Pano https://www.pano.news/ is a news aggregator that compares how different sources cover the same story. It pulls in coverage and perspectives from across the political spectrum. The majority of the news is US focused but there is a world news setting. Great for finding left vs Right reports of the same story and identifying bias.

AI and Scaffolded Writing Feedback

In this issue of InterCom they explore how scaffolded feedback from AI can support learning without taking over the process. With the right framing, AI can help learners slow down, notice patterns, and make intentional choices in their writing—shifting the focus from simply fixing mistakes to sparking reflection, ownership, and growth. https://mailchi.mp/uoregon.edu/v16_i1

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Interesting blog article here https://www.avallain.com/blog/from-rubrics-to-results-making-feedback-more-impactful-with-ai-in-language-teaching - Based around a recent webinar I did for TeacherMatic

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This is a really useful PDF to download for anyone involved in teacher education and development https://www.britishcouncil.org/research-insight/exploring-principles-effective-continuing-professional-development-teachers-low-and Exploring principles of effective continuing professional development for teachers in low-and-middle-income countries

Great source of images memes and infographics https://imgur.com/

Preserving Learning Integrity In The Age of ChatGPT https://the-learning-agency.com/the-cutting-ed/article/preserving-learning-integrity-in-the-age-of-chatgpt/

Nice Sketchplanation on Unknown Unkowns (it’s okay id you need to read that twice) - Give your students a scenario and try to get them to imagine Unknown Unknowns https://sketchplanations.com/unknown-unknowns

This is a quick and easy tool to use to create text based activities. It can shuffle words, sentences or paragraphs and then students can try to sort them into the correct order: https://www.ufreetools.com/en/tool/word-shuffler - Lots of other free tools from https://www.ufreetools.com/

Mean world syndrome is the name given to the observation that people who watch more TV seem to believe the world is a more dangerous place than people who watch less. https://sketchplanations.com/mean-world-syndrome Get students to create a questionnaire to test this theory.

This is an interesting short article - Half of young people want to grow up in a world without internet. https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/insights-and-media/media-centre/press-releases/2025/may/half-of-young-people-want-to-grow-up-in-a-world-without-internet/ New research, published by BSI, shows that half (47%) of young people aged 16 to 21 would prefer to be young in a world without the internet.

Wow! Encyclopedia Britannica now has a chatbot!!! https://www.britannica.com/chatbot

A very useful file type converter. This can save hours of frustration https://vert.sh/

Interesting discussion of ethics in AI https://mglink.org/2025/05/23/what-is-ethical-ai/

This is a really useful article with some useful AI terms and concepts that have been explained in an easy to understand way: https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/25/from-llms-to-hallucinations-heres-a-simple-guide-to-common-ai-terms/

AI Research in Education: What We Don’t Know Could Hurt Us Well worth reading. https://theaienglishteacher.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/ai-research-in-education-what-we-dont-know-could-hurt-us/

This is a really useful AI plugin for Google Docs. Created by a teach https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/educator_ai_assistant/336256034275

This is a really useful free image editing tool https://trimspace.online/editor

This is an interesting perspective “While people who have spent years cultivating their writing skills might bemoan the arrival of AI-assisted writing, there is also a much more optimistic way to view these changes. Until now, the ability to write well was inherently elitist. People fortunate enough to have the time and financial capacity to pursue higher education were better positioned to produce excellent writing.” https://www.brookings.edu/articles/ai-has-rendered-traditional-writing-skills-obsolete-education-needs-to-adapt/

This is both fascinating and a bit annoying - Just ask it for a story and wait a few seconds ! https://leoline.fun/ here’s a demo video: https://youtu.be/yGgUaTRcNCE