A few things I’ve been thinking about recently - 3 Controversial Ideas Around AI https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/3-controversial-ideas-around-ai-nik-peachey-ts3xe
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3 Controversial Ideas Around AI
In the last couple of weeks I've come across a few interesting articles relating to AI that have made me think and question my opinions, so I'm sharing them here to see what you think and whether they do the same for you. Before I share the first one, I'd…
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Really so glad I discovered Substack - It's now my favouite soicial media platform for sharing thoughts and publishing my monthly newsletter - https://substack.com/@nikpeachey
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Nik Peachey is Director of Pedagogy at PeacheyPublications https://peacheypublications.com/ an independent digital publishing and consultancy company that specialises in the design of digital learning materials.
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This article has some useful AI prompts to help with research https://www.techlearning.com/how-to/i-used-chatgpts-deep-research-tool-for-academic-research-heres-what-i-learned
Tech & Learning
I Used ChatGPT's Deep Research Tool For Academic Research. Here's What I Learned
ChatGPT’s Deep Research tool acts as a research assistant and can quickly find great sources on a variety of topics.
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Nice scketchplanation of Equality - Equity https://sketchplanations.com/equality-and-equity?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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Sketchplanations - Simplifying complex ideas in sketches
Equality and equity are two important ideas that help us understand how to make things fair for everyone. Here's one way that helps me think about the difference between equity and equality: Equality is fairness through uniformity, and equity is fairness…
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I just grabbed a prompt from an AI tutorial to convert my selfie into a LinkedIn profile image. What do you think? Use or not use?
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Here’s the prompt if you want to try it: "Using the attached selfie as an exact reference, generate a high-resolution professional headshot that preserves 100% of my facial features, including face shape, hair, skin, tone, and expression. Apply studio quality lighting and a soft neutral background, and adjust my attire to formal professional wear ensuring the image exudes confidence and approachability for a LinkedIn profile."
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I haven’t tried this yet, but it claims to be a free PDF editor that work in the browser without registration. Has lots of features including digital signing https://www.pdfbarber.com/
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PDF Barber - Split & Merge PDFs Online | Free Privacy-First PDF Tool
Split large PDFs into individual pages or merge multiple PDFs into one document. 100% private, browser-based processing. No uploads, no tracking, completely free.
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I’m about to read this - Talk, Trust, and Trade-Offs: How and Why Teens Use AI Companions: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/talk-trust-and-trade-offs-how-and-why-teens-use-ai-companions
Common Sense Media
Talk, Trust, and Trade-Offs: How and Why Teens Use AI Companions
Our new report finds that teens' AI companion use is commonplace, complicated, and sometimes concerning.
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This looks like an impressive AI powered coaching system for teachers https://www.edthena.com/ai-coach-for-teachers/#
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AI Coach for Teacher PD | Instructional Coaching | Edthena
AI Coach for teachers suggests classroom strategies. Supports existing coaching. On-demand instructional coaching. Improve teacher retention and increase student achievement.
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Here’s an important critical thinking question you can use with your students https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/important-critical-thinking-question-nik-peachey-zsdse
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An Important Critical Thinking Question
This week I'd like to share what I believe is one of the best critical thinking questions ever. It's based around the fact that very few people are actually willing to change their beliefs even when confronted by evidence.
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This might be interesting content for students - Predictions about 2025 from 100 years ago https://eu.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2024/12/30/predictions-about-2025-from-100-years-ago/77021358007/
Akron Beacon Journal
From immortality to ugly people: 100-year-old predictions about 2025
Visionaries of 1925 made their best guesses about the 21st century. Predictions included world peace, food shortages and 150-year-old people.
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Interesting AI audio generator that allows you to prompt for a specific type of voice, or even clone your own voice!! https://demo.hume.ai/
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Hume AI
The leading developer platform for expressive communication
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My interview with Learnetic after reviewing the EdTool AI Assisted Content Creation Platform https://bit.ly/4o0ToAw Check it out and get a 90 free trial code: Nik_edtool_90
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EdTool and the Educator: Nik Peachey's Take on AI-Assisted Content Creation and Sharing Platform
Nik Peachey puts EdTool to the test - and finds a practical AI ally that helps teachers create, adapt, and assign interactive content in minutes. Read more.
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Here's the latest copy of my Free Edtech and ELT newsletter - Edtech & ELT Newsletter July 2025 - Check out articles, links to free apps and more https://nikpeachey.substack.com/p/edtech-and-elt-newsletter-july-2025
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The Wolf and the Kid - Drama Scripts for Young Leraners
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This site is a really useful source of factual information - It gives facts rather than opinions so 'should' be unbiased - Interesting to explore with students and get them to write version with bias applied. https://join1440.com/
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The knowledge company for the intellectually curious | 1440
Quickly find and learn from the best content on the internet, curated by the editorial team at 1440.
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