Nik's Edtech & ELT Updates

Interesting article on LinkedIn about the role of AI in grading student work. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/does-ai-have-role-grading-student-work-dr-rod-lane-gfpzc/

This is a really useful playlist of YouTube videos for Teacher educators. It’s been put together by British Council https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvCfA99qTst-y6pi_79MQJ9HJv-sdqTp2

This AI Infographic creator looks good - It has a very good free subscription. The paid subscription is also very reasonable. https://infographics.so/

This looks interesting - There’s a free account but it has advertising - “With features like AI Conversation Practice, Essay Helpers, Lesson Plan Creators, and Rubric Generators, ClassX reduces friction across the entire learning journey. Younger learners benefit from interactive videos and story-based modules, while older students can dive deep into self-paced academic support.” https://classx.org/

An interesting look at how AI and AI agents may impact life within the next 2 years!!! https://ai-2027.com/

This is a nice free tool for creating social polls and surveys. Great way to get students collecting and working with real data https://www.getqibble.com/

Interesting infographic. I guess the challenge is how to avoid this https://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-AI-Vicious-Cycle-1024x570.png

You can now access the Perplexity AI bot through Telegram and even add it to channels and groups https://t.me/askplexbot?

Wonderful site for creating AI generated video infographics - unfortunately there is no free subscription but you can log in a play with it for free https://www.motionvid.ai/

Here's the Aril 2025 edition of my Edtech & ELT newsletter - Lots of links to articles, apps and resources. I hope you find something useful https://open.substack.com/pub/nikpeachey/p/edtech-and-elt-newsletter-april-2025

Microscopya is a science video game exploring the inside of the cell! Featuring hand-drawn illustrations and puzzles based on real scientific concepts, the game aims to highlight the depth, complexity, and beauty of what makes life possible. https://microscopya.com

A wonderful interactive map of dishes from around the world. https://www.tasteatlas.com/map Has a good quiz too.

Release date April 2, 2025 – A majority of global technology experts say the likely magnitude of change in humans’ native capacities and behaviors as they adapt to artificial intelligence (AI) will be “deep and meaningful,” or even “fundamental and revolutionary” over the next decade. This new report covers the results from the Imagining the Digital Future Center’s 18th “Future of Digital Life” canvassing of a large set of global technology experts. These experts wrote detailed accounts predicting the future of humans in 2035. - https://imaginingthedigitalfuture.org/reports-and-publications/being-human-in-2035/

A great site for finding diagrams - You can get 20 searches a day for free https://diagramr.vercel.app/

This is a nice site to get students sharing a song and saying why it’s important to them. https://www.thissongmeant.me/

This is an old blog post but hopefully still useful - 20 + Things you can do with QR codes in your school https://peacheypublications.com/20-things-you-can-do-with-qr-codes-in-your-school

On 17th April I’ll be doing the first of a series of free 30 minute webinars on aspects of the TeacherMatic AI platform for language teachers. This first one will be looking at using the lesson plan generator to develop lesson plans that are both tailored for level and the specifics of your students including various neurodiversities. You can register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tCA4awaDRVi1VKAmj1uWgw#/registration

This AI assessment tool seems to be getting a lot of press at the moment. Has anyone ever tried it? What do think of it? https://olex.ai/

CineMapper is an interactive map that shows you where iconic movie and TV scenes were filmed. From blockbusters to cult classics, you can explore real-world locations tied to the stories https://cinemapper.com/browser Students can research the palces or plan a fictional trip and decide where they would visit. Lots of harry Potter locations listed.