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Artificial Intelligence: The Biggest Threat to Teacher Autonomy?

By AI, ChatGPT, Cognitive Science, EdTech, Ethics, Pedagogy No Comments
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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Free resource: The Little Book of Generative AI prompts for senior leaders

By AI, ChatGPT, Computing, Digital Strategy, EdTech, Ethics, Featured, Free resource, Online Safety, Pedagogy first, Teaching and learning, Thought Leadership, Work with me, Workload No Comments
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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Free assembly / lesson presentation to support Safer Internet Day 2024 #SID2024

By AI, DigCit, Digital Strategy, Free resource, Online Safety, Resources, Safeguarding, Social Media No Comments
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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Ninety questions to ask vendors at #Bett2024 @bett_show based on the frustrations, desires and fears educators have around #EdTech

By AI, CPD, Curriculum, Digital Strategy, EdTech No Comments
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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It’s the final day of #24DaysOfAI and if you want to find out what’s behind door number 24, you’ll have to read the post that accompanies this entry…

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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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On Day 23, the penultimate day of #24DaysOfAI, we share a #GenerativeAI tool on the #Appvent calendar worth exploring for a variety of reasons. Read on to learn more…

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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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With only two more days of the #24DaysOfAI #Appvent calendar, day 22 reveals a great Chrome extension that helps make the most of video content on YouTube

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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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Welcome to Day 20 of the #24DaysOfAI #Appvent calendar where today we share a great tool with #AI baked in to help with quizzing and more, @GoFormative

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Welcome to day twenty of the 2023 Appvent calendar where today we will focus on Formative. AI tool of the day: Formative is a popular platform for creating engaging assessment tools.  Recently, Formative has incorporated an AI content generator tool (currently in beta mode) which makes it easier for teachers…
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