Nik's Edtech & ELT Updates

Important stuff most people get wrong https://upgrader.gapminder.org/Great site for testing students' knowledge of things related to the #SDGs

This site has 10 minute book summaries of more than 73k books - There's also an audo version of the summary so you can listen https://sobrief.com/ In many cases ten minutes is long enough to get the key ideas.

This is the most realistic and lifelike live chatbot I’ve tried so far. Really is a lot like talking to a real person. https://labs.heygen.com/interactive-avatar It works best with Chrome

This is another AI powered platform for building courses that you can sell https://www.educato.ai/ - The AI also helps you build all the interactive tests and quizzes. There a video here showing you a little about it. https://www.educato.ai/_nuxt/platform-overview.RI_JfJ0L.mp4 They have both Free and Paid plans

Telegram seems to be growing from strength to strength https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/23/telegrams-userbase-climbs-to-950m-plans-to-launch-app-store/?guccounter=1

PNG Maker Online Free: Convert Text to PNG with Transparent Backgrounds https://pngmaker.io/ This looks like a useful AI tool for creating flashcards. It can produce things like a tiger riding a bike! https://buff.ly/3zQkhCF

My AI teacher https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-resources/teaching-secondary/lesson-plans/pre-interemediate-a2/my-ai-teacher. Here's another free lesson plan that I developed for the British Council's Teaching English website. This one includes some prompts that students can use.

All Project Gutenberg Audiobooks https://listenly.io/gutenberg/books Great source of free listening materials from Project Gutenberg - Over 7k audio books

Here's a free lesson plan I developed for the British Council's TeachingEnglish website - The risks and benefits of AI https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-resources/teaching-secondary/lesson-plans/upper-intermediate-b2/risks-and-benefits-ai

Nice Sketchplanation - The Automation Paradox https://buff.ly/3zVeo7y "the paradox of automation: the better the machines get, the more bewildered we are when the machines fail."

Improving teacher development through the effective use of social media groups https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/publications/case-studies-insights-and-research/improving-teacher-development-through-effective-use Interesting free publication by Dr Gary Motteram for the British Council. Great to see Telegram featuring strongly. Easy to understand why.

This is another great AI powered digital study tool with a useful free subscription https://otio.ai/?via=nikpeachey

Storybook — Magical Storytelling https://storybook.app/. This is a free tool that works on a Google account to enable you to create digital books.

Storybook — Magical Storytelling https://storybook.app/. This is a free tool that works on a Google account to enable you to create digital books.

**Generative AI Misuse: A Taxonomy of Tactics and Insights from Real-World Data** https://arxiv.org/pdf/2406.13843? This is a 27 page PDF from Google - If you just weant a summary check here: https://thejournal.com/Articles/2024/07/10/Researchers-Provide-Taxonomy-of-Gen-AI-Misuse.aspx

A new free report from OUP. You’ll need to sign in to get it though https://elt.oup.com/feature/global/expert/higher-ed Navigating Tomorrow: Transition Skills for Higher Education

A new free report from OUP. You’ll need to sign in to get it though https://elt.oup.com/feature/global/expert/higher-ed Navigating Tomorrow: Transition Skills for Higher Education

Here's a lesson on Role Models that you can use on Mandela Day 18th of July https://buff.ly/3xF1EvC

Here's a link to my free Edtech and ELT newsletter for July. https://buff.ly/3xYUDeq Includes videos and links to apps, resources and articles.

I've just added 5 more useful tools and 5 more interesting resource articles to The Digital Toolbox https://buff.ly/3DI7MJm