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

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/

A list of EU alternative web services to US based ones https://european-alternatives.eu/

GenAI in Higher Education: Redefining Teaching and Learning https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?docid=b-9781350535824 You can download the book as PDF.

Finally got another Edtech & ELT newsletter together - Here's the January 26 edition https://nikpeachey.substack.com/p/edtech-and-elt-newsletter-january

AI Is Quietly Rewiring the ADDIE Model (In a Good Way https://drphilippahardman.substack.com/p/ai-is-quietly-rewriting-the-addie In this post, I show you the 3 modes of AI that actually matter in instructional design and map them across every phase of ADDIE so you know when to let AI run, and when to slow down and think.

Quick, Draw! https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com/ is an interactive AI experiment by Google where users sketch simple drawings while a neural network attempts to recognise them in real time. The game demonstrates how machine learning models are trained on large datasets of human input and improves as more people play. It serves both as an educational tool for understanding AI and a playful way to explore human-AI interaction.

Exploiting Infographics https://payhip.com/b/Sypm The book contains a wide range of suggested activities for both the creation and exploitation of infographics in the classroom.
It also helps teachers with tips and advice on how to plan and create infographics and suggestions for which tools to use to produce different types of infographic.

Oboe https://oboe.com/ is an AI-powered learning platform that creates personalised, multimodal educational courses from simple prompts. Users enter a topic they want to learn about, and Oboe generates structured lessons combining text, audio, quizzes and games tailored to that subject. The goal is to make learning flexible, engaging, and custom-built around your interests.

From Cognitive Offloading to Cognitive Enhancement https://theaienglishteacher.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/from-cognitive-offloading-to-cognitive-enhancement/ Cognitive offloading is often a total hand-off. Dumping the task and walking away. The responsibility transfers completely. You’ve got the answer, job done, move on.

https://www.edexia.com/ is an AI-powered school management and learning platform that helps districts and schools track instruction, assessment, and intervention data in one place. It provides analytics tools to identify learning gaps, support differentiated instruction, and monitor student progress across standards. The platform focuses on empowering educational leaders and teachers with real-time insights to inform instructional decisions and improve outcomes.

https://teachy.ai is an AI assistant for teachers that helps generate complete lesson plans, slides, assignments, quizzes, and summaries tailored to specific subjects and grade levels. It aims to save educators hours of prep time by automating common planning and content creation tasks. The platform also supports accessibility and adaptation of materials to meet diverse learner needs.

This is an impressive AI tool from SchoolAI that makes videos into and interactive discussion https://app.schoolai.com/spaces/clnaw1t7u000ayvpt3po1373k You can try it without signing up.

Curipod – https://curipod.com/ Curipod is an AI-assisted teaching platform that helps educators create interactive, research-informed lessons and activities for K-12 classrooms. It supports lesson creation, student engagement tools, and formative assessment features designed around pedagogical best practices. The tool makes it faster and easier to build dynamic learning experiences that promote collaboration, reflection, and deeper understanding across subjects and grade levels.

Get a free copy of Action Research for Schools - https://internationalschools.britishcouncil.org/action-research-for-schools Looks very interesting.

Free course - Deepfake Awareness Course for Students - In this module, we'll learn what deepfakes are, how they show up in the world,
and what can make them so dangerous. https://ui.adaptivesecurity.com/modules/40ebd915-03e3-4c8d-8cc4-1ee4e01fb0c4/frames/caff7aa2-9e76-45c7-868b-a0e8c4e68049

Really interesting article from Stephen Downes - The Questions We Ask About AI in Education - https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-questions-we-ask-about-ai-in.html

Snorkl https://snorkl.app/ is an AI-enhanced classroom tool that gives students instant feedback on verbal, written, and visual explanations of learning tasks. Teachers can create activities and students submit responses through a simple interface, after which the AI provides supportive feedback to deepen understanding and reasoning. The tool is designed to foster active learning and help teachers scale personalised feedback.

https://www.obooko.com/ is a free online platform where you can discover, read, and download legally licensed ebooks in PDF, EPUB, and Kindle formats across a wide range of genres including fiction and non-fiction. It offers thousands of titles that are available to keep forever without any cost, and you can also read directly in your browser using the built-in reader. The site also invites authors to publish their work for free to reach a global audience and build readership.

10 days to go - it's free - The Pilgrims Teacher Trainer Panel Discussion on: Using AI in the Humanistic Language Classroom, Saturday 21st February 2026 https://www.hltmag.co.uk/feb26/using-ai

Great to see these 'AI Guidelines for Teachers' that I worked on for the BC are now available. https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional-development/teachers/using-digital-technologies/ai-guidelines-teachers