Two weeks ago, ISTE was deep into its annual conference, what seemingly will be the organization’s final meeting as a stand-alone event.
I wasn’t in Denver to see what was happening and, with the implosion of social media, it has become difficult to follow along with events like this from a distance in something akin to real time.
It’s that time of year again. The last week in June is traditionally when ISTE holds their huge edtech conference, the 2023 edition of which wrapped up just a few days ago.
For most of this century I would be in the middle of the event, especially in a year like this one when everything was happening in Philadelphia. After all, that city is only a three-hour drive up I-95. Less than half that on the train.
In the cover story from last weekend’s Sunday Morning program, David Pogue presented a very good and entertaining overview of ChatGPT.
Including, of course, some of the issues around how AI tools like this will impact the teaching of writing in school.
No, not the blog. I still have a few hundred or so posts in me, so the ranting will continue. Besides, sometime during 2023, I’ll reach my 20th blogging anniversary. I need to stick around at least that long.
Above Jay Mathews’ column this week, the headline screams “National English-teaching group loses grip on reality at terrible time”.
Wow! What on earth has the National Council of Teachers of English, an organization that’s been around since 1911, done to trigger this kind of hyperbole?