Global EdTech Awards 2025
Why I Decided to Join the Judging Panel for the Global EdTech Awards 2025 Last year, I had the privilege of serving on the judging panel for the Global EdTech Awards, and it was such a rewarding experience that I…
Category Education General
Using Gemini to Support Talk for Writing: A Year 2 Case Study on Onomatopoeia
Talk for Writing has been at the heart of our Key Stage 1 teaching for a number of years. It’s a powerful approach that encourages children to internalise language structures through talk, imitation, and innovation before moving on to independent…
The Uncomfortable Truth About ‘Free’ in Education
A Conversation We Need to Have About Sustainability, Privacy, and Value. As a teacher, I get it. I really do. We’re constantly swimming in a sea of “free.” The siren song of the latest free tool, free AI feature, or…
The Dangerous Rise of Cartoon-Themed “Toy Pods” Vapes Targeting Our Youngest Learners
For over a year, a disturbing trend has been growing(Yes, I’m actually going to write one of these…). It is now appearing in primary schools around the world. Teachers and parents are increasingly finding these brightly coloured, cartoon-themed devices disguised…
The Great Framework Bake Off: From Plain Sponge to Showstopper with APE
APE is an easy to use yet powerful framework that moves learning beyond the surface-level answer, towards mastery
Rethinking the Three Little Pigs: Ability Grouping, Labels, and What Our Classrooms Really Teach
If we truly believe in the boundless potential of every child, then our work is clear. We must stop sorting the straw, sticks, and bricks. We must give every single student a pile of bricks, teach them how to build with skill and creativity...
Are We Teaching Children to Expect Learning to Be Instant?
I’ve been sitting with a question this week. Actually, since last week after I read James Abela’s article on ReadySetCompute. It’s a slightly uncomfortable one: Is the way we use digital tools quietly shaping the way children expect to learn?…
Bad Code: What AI Misalignment Can Teach Us About Human Development
A recent study on AI models has uncovered a fascinating and unsettling phenomenon: training an AI on a narrow, misaligned task, such as writing insecure code, can result in the model developing broad misalignment. This means that after being trained…
The History of Computing: Bringing Ada Lovelace, Alan Turing, Hedy Lamarr, and Grace Hopper to Life in the Classroom
Why Teach the History of Computing? When we think about teaching computing, we often focus on skills(coding, algorithms, data analysis, debugging, cybersecurity). But I’ve found that one of the most powerful ways to engage students is through stories. Computing isn’t…
We Don’t Own Anything Anymore: The Subscription Model and the Future of EdTech
There was a time when buying something meant it was yours forever. You’d buy a VHS tape, and that movie was yours to watch as many times as you wanted. You’d pick up a CD, and that album stayed in…
Memes, Trends, and Digital Literacy: Skibidi What-Now? A Guide for Educators (and the Confused)
We live in an era where digital trends shape not just entertainment but the way young people interact, form opinions, and even develop their sense of identity.