If someone asked you, right now, what AI is doing for education, what would you say? I’d put money on at least one of these: saving teacher time, reducing workload, improving outcomes. These things get repeated so often wherever I look, it’s like they have become the manuscript for every…
I’ve been developing the Periodic Table of Canva in Education for quite a while now, but with the brilliant work we do at NetSupport, BETT, the launch and work around the Digital Strategy Guide, headteacher conferences, supporting my school and trust clients, you name it – it’s taken some time! Here…
Want to know your MCP from your RAG to your LLM, ML, NLP and CLT? If not, you need the 2026 AI Almanac for Educators. AI and EdTech are at the forefront of thinking in most schools now. It shapes how we teach, lead, safeguard and operate, yet the language…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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