Day 22 of the 2025 Appvent Calendar

As we move into the final stretch of this year’s Appvent Calendar, I wanted to do something slightly different. Today’s tool has been chosen by Dougie, my son, and his reasoning for picking it is refreshingly simple and deeply telling. It helps make lessons more engaging. Writing lyrics helps others, just like himself learn. It lets people make music even if they cannot play an instrument. And, importantly, it is great fun.

Agency and self-selection matter more sometimes than we might be prepared to admit.

AI Tool of the Day: Suno

Suno is an AI-powered music creation tool that allows you to generate full songs from written prompts. You can write your own lyrics or have them generated, choose a style or genre, and produce complete tracks with vocals and instrumentation in seconds.

What makes Suno stand out is just the quality of what it produces and how accessible it is. You simply start with your words and the style you want the song to be in, and that’s it.

Educational Impact

From a learning perspective, Suno opens up a number of opportunities. When it comes to writing lyrics, well, writing is writing. It requires vocabulary choices, rhythm, structure, tone and meaning. For learners who find traditional writing tasks challenging, music can lower the barrier and increase motivation without lowering expectations.

With schools I’ve worked with, where I show the art of the possible and what’s appropriate, we’ve been able to explore important school policies such as the behaviour policy, write age-appropriate lyrics and then create music/songs for different phases, such as KS1 and KS2. Some schools have speakers in the hallway where they already play music during lesson changeover, and so they can play songs they’ve created about their school through existing systems they have.

Here’s one such example: https://suno.com/s/h40z1OL4ogIl1dcw

For Dougie, the act of writing lyrics helps him remember ideas, rehearse language and stay engaged for longer. That will resonate with many teachers who see pupils engage when learning connects to creativity.

Suno also supports inclusion. Learners who do not see themselves as “musical” can still create music. Learners who struggle with extended prose can express ideas through shorter, purposeful lines. And for some, the joy of hearing their words turned into a song is enough to unlock confidence.

Practical Application

In the classroom, Suno can be used in lots of small but meaningful ways. Pupils can turn key facts into songs to support recall. They can summarise topics through lyrics. They can write jingles to explain processes or concepts. For older pupils, it can support creative writing, poetry, language learning and media studies.

It also has a lighter side, and that matters too. Creating memes, parody songs or class anthems builds community. It gives pupils a shared creative experience and reminds us that learning does not have to be solemn to be serious.

For teachers, it can be a hook, a stimulus or a celebration tool, rather than something that replaces core teaching.

Considerations and Tips

As with all creative AI tools, guidance is key. Set clear boundaries around purpose and appropriateness. Keep the focus on the learning intent rather than novelty alone. Tools like Suno shouldn’t be used as a gimmick as that just devalues you, your subject and what you’re trying to teach.

It is also worth talking openly with pupils about authorship, originality and how AI supports rather than replaces human creativity. Those conversations are as valuable as the songs themselves.