Ich habe es gestern experimentell überprüft: Studierende brauchen 30 Sekunden länger, um eine Fanfiction-Geschichte zu Super Mario zu schreiben (unter Verwendung von FanTALES.eu Prompts), als ich brauche, um über den Campus zu joggen, meinen Aufhebungsvertrag zu unterschreiben, und zurückzujoggen :)
As much as we see value in generative text technologies for language learning and teaching - when used wisely pedagogically and with respect for the creative work of authors - our values and mission do not align with those of OpenAI. Alternative GenAI applications are out there.
Going forward, we will stop promoting the use of ChatGPT in our workshops and materials. ChatGPT is Trump's biggest donor, and ICE uses a screening tool powered by OpenAI's GPT-4. quitgpt.org
To start this Friday on a cheerful note, here's a random joke that a hobbit found in our workshop archives this morning. It's a mash-up of some of our favourite fandoms: playing with languages and Blackadder!
We have a new banner (long overdue 😷) for our website. 😁Let us know what you think !
Throwback to #TBLT2025: in lovely Groningen (where the seeds for FanTALES were planted in 2014), @meryenda.bsky.social and @fcornillie.bsky.social playfully shared three of our lesson ideas and materials for teaching English and Spanish with fanfiction. What a great audience! DM us for the slides
Typo! #TBLT2025 And a spoiler alert for the talk: come find out who got killed at the conference dinner, and why 😵🕵️🍷🔪😎
👋 #TLBT2025 participants on Bluesky: come find @fcornillie.bsky.social and @meryenda.bsky.social play around with our ideas and materials for teaching with fanfiction in English and Spanish language contexts! Tomorrow at 9:50 in room 1312.0025 with @matthewpattemore.bsky.social as session chair ❤️
Byebye Twitter, hello Bluesky! We have copied over some of our older tweets here, and will be posting new content only on Bluesky as we go forward.
