Episode 118: Don't Fear AI! With Joe Dale

Does the mere mention of AI strike fear into your heart?Totally understandable - it's all so overwhelming but don't worry, Teacher: I got you.For this week's episode, I enlisted the expertise of Legend-in-the-Modern-Foreign Languages-World Joe Dale to give you a starting point.We also briefly talk about the pitfalls and things you need to consider, especially if teaching younger learners.If you are still a little trepidatious about using AI to aid your teaching, this episode is for you. Joe Dale is an independent languages consultant from the UK who works with a range of organisations such as Network for Languages, ALL, The British Council, the BBC, Skype, Microsoft and The Guardian. He was recently described in a Guardian article as an 'MFL guru' and 'the man behind the #mfltwitterati.'. Connect with Joe in his new Facebook group ‘Language Teaching with AI: https://www.facebook.com/groups/languageteachingwithaiLinks mentioned:Generating quizzes and questions from videos and texts:www.twee.comwww.flippity.net www.quizlet.com www.quizziz.com www.quizalize.comwww.questionwell.org/www.blooket.com/ Chrome extension: quizzes AIhttps://beta.diffit.me/Using voicenotes to generate texts/summaries: Audiopen AI General AI tool:Chat GPTBard AIClaude AIImage generator: Padlet - I can't draw functionHave conversations in another language: Voice control for Chat GPTJoin myBreathe Easy, Teacher Newsletter:: http://subscribepage.io/0a49drLike, share, DM meand follow me: www.instagram.com/everythingeflteacherSubscribe to Youtube@Everything EFL for teaching tip videos and full podcast episodes with ClosedCaptions.Email me at [email protected] with me onLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-o-byrne-90b58a55/Subscribe to thepodcast on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple.... and don’t forget to tell yourcolleagues.  Share the love.Theme music [email protected] (Instagram)