Nik's Edtech & ELT Updates

Very useful PDF download - Includes research findings from 12 studies - The Portrait of a Teacher in the Age of AI - How will the role of a teacher evolve in a world transformed by AI? https://www.ed3global.org/portraitofateacher

This is a great site for generating a discussion on social medi - online advertising and the value of your attention - Just add some simple details and you'll get a break down of what has been paid for your attention https://attentionworth.com/ could lead to some interesting discussion, such as who paid and what did they get for it? How could you have spent your time differently? Was it worth it to you?

Wordy is an online language-learning platform that helps users improve vocabulary and comprehension by learning through movies, TV shows, and video clips. It offers interactive subtitles, context-based vocabulary learning with smart flashcards and spaced repetition, and personalized learning paths for more than 20 languages. Users can click on words in authentic scenes to see translations, save them to their word lists, and practise pronunciation and usage with tailored exercises. The service is designed to make language learning engaging and natural by using real entertainment content. https://wordy.info/

The Cosmic Stage https://thecosmicstage.com/ When you enter your birthdate, The Cosmic Stage maps your lifetime against the grand clockwork of the solar system. The sheer scale of time and distance measured against a single human life. The numbers remind you how brief we are against the deep time of the universe, and yet how remarkable it is that you are here at all. You are impossibly small and absolutely extraordinary, both at once.

A magical collection of interactive music theory tools & visual references to learn music online for free. https://muted.io/

Google's Lyria produce music and lyrics for songs https://gemini.google/overview/music-generation/

Ideogram – https://ideogram.ai is a text-to-image AI tool that generates high-quality visuals from written prompts, with particular strength in rendering clear, readable text inside images. It supports a wide range of visual styles, making it useful for posters, slides, social media graphics, and educational materials. The platform is popular with creators who need fast, polished visuals without design expertise.

This is article is a good summary of attempts being made to add guardrails to AI in schools - and as usual it highlights how the people leading the charge don’t have the understanding and literacy levels they need to do the job in the first place: https://theaienglishteacher.wordpress.com/2026/02/23/safety-standards-slamming-brakes-and-the-no-mans-land-schools-are-stuck-in/

GraphicGen https://bit.ly/4ka1W6I is an AI-powered infographic and visual content generator that creates custom graphics from text prompts or data inputs. Users can transform written information into engaging visuals such as infographics, charts, and diagrams to support presentations and reports. It simplifies visual communication by automating graphic design with AI.

This is a collection of 14 free articles I've written for Oxford TEFL over the last few years https://bit.ly/3X1Uqyp

Get a free copy of Action Research for Schools - https://bit.ly/4qo4Juy Looks very interesting.

Discover a new way to engage your child in reading. Clook uses recording and AI to develop independent reading habits and provide proofs and insights to parents. https://www.clook.app/

This is a really interesting article looking at the impact of AI generated feedback vs human produced feedback https://buff.ly/AV57q9i The Hidden Cost of AI-Generated Feedback

Great to see these 'AI Guidelines for Teachers' that I worked on for the BC are now available. https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional-development/teachers/using-digital-technologies/ai-guidelines-teachers

10 days to go - it's free - The Pilgrims Teacher Trainer Panel Discussion on: Using AI in the Humanistic Language Classroom, Saturday 21st February 2026 https://www.hltmag.co.uk/feb26/using-ai

https://www.obooko.com/ is a free online platform where you can discover, read, and download legally licensed ebooks in PDF, EPUB, and Kindle formats across a wide range of genres including fiction and non-fiction. It offers thousands of titles that are available to keep forever without any cost, and you can also read directly in your browser using the built-in reader. The site also invites authors to publish their work for free to reach a global audience and build readership.

Snorkl https://snorkl.app/ is an AI-enhanced classroom tool that gives students instant feedback on verbal, written, and visual explanations of learning tasks. Teachers can create activities and students submit responses through a simple interface, after which the AI provides supportive feedback to deepen understanding and reasoning. The tool is designed to foster active learning and help teachers scale personalised feedback.

Really interesting article from Stephen Downes - The Questions We Ask About AI in Education - https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-questions-we-ask-about-ai-in.html

Free course - Deepfake Awareness Course for Students - In this module, we'll learn what deepfakes are, how they show up in the world, and what can make them so dangerous. https://ui.adaptivesecurity.com/modules/40ebd915-03e3-4c8d-8cc4-1ee4e01fb0c4/frames/caff7aa2-9e76-45c7-868b-a0e8c4e68049

Get a free copy of Action Research for Schools - https://internationalschools.britishcouncil.org/action-research-for-schools Looks very interesting.