Nik's Edtech & ELT Updates

This infographic has 10 common thinking errors - Get students to identify the one they think they most commonly do https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/e4/a3/c9/e4a3c9143eaab7bd9b682fb8eb1edc62.jpg

This is an interesting site that shows global stats from around the world in real time, so you can see for example how quickly the world population is growing https://www.worldometers.info/

Don’t Blame the Oblong - This is a good balanced argument about the dangers of phones and social media and what we should be doing as teachers https://theaienglishteacher.wordpress.com/2026/05/27/dont-blame-the-oblong/

This is a really fascinating site that allows you to browse through and explore areas of knowledge by generating infographic type images in your browser https://www.sketchapedia.com Really great for learers who are more visual.

Free training and resource here available for educators at K12 or higher ed level - These are provided by Google so will obviously have a vested interest in pushing you towards using their tolls - so ... https://edu.google.com/learning-center/google-ai-educator-series/

This site calculates the cost of small habits over long periods of time. It's also interactive so students can try to guess. Nice for discussion warmers https://www.thecostof.fyi/

This is an interesting site that shares the story and history behind specific colours - Not something you usually think about - Get students to research a colour and share what they discover https://storiedcolors.com/

This is an interesting tool for converting a written blog into a video with audio monologue. You can create 3 video for free, then pay for individual videos at $4 a video which is pretty cheap. https://blog2video.app/ - Here's an example I created from a blog post of mine. https://blog2video.app/preview/6850ce55ef8f0302c3098db90007c83fc4555a92e248dc1f8a25ca816f574d9a It has no images, so I'd need to pay $4 to add them.

If you have students who are interested in roleplaying type games, then this is a good way to develop their English https://www.mythx.ai/

A useful tool for downloading videos from Facebook so that you can use them offline in the classroom https://savefbs.com

Interesting article with some useful balanced points https://futureofeducation.substack.com/p/not-all-screen-time-is-equal Not All Screen Time Is Equal

You can do a free course of CEFR alignment here: https://teachermatic.com/resources/cefr-alignment-for-teachers/?utmcampaign=Nik&utmsource=May-2026 This hands-on, interactive course helps language teachers align, evaluate and adapt generated texts. It will strengthen your ability to make pedagogically sound decisions for learners at different CEFR levels.

I'll be speaking at this AI Symposium on Saturday https://isel.education/ai-symposium-2026/

This is a wonderful interactive site for anyone interested in history - select an event and you can explore the causes and effects of the event. Really great way to learn https://cateno.app/

This is a nice activity for students. They can interview an astronaut. They do this by selecting questions and then they see a video response. https://askanastronaut.issinrealtime.org/ No AI just real people.

Some really useful links in the British Council Teacher Educator newsletter -This one focuses on teacher observation https://culturalengagementemails.britishcouncil.org/teacher-educator-newsletter-may-2026

This is a marvellous 'Happy Map' - It's an interactive map of moments people have shared that they say make them happy. You could use it for reported speech or get students to find someone who shares the same things that make them happy https://pudding.cool/2026/02/happy-map/ Great warmer.

Language-responsive education: The British Council's position on inclusive language policy and practice - Download for free https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/publications/case-studies-insights-and-research/language-responsive-education

What Are We Practicing When We Use AI? Meet me in the messy middle, where the thinking gets bigger and more interesting. https://stacykratochvil.substack.com/p/im-so-sick-of-eitheror-thinking-in "I hate either/or thinking. It flattens complexity into something easier to argue with, but less true. False binaries make for lively debates, but what happens when we sit in the uncertainty, the messy middle, a little longer instead of rushing to pick a side? "

If you missed it, here is a recording of the Pilgrims AI panel discussion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSZld83zEdM Pilgrims AI panel discussion with Isil Boy, Nik Peachey and Jamie Keddie on Saturday 16th May