So here we are, day 24, the final day of the 2025 #24DaysOfAI Appvent Calendar. Where did that time go?! And as the door swings open, I wanted to focus as I’ve done every year on the calendar, it’s not a tool, app or technology I want to focus on,…
Today’s a bit different. On this, the penultimate day of the 2025 24DaysOfAI Appvent Calendar, I wanted to, instead of highlighting a tool, share five brilliant people you should be following as we move into 2026. These are educators and innovators who consistently deliver value, challenge thinking, and most importantly,…
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,…
Most educators juggle a dozen different tools daily. One for creating presentations, another for editing images, a third for removing backgrounds, something else for generating worksheets. Add in the copyright minefield of finding classroom-appropriate images and you’ve lost hours before you’ve even started teaching. Then there’s the accessibility challenge –…
As is the case each year, whilst I call this the ‘Appvent’ calendar, I don’t always follow the rules and share an app. As would be the case, the disruptor that he is, today’s guest contributor, Al Kingsley, has kept the tradition of doing things a bit differently, and so…
Welcome to Day 19 of the #24DaysOfAI Appvent Calendar! I simply cannot believe we’re on the 19th December already, with only 5 more entries left to go on the calendar, where has this month gone?! Today’s recommendation comes from Joe Arday, a passionate advocate for diversity in EdTech, who suggested…
Day 18 of the #24DaysOfAI Appvent Calendar comes from guest contributor Kieran Buckley, who brings a brilliantly practical classroom lens to today’s tool. This one tackles a familiar teaching moment many of us recognise instantly and offers a simple, effective way to improve clarity, explanation and pupil understanding without adding…
Helping students learn is a core part of a teacher’s daily life. Many students, though, struggle to capture information accurately in class, organise it in a meaningful way or build the assurance needed to communicate their ideas clearly. Today’s Appvent entry explores a platform designed to strengthen these core learning…
Today’s Appvent entry comes from Jérôme Nogues, a respected educator and EdTech consultant who brings both classroom credibility and pedagogical clarity to his work with AI. Jérôme is the founder of the Poésíæ and Poésíært international language learning competitions, a Global EdTech Awards judge, and a regular contributor to professional…
As Artificial Intelligence becomes more present in the lives of young people, one of the greatest challenges schools face is helping pupils understand it well. Not just what it does, but how it works, how it affects their lives and how they can engage with it thoughtfully and responsibly. That…
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