The Global Society of Online Educators has released its call for 2025-2026 webinar presenters. Deadline July 15! #gsole #literacy #AI

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GSOLE 2025-2026 Webinar Series Call for Presenters!

“The Shifting Sands of Online AI Literacy Instruction: New Debates, Perspectives, and Educational Landscapes”

Full CPF Here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Submission Form Here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We are all in the debris field of a SpaceX mishap

My introduction to Peter Elbow was through this mindblowing conversation between him, charles bazerman, george hillocks, and sheridan blau on "50 years of research on writing: what have we learnt." What a loss! His work will continue to inspire our debates:
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As a person who doesn’t love American football surrounded by people who do, I love stories that make me feel better about the sport, and this is one.

“I think it's being comfortable in your skin . . . As athletes and as men, I think it's challenging at times to be that vulnerable.”

Yesterday’s live is now on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...

Where are the Women in AI on Substack? Look here (180+, 27+ countries)! https://karensmiley.substack.com/p/where-are-the-women-in-ai-on-substack-look-here (check out this list) #AI

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

I'd like to note the outrage of overediting a Nobel laureate in his area of expertise, and that a lot of writers (including me) have had horrible experiences of overediting in the legacy media: not just changing language but meaning and often values. Making your voice and views into theirs.

FEMA has issued a guide on how to apply for federal aid if you've been impacted by the wildfires.

Aid may include money for food, water, baby formula, breastfeeding supplies, medication, or even with basic home repairs and personal property losses. www.huffpost.com/entry/southe...

Sad news from the linguistics community: the great sociolinguist William Labov has died at age 97 languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=67399

It's not the same as turning up in person, but really cool that the #ascilite2024 papers are all available here so I can go look them all up: publications.ascilite.org/index.php/AP...

Adam Grant talks with prof. Jay Van Bavel about viral posts and well being. Bavel discusses research suggesting 10% of social media users produce the majority of viral negative Internet content and that clearing your feed of it has long-term positive effects.

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First time at the #OLC conference. So excited to see what it’s all about! #onlinelearning #writingstudies

I really love the ability on Bluesky to have a conversation, but I’m going to have to mute threads for a bit until people get the “LET ME JUMP IN TO TELL YOUNWHY YOU’RE WRONG even tho I haven’t read the piece you posted/am taking about something completely different” habit out of their systems.

Loving the NPR Wildcard podcast. So far, have been entranced by Martin’s interviews with Ann Patchett & Katherine Hahn. #booksky #podsky #npr

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Big news from Guardian Towers this morning...

The Guardian has announced it will no longer post content on Elon Musk’s X from official accounts.

(I'm staying put - for now - as feel it's important to at least try to retain some balance there).

www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...