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GenAI in 2025/26 - What's Beyond the Honeymoon Phase?
With another GPT release, it's time to revisit my talk for Macmillan's Global Teachers' Festival, which tried to take a balanced look at proper GenAI…
Aug 10
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Jo Szoke
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July 2025
[Activity insight] Who owns AI-generated content?
With generative AI tools, we have all become (or have the potential to become) creators of all kinds of media. But do we own what we have generated? Can…
Jul 21
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Jo Szoke
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Lesson planning and materials writing with AI
Check out the slides of my talk at the SIG Morning event during the BRAZ TESOL 21st International Conference.
Jul 17
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Jo Szoke
Test item creation - with or without AI?
I have to design a short test for a flipped reading activity, so I decided to take a closer look at test item creation. What kind of questions are worth…
Jul 8
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Jo Szoke
Upcoming events
Check out what's coming in the second half of 2025.
Jul 2
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Jo Szoke
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June 2025
The Impact of Assessment on Teaching and Learning: Creating Positive Washback - Toolkit
Check out and download the toolkit activities, which complement the new position paper by Oxford University Press.
Jun 26
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Jo Szoke
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Activities that Save the Day!
My go-to activity types when I have no idea what to do in class.
Jun 16
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Jo Szoke
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[Updated activity] AI in my future job
In this post, you'll find out how you can turn this activity into a project. Also, we've created a beautiful downloadable poster to go with it!
Jun 9
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Jo Szoke
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Hi there!
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Jun 6
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Jo Szoke
May 2025
[Around the world] Battle of the Bands in action
Welcome to this new series in which we introduce some amazing examples of how teachers from around the world have put the ideas in our book into…
May 26
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Jo Szoke
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How can I access the worksheets?
Great question! They’re a bit hard to find but follow these steps...
May 19
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Jo Szoke
[Activity insight] How do teachers feel about AI?
Feelings are completely mixed when teachers are asked about the impact they think GenerativeAI will have on teaching and learning. Let's see why that is…
May 17
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Jo Szoke
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