See how you will look and sound when speaking another language https://seamless.metademolab.com/expressive
Metademolab
Seamless Translation | Meta FAIR
Create translations that follow your speech style. Translate from nearly 100 input languages into 35 output languages. This is a translation research demo powered by AI.
❤4👍2
Great tool for creating visuals from text (icons graphs etc) https://www.napkin.ai/ Free for now.
Napkin AI
Napkin AI - The visual AI for business storytelling
Just type, copy-paste or generate your text and Napkin will instantly transform it into insightful visuals. Make your communication more effective with Napkin.
👍5🔥1
A new study in Nigeria just revealed that students using AI as an after-school tutor made learning gains equivalent to two years of traditional education in just six weeks https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/education/From-chalkboards-to-chatbots-Transforming-learning-in-Nigeria
World Bank Blogs
From chalkboards to chatbots: Transforming learning in Nigeria, one prompt at a time
"AI helps us to learn, it can serve as a tutor, it can be anything you want it to be, depending on the prompt you write," says Omorogbe Uyiosa, known as "Uyi" by his friends, a student from the Edo Boys High School, in Benin City, Nigeria. His school was…
❤1
This is worth reading - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02734753241305980
SAGE Journals
Generative AI’s Impact on Critical Thinking: Revisiting Bloom’s Taxonomy
The integration of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT in education has raised concerns that students may become dependent on AI-generate...
👍2
A tool for gamifying motivation and the achievement of goals https://seebreakthrough.com/
Seebreakthrough
See Breakthrough
See Breakthrough - Conquer your goals and fears with gamified action plans.
❤3
This is an interesting tool for creating talking head video avatars for your content. Lots to choose from or create your own - only 2 mins a month for free, but the subscription cost for 60 mins is pretty low - Humva - Your Easiest Go-To Avatar Tool https://humva.com/avatar/home
Interesting article from Seth Godin on Trusting AI https://seths.blog/2025/01/trusting-ai/
Seth's Blog
Trusting AI
For generations, humans have been entrusting their lives to computers. Air Traffic Control, statistical analysis of bridge resilience, bar codes for drug delivery, even the way stop lights are cont…
👍2
An article from way back in 2017 this time - How much of this do you think still holds true? 12 Tips for training older teachers to use technology https://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/2017/04/12-tips-for-training-older-teachers-to.html
Blogspot
12 Tips for training older teachers to use technology
A blog about the use of educational technology in language learning and teaching
👍1
This is a free web based app that enables you children to make an share stories together. It’s very colourful and easy to use the stories can be written(with or without the help of AI) recorded using voice or webcam. Something kids will love https://yarn.family/
yarn | connect through story
yarn | where kids make and share stories
yarn lets young children build characters and story worlds – on their own, or with friends and family
❤6
This is a great article about education, assessment and the impact of AI - You'll need a LinkedIn account to access it. (9) The Lies We Tell Ourselves in Education | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lies-we-tell-ourselves-education-john-dolman-wqkte/
Linkedin
The Lies We Tell Ourselves in Education
We educators tell ourselves (or we are told) egregious lies - lies that have perpetrated some of the worst crimes against education imaginable. Perhaps the most pernicious is that intervention makes the difference, that achieving a grade 5 will definitively…
❤1
I just had an interesting chat with this AI avatar. He looked a bit twichy, but he was able to see into my room and start conversation about some of the things he could see. Pretty impressive. https://www.tavus.io/
www.tavus.io
Tavus: The human computing company
Build AI humans that see, hear, and talk face to face in real time. Deploy custom video agents, digital twins, and AI companions in 30+ languages with simple APIs.
❤1
This study shows huge promise - https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/education/From-chalkboards-to-chatbots-in-Nigeria
World Bank Blogs
From chalkboards to chatbots in Nigeria: 7 lessons to pioneer generative AI for education
In 1984, educational psychologist Benjamin Bloom demonstrated that students receiving one-on-one tutoring vastly outperformed their peers confined to the traditional classroom setting. Despite these proven benefits, the prohibitive cost of providing individualized…
Useful study tool for working with YouTube videos - Curate and annotate YouTube videos to
uncover insights worth sharing. https://gistr.so/
uncover insights worth sharing. https://gistr.so/
gistr.so
Gistr | Highlight and share the best insights from YouTube videos
Stop watching YouTube videos mindlessly. Transform them into AI-powered notes and highlights that you can curate and share. Perfect for students, professionals, and researchers.
👍3
Has anyone tried the new Chinese AI https://www.deepseek.com/ yet? Apparently it’s been developed at a fraction of the price and is better than ChatGPT!!!
Deepseek
DeepSeek | 深度求索
深度求索（DeepSeek），成立于2023年，专注于研究世界领先的通用人工智能底层模型与技术，挑战人工智能前沿性难题。基于自研训练框架、自建智算集群和万卡算力等资源，深度求索团队仅用半年时间便已发布并开源多个百亿级参数大模型，如DeepSeek-LLM通用大语言模型、DeepSeek-Coder代码大模型，并在2024年1月率先开源国内首个MoE大模型（DeepSeek-MoE），各大模型在公开评测榜单及真实样本外的泛化效果均有超越同级别模型的出色表现。和 DeepSeek AI 对话，轻松接入 API。
👍8
A huge collection of free sounds to download https://freesound.org/
👍5
A systematic review of research on AI in language education: Current status and future implications https://www.lltjournal.org/item/10125-73606/
www.lltjournal.org
A systematic review of research on AI in language education: Current status and future implications
Given the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for language education, this article provides a review of selected empirical studies on artificial intelligence …
👍2
Here’s a useful video from Russell Stannard looking at Deepseek https://youtu.be/oy4csahdkjg?si=OaIWOt4Jqi4ZqnD6
YouTube
How can Deepseek help with language teaching? Lots of Examples
Training in how we can use Deepseek in language teaching with lots of pratical examples
My Website
https://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/
My Patreon
https://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/live_training_with-russell
Join my newsletter
https://forms.aweb…
My Website
https://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/
My Patreon
https://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/live_training_with-russell
Join my newsletter
https://forms.aweb…
👍8🔥1
Here’s something for the weekend - An AI generated jazz version of the Beatles song Get Back https://youtu.be/R4s846_PRWI As a musician I find this a bit worrying.
YouTube
Get Back, but it´s Jazz...
A Beatles song reimagined (AI-generated music)
The image was generated using FLUX.1 [dev] (Black Forest Labs). This content is for non-commercial use, just for fun. Enjoy!
The image was generated using FLUX.1 [dev] (Black Forest Labs). This content is for non-commercial use, just for fun. Enjoy!
❤1
Anybody interested in building their own Chatbot? https://tech.co/news/how-to-build-a-no-code-chatbot
Tech.co
How to Build Your Own No-Code Chatbot In 10 Minutes
In 2025, it's easier than ever to build an AI chatbot. We explain how to build a chatbot from scratch in 7 steps, without spending a cent.
👍1
This looks like an interesting read - On my list when i find some time https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15/1/6
MDPI
AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking
The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has transformed numerous aspects of daily life, yet its impact on critical thinking remains underexplored. This study investigates the relationship between AI tool usage and critical thinking skills…
Hi everyone - I’m doing some training and consultancy work in a couple of weeks time and I’d like some chalkface (is that still a thing) recommendations for AI tools to include - What would be your top 3 recommendations?
👍1