I published my first blog post in February 2011, on a site called Posterous, about a revision app. Fifteen years, many hundreds of schools, trusts and school groups, many thousands of teachers and leaders plus a few awards plus a fair few hundred posts later, I’ve been working to give ictevangelist.com its biggest rebuild since that first post. I’ve spent time on every page; redesigning it to be faster, and much clearer on all of my resources and of course about the ways we can work together, whether that’s a keynote, a CPD day, digital strategy work, AI policy support or anything else.
Same approach, new look and feel
What hasn’t changed is my blog archive: fifteen years of posts sharing advice, thoughts and support are all still here, and I’m still posting them, such as this one. What has changed is everything around them. My core message and values underpinning everything hasn’t moved an inch since my in-school classroom, middle and senior leadership and digital strategy days: helping people, trying to make a difference, pedagogy first, technology second.
Three free resources
The thing I’m probably most proud of though is what now sits alongside the blog. Three standalone resources, each free to use.
I won’t ask you to pay, I won’t ask for your email address, nothing.
I share them as I know they’re useful and ultimately, will help you and consequently, your school and most importantly, your learners.
Pedagogy First is my flagship: a complete professional learning resource. For every strategy (144 of them!) it covers why it works, what it could look like in a real classroom, and what you should notice when it’s working; with inclusion, cognitive load and barriers to learning considered throughout. You’ll also notice that some of the ideas involve no technology at all. That’s obviously on purpose. Technology isn’t always the best approach, it’s just part of our toolkit, it isn’t THE toolkit.
AI Governance in Education gives schools, trusts and colleges an AI policy template and a DPIA screening tool for you to use. I’ve tried as best I can to make it clear with plain-English guidance. As of writing this, it’s also current and up to date for the 2026 academic year.
Some people say that AI policy and AI strategy shouldn’t be stand-alone strands and in a more mature setting that is correct. Sure, a digital strategy is important and you can find out more about this in my January 2026 publication with NetSupport the School Digital Strategy Guide. The key point is, we all need to start somewhere and making these things clear to all, helps with their embedding within your setting. Over time, these things unify and simply exist in your existing strategies; you don’t need a separate thing just for AI or Digital. You don’t have a pencil strategy or vision statement for example! But, if you’re looking for a good example or WAGOLL, you might like to get started with the AI Governance toolkit and then look at the Woodland AI report resource below to get a feel for what can be achieved when you do things well.
The Woodland AI Report shows what this looks like when a trust does the work properly: real findings from real classrooms. If you’re looking to embed AI effectively in your setting (and if not, why not?) you’ll find this a helpful resource to frame some of your thinking about your approaches.
What school leaders are saying
Julie Carson, Deputy CEO at Woodland Academy Trust, on Pedagogy First: “This is a complete professional learning experience… it never loses sight of the fact that teaching and learning comes first, and technology should only serve that purpose. Another level altogether.”
Have a look around
Since leaving the classroom in 2015 to do this work, the aim has stayed the same: help schools make technology count, and know when not to use it at all. Have a look around, and if something sparks a thought for your school or trust, start a conversation. I’d love to hear from you and even better, work with you.
