1. Lots to explore on the (still under development) AI in Education website https://www.ai-in-education.co.uk/ including AI in Performing Arts Education: Crafting an Immersive Taylor Swift Murder Mystery https://www.ai-in-education.co.uk/resources/ai-in-performing-arts-education-crafting-an-immersive-taylor-swift-murder-mystery Shame she had to be murdered, though!

2. Annie Rauwerda “makes a habit of getting lost among the seemingly endless digital archives of Wikipedia”, and here’s her TED talk about her adventures, The joy of learning random things on Wikipedia https://www.ted.com/talks/annie_rauwerda_the_joy_of_learning_random_things_on_wikipedia

3. Not the easiest website to navigate, the LanguageCert one, but I got there in the end! Here’s short notice of their webinar at 15:00 UK time tomorrow, Wednesday 25^th October, Energise your classroom: Getting creative with English, which aims “to empower you to help students to not just learn English but actively use it through communicative activities like dictation, art, media, imagery, drawing and film” https://www.languagecert.org/en/preparation/webinars/webinars-for-teachers

Direct registration link here !https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4816934791031/WN_0hJmPyV8Rt-AWVUACSgseg#/registration

4. Here’s something a bit different, from the Smithsonian magazine, courtesy of Maja Mandekić: Claude Monet’s Eyeball https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-new-hand-painted-video-game-takes-place-in-claude-monets-eyeball-180983016/

5. And, finally, here’s George Saunders reading his story, Sea Oak https://songwriterpodcast.com/George-Saunders-Craig-Finn Saunders reading his story forms the first part of each podcast, both of which also include an interview with him and a song based on his story. I tuned out a bit after the story ….