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Tech Slam 6 is here! Join us Oct. 16 @ 7PM ET for mini-presentations related to learning technologies for Latin and languages more broadly.

Registration is free and open to the first 100 registrants. Reserve your spot here!
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#LanguageEd #EdTech #langchat

If you have an idea 💡 for a 5-minute mini-presentation about teaching or learning Latin or other world languages, there's still time to submit it!

Submit your proposed idea for Tech Slam 6 by Sept. 28 here! tinyurl.com/techslam6-cfp

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🎉 MAALLT’s first BookSlam is happening Aug 5 at 7 PM ET!
Educators & edtech fans will share short talks (5–10 min) on books & podcasts that inspire tech-driven teaching.

Sign up to join live or get the recording! forms.gle/CzYLBTHDbGzn...

#MAALLT #BookSlam #TechReads #EdTech #LanguageTeachers

One new event at this year's Fair is Speech. Students will give a speech in the target language about this year's theme: "A Cultural Kaleidoscope." Teachers and students are welcome to join in the audience to see students' speeches! memphis.edu/fair #langfair2025

In addition to competitive events at #langfair2025, there are activities for students & teachers. Students can participate in Global Rhythms: Dance Fusion, attend a puppet show, and more. Educators can discuss learning materials & participate in our first A.I. in Education panel!

Are you registered for tomorrow's Tech Slam? There's still time! Tech Slam 5 is happening on March 13 at 7-8pm Eastern Daylight Time on Zoom.

Registration is free: tinyurl.com/techslam-5. We hope to see you there!

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MAALLT is excited for Tech Slam 5: Beware the AI-des of March on Thu, March 13 at 7:00 PM EDT! A tech slam has 5-min presentations on language learning apps, tech & practices. Registration is free & open to the first 100 attendees. #langchat #education #technology #languages

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Last call for proposals for Tech Slam 5! tinyurl.com/techslam5

Please get your proposal for a 5-minute mini Zoom presentation in by tonight (Feb. 28). #maallt #iallt #education #learning #technology #languages #onlinelearning #techslam

The official event criteria & poetry texts for the 2025 Language Fair are now live on our site! #uofmlangfair

For updates and more info about the UofM Language Fair, go to memphis.edu/fair or follow us on X, IG, FB, Bluesky, or Threads by searching for uofmlangfair.

I was pretty impressed in fairly limited testing of features. Personally I don’t expect something perfect out-of-the-box, but imo it gives a good start that can be built on. It’s probably the tool teachers have mentioned to me most often at conferences. It may depend on specific lessons/objectives.

Sorry for the delay in replying, my notifications weren’t set up on my phone.

Per their site: “MagicSchool utilizes different LLMs to power its platform, including OpenAI’s GPT 3.5 and GPT 4, Anthropic’s Claude models, and Google’s Gemini.”

Bluesky Educators #EduSky be added at tinyurl.com/edusky

For anyone just joining and looking for “your people”:
There’s a spreadsheet for that!
@alicekeeler.com has a fabulous list of #EduSky members.

💡TIP: Go to the tab for Starter Packs and find your folks!

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AI definitely makes mistakes, and the output should always be taken with a grain of salt. But with effective prompts AI can produce some impressive results. There are also AI tools specifically made for planning a wide variety of lessons such as MagicSchool AI.

www.magicschool.ai/tools/lesson...

The Rise of AI, the Death of Reading, and the Mystery of Gen Z Here are the topics that resonated most with readers of our Teaching newsletter in 2024.

Which teaching topics got the most attention this year? Find out in our annual year-in-review. chroni.cl/3ZZzrQJ

EEF: ChatGPT cuts lesson planning by nearly a third The saved time did not come at the expense of quality, independent evaluation finds

Teachers using ChatGPT cut their lesson and resource planning time by 31% without affecting quality, a trial from
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Hello, Bluesky! I'm an Associate Prof. of French at the Univ. of Memphis. I'm passionate about #EdTech — my research interests include Gen. AI and online translation in language learning & instruction. Excited to connect and share ideas with educators & AI enthusiasts! 🌍💻