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The shortlist of the world food photography contest. There are some marvelous images from a range of different cultures. Great to get students talking about food from around the world and reading the explainer texts of their favourite images https://www.worldfoodphotographyawards.com/shortlist-2025/
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I just created this podcast about a blog article I wrote. I just copied the URL into podpod.me and it did the rest https://podpod.me/app/podcast/f1a4d3d7-7817-4457-83a0-e6c7523702da Interesting stuff
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Multimodality in English Language Teaching and Learning This is my slide deck from the APPI conference in Lisbon - It includes lots of activities for developing multimodal literacies https://bit.ly/4d0lxmq
I haven’t had time to read this yet, but it looks very interesting https://ai-2027.com/ai-2027.pdf “AI 2027 We predict that the impact of superhuman AI over the next decade will be enormous, exceeding that of the Industrial Revolution”
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Here is a link to a Star Wars intro creator. This could be a great way to start your lesson with the lesson aims of the day? Or just something to rouse students curiosity https://starwarsintrocreator.com/
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This 60 page manual can turn you into a materials developer in minutes. With simple to use ready-made cut and paste AI prompts that you can customise for your context, this book is idea for beginners as well as experienced AI used. https://payhip.com/b/mvsco Transform your lessons
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You can get free access here: ReCALL is the journal of the European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL). It seeks to fulfil the stated aims of EUROCALL as a whole, i.e. to encourage the use of technology for the learning and teaching https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/recall/all-issues
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Ethnologue is a global voice. We exist to help you understand more about the people of the world, and how each language community is distinct. https://www.ethnologue.com/
Lots of articles about AI and the future of #TESOL in the International Journal of TESOL Studies https://www.tesolunion.org/journal/lists/folder/4MzUu4NzU2/
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This sounds very worrying “Based on our comprehensive risk assessments, we've found that AI companion tools pose unacceptable risks to children and teens under age 18 and shouldn't be used by kids, regardless of whether the tool is intended for use by kids or not.”https://view.commonsense-email.org/?qs=1e9510d963285f8624e17ff50fd978a9a034f7d1bbebaef573e912c40cd0866913a861882a25ba4e1dc877c0b97afea9c5c5ceff0355f5aeaf93ab93b15b1c6e880b4ba24b9b163b869eb08f967183712b1a3bf01b73e30d
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The AI Index Report from Stanford University - This looks at the impact AI is likely to have and is having at present on various elements of society https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-ai-index-report
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