Nik's Edtech & ELT Updates

A great infographic about common misconceptions https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/common-mythconceptions/ Get your learners to see how many they believe

This is a nice QR code maker https://qrmkr.io/ with free options

Recastia looks like a great tool for turning dull pdfs into polished training materials - it lets you repurpose a single PDF into interactive formats. You can create online flipbooks, AI videos with voiceover and optional avatar, slide presentations, responsive landing pages, a searchable AI chatbot, and immersive 3D exhibitions. Upload a file, generate content in minutes, and share it via a link or QR code. https://recastia.com/

his is a great simulation game for Business English students . Lots to learn and discuss. They can play in teams https://sanfransim.com/

VoteGenerator is a free poll and survey maker. Create a poll in under 60 seconds and share it by link, QR code, or website embed. Neither you nor your respondents need an account. It offers eight poll types https://votegenerator.com/

Ankon AI is an interesting tool for generating whiteboard type explainer videos https://ankonai.com/ This looks like a useful way to quickly create learning content. Here's an explainer video I create based on a simple prompt instruction https://ankonai.com/v/af8e6b9a-1646-4fc7-8884-b97e3bdab2c9

Word Assassin - https://wordassassins.com/ This looks like a useful free game to promote fluency - Every student secretly gets one classmate as their target plus one word, and wins by getting that classmate to say the word out loud in conversation. If they manage it, they take over their target's target. Last one standing wins. There are no materials beyond a word each, and the language comes entirely out of students trying to steer each other rather than anything planned. It also inverts who does well. The quiet students tend to win, because patience beats fluency at it.

Just reading this. Really nice thought experiment. https://thehumanplaybook.substack.com/p/what-is-slop?

How to Design Around Cognitive Offloading - Well worth reading if you want to understand how to use AI wisely https://drphilippahardman.substack.com/p/how-to-design-around-cognitive-offloading

Here’s a graphic that explains the hows and whys of dual language note-taking

Here's a free screen recorder that hosts videos locally rather than uploading to the cloud. https://screenawesome.com/

New lesson plan - A Dish of Ice Cream - Stories of Wisdom https://payhip.com/b/8jP0b Everything you need to deliver an engaging, visually rich lesson: A downloadable lesson plan with clear teaching instructions Printable worksheets and classroom activities A ready-to-use digital presentation Downloadable story audio Beautiful images that support understanding and discussion Listening-comprehension questions and answers A comic-strip completion activity Character-description tasks Creative extension and reflection questions A research assignment connected to the history of vanilla

This is a great site that has quiz activities that are based on factual data. Great for learners and to get them discussing and thinking critically.https://www.dataguessr.com/

EL Gazette -July-August26 - You can get free access to the digital version here. Lots of interesting articles reviews and information https://elgazette.com/elg_archive/ELG2607/mobile/

Beyond the technology: what AI integration really requires from Higher Education https://media-and-learning.eu/subject/artificial-intelligence/beyond-the-technology-what-ai-integration-really-requires-from-higher-education/ Taken together, the findings suggest that meaningful AI integration cannot be measured simply by how many tools universities adopt. Its success depends on whether institutions can use AI to strengthen learning, critical judgement and human agency while addressing the ethical, economic and infrastructural conditions surrounding these technologies.

This is a wonderful interactive website that finds 10 interesting places along any route. Just enter a location and destination and it will show you the route and where the best places to stop along the route are. https://makemydrivefun.com/ Get your learners trying to plan the best trip with the most interesting places.

How has the essential list of English words changed over the last 70 years? You can find out here https://pudding.cool/2026/07/essential-words/ this is an interactive data piece showing how the vocabulary considered essential for English learners changed dramatically. Just keep scrolling down - This fantastic!

Why One Professor Abandoned the AI Resistance https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2026/07/28/why-one-professor-abandoned-ai-resistance An interesting interview, especially when many people are moving in the opposite direction.

KidVoice enable you to create audio using AI generated children's voices. It can be really hard to get audio of young children's voices so this is a goo solution, though the range is very USA focused. https://kid-voices-ai.com/