Who’s out at #EducationFest today? My first time speaking at a UK conference after a couple of years abroad. Exciting and daunting. Would love to catch up with folk new and old!

Oddly specific advice: if you’re ever worried about travelling halfway around the world on a plane with your pets… just check out these two goobers two days after their hell flight from Shanghai. They’ve just discovered carpet and birds and couldn’t be happier 🎉

What an age! Every one is dying, everything is dying, and the earth is dying also, eaten up by the sun and the wind. I don't know where I get the courage to keep on living in the midst of these ruins. Let us love each other to the end. George Sand to Gustave Flaubert June 1870

Do you think this op ed title will be accepted by the magazine editors? Asking for a friend...

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Learn about critical thinking, the dangers of cognitive offloading, how to encourage thinking rather than mindless doing.... it's got everything. There are even printable resources to use in your own classroom right away! #edusky #aiedu

Thinking with AI

I'm not often on Bluesky these days as my longer waffles are more common on LinkedIn, but did you know I recently published a course called Thinking with AI? It's all about improving metacognition in the classroom with AI.

Check it out here: thinking-edtech.teachable.com/p/thinking-w...

Seriously turned out they thought I was joking but nope there’s only one way to get the kids home and it’s hell but worth it but HELL

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New boss: So how are you going to get the cats back to England?
Me: Drug them, put them under the seat in front of us on the plane, then get someone to drive us across the border from France to England
NB: hah nice
[an hour later]
NB: okay but back to the cats, what’s the actual plan?
Me:

On the plus side, I signed up, got a free month trial, got the book, and cancelled my subscription. So at least there’s no money for the evil overlord.

Something something ethical consumerism something something capitalism 🥸

Look, if they’re going to tell me I can’t read it, I 1000% am going to read it.

(And yes I do see the irony of using Audible to do this… four months to go until I’m back in the UK and can finally access a library again!)

Our head of marketing took a lot of photos on the night but these are the only ones I care about 💪🏻🙌🏻🎉

When I promise to update my husband on the two important things happening today; the China school awards and tickets to the sumo in London going on sale 😂🎉

Living the dream, two new laser engravers working non stop since their arrival on Monday! First up, a few tests, some art deco style gothic Operation games, and some very snazzy artist statement displays for our IB art exhibition!

When all the goodies arrive for the next makerspace project and it’s time for a quick prototyping sesh… next up, Year 6 with their AI co-teacher Frankenstein operation games!!

(Dang, what a mouthful…) #edusky

Nothing better than walking into the makerspace today to find our new Bambu printers already set up and benchy’d 🥰🥰 We have the BEST EdTech assistant!

(Also if benchy’d isn’t a word, it is now!)

#makerspace #edusky

“Process and expectations go hand in hand … teachers should break down the process with students and for students.”

Time for @mralexedtech.bsky.social presenting on writing with AI, and is already off to a good start! #EdTechGZ

“What’s the point in reinventing the wheel? In saying: that wheel looks nicer, I want that one?”

Serious wisdom again from @drshannondoak.com talking about how and when to integrate new tech in your school #EdTechGZ

Next session is a pretty packed panel featuring @drshannondoak.com and more! Love this point from the head of Shanghai American School: “What we’re all aiming for - student empowerment, agency, collaboration - is not what’s measured in tests”

Talking about meeting my internet people, @mralexedtech.bsky.social is here and since we only ever talk online (despite literally living in the same city) he has a weird obsession with me actually having feet.

New obsession: “versa blocks” made by Gary Donahue over at Chadwick International in Korea. I need a million kits and I need them now!!

First #EdTechGZ session with @mgwalchmai.bsky.social - Making Making Matter. Getting lots of ideas for how to adjust our MakerEd programme at DCSPX. Love the amount of integration with curriculum going on!

So excited to finally be at #EdTechGZ after all these years! Bring on a day of learning and hanging out with all my internet EdTech people!

Guess who’s making it to #EdTechGZ after all this time? It meeeee!

Look, I'm not saying that I have a terrible habit of working on workshop presentations the night before I'm supposed to run said workshops... but I'm not NOT saying it!

I think there are so many things out there that it’s about choosing the ones that will immediately impact what you do or what you want to do, rather than chasing the creds themselves - I know I did the latter for a while before realising it wasn’t actually helping. A bit obvious in hindsight 😂

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Fancy seeing you here! 🎉🎉🎉

I’ve heard good things about this one!

I committed myself to the most ridiculous December challenge: an #edtech #innovation and #makerspace advent calendar aimed at getting cross-curricular STEM happening for all age groups. First up, laser cutting contour maps in #geography class.

Let me know if you give it a go! #EduSky

I love that they’re getting other students to test it out!

Having some fun testing the 3D scanning app from @niantic.bsky.social to scan some makerspace furniture in the hopes our primary school students can do their own scans and 3D model some redesigns! Just gotta get better at scanning the gaps too… #edtech #EduSky