A blog on my adventure in the #european Parliament on the subject of teaching ancient #greek
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A blog on my adventure in the #european Parliament on the subject of teaching ancient #greek
www.stevenhuntclassics.com/post/interna...
This is the most dreadful nonsense I've read all week what is the matter with these joyless cunts
What's not surprising is that the people who think LLMs improve general productivity are the same who will contract out a site to PwC.
AI tutoring? No. More teachers. Specialist teachers. Smaller classes. Teaching where the student is known, supported, cultivated by human beings. Not sat in front of a screen which predicts what to say next.
Incredible shot of the Hellenic Navy's new frigate Kimon being welcomed yesterday by the trireme Olympias and the armoured cruiser Averof (photo by Nick Dendris)
There are a lot of factors contributing to disillusionment among creators, but one big element is that you can work and strive and dedicate years to honing your craft and building an audience and still be fighting for pennies, while the money people will gladly throw billions at the new slop fad.
Stealworkers
Who shall take care of the rich?
Havenβt been to #gails for ages. But Iβm not going any more.
A peep into the archives of #Latin #teaching in 1971
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a poster with a blue background and an isometric pattern of green hexes with a blue and red decoration. the text reads CALLING ALL HISTORICAL GAMERS: Playful Time Machines is an NWO-funded research project investigating what historical video gameplay means to players. We are looking for survey respondents aged 18 and up who play grand strategy, action/ adventure, and shooter games about the past! Fill in our survey at edu.nl/7w3yn!
hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn
New paper just out on how changing sociotechnical systems of knowledge production and access - platforms, the cloud, AI - pose profound challenges to educational practice and research doi.org/10.1080/0305...
A short blog post of the Conference on Comprehensible Input in Ancient Languages Teaching which I organised at the Faculty of Classics in the University of Cambridge - published by the @Classical_Assoc
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#Latin #Greek #Classics #Education
Getting close to the CI conference Iβm running on 24 October in Cambridge.
In person and online. Free, but you need to collect a ticket to get sign up details.
www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
A Hundred Dalmatians.
Here's your annual reminder: whether you received A-level results today, years ago, or never, there's space for you at the @openuniversity.bsky.social!
Look, I know it's highly unlikely any actual teenagers getting results are On Here, but if you're in the vicinity of one thinking about engaging with Clearing, the Classics dept at Royal Holloway has places, and I think we're jolly good. As are our Humanities colleagues.
Please boycott Duolingo.
It was a bad app that only worked for people who already knew the language even before going 'AI-first'.
Repeat after us: you cannot learn a language ππͺπ’ππ£π¨ speak through AI generated content.
techcrunch.com/2025/08/07/t...
Front cover of book βForeard with Classicsβ
This got published 7 years ago (authorβs copy pictured). Mai, Arlene and I decided that make classics education in schools and informal settings and provide practical, inspirational examples. 7 years isnβt long ago, but feels like it! Weβve come a long way since! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/forward-w...
Extraordinarry!
What's the value of academic articles and doing research? The product or the process?
This article has been a long process, and how I've processed the ongoing AI disruption of research. I use it very little, and while it's clearly not all bad, I argue for caution.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
When Pompeii gets all the limelight (not complaining!) itβs good to see a conference on βthe Other Placeβ
Registration now open! Join the ICS, American Friends of Herculaneum & UK Herculaneum Society for:
Herculaneum: Contexts, Present Progress and Future Prospects.
Mon 13 Oct, 9.30am-5.30pm
Tues 14 Oct, 10.30am-5pm
ics.sas.ac.uk/events/herculaneum-contexts-present-progress-and-future-prospects
I originally thought it a good thing when dog-whistling politicians finally allowed their racism to show overtly. I thought theyβd be seen for what they were, booted off the media and thrown out of their parties. I was a fool.
This man is a Conservative MP and former No.10 adviser.
#gamingthepast
ICYMI: UK readers can win a bundle of all five Cesare Aldo historical thrillers! Find out more in my latest author newsletter:
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