Edtech & ELT Newsletter June 2024

Welcome to the June 2024 edition of the Edtech & ELT Newsletter.

Welcome to the latest edition of my Edtech and ELT Newsletter. ?I hope your month is going well and that you are looking forward to discovering some new apps and finding out more about Edtech and ELT.

As well as the usual links to free apps and articles, I have two special offers. The first is a 60% discount on my latest book and the second is a 50% discount on my ChatGPT Course, so look out for those.

Another 10 Lessons in Digital Literacy

I’ve just launched my third book of lesson plans based on infographics and aimed at developing students’ digital literacies and English language skills.

You can get a 60% discount if you get it this week. Just use the coupon code: LAUNCH

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Digital Tools

Here are some of the latest Digital Tools.

Amazy

Amazy is an AI tool that can help you build interactive lesson plans. It has the usual types of exercises that you can build into your materials, like quizzes and multiple choice questions, but you can also add speaking tasks that require students to record their answers. There is also a community where you can find ready-made lessons for free, or you can buy and sell lessons. Wonderful tool for building blended learning.

Try the app

EssayGrader

EssayGrader is a real time saver for teachers. EssayGrader analyses essays for grammar, punctuation, spelling, coherence, clarity and writing style errors, then provides detailed reports of the errors found and suggestions on how to fix those errors. The error reports help speed up grading times by quickly highlighting mistakes made in the essay. You can even get it to produce rubrics and mark the essays against the selected rubric.

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Lingolette

This is a great independent language study app that focuses on developing skills and vocabulary. It does this by supplying short articles for you to read and listen to. You can pick out vocabulary words that you want to learn and then discuss the articles with the AI bot using voice input. This is a great way to boost your language learning.

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Udio for Creating Songs

Udio is a fascinating AI tool for generating music and songs. You can just choose the subject and style and Audio will produce a song for you along with the music. You can then play the songs to your students in class. I don't think Taylor Swift has much to worry about yet, but it's still a nice way of creating a song based on a specific theme or vocabulary you'd like to review.

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DrawCharts

This is a great tool if you want to have graphs that look like they are hand/artist drawn. Just put in your data and the graphs with be created for free.

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ChatGPT for the Language Classroom - Course

Want to learn more about ChatGPT and how to save time and create engaging classroom materials and activities?

You can join the course for half price if you sign up this week.

Just click the button below, scroll down to ‘Sign Up’ and enter this coupon code before you pay: EDTECHNEWS

This will reduce the price to $20

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TALE AI

This is a great tool for creating immersive stories. Students can either jump into a story that has already been created or produce one of their own with the help of AI. Once the story is ready to start, they work through the narrative, making decisions as they go. Their response dictate the path of the narrative. This is a great way to get students to do extensive reading.

Try the app

Edtech News and Views

Here are some of the most interesting articles from around the web.

Five Tips for Writing Academic Integrity Statements in the Age of AI

This article has some useful tips and advice for the ethical use of AI in universities.

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AI Bits Episode 1 – AI Won’t Transform Education…

This is a short read about how the need and over emphasis on assessment is obstructing the development of sound pedagogical ways to exploit AI.

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Promoting Academic Integrity in the Age of Generative AI

This is an interesting, longer article that examines AI from the perspective of why students cheat. It has some valuable insights.

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How Generative AI Tools Assist With Lesson Planning

This article looks at how using different tools at different stages of the lesson planning process can help teachers make effective use of their time.

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The Plagiarism Factory – Copy, Paste, Forget?

This article looks at AI and plagiarism and looks at how to build awareness and understanding of plagiarism.

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Well, that’s about it for now. I have a backlog of tools and articles to share, so there may just be another newsletter this month if I can find some time for it. Otherwise, you can keep up-to-date on a daily basis by following me on Telegram at: https://t.me/s/Edetch

Kind regards

Nik Peachey - Pedagogical Director - PeacheyPublications

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