Nik's Edtech & ELT Updates

A speech to text plugin for Chrome - Voicy Speech to Text https://usevoicy.com/

My latest article for Oxford TEFL - AI tools for planning EFL lessons • Oxford TEFL https://oxfordtefl.com/blog/ai-tools-for-planning-efl-lessons/

Interesting article here from the AI Language Teacher on runnning an LLM on your laptop - Some very compelling arguments for it https://theaienglishteacher.wordpress.com/2024/10/26/ai-bytes-episode-18-local-llms-an-ai-in-on-your-desktop/

Interesting article about a survey of language learners and their perceptions of AI - From Novelty to Necessity: A Survey on Second Language Learning in the Age of AI - The FLTMAG https://fltmag.com/survey-ai/

I'm proud to announce that my new course - AI-Powered Lesson Design for English Teachers https://payhip.com/b/09Znx is now available.

This is an interesting AI powered tool for doing research https://paperguide.ai/

Daniel Miessler introduces the topic of Human 3.0 philosophy and the skills and mental frameworks needed to thrive in an AI-driven world. https://omny.fm/shows/unsupervised-learning/human-3-0-skills-mental-frames-audio

This looks like a great free tool from Google - It can turn a document into a podcast of two people discussing the document and the main points. It’s still on waiting list at the moment but you can see/gear some examples. https://illuminate.google.com/home

Get a 25% discount when you join the waiting list for my next online course - AI-Powered Lesson Design for English Teachers - https://getwaitlist.com/waitlist/21198

You can download a free copy of my book - Digital Video for free today using the coupon code FREEFRIDAY https://payhip.com/b/5n90

Royalty free AI generated profile pictures https://www.piclooks.com/avatars

As companies in all sectors deploy new technologies including automation and artificial intelligence (AI), workers need to adapt their capabilities continuously. Private- and public-sector leaders have a critical role to play in helping prepare the workforce of tomorrow for this skills revolution. Based on the latest McKinsey research, this paper examines trends across the major stages of education, from early childhood to lifelong learning, with a particular focus on the Middle East and North Africa. It highlights the growing importance of skills at all these learning stages and examines how new technologies and approaches can help students prepare for the future. https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/industries/education/our%20insights/the%20skills%20revolution%20and%20the%20future%20of%20learning%20and%20earning/the-skills-revolution-and-the-future-of-learning-and-earning-report-f.pdf

Interesting article on the pace of change in educatiopn https://theaienglishteacher.wordpress.com/2024/10/17/ai-bits-episode-12-the-pace-of-change/

Here’s a free (for upto 20k characters a month) text to speach tool that works in multiple language with multiple voices. You can upload files to get audio recordings of documents and download mp3 https://luvvoice.com

This looks like a useful free AI powered design tool https://playground.com/

My Video Shorts lesson plans are on sale for the next 3 days. Just $0.99 each https://payhip.com/peacheypublications/collection/video-shorts-lesson-plans

An AI Tool for creating Rap songs. You can create 2 per month for free https://www.airapper.online/

An interesting perspective on Edtech https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-reduce-edtech-use-schools

Here’s my latest free Edtech and ELT newsletter. I hope you find something interesting and useful. REgards Nik Peachey https://mailchi.mp/peacheypublications/nik-peacheys-edtech-elt-newsletter-oct

Here's my latest free edtech and ELT newsletter. I hope you find something interesting and useful here. Regards Nik https://mailchi.mp/peacheypublications/nik-peacheys-edtech-elt-newsletter-oct