I Wrote These Teacher Wellbeing Tips in 2013. I Still Believe Every One of Them. Recently, while tidying up some old files after moving my blog from Edublogs to WordPress, I came across a list I wrote back in 2013: ten simple self-care tips for teachers. A lot has changed since then. We experienced the…
TeacherForge is an AI tool I recently added to my EFL toolkit — and here’s why it caught my attention. You may want to ask what’s the use of other AI Tools as long as we have ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude. They can generate the reading text, the questions, the vocabulary exercise, they can help…
In the first post of this series, I talked about warm-ups and lead-ins. Now it is time to move into the heart of grammar teaching. Here we may ask ourselves a question to start: How should we teach grammar? As a matter of fact, there is no single correct answer. It depends on the context of your…
Songs in My Life When it comes to using songs as language lessons, I always start with a belief: Music is one of the most important things in my life. I walk to work with music in my ears and go back home carrying it with me. I cook to the songs I love and,…
Beyond the Jar and Into AI The Fast Finisher Problem We all know that moment. The task is still on the board. Most of the class is working. And there, a student sits looking around, waiting or doodling or whispering to a neighbour and you think “I should be doing something more for them.” This…
Creative Activities in Busy ELT Classrooms: From Coursebook Images to Classroom Interaction As you know, this year in March, I attended TESOL Spain 49th Annual National Convention and now I’m delighted to share that my article “Creative Activities in Busy ELT Classrooms: From Coursebook Images to Classroom Interaction” has been published in the TESOL-SPAIN ELT…
An experiment with me, myself and Generative AI for Teaching AI Literacy: Part 2 Checking with AI After publishing the first part of this experiment, I became curious about something. The original aim was actually quite simple. I thought that AI-generated writing would contain certain clues that would reveal itself. We often hear people say,…
Reflecting on 17 years of blogging: writing, learning, connecting, and creating… My Blog Begins a New Chapter! Here is the story why I’m writing this post today. I’ve just finished moving my blog from Edublogs to WordPress, and it feels like the end of an era and the beginning of a new one. I had…
An experiment with me, myself and Generative AI to teach AI Literacy In a world where the number of AI users is increasing every other day, teachers’ responsibility to teach students how to use it is becoming essential. We should teach our students to use AI ethically and we should also become AI literate. Our…
What if the gap between what your students write and what an AI generates is the best language lesson you’ve never planned? Last week, I was playing around with AI to create images. I wasn’t very good at with creating images with AI tools initially. I described a city scene and the image was dull….
A Step-by-Step Guide Creating ELT games with Claude AI was something I stumbled into while preparing an exit test for my A1 adult evening class. I wanted something more engaging than a worksheet. That’s when I thought — what if I asked Claude to turn it into a game? What followed was one of those…
May is the time when we need to focus on ourselves more. Here you can find a bunch of ideas for self care. Happy spring! There’s something about feeling the warmth of the sun on our faces that reminds us we are not just teachers. This time of year is full. Reports, assessments, end-of-year everything….
