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Some really important points in this article. https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20251029072506658

Here's a useful YouTube video transcriber that has a useable free subscription https://youtubetranscripts.org/

Great site with a collection of short films that can be used with students https://www.shortverse.com/

This is a really powerful, impressive and free dictionary app that helps you learn and store vocabulary as you read and provides examples of words in context. Well worth checking out https://pickvocab.com/

This site uses AI to analyse and compare cost of living and lifestyle elements between cities in two different countries - This should be an interesting activity for students to compare where they live to other places https://newlife.help/

This is a useful explanation of why you shouldn't cite AI chatbots for factual information https://stopcitingai.com/ Good to share with students as it has a simple explanation

Integrating Critical Thinking into your Syllabus with AI - A short blog post with a prompting template you can adapt for your students https://payhip.com/peacheypublications/blog/news/integrating-critical-thinking-into-your-syllabus-with-ai

This working paper examines how artificial intelligence (AI) can support students with special education needs (SEN) to achieve their learning goals, while underlining key risks and limitations. It defines central terms and the rationale for using AI in this context and reviews a selection of research-backed AI tools that aim to empower students with SEN. https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/2025/09/leveraging-artificial-intelligence-to-support-students-with-special-education-needs_ebc80fc8.html

If you are looking for a more environmentally friendly alternative AI platdform then you could give GreenPT a try https://greenpt.ai/ All data is hosted on EU servers.

This is an impressive tool for creating text to speech audio and for cloning your own voice to read the text https://fish.audio/

This is an example presentation on multilingualism https://www.voxdeck.ai/share/3fo4k4rs6p9x

This is an example presentation on multilingualism https://www.voxdeck.ai/share/3fo4k4rs6p9x

This is a very impressive AI tool for creating presentation - it even generates an AI presenter to talk through the topic - You can sign up for free and get credits to produce two presentations - you get extra credit through recommending it to friends. Here’s a link that will also get you and me an additional 500 credits https://www.voxdeck.ai/invite/to/try/qntv3cd8

15 years of curated Edtech tools for Teachers and Learners https://www.scoop.it/topic/tools-for-learners

Get a free copy of this lesson plan today - A Ghost Story - A Video Shorts Lesson - https://payhip.com/b/I4vL

You can download a free copy of this webinar recording for the next 6 days - Developing Understanding through Intentional Listening https://payhip.com/b/GISTe

Body Language - Understanding Hand Gestures https://payhip.com/peacheypublications/blog/news/body-language-understanding-hand-gestures

Regurgitative AI: Why ChatGPT Won’t Kill Original Thought https://bit.ly/47DXSG7 if anything it will increase the value of original and innovative thinking.

Get students chatting with some of the greatest minds in history https://mindchat.world/en/ AI version of course.

This is a fantastic collection of animated infographics showing how things work. Most also have a video talking through the process too - Great content for lessons and very vocabulary rich https://animagraffs.com/ - Nice one here showing how self-driving cars work https://animagraffs.com/how-self-driving-cars-work/