Nik's Edtech & ELT Updates

This is a nice site for bringing the world into the classroom. It has live feeds and video recordings from around the world. There’s a range of different themes and I love the CityGuesser. https://virtualvacation.us/

This is an interesting application of AI to editing writing. It keeps the writer in control. There is a useable free subscription: https://www.revise.net/ there is also a free word duplication spotter here: https://duplicateword.com

This is an article I wrote for Oxford TEFL earlier this year. https://oxfordtefl.com/blog/get-started-with-one-to-one-english-teaching-and-become-your-own-boss/

Xmas treasure hunt - you should be able to find 5 free teacher resource books here among the other 30 https://payhip.com/peacheypublications/collection/teacher-resource-books enjoy!

You can try School.AI's other tools here: https://app.schoolai.com/tools/demo

This is an impressive AI tool from SchoolAI that makes videos into and interactive discussion https://app.schoolai.com/spaces/clnaw1t7u000ayvpt3po1373k You can try it without signing up.

This is an impressive AI tool from SchoolAI that makes videos into and interactive discussion https://app.schoolai.com/spaces/clnaw1t7u000ayvpt3po1373k

How Your Learners *Actually* Learn with AI - Great to see some factual data appearing about what's actually going on https://drphilippahardman.substack.com/p/how-your-learners-actually-learn

Yes, You Can Stop Students from Using ChatGPT—But Should You? https://screensandsanity.substack.com/p/yes-you-can-stop-students-from-using Interesting article about how we should be using AI

Interesting article - The AI Content Explosion: What Your Learners Actually Think (And Why It Matters) https://drphilippahardman.substack.com/p/the-ai-content-explosion-what-your

AI Quests is a game-based learning experience designed to teach middle school students (ages 11-14) about AI. Through a series of interactive, code-free quests, students will learn what it takes to responsibly build AI applications that address real-world societal challenges. https://research.google/ai-quests/intl/en_gb

Create up to 7 songs and music videos for free! https://mozartai.com/ This might be a nice tool for projects with students and as the subject of discussion.

Two Truths & AI is an interactive digital literacy game for grades K–12 that teaches students to identify AI-generated content and develop critical media literacy skills. Through an engaging, 60-second challenge, students try to distinguish between real and AI-generated movie posters. https://www.commonsense.org/two-truths-and-ai

A podcast interview with Sugata Mitra https://happiness.info/151-sugata-mitra/

My plenary talk on multimodality from 38th APPI Conference 2025 - Multimodality in English Language Teaching and Learning https://youtu.be/Ky_tP7FM4fw?si=tymJpJzWzFCyfuuR

This is an interview I did with Karolina Kasperska, Head of English and Schools Education in Poland after my IATEFL Poland plenary https://youtu.be/K2zJIGV4iu0?si=11B-8DlR3wmu2teX

This is an interesting AI platform for group learning - It creates a password protected group chatroom where students and teachers can interact together but the AI chatbot can be called on to add insights, summaries and additional information. It acts as a kind of moderator for the group chat https://www.yochatgpt.io/ If you try it, watch the explainer video first.

This is a really useful study tool for exploring documents and generating quizzes and flashcards from them. https://www.turbo.ai/

This looks interesting - Could it be a DuoLingo killer? You can get it for free if you can’t afford it, but I’m not sure how you prove that or what the criteria are - https://language-protagonized.com/

Interesting video to discuss with students - would they prefer this AI pet to a real pet? - Pros and cons?? https://youtu.be/nrLwgIj_OSo?si=7cCi0iHr487Rhea4