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Dec 05 2024

Day 5 of #24DaysOfAI – Riverside!

By Mark Anderson 24DaysOfAI, AI, EdTech No Comments

Welcome to Day 5 of the 2024 Appvent Calendar! In today’s edition of #24DaysOfAi, we’re spotlighting a tool that gives educators a suite of fantastic tools to help create polished, professional content while addressing the unique challenges of workload, by making it super easy, fab quality and with some nifty…

Dec 04 2024

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Day 4 of #24DaysOfAI: Quizizz for Engaging Assessment For (And As) Learning

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

Welcome back to the #24DaysOfAI Appvent Calendar! Today, we shine a spotlight on a platform that many educators already know and love - Quizizz. While it’s long been celebrated for its gamified approach to learning, Quizizz has quietly evolved into a powerhouse of AI-driven teaching tools, saving time, reducing workload,…

Dec 03 2024

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Day 3 of Appvent: Rileybot for Engaging Younger Learners

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

Welcome to Day 3 of the 2024 Appvent Calendar, where we continue to explore the most innovative tools shaping the future of education. Appvent has always been about showcasing impactful EdTech solutions, and this year’s focus on #24DaysOfAi is already sparking excitement and inspiration. Today, we are thrilled to introduce…

Dec 02 2024

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Day 02 of #24DaysOfAI – Exploring the Potential of Olex.AI

By Mark Anderson AI, Appvent, EdTech No Comments

Welcome to today’s edition of the #24DaysOfAI Appvent Calendar! If you’re searching for a way to transform how writing is assessed in classrooms, Olex.AI might just be the solution you’ve been waiting for. This AI-driven platform offers educators a powerful toolset to provide personalised, class-level assessment and feedback on student…

Dec 01 2024

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Introducing the 2024 Appvent Calendar and #24DaysOfAI

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

Seven years ago, I had the idea, thinking how cool it would be, to have an advent calendar that revealed a helpful EdTech tool or platform each day throughout December in the run up to Christmas. And so the Appvent Calendar, sharing 24 days of EdTech magic, was born. This…

Aug 14 2024

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From Hype to Reality: Navigating AI Integration in Education

By Mark Anderson AI, CPD, EdTech No Comments

AI integration in education isn't easy. There’s no getting away from Artificial Intelligence (AI). It’s on our TVs and news cycles, it’s sending us phishing emails, targeting ads, it’s even driving some cars, let alone helping us choose our Netflix viewing. The truth is AI is making waves across multiple…

Jul 31 2024

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The EU AI Act and Ten Things It Means for UK Schools

By Mark Anderson AI, EdTech No Comments

As the European Union takes steps to regulate artificial intelligence with its AI Act, there’s a lot in here that UK schools should be mindful of. While we're no longer bound by EU regulations, the Act offers many valuable insights into the future of AI governance in education and there’s…

Jul 08 2024

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Artificial Intelligence: The Biggest Threat to Teacher Autonomy?

By Mark Anderson AI, ChatGPT, Cognitive Science, EdTech, Ethics, Pedagogy No Comments

Over the last decade and a half, we've seen significant shifts in curriculum development, particularly influenced by figures such as Nick Gibb and Michael Gove. Their reforms placed considerable emphasis on prescribed curricula, which, as many have noted, has significantly diminished teacher autonomy. Now, with artificial intelligence (AI) are we…

Apr 26 2024

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Enhancing Ofsted’s Policy Paper on AI with Actionable Insights

By Mark Anderson AI, CPD, Education, Ofsted No Comments

Ofsted introduced a policy paper this week on "Ofsted's approach to artificial intelligence (AI)". It's a welcome document, but as always with Ofsted, whilst much of it is useful, it could go some way further. When working on writing 'Perfect ICT Every Lesson' more than ten years ago, a lot…

Dec 01 2023

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Welcome to Day 1 of #24DaysOfAI our 2023 #Appvent calendar #AIinEdu #AIinEducation

By Mark Anderson AI, Appvent, EdTech No Comments

Welcome to day one of the 2023 Appvent calendar where today as we open the door for day one we discover the popular and powerful tool to support teachers, students and their learning, Canva. What is #24DaysOfAI? This year we have a slightly different approach to the calendar calling it…