Here is a summary of the first webinar in our new ThingLink series, where Louise Jones and I explored four practical, adaptable ways to combine ThingLink and AI to create interactive language-learning activities www.linkedin.com/pulse/langua...

Language Learning Made Interactive: Quick Wins with ThingLink and AI

This evening, I had the absolute pleasure of co-hosting the first of three webinars for ThingLink alongside my long-time friend Louise Jones, with the wonderful Claudia Fisanotti joining us from Italy...

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Here is a summary of my webinar with the Association of French Teachers in Victoria (AFTV), exploring how one idea can be co-created with AI into a lesson plan, song, dialogue, illustrated story and worksheet while keeping the teacher firmly in control. www.linkedin.com/pulse/co-cre...

Here is a summary of my latest article exploring how Audiopen's new Windows app and Android floating toolbar have transformed my voice-first workflow and made me fall in love with the tool all over again. www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-au...

Why AudioPen's Latest Updates Have Made Me Fall in Love with This Voice-First AI Tool Again

I have been using AudioPen for more than three years now, and it has become one of those rare tools that has genuinely changed the way I work. I first discovered it back in 2023, when generative AI se...

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Here is a summary of my final summer course in Dublin, reflecting on AI, teacher judgement, Socratic reflection and what a remarkably quiet classroom taught me about engagement, learning and reading the room. www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-ev...

Why Is Everyone So Quiet? What We Learnt from My Final Summer Course in Dublin

This week, I was in Dublin again at Belvedere College delivering my final course of the summer, "Empowering Educators with AI and ChatGPT." I was working with a wonderfully diverse group of teachers f...

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Here is a summary of my reflections on Noemí Rodríguez-Grimshaw's appearance on The Multiliterate Mind podcast, exploring AI literacy, student agency, pedagogy before technology and why thoughtful educational workflows matter more than individual AI tools. www.linkedin.com/pulse/reflec...

Reflections on The Multiliterate Mind Podcast: Putting Students at the Centre of AI Literacy

Three days ago, Noemí Rodríguez-Grimshaw shared a link to her recent appearance on The Multiliterate Mind podcast hosted by Dr. Liza Trejo and Marnina Falk Colman in my Language Teaching with AI Faceb...

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Here is a summary of my latest article exploring how educational chatbots can support language learning, reflecting on their strengths, limitations and future potential while inviting colleagues to share their own experiences and insights. www.linkedin.com/pulse/explor...

Exploring Chatbots for Language Learning: Some Personal Reflections

Over the past couple of years, I've been exploring educational chatbots as part of my wider work with AI in education. As an independent languages consultant, I spend much of my time presenting AI to ...

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Here is a summary of my first impressions of OpenAI's new GPT-Live voice experience, exploring its key features and considering the exciting possibilities it could open up for language learning. www.linkedin.com/pulse/chatgp...

ChatGPT's New Voice Experience Could Be a Game Changer for Language Learning

Like many people interested in AI, I subscribe to a wide range of YouTube channels to keep up with the latest developments. This evening, while watching the World Cup final, a video demonstrating Chat...

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Here is a summary of my reflections on Meredith White and Fred Poole's thought-provoking article about the peaks, lows and future possibilities of generative AI in language education. www.linkedin.com/pulse/buckle...

Buckle Up! Riding the Rollercoaster of GenAI in World Language Education: My Reflections

This morning I was delighted to read Buckle Up! Riding the Rollercoaster of GenAI in World Language Education, a thought-provoking article by Meredith McDonald White and Frederick Poole, after Matt Co...

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Here is a summary of my latest article, celebrating the educational potential of Gemini Storybook while sharing some lessons learned about reliability, teacher-led workflows and the importance of always having a Plan B. www.linkedin.com/pulse/gemini...

Gemini Storybook: Whole-School Storytelling with AI - Lessons Learned

During my Supercharge Your Teaching with AI course for LFEE Europe in Galway two weeks ago, I wanted to demonstrate how Gemini Storybook could be used to create an illustrated story. Rather than decid...

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Here is a summary of some of my latest AI workflows for creating interactive Edcafe activities, narrated graphic novels, and differentiated worksheets, which I recently shared with two returning course participants during my AI course in Galway. www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-n...

