Alice Cann

This evening I helped my daughter with revision for a biology exam tomorrow, and realised (re-realised) how little I know. Did I know any of this stuff when I was at school? I’m not really sure…! #NotableNovember #Day25

This sounds very sensible. And yet I will feel reluctant to do this due to then being included in an x % of people use Copilot statistics!

(Not that I haven’t used Copilot - I do test it occasionally so I know what I’m talking about when discussing with students. But the I go to it deliberately)

Really excited for my session tomorrow, and actually quite enjoying working out what from my three x 2 hour Systematic Literature Review training (which could be more too) really needs to be included in a one hour overview.

Looking to see how many people have clicked yes to the invite to training I’m doing tomorrow is a very good way of incentivising me to focus on my prep for this and not getting distracted with emails (which are also important, but…)

Very very good @hazelisonline.bsky.social video here on the "AI for climate" meme that has been dominating climate meetings, discourse for at least a year now: **THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AI**

www.instagram.com/reel/DRcm4nn...

Pop-up on MS Teams: Get quick access to your AI assistant. Pin Copilot Chat to access your AI assistant for work in a secure chat across Teams, Outlook and the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. Button options for Maybe later and Pin now.

Whenever I open Teams, this pops up. I hate that the options are Maybe Later or Pin now. The convincing people to using Copilot for everything. The fact that it appears like the institution is encouraging you to use it, rather than it being an option for you to evaluate & decide whether you want it

Today my daughter (and me, vicariously) got some unexpected good news, following a certainty that something hadn’t been passed, when it had actually been passed and more. There’s room for hope when you’re doubting yourself. #NotableNovember #Day24

Today my daughter (and me, vicariously) got some unexpected good news, following a certainty that something hadn’t been passed, when it had actually been passed and more. There’s room for hope when you’re doubting yourself. #NotableNovember #Day24

Bodhana Sivanandan: Ten-year-old chess prodigy dazzles at women’s event Bodhana Sivanandan wins the UK Women’s Blitz Championship, putting her in the top 50 women in the world in the category.

On the BBC News homepage!

I’m continually grateful to be part of the chess world (while not being able to play chess…) And to be able to follow other children’s progress, including/especially Bodhana’s, as well as my own.

Every day I get so frustrated with EBSCO. I just want to be able to edit my search by putting words into separate boxes for my concepts, rather than adding things to brackets (for demonstrating). And limit to the last 3 years without going through a whole rigamarole. Is that so much to ask?

And I imagine you weren’t lacking I bowls anyway! Not that that would really stop me. Good for making little quiches or something, and putting in the freezer…

There was one of these on the reduced shelves in Tesco last week. I was very tempted to buy it (especially - like you - thinking about the bowl thing), but resisted.

Today I started hemming our front room curtains. One of which has been hemmed too short for many years, and one longer and not hemmed at all. I’m doing it with the curtains still hanging up - which seemed easier for getting the lengths right and for doing it (very!) gradually #NotableNovember #Day23

Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say

An informative article about this issue.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Today I started hemming our front room curtains. One of which has been hemmed too short for many years, and one longer and not hemmed at all. I’m doing it with the curtains still hanging up - which seemed easier for getting the lengths right and for doing it (very!) gradually #NotableNovember #Day23

going through hell, keeping going on art, grief, and the emotional heroism of just bloody keeping on making your work

I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:

open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...

Today we went to visit a college for post-year 11, which was really great. My husband I and I both would quite like to be doing this kind of study again!

Then I accompanied my son to a chess game and I went on an unsuccessful hunt for a jacket potato, in the pouring rain.
#NotableNovember #Day22

Some great recipes here. Saved in the recipes tab on my phone to look at tomorrow and consider making.

Today we went to visit a college for post-year 11, which was really great. My husband I and I both would quite like to be doing this kind of study again!

Then I accompanied my son to a chess game and I went on an unsuccessful hunt for a jacket potato, in the pouring rain.
#NotableNovember #Day22

Today, after finishing work early (due to extra earlier in the week) I lay on the settee and dozed. This is so rare in the afternoon that my son presumed I was ill! But it was very much worthwhile in enabling to stay awake nicely through the evening. #NotableNovember ##Day21

Today, after finishing work early (due to extra earlier in the week) I lay on the settee and dozed. This is so rare in the afternoon that my son presumed I was ill! But it was very much worthwhile in enabling to stay awake nicely through the evening. #NotableNovember ##Day21

This afternoon I was feeling pretty drained and exhausted with the tiredness, workload and never done to do list. Talking with my colleagues (having a moan and discussing other work and personal things) did me a world of good #NotableNovember #Day20

‘Students are afraid to fail, and AI presents itself as a savior. But what we learn from history is that progress requires failure. It requires reflection. Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead.’

This afternoon I was feeling pretty drained and exhausted with the tiredness, workload and never done to do list. Talking with my colleagues (having a moan and discussing other work and personal things) did me a world of good #NotableNovember #Day20

A cafetière cup, photographed from above, with creamy coffee in it.

A perfect cup of coffee!

I completely forgot to do my #NotableNovember #Day19 yesterday. It was a day which included multiple interesting conversation with researching students, reminding me of the joy of being part of an academic community, with so many people working of a wide variety of topics.

This evening (following an intense day at work) was calm and companionable at home. Cooking, card playing reading and chatting, including about the reading. (I was mostly cooking and chatting myself) #NotableNovember #Day18

This evening (following an intense day at work) was calm and companionable at home. Cooking, card playing reading and chatting, including about the reading. (I was mostly cooking and chatting myself) #NotableNovember #Day18

Past me (half an hour ago in the staff room) decided that I don’t need another coffee.

Current me (about to teach) is in disagreement about this.

For me it’s more things in other people’s syllabi (many of them). And yet I keep making plans to be in this position, with things to prep for that I don’t have the time for, in the future again.