Citing concerns that facial recognition tech infringes on privacy and increases discrimination, over 100 artists have announced that they are boycotting any concert venue that uses it. rollingstone.com/music/music-fe…

A useful report by Unesco, with inputs from many experts incl. ⁦Guy Berger LinkedIn: https://shorturl.at/p0RUy⁩ #AI Reporting on artificial intelligence: a handbook for #journalism educators - #UNESCO Digital Library unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0…

New today! A summary of our research showing the absence of Matthew effects in NAPLAN reading and numeracy from Yr 3 to Yr 9. Link to an open access version of the paper here authors.elsevier.com/a/1hJhU,8E16Ed… theconversation.com/our-research-s… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand Uni of New England

"If the forced move to online schooling demonstrated one thing, it is that schools as physical hubs - where people congregate and interact - are a necessity for the welfare of young people." tes.com/magazine/analy…

A useful list of "Open Access Journals in Educational Technology" joshuaweidlich.wordpress.com/2019/06/05/ope… by Joshua Weidlich

I look forward to critical discussion today as our team presents an initial draft of the #UNESCO #AI Competency Framework for Teachers at Digital Learning Week. Growing critical consciousness & transformative ethical agency of teachers underpins the framework. University of Johannesburg UJ News

Serving as moderator today in the #unesco DLW public lecture and dialogue with 2 laureates of the 2018 AM Turing Award Prof Yann LeCun VP Chief AI Scientist Meta & Yoshua Bengio, Founder and Scientific Director of Quebec AI Institute. University of Johannesburg unesco.org/en/weeks/digit…

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In a paper due to be published later this year, Ren’s team estimates ChatGPT gulps up 500 milliliters of water (close to what’s in a 16-ounce water bottle) every time you ask it a series of between 5 to 50 prompts or questions fortune.com/2023/09/09/ai-…

Valuable advice for graduate students

Calling all CAREGIVERS and TEACHERS looking for interesting and stimulating African language children's books that focus on local content. Visit ulwazilwethu.org.za. Let's get our children reading so we can reverse the narrative that our children cannot read!!!

[BREAKING NEWS] A DA councillor has been arrested for the October arson attack at the home of Bergville councillor Michael Buthelezi. Buthelezi's wife and three children died in the blaze. #DStv403 #eNCA

"Where technology is used, teacher and student data and privacy protections should be safeguarded." Recommendations on Teachers and Tech from the UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession ilo.org/global/industr…… ✨ #SDG4 #TechonOurTerms

Two ySKILLS conclusions on #research #children #youth ✔️#DigitalLiteracy is both a valued outcome and the means of realising #ChildRights ✔️#DigitalLiteracy cannot guarantee children’s #wellbeing - schools, regulators and industry must play their part blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/2024/…

"Time to acknowledge that sustainability is indigeneity writ large". A worthwhile read. Thank u @3Lmantra

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🚨NEW🚨: AI Is Wreaking Havoc on Global Power Systems We analyzed data on 1000s of data centers and found that AI data centers are coming online so fast that electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals 🎁tinyurl.com/572p2mk2

Explore the Collaborative Digital Regulation Country Review for South Africa 🇿🇦, highlighting the frameworks enabling South Africa’s #DigitalTransformation, with support from FCDO Digital Development. itu.int/hub/publicatio…

Help track online gender-based violence (OGBV) with KICTANet!🎗 KICTANet has introduced an OGBV tracker documenting OGBV incidences across Africa to track prevalence. ✅Join the movement: tinyurl.com/4jdmpfmp #CivicTech #OGBV #Africa #Tech4Good #SocialImpact