If you prefer to listen instead of reading: If you can, turn your camera on! In 2024, I had numerous online meetings on Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet. In 100% of them, I had my camera on, whereas in about 90%, the other participants kept theirs off. I understand that not everyone feels “camera-ready” when… Read More
If you prefer to listen instead of reading: Whether you are a native speaker or a second language learner, what’s one word you pronounced incorrectly that still haunts you to this day? BIRD GEI, established in São Paulo, specializes in providing strategic language training solutions and best practices, empowering corporations and professionals to excel in… Read More
What happens when students use calculators to solve math problems? They save time on mechanical operations and arrive at a singular correct solution, so why not use AI tools like ChatGPT for writing? Comparing the use of AI ChatGPT for writing to using a calculator for math problems is a mistaken comparison, especially in the… Read More
ChatGPT thinks for me, therefore I am A teacher caught students using ChatGPT on their first assignment to introduce themselves. When the assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Arkansas shared the experience on X, formerly Twitter, in a post that has now garnered 3.5 million views, some replies argued that students would obviously… Read More
Much is said about teamwork, collaboration, and motivation, but it is always nice to see how they work together. Two families face an intriguing puzzle that reveals a crucial lesson in collaboration. How they solve it will surprise you! This puzzle is a perfect reminder of the power of teamwork and how we achieve more… Read More
In case you are wondering, this is a Wind Phone. The original wind phone (風の電話, kaze no denwa) is an unconnected telephone booth in Ōtsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, where visitors can hold one-way conversations with deceased loved ones. Initially created by garden designer Itaru Sasaki in 2010 to help him cope with his cousin’s death, it was opened to the public the following… Read More
New research from the language website Wordtips has revealed the top language choice of learners in nearly every capital city in the world. By analyzing data from over 280,000 profiles on the popular language-learning platform Conversation Exchange, Wordtips found the language currently being learned by the highest proportion of learners in every available national capital.… Read More
Um bibliotecário londrino analisou milhões de artigos em busca de termos incomuns utilizados em excesso por programas de inteligência artificial. O bibliotecário Andrew Gray fez uma descoberta “muito surpreendente”. Ele analisou cinco milhões de estudos científicos publicados no ano passado e detectou um aumento repentino no uso de certas palavras. A análise está focada em… Read More
A London librarian has analyzed millions of articles in search of uncommon terms abused by artificial intelligence programs. Librarian Andrew Gray has made a “very surprising” discovery. He analyzed five million scientific studies published last year and detected a sudden rise in the use of certain words, such as meticulously (up 137%), intricate (117%), commendable (83%) and… Read More
Você já parou para pensar como será a busca de empregos em um futuro próximo? Apesar da estatística bem conhecida de que os recrutadores geralmente passam apenas seis segundos revisando um currículo, muitos ainda aderem à elaboração de listas e cronologias tradicionais de suas experiências, esperando por resultados positivos. A história do currículo é uma… Read More
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