Nik's Edtech & ELT Updates

AI seems to be jumping into the browser wars - here’s the latest one from Perplexity - Comet - Just downloading it now https://pplx.ai/nikpeachey78318

AI seems to be jumping into the browser wars - here’s the latest one from Perplexity - Comet - Just downloading it now https://www.perplexity.ai/comet

This is a nice collection of reasons to live - You could get students to addd theirs or read and find the best one. Some of the content is mature, so check it out for suitability with your students. https://collectthereasons.org/

Want to understand neural networks to better understand how AI and LLMs work? - This is a great visualisation https://visualrambling.space/neural-network/

The potential advantages of using an LLM-based chatbot for automated writing evaluation for English teaching practitioners https://www.lltjournal.org/item/10125-73628/

This is an interesting AI personality test that ask you questions about the main issues around AI https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-opinion-ai-personality-quiz/

Useful article about AI Chatbots for Beginning Language Learners https://fltmag.com/ai-chatbots-for-beginning-language-learners/

33 videos about Halloween https://thekidshouldseethis.com/tagged/halloween from The Kid Should See This

This is an activity that went down well at a recent workshop I lead. - AI Literacy - Creating an AI image of Yourself https://payhip.com/peacheypublications/blog/news/ai-literacy-creating-an-ai-image-of-yourself

AI and The Gamification of Research https://payhip.com/peacheypublications/blog/news/gamification-of-research

Interesting article - Stop Saying “Let’s Just Be Flexible with AI” https://substack.com/inbox/post/176337365

Here’s a lesson on understanding influence in advertising https://payhip.com/peacheypublications/blog/news/developing-multimodal-literacies-understanding-influence

Nice infographic with some short explanations of 8 Cooperative Learning Strategies https://onthesamepageelt.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/8-cooperative-learning-strategies/

Here’s a free offline AI assistant that can be downloaded to a (Microsoft) computer to run without an internet connection https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9n7094pzch4q?ocid=webpdpshare This ‘should’ reduce the environmental impact significantly.

Here's a free video lesson you can try with stduents - Attitudes to Work & Generational Differences https://payhip.com/peacheypublications/blog/news/a-video-lesson-attitudes-to-work-generational-differences

How do we prepare students for an AI-saturated world? What literacy skills do we prioritise? How do we navigate the pressure to adopt tools that may not have our best interests at heart? https://theaienglishteacher.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/helpful-tool-or-attention-vampire/

How does artificial intelligence compare to human feedback? A meta-analysis of performance, feedback perception, and learning dispositions https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01443410.2025.2553639#abstract

Interesting article on the use of chatbots for the development of speaking skills https://fltmag.com/real-conversations-ai-chatbots/

A Pedagogy of Transgression with AI https://purposefulai.substack.com/p/a-pedagogy-of-transgression-with

This free book is a wonderful collection of 20 stories from teachers around the world. Each one describes how they try to be genuine in their interactions with their students and how they try to model the practices they promote. https://payhip.com/b/k3Oq9