Nik's Edtech & ELT Updates

Explore how history, culture and identity shape the way the world speaks. - This is a beautifully designed website from the British Council - it explores accents around the world and has lots of interesting examples and background information https://www.britishcouncil.org/english-language-day

An interesting and a bit scary report on boys in social media https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/boys-in-the-digital-wild-online-culture-identity-and-well-being Boys in the Digital Wild: Online Culture, Identity, and Well-Being

Get you learners talking with this series of 30 lessons. You can get 75% off each lesson for the next 2 weeks https://payhip.com/peacheypublications/collection/conversation-listening-lesson-plans

This is a really useful article - GenAI and assessment: how fair is it? https://media-and-learning.eu/subject/artificial-intelligence/genai-and-assessment-how-fair-is-it/ Towards the end there is also a link to a PDF report with 32 rules and 27 recommendations for the implementation of GenAI is assessment.

If you or your learners are really into food, then this could be a useful and interesting AI to explore: https://bit.ly/4etFrZO "Foodbe is the first AI platform that answers food questions with the depth of a nutritionist, the knowledge of a food historian, and the instincts of a Michelin-level chef. Ask anything—why does garlic turn bitter, what does salmon do for inflammation, how do you get a perfect sear—and get answers from Neuro (food science), Oracle (food history and culture), and Chefy (cooking technique). Every answer is sourced and verified."

This site enables you to create a wide range of different interactive multimodal worksheets. There is a limited free subscription then a pay as you go option which is reasonably priced. https://www.aisheets.study/

Make Informed CEFR Alignment Decisions In the Age of AI In the next Language Teaching Takeoff Webinar, we will explore the new CEFR Alignment course and how to make pedagogically sound decisions using TeacherMatic AI tools. You can register for free here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__KMIDCAmQ-iVXdAQ1R-Fig#/registration

Alayna https://www.alayna.ai/ is a free AI teaching assistant platform for K-12 educators that automates tasks like lesson planning, grading, and resource creation. It includes features such as AI lesson plan generation, handwritten and typed essay grading, Google Slides creation, and differentiated teaching materials to save teachers hours each week. Built with classroom needs in mind, it combines multiple AI tools into one toolkit to support teaching workflows.

Get you learners talking with this series of 30 lessons. You can get 75% off each lesson for the next 2 weeks https://payhip.com/peacheypublications/collection/conversation-listening-lesson-plans

This is a great site to get learners talking an dthinking - It's based on the classic "Would you rather...?" game. Get them to choose which they prefer and why. Enjoy https://wouldyourather.app

Just published my free Edtech and ELT newsletter for April 26 https://open.substack.com/pub/nikpeachey/p/edtech-and-elt-newsletter-april-2026

MindDory wraps your target vocabulary in short AI-generated stories, so your brain encodes words with context attached. https://minddory.com/ It looks like it's only available for iPhone at present.

Ask a question and get a structured report with clickable citations, not a wall of text. Every finding can branch into a sub-topic, and the tool auto-draws a knowledge map so you can see how your research fits together. https://innogath.com/ The site has a useable free subscription

This is the slide deck from the presentation I did #IATEFL2026 on behalf of the British Council. The presentation looked at mapping AI functions onto the CPD framework. https://view.genially.com/69d640d907ee5ae12d4f6b99

This is a nice daily guessing game activity based around images and identifying when they were taken. Good warmer and good to get learners justifying their choice of year https://whichyr.com/

This is a nice site that lets you share a link to a song and say what it means to you. You can also see what others have posted. This is a nice warmer activitry for the classroom https://www.thissongmeant.me/

Here you can see my interview with the IATEFL online team - Talking about AI of course: https://www.youtube.com/live/wR9Mp6JtiF4?si=aS2vScQmPlyhTNJg&t=1766

You can watch all of the IATEFL 2026 conference plenaries here: https://www.iateflconference.org/about-the-conference/plenary-recordings

The AI Index 2026 Annual Report by Stanford University https://hai.stanford.edu/assets/files/ai_index_report_2026.pdf

This is a nice site if you or your learners like Quizzes https://geniusquiz.co/