This looks like a great tool for animating graphs and explaining videos using AI to do the work for you. You can use sketches or documents to generate the video explainers https://bit.ly/4cbYLbd There's a useable free subscription
storymotion.video
Create Animated Explainer Videos in Minutes - StoryMotion
Create animated explainer videos, course videos, and animated technical diagrams in minutes. Turn PDFs, slides, and docs into animated visuals with AI, refine and export as video.
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You can use Google Vids for free https://bit.ly/4caHmQa bring your stories to life in a high-quality video clip from just a simple prompt or photo
Google
Create, edit and share videos at no cost in Google Vids
New AI capabilities are coming to Google Vids, powered by Lyria 3 and Veo 3.1, like high-quality video generation at no cost and more.
This article has some useful tips https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-with-technology-articles/when-ai-gets-it-wrong-a-pedagogical-approach/
Faculty Focus
When AI Gets It Wrong: A Pedagogical Approach
Discover how using AI to teach critical thinking in higher education turns AI errors into powerful classroom strategies that build information literacy and academic judgment.
Get this lesson plan and digital materials for just $1 - https://bit.ly/3gXFtde and help your learners understand how to use the internet as a tool for social change.
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Activism or Slacktivism - Lessons in Digital Literacy
In this lesson, students explore the potential of the internet to enable social change. Students explore the concept of slacktivism (lazy activism) and share their views about the use of the internet for social change campaigns. They also research a ...
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This is my step by step guide to planning a presentation or workshop https://bit.ly/3EMezky might be handy if you haven't prepared your IATEFL presentation yet.
Oxford TEFL β’ Teacher Training
How to plan and present ELT workshops β’ Oxford TEFL
Follow this step-by-step guide to planning and presenting effective ELT workshops. This iis ideal for you if you are working in English language training
Developing Course Content for Teaching Online https://oxfordtefl.com/blog/developing-course-content-for-teaching-online/ A collection of tips and tools for online teachers.
Oxford TEFL β’ Teacher Training
Developing Course Content for Teaching Online β’ Oxford TEFL
Developing effective course content for online teaching is a new challenge for many of us. Here Nic Peachey shares his ideas.
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Download a free copy of my very first book for PeacheyPublications.com. Digital Video - A Manual for Language Teachers https://bit.ly/2UM7B6L
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Digital Video - A Manual for Language Teachers
Digital Video is an award-winning multimedia manual for language teachers to help them build activities, courses and engaging materials for their students. From exploiting mobile apps on handheld devices to building video into blended and task-based ...
Here's the lates edition of Media and Learning https://media-and-learning.eu/ Lots of interesting articles and events.
Media and Learning Association
Promoting and stimulating the use of media as a way to enhance innovation and creativity in teaching and learning across all levels of education in Europe.
10 Activities to develop studentsβ empathy through visual narrative https://peacheypublications.com/10-activities-to-develop-students-empathy-through-visual-narrative In this article I would like to share a few simple activities that we can use with visual narrative to encourage students to put themselves into the lives, minds and feelings of others and to see beyond the surface appearance.
Here's a free flashcard creator https://solvely.ai/app/ai-study You can drop documents or presentations into it and it's generate flashcards to help you learn and remember the content.
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This is another tool for creating a course from notes and documents https://holospark.ai/ Holospark turns your topic to study into a clear, structured course with summaries, tables, quizzes, and an AI tutor that helps you master the topic.
Holospark
Holospark β AI Study Tool That Turns Any Topic Into Structured Courses
Holospark is an AI-powered study platform that turns any topic into structured notes, quizzes, flashcards, and an AI tutor. Study smarter and succeed in your exams.
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This is a nice site if you or your learners like Quizzes https://geniusquiz.co/
Genius Quiz
Genius Quiz β Free Online Quizzes on Every Topic
Challenge yourself with free online quizzes on geography, history, science, pop culture and more. Play in 6 languages and climb the global leaderboard.
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The AI Index 2026 Annual Report by Stanford University https://hai.stanford.edu/assets/files/ai_index_report_2026.pdf
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You can watch all of the IATEFL 2026 conference plenaries here: https://www.iateflconference.org/about-the-conference/plenary-recordings
www.iateflconference.org
IATEFL International Conference 2026 - Plenary recordings
IATEFL is pleased to share recordings of the main plenary sessions from the IATEFL International Conference with the global English language teaching community.
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Here you can see my interview with the IATEFL online team - Talking about AI of course: https://www.youtube.com/live/wR9Mp6JtiF4?si=aS2vScQmPlyhTNJg&t=1766
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IATEFL Brighton 2026 - Day 1
Day 1 is officially underway in Brighton, and weβre bringing the conference to you.
Join us live from the IATEFL Conference as we hear from speakers, connect with sponsors, and share the first impressions, ideas, and energy from the ground.
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Join us live from the IATEFL Conference as we hear from speakers, connect with sponsors, and share the first impressions, ideas, and energy from the ground.
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This is a nice site that lets you share a link to a song and say what it means to you. You can also see what others have posted. This is a nice warmer activitry for the classroom https://www.thissongmeant.me/
www.thissongmeant.me
A Music Scrapbook
Showcase collection of songs that mean something to you
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This is a nice daily guessing game activity based around images and identifying when they were taken. Good warmer and good to get learners justifying their choice of year https://whichyr.com/
Which Year
Which Year - Photo Year Guessing Game
Guess the year real-world photos were taken. Test your history knowledge with a daily challenge featuring a new set of photos each day.
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This is the slide deck from the presentation I did #IATEFL2026 on behalf of the British Council. The presentation looked at mapping AI functions onto the CPD framework. https://view.genially.com/69d640d907ee5ae12d4f6b99
Genially
AI for Teacher Development | Genially
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Ask a question and get a structured report with clickable citations, not a wall of text. Every finding can branch into a sub-topic, and the tool auto-draws a knowledge map so you can see how your research fits together. https://innogath.com/ The site has a useable free subscription
Innogath
Innogath | Turn any topic into a structured research workspace
Deep research with sources, auto diagrams & branching pages, and a project notebook for writing and publishing.
MindDory wraps your target vocabulary in short AI-generated stories, so your brain encodes words with context attached. https://minddory.com/ It looks like it's only available for iPhone at present.