From Narrated Graphic Novels to AI Worksheets: The Joy of Sharing Your Latest Ideas

During my Supercharge Your Teaching with AI course in Galway two weeks ago, I had a wonderful impromptu private session on Thursday afternoon with Sandrine G. and Corinne , two fantastic colleagues wh...

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Here is a summary of two main AI experiments from this week's course in Dublin: a simple workflow for creating narrated graphic novel dialogues and a Socratic reflection prompt that deepened participants' thinking www.linkedin.com/pulse/experi...

Experimenting with AI: Another Week in Dublin, Another Week of Learning

This week, I had the pleasure of returning to Belvedere College in Dublin to deliver my Empowering Educators with AI and ChatGPT course for InterEducation. Having now spent three weeks teaching in Ire...

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Here is a summary of my presentation at #iTELL2026, where I explore why AI works best not as an answer machine, but as a sparring partner that challenges our thinking, encourages productive struggle and supports deeper, more independent language learning. www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-spa...

AI as a Sparring Partner: Reflections from My iTELL Conference Presentation

This morning, I had a bit of a time zone malfunction. I thought I was presenting virtually at 9:45 Dublin time / 15:45 Jakarta time at the iTELL Conference 2026.

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Here is a summary of the final day of my Supercharge Your Teaching with AI course in Galway, where participants showcased their projects and reflected the confidence, creativity and professional judgement they had developed throughout the week. www.linkedin.com/pulse/final-...

The Final Showcase - Celebrating Learning, Building Relationships and Looking Ahead

Today marked the final day of my Supercharge Your Teaching with AI course for LFEE Europe in Galway. After six intensive days of learning, experimenting and collaborating, everything had been building...

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Here is a summary of how the final full day of my Supercharge Your Teaching with AI course focused on using AI to support accessibility, agency & differentiation, before participants applied everything they had learnt to create their own multimedia ebooks. www.linkedin.com/pulse/final-...

Here is a summary of Day 4 of my Supercharge Your Teaching with AI course in Galway, where we explored AI-powered assessment workflows, ethical considerations and why professional judgement remains the most important tool in every teacher's toolkit. www.linkedin.com/pulse/making...

Here is a summary of Day 3 of my Supercharge Your Teaching with AI course in Galway, where we explored Book Creator, multimedia workflows and practical AI techniques to lay the foundations for Saturday's showcase. www.linkedin.com/pulse/making...

Here is a summary of Day 2 of my Supercharge Your Teaching with AI course in Galway, reflecting on how challenge, support and a well-prepared Plan B can sometimes become the most valuable lesson of all. www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-p...

Here is a summary of the first day of my Supercharge Your Teaching with AI course at the LFEE Europe Summer Campus in Galway, reflecting on the importance of building a learning community before introducing AI workflows. www.linkedin.com/pulse/taking...

Here is a summary of Eftychis Kantarakis' presentation on the 'AI-KEA' Effect and cognitive offloading, and my reflections on why real learning still depends on effort, ownership and productive struggle. www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-kea...

The "AI-KEA Effect", Cognitive Offloading, and the Art of Teaching

Welcome to the fifth and final part of my reflections on the Modern Technologies and Language Education conference. Over the course of the previous four articles, we've explored digital pedagogy, teac...

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Here is a summary of Savannah Davis' presentation on process writing in the age of AI, and my reflections on how AI can support the writing process without taking ownership of students' learning. www.linkedin.com/pulse/proces...

Process Writing and Cognitive Load: Navigating Student AI Use

Welcome to part four of my reflections on the Modern Technologies and Language Education conference. If the previous three presentations encouraged us to think carefully about pedagogy, well-being and...

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Here is a summary of this week's four-day Empowering Educators with AI and ChatGPT course at Belvedere College in Dublin, where participants explored practical AI workflows for lesson planning, resource creation, assessment and learner engagement. www.linkedin.com/pulse/empowe...

Empowering Educators with AI and ChatGPT

This week, I delivered my four-day Empowering Educators with AI and ChatGPT course for InterEducation at Belvedere College in Dublin. Looking back through our Padlet and course chat this afternoon, I ...

