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/

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

100 Teen slang phrases https://www.weareteachers.com/teen-slang/ with examples in use.

Good article for teachers and students - especially business students AI is coming for your job. Here are 10 strategies to stay relevant

https://www.fastcompany.com/91324364/10-ways-to-avoid-losing-your-job-to-ai

A good free decentralised and private AI chatbot https://venice.ai/

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

This is a kind of nice stream of consciousness thoughts from around the world. https://thotstream.com/

Interesting infographic showing the shift in the uses of AI over the last year: https://imgproxy.divecdn.com/YuaKQ97qQEvnluV9MISs9XorjCcjuk15BFs562A-jMg/g:ce/rs:fit:1600:0/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS9ob3dfcGVvcGxlX3VzZV9BSV8yLnBuZw==.webp

This article offers an interesting view on students AI use: AI isn’t replacing student writing – but it is reshaping it https://theconversation.com/ai-isnt-replacing-student-writing-but-it-is-reshaping-it-254878

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/

This makes very interesting reading - My School Banned Phones for the Year. Here's What Happened - https://fittoteach.substack.com/p/my-school-banned-phones-for-the-year

Useful ‘Pathway’ through AI related materials from the British Council https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional-development/teachers/professional-development-pathways/pathways-ai-language-teaching

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/

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

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

GraphicGen - This looks like a great way to create infographics based on a text, but unfortunately there is no free option. You can get an example one for $1 though https://graphicgen.co

The Manifesto for Teaching and Learning in a Time of Generative AI: A Critical Collective Stance to Better Navigate the Future https://openpraxis.org/articles/10.55982/openpraxis.16.4.777

My interview with George from Express Publishing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tncn3-SU9eM

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