiches
At least 6, and maybe 8, of these Rotating Sandwiches are not sandwiches. But controversy aside, this is a great resource for language teaching. Besides our yes/no, we can compare, we can guess the prices, we can list ingredients, we can make recipes. I’m sure there is more. Thanks to Kottke for the link.
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Liar, liar, pants on AI
“The paper adds to a small but growing body of evidence that today’s most advanced AI models are becoming capable of strategic deception.”
From Time Magazine, 3 days before publication of the article. Is this interpretation inflammatory or just exaggerated?
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Watch your Ps and Questionable Garbage
“Under Fukushima’s new rules, if the rubbish remains unsorted for a week, city workers can go through it and try to identify the offenders via items such as mail. The violators will be issued a verbal warning, followed by a written advisory, before the last resort: having their names published on the government website.”
From BBC.