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Here is a summary ofDdaniel Xerri's keynote, 'Teachers as Thinking Beings: Reflection and Technology in Professional Growth' and my reflections on using AI as a sparring partner that deepens thinking rather than replaces it. www.linkedin.com/pulse/teache...

Teachers as Thinking Beings: Using AI to Push Our Own Thinking

Welcome to part three of my reflections on the Modern Technologies and Language Education conference. Over the past two articles, I've explored Sophia Mavridi (SFHEA)'s call to put pedagogy before tec...

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Here is a summary of Dr Maria Diakou's keynote, Beyond Tools: Pedagogy, Well-Being, and the Promise of Technology, and my reflections on why sustainable innovation begins with looking after teachers. www.linkedin.com/pulse/pedago...

Pedagogy, Well-being and the Promise of Technology: Navigating the Overwhelm

For the second session at the Modern Technologies and Language Education conference, Dr Maria Diakou , Deputy Head for the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Coordinator of the IATEFL Learning Technolog...

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Here is a summary of Sophia Mavridi's keynote, at the Modern technologies and Language Education conference, and my reflections on why purposeful pedagogy should always come before the latest AI tools. www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...

Digital Pedagogy: Refocusing on Learning in the Age of AI - Sophia Mavridi

On Friday, I had the pleasure of watching the free live stream of the Modern Technologies and Language Education conference, broadcast from Astana, Kazakhstan. Organised by the IATEFL Learning Technol...

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Here is a summary of my reflections on Dr. Nellie Deutsch's brilliant webinar which happened this afternoon: EdCafe AI tackles teacher cognitive overload by turning complicated AI prompting into simple, ready-to-use classroom workflows www.linkedin.com/pulse/explor...

Exploring EdCafe AI: Reflections on a Webinar with Dr Nellie Deutsch

This afternoon I attended a webinar hosted by Dr. Nellie Deutsch (Ed.

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Here is a summary of the AI workflow I demonstrated today for creating bespoke GCSE-aligned listening and speaking materials using ChatGPT, MultilingProfiler and Google AI Studio. www.linkedin.com/pulse/using-...

Using Google AI Studio to Create GCSE-Aligned Listening and Speaking Materials

This afternoon I had the pleasure of taking part in the online ISMLA French Teachers' Meet, organised by AURELIE BASS from Blackheath High School. Aurélie invited me to give a 20-minute presentation o...

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Here is a summary of my recorded Language Links TeachMeet presentation, which demonstrates how to effortlessly convert an AI-generated, GCSE-aligned storybook into a professional-quality language worksheet using ChatGPT in around 10 minutes. www.linkedin.com/pulse/langua...

Language Links TeachMeet: From Storybook to Worksheet with ChatGPT

This evening, I had intended to present live at the final Language Links TeachMeet of the year, but unfortunately, I encountered some audio problems right as my slot approached. After Jonathan Mumford...

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Back at the Language Show in November 2026! I'm delighted to be returning to The LanguageShow, where I'll be presenting three sessions on AI and language learning on Saturday 14th November, having hotfooted it back from Bulgaria the day before! languageshowlive.co.uk

Here is a summary of my reflections on homework, AI and the value of struggle, exploring why genuine language processing matters, why AI-proof homework may be an illusion, and how AI can support learning when used as a sparring partner rather than an answer machine. www.linkedin.com/pulse/homewo...

Homework, AI and the Value of Struggle

I was very interested to read Steve Smith's recent article on AI-proof homework this morning because it addresses an issue that many language teachers are grappling with right now. As Steve points out...

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Here is a summary of tonight's webinar exploring YoYo Speak, an innovative, fully GDPR and DfE-compliant AI language assistant that gives MFL students individualised speaking practice and instant pronunciation feedback with absolutely zero teacher marking. www.linkedin.com/pulse/your-s...

Your Students Can Read It. Can They Say It? Introducing YoYo Speak

This evening, I had the absolute pleasure of hosting Pratik Sampat for a deep dive into his brand-new platform, YoYo Speak. I have been incredibly excited to share this tool with everyone, as it tackl...

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