"Voice-to-text technology isn’t new. What’s new is the quality, the ubiquity, and the implications...we’re witnessing a fundamental shift from the written word back to the spoken word as a primary mode of communication and thought expression." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu
We killed reading.
No one writes about how teachers contributed to the problem. No student ever said, "Wow, that was fantastic and I am really inspired to read!" after being forced to suffer through The Scarlet Letter. Dreadful, boring, and ancient. Our choices make reading painful. #edusky
The NYT article about the man who attacked reads like the profile of a typical Trump supporter. All quality individuals...
Every adult: I wish I was more comfortable speaking.
No adult: I wish I was more comfortable reading Shakespeare.
Sadly, we make every student suffer through Macbeth, but we never specifically teach every student the skills of effective speaking.
Ditch Shakespeare. #edusky
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Educational malpractice?
A teacher has students make podcasts of book reports but gives no instruction about how to speak well. The result?
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Stop shortchanging students! Give them an effective voice. #edusky #teachers
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New: HELPING STUDENTS BECOME SKILLFUL PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
All public speaking has two parts: building a talk and performing a talk. In a digital world it's vital for students to learn how to communicate with impact. #edusky #speech #literacy @erik-palmer.bsky.social
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Wispr Flow and the slew of AI voice-to-text technology are shifting us from written to spoken communication. What does this mean for teaching oracy and literacy in schools? The Technology That Made Me Rethink My Entire Approach to Writing I'm dictating this blog post. Not transcribing a draft I've written by hand, not reading from…
All speaking has two parts: building a talk and performing a talk. In today's digital world, it's vital for students to learn how to communicate with impact.
