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Rosa Parks Was Born On This Day In 1913 – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources
Rosa Parks was born on this day in 1913. You might be interested in Best Resources For Teaching About Rosa Parks & 60th Anniversary Of The Montgomery Bus Boycott.      Some Studies Say That AI Tutors Are Supposedly Effective, But For Whom?
Some recent studies suggest AI chatbots might be effective tutors. I’m sure that is the case for users are particularly motivated to learn. In fact, I think it’s safe to say that just about any tool or strategy will be effective in helping motivated students to learn. One of my former colleagues used to refer to them as “teacher-proof” students. These are the same kind of students who ed tech companies use to advertise the effectiveness of their products – the five percent who actually use them regularly in the exact ways the companies recommend (see A Look Back: Ed Tech Can Work Well – For 5 Percent Of Our Students) . The reality, however, is that the majority of our students probably don’t fit into that category. And that leads into the big problem I have with a lot of education research – New Study Highlights Weak Link In Most Ed Research: Knowing What Works “Best” Is Not Helpful If Students Won’t Do It. Listen, I’m no Luddite, and believe that AI can have some effective roles in education – WHAT I THINK ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL DO – & WHAT IT WON’T DO – IN K-12 EDUCATION. But having AI chatbots have a widespread role as effective tutors for students – it ain’t ever going to happen….. Addendum: See AI Tutoring and the Cost of Convenience  Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL
Eight years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also be interested in all my Best lists on teaching ELLs. Also, check out A Collection Of My Best Resources On Teaching English Language Learners. In addition, look for our latest book on teaching ELLs, The ELL Teacher’s Toolbox 2.0. Here are this week’s choices:
How to Pick Up the Local Language Before You Go is from The NY Times.
“The Brain’s Language Hubs — and Why They Matter for Your Teaching” is from The Language Gym.
ELT and AI for Good is from Adaptive Learning In ELT. Word Gen Weekly offers free lessons for ELLs. Speakology AI: The Future of Conversational Speaking Practice is Here is from FLT Magazine. I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Practice Speaking English.  Valentine’s Day Is Coming Up – Here Are A Ton Of Teaching & Learning Resources JillWellington / Pixabay
Valentine’s Day is coming up soon! You might be interested in The Best Sites To Learn About Valentine’s Day.  New Study Reinforces Key Strategy For Identifying Leaders
When I was a community organizer, we emphasized listening to identify people’s self-interests. We would then be able to leverage those self-interests to build power, since most people’s self-interests couldn’t be achieved on their own – they needed allies. Often times, the self-interests were obvious – people needed affordable child care, or better neighborhood safety, or a stop sign on their dangerous street corner. We were looking for self-interests, but we were really looking for leaders – people who had a network of people who respected them OR people who wanted to build that kind of network. We could often identify those people by eliciting from them their visions for their selves – what did they want to accomplish in their lives, what did they want friends and family to say about them, what skills did they want to develop? That’s when organizing moved from being transactional to being transformational. I had similar experiences as a teacher, which drove my interest in creating the conditions for intrinsic motivation. I was always on the lookout for students who wanted to be mentors not just for the extra credit points, but because they wanted to help other students, for example, And I constantly tried to cultivate those “transformational” qualities, through encouraging students to join class leadership teams, or be Lead Peer Tutors, or have other leadership roles in class. A new study, Beyond Pay: The Effects of Interviewers’ Emphasis on Pay and Career Growth on Attracting Highly Qualified Applicants (it’s open access) demonstrates that this kind of perspective works across the board. As the textbox above shows, researchers found that higher qualified job candidates were more interested in growth potential over pay. Obviously, this isn’t always going to be the case – some people are in personal situations that might require a focus on salary. But the bigger point stands – we shouldn’t always have a narrow definition about what people view as their self interest. I’m adding this info to A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES ON LEARNING ABOUT LEADERSHIP – SHARE YOUR OWN.  More Recent Articles
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