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Dec 04 2025

Day 4 of the 2025 Appvent Calendar

By Mark Anderson 24DaysOfAI, AI, Appvent, Appvent25 No Comments

Welcome to Day 4 of the #24DaysOfAI Appvent Calendar. Today’s focus is Seesaw, a platform already familiar to many primary schools for the way it connects pupils, teachers and families. What stands out this year is how Seesaw is beginning to weave AI into the routines teachers already use, supporting…

Dec 03 2025

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Day 3 of the 2025 Appvent Calendar

By Mark Anderson 24DaysOfAI, AI, Appvent, Appvent25, EdTech, Google No Comments

In education, when it comes to your ecosystem, the productivity suite and core tools that frame most of your use, you normally sit in one of two camps. For the most part, you can often undertake similar activities when it comes to things like word processing, presentations, working with numbers…

Dec 02 2025

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Day 2 of the 2025 Appvent Calendar

By Mark Anderson 24DaysOfAI, AI, Appvent, Appvent25 No Comments

Inspection preparation is a familiar pressure for school and trust leaders. The expectations of the new Ofsted framework require clarity, alignment and well-structured evidence, yet you rarely have the time you need to bring everything together in a coherent way. What should be a professional conversation often becomes a last-minute…

Dec 01 2025

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Day 1 of the 2025 Appvent Calendar

By Mark Anderson 24DaysOfAI, AI, Appvent, Appvent25 No Comments

The first day of this year’s Appvent Calendar sets the tone for the month ahead. With so much attention on rapid advances in AI, it feels right to begin with a tool that brings us back to what matters most in education: clear thinking, sound evidence, and informed professional judgement.…

Nov 22 2025

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The Periodic Table of AI Tools In Education To Try Today

By Mark Anderson 24DaysOfAI, AI, Free resource No Comments

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been refining, checking, and double-checking my latest Periodic Table of AI Tools in Education. It isn’t exhaustive. It isn’t perfect. It isn’t meant to be. What I've tried to do is bring together genuinely useful AI tools that I know are already making a…

Oct 22 2025

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BBC Bitesize Guide to AI

By Mark Anderson AI No Comments

The BBC has launched a brilliant new campaign, the BBC Bitesize Guide to AI, to enable young people to thrive in an AI world. Thirteen informative, engaging and inspiring short films cover essential AI tool knowledge and showcase how AI is changing industry sectors and enhancing careers. I was so…

Oct 16 2025

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Embedding AI in Education Report – Check it out and download today

By Mark Anderson AI, Curriculum, Digital Strategy, EdTech, educators No Comments

I am absolutely thrilled to share today the publication of 'Embedding AI in Education: A Strategic Review of Practice at Woodland Academy Trust', a report that Julie Carson (Director of Education at Woodland Academy Trust) and I have co‑authored after a year‑long consultancy and training partnership. Our aim was simple: to…

Mar 13 2025

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AI for Lesson Planning: A Practical Teacher’s Guide

By Mark Anderson AI, ChatGPT, Digital Strategy, Education, Free resource, Front page, Leadership No Comments

Lesson planning takes time. We all know that. Crafting high-quality, engaging, and well-structured lessons that account for student misconceptions, differentiation, and assessment is an ongoing challenge. What if we had a way to refine lesson plans before we even step into the classroom? That’s exactly what I’ve been exploring in…

Feb 19 2025

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AI policy template for schools aligned with Ofsted and DfE guidance 2025

AI Policy Template for Schools (2025 Update)

By Mark Anderson AI, Digital Strategy, EdTech, Free resource, Front page, Leadership, Safeguarding No Comments

Back in 2023, I wrote an AI policy template that I hoped would be useful. What I didn’t expect was just how many schools would download and use it. Since then, I’ve considered updating it several times, but I held off. Schools tend to update policies on annual cycles, and…

Jan 17 2025

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The 2025 AI Almanac for Educators

By Mark Anderson AI, Books, EdTech, Free resource, Front page No Comments

Every year at BETT, we're bombarded with EdTech vendors showcasing the latest AI-driven tools, each promising to transform teaching and learning. But how often do these pitches come loaded with technical jargon and buzzwords that leave you wondering what’s really under the hood? If you’ve ever nodded along while hearing…