Education and Learning

If Amazon’s Alexa is not a “she”, “he”, or ‘it” then what is sh…h…i…?

When talking about AI it causes me to pause in conversation. When I speak about Alexa, robots, and Google Assistant I do a pronoun pause. Being an ESL teacher for 20 years that causes me some concern. We all know that using “it” is reserved for inanimate, or lifeless things, and AI things are just that, lifeless things.… Continue reading If Amazon’s Alexa is not a “she”, “he”, or ‘it” then what is sh…h…i…?

Education and Learning

Self-Regulation Help Builds the Skills Required for the Future

Klaus Schwab’s (2016) Fourth Industrial Revolution outlines what skills future employees and entrepreneurs should possess: “In the Forum’s Future of Jobs report, we asked the chief human resources officers of today’s largest employers in 10 industries and 15 economies to imagine the impact on employment, jobs and skills up to the year 2020…survey respondents believe… Continue reading Self-Regulation Help Builds the Skills Required for the Future