Bandwidth, Boundaries, and Building on the Margins Every few months I see the same kind of post appear on social media. It is usually about teacher burnout, and ends with some version of the reminder that our families can end…
Every week while producing my newest podcast, Unplugged and Unlocked, my boys would sit nearby, watching intently. It didn’t take long before the questions started: “Papa, can we record our own podcast?” Naturally, my instinct was to hand them standard…
It’s happening again. We are currently witnessing a profound and highly visible shift in the educational discourse. Across social media, on LinkedIn, in staffrooms, and in school board meetings, there is a growing, vocal movement advocating for a drastic reduction…
For the better part of a decade, “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) has been the darling of international school finance departments. It promised a utopian vision: lower capital expenditure for schools, student familiarity with their own tech, and a bridge…
After my last post on taming the Safari “Tab-alanche,” I had several teachers ask the million-dollar follow-up question(I did kind of expected this…): “That Safari trick is great, but can we do the same thing for all the open apps?…
If you’ve ever picked up a student iPad only to find 50+ open tabs ranging from Mathletics to Roblox wikis and three-week-old search results for “cute baby pandas,” you are not alone.(Especially if, like us, you are looking at life-cycles)…
Live from FOLSEA at Harrow International School Bangkok Welcome, educators, innovators, and ADEs! If you’d like to follow along with my session in person or whilst reading this blog entry, get all the files here: If you are joining…
It started with a sigh. One of those deep, mid-lesson, “tech-is-failing-me” sighs. I was standing in front of a group of teachers, trying to share a single, simple link to a website which was way too long to share in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
APE is an easy to use yet powerful framework that moves learning beyond the surface-level answer, towards mastery
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...
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?…