In this episode I sat down with Martin Bailey from Animate 2 Educate and discussed classroom creativity via the use of digital technology.

We discussed:

• Is digital technology a distraction or a gimmick to real learning.
• How to spot when technology is just being used for technologies sake, rather than to add value to a lesson
• Martin's top tips and favourite apps and websites for digital creativity
• App smashing
• Impact in the classroom
• Advice for teachers who want to get started

In this episode I sat down with Ryan Evans from the Aspire2Be learning technology company in Wales.

We discussed:

• Digital inclusion and accessibility
• Identifying need
• Ryan's top tips and favourite websites and apps to promote inclusivity
• Impact in the classroom
• Advice for teachers looking to implement a similar approach in their classroom

In this episode we speak to Mark Anderson (Head of Education at NetSupport, bridging the gap between education and EdTech) about AI in education.

Within the episode we discuss:

• What AI is and what it isn’t
• The range of free and paid for AI platforms that are out there
• How teachers can use AI to help with their planning, creativity and imagination
• How AI can be used to bring about efficiencies for classroom teachers, but still keep the personal touch that a great classroom teacher brings
• How school leaders can harness the power of AI

During the discussion Mark mentioned many products and platforms. Below are links to all the resources that he mentioned:

• Infographic with a downloadable interactive PDF version available. Mark has summarised each of the tools to help teachers and leaders understand what each tool is and how it could help with teaching, learning or workload reduction: https://ictevangelist.com/32-ai-tools-to-support-your-teaching-and-their-learning/
• Upcoming book, “The EdTech Playbook” https://bit.ly/EdTechPlaybook
• Little Book of Prompts for Teachers: https://ictevangelist.com/free-resource-the-little-book-of-generative-ai-prompts-for-teachers/
• Little Book of Prompts for SLT: https://ictevangelist.com/free-resource-the-little-book-of-generative-ai-prompts-for-senior-leaders/
• Little Book of Prompts for Support Staff: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DG45841J
• Ai Policy Template: https://bit.ly/AIPolicyTemplate
• Input vs Output research paper: https://bit.ly/ai_inputoutput
• Hamilton, Hattie and Wiliam paper: https://bit.ly/paperonai
• ICT Evangelist’s Classroom Companion (an AI chatbot informed by CogSci principles): https://bit.ly/WeCollaborate24AIbot