Xmas treasure hunt - you should be able to find 5 free teacher resource books here among the other 30 https://payhip.com/peacheypublications/collection/teacher-resource-books enjoy!
Payhip
PeacheyPublications Ltd - Teacher Resource Books
We provide innovative digital materials and resources that are custom-made for the remote and physical English language classroom. Our materials enable teachers to unleash their students' creative potential whilst developing their communicative abili...
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This is an article I wrote for Oxford TEFL earlier this year. https://oxfordtefl.com/blog/get-started-with-one-to-one-english-teaching-and-become-your-own-boss/
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This is an interesting application of AI to editing writing. It keeps the writer in control. There is a useable free subscription: https://www.revise.net/ there is also a free word duplication spotter here: https://duplicateword.com
Revise
Revise AI β Fix, Improve & Humanize Your Writing in Seconds
Improve grammar, clarity, and style while keeping your voice. Control every change and write better in seconds. Try Revise free.
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This is a nice site for bringing the world into the classroom. It has live feeds and video recordings from around the world. Thereβs a range of different themes and I love the CityGuesser. https://virtualvacation.us/
virtualvacation.us
virtualvacation.us - Explore the World from Home
Explore the world/globe from home with virtualvacation.us! View live footage from different cities, or even take a guessing quiz!
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This looks like an impressive tool to support your studies and to help you make connections with and retainand refresh the knowledge you already have. https://www.getrecall.ai/
Recall
Recall - Summarize Anything, Forget Nothing.
Your personal AI encyclopedia. Turn scattered information into a self-organizing knowledge base that gets smarter every time you use it.
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This is a collection of 14 free articles I've written for Oxford TEFL over the last few years https://oxfordtefl.com/blog/author/nik-peachey/
Oxfordtefl
Nik Peachey, Author at Oxford TEFL
Nik Peachey is a freelance writer, teacher trainer and consultant specialising in digital publishing, online course development and the development of digital resources for teachers. Since 1992 he has worked all over the world as a teacher, trainer and projectβ¦
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Top 10 AI tools for planning EFL lessons - Interesting to look back and see how this list has changed after only just over one year - https://oxfordtefl.com/blog/ai-tools-for-planning-efl-lessons/
Oxford TEFL β’ Teacher Training
Top 10 AI tools for planning EFL lessons β’ Oxford TEFL
Top 10 AI tools for planning and create EFL lesson, activities and materials that are more personalized for your EFL student, without compromising on quality.
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This tool enables you to create a separate audio file from a video - very useful for creating video and audio split activities. https://www.videotoaudio.live/
Video to Audio Converter
Free Video to Audio Converter - Convert Videos to MP3, WAV, AAC Online
Convert videos to audio files instantly. Free online video to audio converter supporting MP4, AVI, MOV, MKV to MP3, WAV, AAC, OGG, FLAC, M4A.
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This is a low cost VPN that's simple to use and can increase your privacy and security when online https://v3vpn.com
V3Vpn
The Best VPN for Fast and Secure Browsing - V3VPN
Get fast, secure, and private VPN service with V3VPN. Download now for smooth browsing, online freedom, and complete privacy on all your devices.
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Interesting article about the use of AI powered speech to text tools https://theaienglishteacher.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/the-return-of-the-spoken-word-why-voice-ai-demands-we-rethink-oracy-in-education/ The Return of the Spoken Word: Why Voice AI Demands We Rethink Oracy in Education
The AI English Teacher
The Return of the Spoken Word: Why Voice AI Demands We Rethink Oracy in Education
Wispr Flow and the slew of AI voice-to-text technology are shifting us from written to spoken communication. What does this mean for teaching oracy and literacy in schools? The Technology That Madeβ¦
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This is a great site if you like general knowledge quizzes - These are autogenerated by AI https://www.dailyquiz.ai/
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A really easy to use tool for creating graphs - including word clouds https://makegraph.app/
makegraph.app
Make Graph - Online Free Graph Maker
Make Graph is a free online graph maker that allows you to create a variety of graphs and charts. It is a great tool for creating graphs and charts for your projects.
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This site claims to be able to spot AI generated content with close to 100% accuracy - There is a small but useable free subscription. I'm sceptical, but it's worth a try. https://www.pangram.com/
Pangram
AI Detector β Verified AI Content Checker | Pangram
Detect AI-generated text in essays, articles & documents. Identifies ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & more with 99.98% accuracy. Third-party verified results.
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Wondering what jobs AI will replace - You can search for specific jobs here and see an analysis of how likely AI is to take it. (Site has a lot of advertising) https://willrobotstakemyjob.com/ A nice activity for students would be to try to find the most and least likely jobs to be replaced.
Willrobotstakemyjob
Will Robots Take My Job?
Find out how susceptible your job is to computerisation
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Create a one page infographic using this AI tool https://venngage.com/ai-tools/one-pager-generator just type in your prompt and it will create an editable infographic
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Here's a really useful curated list of SEL related videos that can be used in the classroom https://www.commonsense.org/education/youtube-curations-advisory They are neatly arranged into topic categories. #SEL #ELT
Common Sense Education
Advisory YouTube Curations | Common Sense Education
Common Sense Education provides educators and students with the resources they need to harness the power of technology for learning and life. Find a free K-12 Digital Citizenship curriculum, reviews of popular EdTech apps, and resources for protecting studentβ¦
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Happy Daze Happy Daze is a great source of positive news articles that you can use with your students. Most of them are related to science and technology, so they are ideal for higher levels, but they're not too long and they are vocabulary rich. https://happydaze.io/
Happy Daze
Discover a brighter world, one story at a time.
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A list of EU alternative web services to US based ones https://european-alternatives.eu/
European Alternatives
We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.
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GenAI in Higher Education: Redefining Teaching and Learning https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?docid=b-9781350535824 You can download the book as PDF.
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Finally got another Edtech & ELT newsletter together - Here's the January 26 edition https://nikpeachey.substack.com/p/edtech-and-elt-newsletter-january
Substack
Edtech & ELT Newsletter January 2026
Welcome to the January 2026 edition of the Edtech & ELT Newsletter.
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