Over the last decade and a half, we've seen significant shifts in curriculum development, particularly influenced by figures such as Nick Gibb and Michael Gove. Their reforms placed considerable emphasis on prescribed curricula, which, as many have noted, has significantly diminished teacher autonomy. Now, with artificial intelligence (AI) are we…
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Last year I created a 'Little Book of Generative AI Prompts for Teachers'. It was labour of love to create but has proven hugely popular. I've been promising for some time now to create an equivalent 'Little Book' with prompts in it for senior leaders... and here it is!! It…
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Ofsted introduced a policy paper this week on "Ofsted's approach to artificial intelligence (AI)". It's a welcome document, but as always with Ofsted, whilst much of it is useful, it could go some way further. When working on writing 'Perfect ICT Every Lesson' more than ten years ago, a lot…
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The Department for Education has today released guidance on the use of mobile phones in schools. It is something which has been a hot topic for as long as mobile phones have been available to young people. The DfE have shared four key documents: Mobile phones in school: guidance Creating…
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Embracing the future of education requires more than just adopting new tools; it demands a shift in mindset and approach. Following a great meeting today with one of my British International School overseas clients that I'm supporting, I thought I'd pen some thoughts on embracing new technologies, digital strategy and…
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I'll of course start with the same message I've been sharing for many, many years, that every day should be a safer internet day. It's been a personal pleasure to see more people take on and share this mantra over the years. The truth of the matter is though that…
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With Bett starting tomorrow I was reflecting on why people attend the event in their droves every single year - of course, the obvious answer is the networking, but often it's more to do with the CPD, to learn about new technologies and to speak with the companies that produce…
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Welcome to Day 24 of #24DaysOfAI, our Appvent calendar for 2023. It’s been a labour of love sharing alternate days writing the posts between Ronan McNicholl and myself (Mark Anderson). Choosing each day has been tough. There are lots of tools we could have included, especially those with lots of…
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Welcome to the penultimate day of the 2023 Appvent calendar where today we will focus on Perplexity. AI tool of the day: Perplexity AI is a conversational AI tool similar to ChatGPT, which uses natural language processing and is also built upon GPT-4. Whilst both have similar origins, Perplexity differs…
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Welcome to day twenty-two of the 2023 Appvent calendar where today we will focus on YouTube Summary (with ChatGPT extension). AI tool of the day: YouTube Summary makes it incredibly easy to produce a concise summary of any content within YouTube videos. Educational Benefits: This tool could be very useful…
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