Free public lecture: Horror, hype or hope? Exploring AI-enabled toys and educational technologies for neurotypical and neurodivergent young children
📆Thursday May 7th, 16:00 – 17:00 BST
📌@morayhouse.bsky.social and online
Speaker: Prof @drjennyg.bsky.social
Register: edin.ac/4sFnlYZ
Amazing news! Our Animation Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic was just selected by NeuroVisions Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com !
youtu.be/3O6hy-usIug?...
Where on earth is the Office for Students. These courses have been advertised, applicants have been engaging with the advertised material.
The Consumer Protection Law as applied to #UKHE (🤢) declares that universities have to be accurate in their information from the first contact with applicants.
This has given me so much joy! Thank you 🙏
I love this so much! Thanks @lunarcane.bsky.social for responding to my random request for #hollowknight #TNG fanart combining my two favourite things 😍
#fanart #silksong
Oh wow! This is amazing 😍😍😍
maybe Quirrel could be Riker (he's adventurous but laid back and fun) then the knight could be on conn
Maybe Quirrel and Conifer on Helm and Ops
Hmm, I should have thought this through a bit more! I think Hornet could be Picard (although she has Ensign Ro vibes too). Troi could be confessor Jiji, Worf Nail master Mato
Enterprise D bridge but the crew are characters from Hollow Knight/Silksong
Inventory screen from Hollow Knight: Silksong, showing 100% completion and items from the game including icons for Mask, Spool, Silk Skills, Needle, Rosary, Shards, Keys, Tool Pouch, Everbloom, Plasmium Gland, Psalm Cylinder
At last! 💯 Shaw!
#completionist
#silksong #hollowknight
Image of Sprint master swift from the video game Hollow Knight: Silksong. An insect-like creature with long antennae.
Finding it hard to settle for 98% #Silksong completion but I just can't beat this guy ...
New article out today! Children communicate differently depending on the play activity and who they're playing with. 💬
🔓 Read the open access article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@elianfink.bsky.social @paulramchandani.bsky.social @drjennyg.bsky.social
Around 1,900 children are diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK. Our Cancer page has advice for teachers on how to support a child with Cancer while in education.
https://www.wellatschool.org/conditions/cancer
#Cancer #kidswithcancer #kidswithcancermatter #EduSky #EduSkyUK #SENDFamilies
Screenshot from Google Notes app of a list of 12 recipes, each one checked off with a tick box and items crossed out using strike-through format. Background to the list is a fork and spaghetti.
I completed my 2025 New Year's resolution! I resolved to cook 12 recipes from Meera Sodha's fantastic book Dinner. I did six of them in the past two weeks 😂
#WhateverItTakes #NewYear
Our paper on the use of AI in child development checks is available now on the Early Childhood Education Journal:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@drjennyg.bsky.social
I recently chatted with @prisblossom.bsky.social about AI toys, all the things we don't yet know about them, and @drjennyg.bsky.social & my research on their impacts in the early years. Read our conversation here. 👇
In this piece from the #PEDALResourceLibrary archives, PEDAL's @emmapritchard95.bsky.social, Carmen de Lemos, Katie Howard and PEDAL's @drjennyg.bsky.social focus on the experiences and perspectives of autistic people concerning the topic of autistic play:
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
Essential reading!
📢 bit.ly/4gWDAeL
“Problems do not inevitably beget problems".
A powerful policy example of supporting parents/carers to enhance young people's mental health. By our Director Prof Gordon Harold, Co-Director of Cambridge Public Health.
#WorldMentalHealthDay
Today in our Guardian letter, @drjennyg.bsky.social and I call for a greater public discourse on how AI toys are interacting with young children and the impacts on their development. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The hardest disbelief to suspend about the show.
📢📢 PhD Scholarship Opportunity 📢📢
“Language and literacy difficulties and youth mental health”
Are you passionate about supporting the mental health children with language and literacy difficulties?
📌 More info & how to apply: research.curtin.edu.au/higher-degre... (search Boyes)
#DevLangDis
Errr, nope!
A photo of Jess Thom, a white, wheelchair using woman looking into the camera with a serious expression. She is wearing a blue and green hoodie, black padded gloves and is pictured in from of a brick wall
I’m profoundly sad to say that as of today, I’ll no longer be able to do my job as co-artistic director of #Touretteshero because of a recent decision by #AccessToWork to cut my support by 61%. Read & share this post, the hardest I've had to write: www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a... 1/4
It's been such a delight to host @elizafricker.bsky.social and our amazing comics and autism team this week! Looking forward to working with you again in the autumn 🙏
Are you an educator interested in learning more about supporting children with developmental language disorder?
Join the next Nasen Twilight Talks on May 8th, with @juhaynat.bsky.social.
Book your place now!
#DLD
Do you have a project that exemplifies open science in ecology and evolution?
If so nominate the project for a SORTEE Commendation Award 🏆
More details about the SORTEE Commendation Award:
706 signatures this morning. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We have every letter of the alphabet represented except U - I know this sounds like an aphorism ("U can sign too!") but it's also the literal truth.
Who in comics (individual or company) has a name starting with U?
This April, please do what you can to ensure that Autistic people are listened to about autism - and beware that too much awareness can be wearing.