This is a post meant to share the presentation that I prepared for IATEFL Poland 2024 conference in my home city of Gdańsk, Poland- hope you find it useful and you can see it  here :) but beware..... "If you are looking for yet another enthusiastic presentation of an AI toolbox or tutorial, you will be disappointed. If you are looking for a place to vent about AI and the way it is about to ruin education, you will be even more dissatisfied. If you are, however, looking for ideas on how to introduce AI into your teaching practice as a thinking partner, not a vending machine for ready educational product, you will be in the right place."

  Personalisation is one of the holy graals of teaching, and rightly so, as tasks and content that a student can relate to are a real boost to the effectiveness of the process.  In the era of AI tools, it is definitely easier to create and adapt materials  to give them a personal touch, especially with the new kid on the block- Anti-Quiz Maker:)  ELTcation Anti-Quiz Maker Unlike standard comprehension quizzes that evaluate students' grasp of a text, this tool creates personalized prompts that inspire students to relate to their own experiences, reflect, and produce creative responses.  Simply choose and paste your language material and indicate the age group and proficiency level of your students.  The tool works with any text-based material – such as reading passages, transcriptions of audio or video clips, vocabulary lists, or grammar structures – and generates four distinct types of personalized exploration.  Look what it did with the text on Values from Oxford English B book: A

​ With summer getting closer and closer, everyone somehow seems to feel a need to invite the holiday mood into the classroom:)  Vocabulary memes and meme battles are an excellent idea to bring some fun vibes into YOUR classroom. A great free tool that can be used to this end is the ai-assisted educational platform  Curipod . It is mainly meant to aid you in preparing interactive presentations and full lessons (very much like Nearpod or Preardeck), the option of creating vocabulary memes being just one of many.  Generally, you create a Curipod presentation under the ‚vocabulary meme battle’, where you include the vocabulary items to be used for the memes and present the rules of the game- basically, students are allocated time to create and present vocab memes and then there is a vote which of the memes was most fun. Memes can be easily created with  Canva , or any app you like. Students usually love memes and know better which generators work best:)  Enjoy a meme-based vocab revision,

If you've ever struggled to get your students to truly collaborate during group projects, rather than watch 1 or 2 of them do the heavy lifting while others take a cozy nap,  you know the struggle is real- unfortunately, working in a group does not always mean collaboration….But fear not! We're about to turn your group work headaches into a fun-filled adventure with some lively and effective strategies to get everyone in your classroom to actually collaborate. Let's dive in: Clear Expectations: Let's Set the Stage:   Imagine yourself as the director of a blockbuster movie, setting the scene for your students' group project. Before the curtains rise, you lay down the law with clear objectives and expectations. Make it crystal clear that everyone needs to shine in their own role, whether it's the lead actor, the scriptwriter, or the master editor. Role Allocation: Casting Call!:   Picture your students as a rock band getting ready to rock the stage. Each member ha

​ Tweeting in a classroom sounds like a fun and challenging exercise, that could be used to create opportunities to write, speak, enhance comprehension, especially when working with literary texts. Here are some possible ideas for that: Tweet clues .  Students can create tweets that contain clues about the identity of a character from a literary work, such as their name, appearance, personality, actions, relationships, etc. They can also use hashtags, emojis, or images to enhance their clues. For example, a tweet clue for Sherlock Holmes could be:  I'm a consulting detective with a keen eye for details and a brilliant mind for solving mysteries. I live at 221B Baker Street with my friend and assistant, #ArthurConanDoyle #WhoAmI 🔎🕵️‍♂️ Tweet quotes . Students can create tweets that contain direct or indirect quotes from a character from a literary work, such as their dialogue, thoughts, or narration. They can also use quotation marks, punctuation, and emojis to indicate the tone a

​  I recently stumbled upon this quote above, and I could not agree more with the way it sums up the purpose of education these days- creating a culture of learning where independent critical thinking is encouraged, where skills and competences are valued over memorising data that is so easily available, where we appreciate the process over the product, where we invent ways to adapt/learn, relearn and adjust to the ever-changing world.  How is this possible in the world of AI at our service, where the product- idea, solution, essay is ready for us in seconds?   The danger is that we might soon be operating in a world where teachers prepare an assignment using an ai-tool, students complete it with the use of ai as well, and then educators grade it with the use of an ai grading tool… If that isn’t a vicious paradox, an educational education game, I don’t know what is… So, how to avoid getting stuck in such a pointless pursuit? There is only one way- make AI a thinking partner in the clas

​ Today post will be just a brief but enthusiastic and heartfelt recommendation of a wonderful resource, namely YearCompass  that you will find here. This is a free, downloadable pdf that provides lots of creative and reflective ideas on how to let go of 2023 and embrace the year ahead, individually or at a group meeting, as well as an English B lesson:)  According to the authors: YearCompass is a booklet designed to help individuals reflect on the past year and plan for the year ahead. It contains carefully selected questions and exercises to guide you through the process of reviewing, learning from, and celebrating the year you're leaving behind, as well as dreaming, planning, and preparing for the new year (Page 2). By going through the exercises in YearCompass, you can gain insights into your past year, including your accomplishments, challenges, and the lessons you've learned. This reflection can help you set meaningful goals and intentions for the year ahead, across vario