#UKTeaching niot.org.uk/careers/prog... We’re looking for a Programme Lead to drive forward a bold, nationally significant initiative designed to support educators in responding to issues that affect how students form beliefs, navigate digital spaces, and make sense of the world.
In April of this year I gave a speech at a major conference in San Diego wherein I argued that AI would soon be poured like gasoline onto the fire of American fascism.
That speech is pinned to my profile, if you're curious.
@adambecker.bsky.social thank you so much for writing More Everything Forever. It's one of the most important books I've ever read and has been critical in shaping what we want to make sure 1000s of teachers and leaders on our programmes know and understand about AI.
‘Laila had given ten years of her life to fighting for her son, and now, in what she decided would be the final act of the fight, she put her life on the line.’
Ahdaf Soueif on her sister Laila’s struggle for the release of her son, Alaa Abd el-Fattah: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Ok now we rally at the state capitol in Austin. Massive turnout here, at least 10,000 I'd say, possibly quite a bit more. We are sweating our asses off for democracy.
Protesters filled plazas, streets and parks across the U.S. on Saturday, gathering at demonstrations to call for protecting American democracy from President Trump. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4e3BIzD
Meet the speakers kicking off the Great Teaching Strand at @educationfest.bsky.social
Reuben Moore & @pipsanderson.bsky.social session on their insights to explore how exemplars of "Great Teaching", self-study and deliberate practice can energise and support new teachers,fuelling a lifelong career
Let's have some fun. In this NYT story, we see a picture of an OpenAI billboard on a college campus, suggesting the following prompt: "Give me a guide for mastering this Calc 101 syllabus. In two weeks. Small steps please."
What happens when we actually use ChatGPT to do this? THREAD!
We’re so excited to be co-hosting the upcoming British Science Festival with our friends @ljmuofficial.bsky.social in September! 🙌
Join us 10–14 September for free events, workshops, and performances across the city. Stay tuned for more details soon! 💙
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An essential pre-read for any debate about the role of AI lnkd.in/eRZprgj5
Finding out that, "Some studios, such as the animation company Studio Ghibli, have sworn off using AI" brought much comfort. The wonderful 'My Neighbour Totoro' felt like a co-parent during the covid lockdowns.
Exploration of AI in education from a faith/belief perspective is important.
'A special conference examining the potential threats and opportunities of Artificial Intelligence for education and building on ‘Solarity’ and children’s education in Religion and Worldviews.'
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I am sure it is already happening but wouldn't it be brilliant to see each subject association's thoughts on what they want AI to mean for their discipline? I think this helps stop tech leading the agenda. #UKEducation
This is a thorough, thoughtful and hugely interesting report and we'll certainly be doing what we can to make sure the next generation of maths teachers and their mentors are aware of it. www.mathshorizons.uk/reports #UKEducation
I am so proud of the incredible hard work and brilliance the team put into making this happen. Being able to wake up everyday and work in organisation truly focused on supporting the best profession in the world is such a joy and privilege.
niot.org.uk/news-events/... @melanierenowden.bsky.social
Looking for teachers who want to share their approach to using AI or intentionally not using their AI in their classrooms. Creating a short series of 'talking head' films to use in the development of our programmes at the National Institute of Teaching. Please get in touch. Paid work. #UKTeaching
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Looking for teachers from around the world who want to share their approach to using AI or intentionally not using their AI in their classrooms. Creating a short series of 'talking heads' to use in the development of our programmes at the National Institute of Teaching (England).
Looking to create short 'how to' videos starring these individuals, (who will of course be paid for their time) Looking for experts from early years right through to post-16 from all parts of sector.
Do you know a brilliant teacher or leader who deploys digital tools expertly to increase impact when they deliver professional development online? We really want to shine a light on the wonderful practice that is going on but maybe doesn't get the attention it deserves.
‘He uses his talent for seeming inconspicuous and harmless to make people talk. They tell him tragic and lurid anecdotes. But they also speak about poverty and injustice and, above all, about endemic rural violence.’
Neal Ascherson on the travel writer Norman Lewis: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
"There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket—safe, dark, motionless, airless—it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation. The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell." —C. S. Lewis
This takes my breath away with its truth.
"Outsourcing learning, commodifying education, and deskilling humanness is not progress. The answer is easy and short: we must say no and truly mean it. These are times of Luddite pedagogy," argue Dagmar Monett and Gilbert Paquet. Read the open access article at:
Text of Stone Soup but for AI, from Alison Gopnik: Some tech execs came to the village of computer users and said, “We have a magic algorithm that will make artificial general intelligence from just gradient descent, next-token prediction, and transformers.” “Really,” said the users, “that does sound magical.” “Of course, it will be even better and more intelligent if we add more data — especially text and images,” said the execs. “That sounds good,” said the users. “We have some extra texts and images we created stashed away on the internet — we could put those in.” “Great,” said the tech execs. “But, you know, this version still says a lot of dumb things. It would be even more intelligent if we could get humans to train it directly with reinforcement learning from human feedback.” “Sure,” said the users. “There are whole villages in Kenya that will jump at the chance.” “OK,” said the execs, “now the last thing that would really make it royally intelligent is for the users to do clever prompt engineering to ask it just the right questions in the right way.” “Sure,” said the users, “we will think hard and figure out how to prompt it.” “Good,” said the tech execs, “this will be a truly, magically intelligent machine.” “And to think,” said the users as they shelled out for the latest version, “how magical that this artificial general intelligence was made from just a few algorithms!”
Alison Gopnik describes AI as "Stone Soup" and anytime you can reference a vaguely socialist folktale from Eastern Europe and apply it to Silicon Valley technology I am here for it.
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An illustration of a lion with a dandelion mane and tail, accompanied by text advocating for the benefits of dandelions to bees, wildlife, and lawns.
Long Live Dandelions!!
"With Silicon Valley in full AI hype mode, we need independent studies of AI in education that we can trust to fairly evaluate this technology’s impact, positive or negative. We’re not getting that right now and it’s a problem."
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Come and work with me…
Are you interested in moving into higher education and initial teacher training?
Do you have experience of teaching humanities (primarily geography & history)?
Would you like to work in the South West in a fantastic setting?
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