Nik's Edtech & ELT Updates

Interesting suggestions for changing the way university students are assessed. https://sydneysullivanphd.substack.com/p/three-critical-skills-students-need?r=ojb9d&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

This is an interesting case study in the use of AI to deliver autonomous speaking practice. https://fltmag.com/pedagogical-reflections-ai-speaking/

This is a useful free tool for transcribing audio. It can handle files up to 1GB/2 hours long - great for transcribing interviews etc. https://audioconvert.ai/

This is a nice site where students can write and release their doubts and worries as well as share support - https://adrift.site/

This is a useful site for finding different views on the same news - clearly indicates left and right - Has a good selection of global news too https://pollar.news/

Search 700+ untranslatable words by 80+ languages and 60+ tags, or click refresh to see a new batch. Enjoy! https://www.eunoia.world/

These are the slides from IATEFL Poland plenary presentation: https://view.genially.com/68cc6373af0b22ffcbc1e470

This is a nice lesson activity from “One The Same Page’ https://onthesamepageelt.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/if-happiness-were-a-recipe/

An activity for students - How average are you? - Thinking more deeply about data. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-average-you-thinking-more-deeply-data-nik-peachey-fzy3e

This looks like a useful voice dictation app that you can download for desktop. It has a good free subscription. https://wisprflow.ai/

I have to say, this does seem like a step in the right direction - Albania has become the first country in the world to have an AI minister — not a minister for AI, but a virtual minister made of pixels and code and powered by artificial intelligence. https://www.politico.eu/article/albania-apppoints-worlds-first-virtual-minister-edi-rama-diella/

Get your students exploring deserted hotels in Japan https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/get-your-students-exploring-deserted-hotels-japan-nik-peachey-bodle

Good thoughtful article about banning phones in schools https://theaienglishteacher.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/why-phone-bans-miss-the-point-about-student-distraction/

This is a wonderful archive of pessimism about various new inovations through history. It has some nice multimedia features and includes audio and examples of real news clips from the time https://pessimistsarchive.org/ Great entry about the dangers of Jazz https://pessimistsarchive.org/list/jazz/clippings

Nice article on autonomous learning - Learning on Your Own Terms - https://twdevoe.substack.com/p/learning-on-your-own-terms

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This is a video I created using the newish video creation feature Google Notebook LM - The video is generated from content I uploaded to the notebook https://vimeo.com/1115547648?share=copy#t=0 You can see the complete notebook here: https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/25ac8bee-ceb5-4676-83f4-94938d3e07b2