Can you trust the author? — This issue is about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) creative tools like Midjourney and DALL-E 2 are disrupting what it means to be an author and creator. We explore the potential impact on the state of education assessment and student feedback. This piece is for educators and creators curious about the…

Digital Design Under Duress — This article is part of a series exploring the throughline: Restart, Reframe or Recast the Purpose of Education? This week I turn my attention to how the pandemic, lockdowns and remote learning caused a shift in digital implementation. My focus is on what’s next? Do we restart, reframe or recast? Steep Learning Curve …

“This is where the world is going” — This article is part of a series exploring the throughline: Restart, Reframe or Recast the Purpose of Education? Shifting Work Expectations Let’s start outside of the bubble of education. I was struck by the announcement from Airbnb to let staff work from home indefinitely. Here is part of CEO Brian Chesky’s email to…

Schools are containers for complexity — This article is part of a series exploring the throughline: Restart, Reframe or Recast the Purpose of Education? Today I share a few ‘what if’ questions to help us reframe and reimagine the near future of education. This week I spent three days in Casey Fields Primary School collaborating with…

Infiltration or partnership? — This is the second story in a series during June exploring the key AI concepts in Education. We reflect on what AI means for leadership, learning and innovation in education. You can see the first issue here, titled 🤖 Promise & Provocation: Artificial Intelligence in Education. This issue explores the…

R2D2! You know better than to trust a strange computer! — This is the first in a series during June exploring the key AI concepts in Education. We reflect on what this means for leadership, learning and innovation in education. This issue looks at the language of AI and the readiness of education to explore it. My First Robot R2D2! You know better than…

Town, Space, Floor I have had this strategy pinned in my email from Priya Parker for a while. To counter the dislocation and disconnection we experience working online, Priya asks for three responses in the chatbox: the town or city where they were joining from the space where they were taking the call …

There is a day towards the end of the primary or elementary school year when your students for the following year join you as a group for the first time. It is a special occasion. Everyone scans the room for connections and friendships, hope and anticipation all balled into a…

I am the bowling ball picking up speed. Misguided. Spinning. Curled up, heading towards a gutter, a crash. Helen is the steady hand, the guiding rail. She redirects and corrects my course. Even when I am at my lowest, I am reminded of the support. Who do you turn to…