Stephen
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Can AI Tools Help With Academic Research?
A short post outlining some AI tools & resources I shared during EdD Summer School at the University of Bath. Continue reading
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Have We Reached The “Invisible AI” Tipping Point?
What happens when we don’t need to make a choice about using GenAI any more, because it is inextricably embedded in all of the tools we use? Continue reading
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Is “Prompt Engineering” Really The Future?
A conversations with BingChat on the future of prompt engineering. Is it a passing fad and are other literacies more important? Continue reading
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Is Our Culture Ready For The AI Change?
I recently presented on AI in Education at ECIS Leadership in Düsseldorf. Here is a screencast of the slides, recorded after the conference. Continue reading
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Exploring Chinese Sci-Fi (and more)
A post sharing some recent favourites in translation from Chinese, or from authors with Chinese backgrounds. Continue reading
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PerplexityAI as an Inquiry Engine
How might we use Perplexity, a simple and accessible AI tool, as a research assistant in units of inquiry? Continue reading
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What Are Universities Thinking About AI?
Sharing videos and takeaways from an excellent session on ‘Teaching with ChatGPT’, hosted by Kent University. Continue reading
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AI Voice Synthesis for the WAB Podcast
How we used ElevenLabs to create an AI ‘guest’ for a 2-min clip in a podcast episode. Continue reading
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“Send Evidence of Exceptional Ability”
What does the future of employment and recruitment look like under the velocity of AI-augmented learning and industry? Continue reading
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Thinking Routines for an AI Classroom
Sharing a booklet I’ve been working on for a while with some examples of how PZ Thinking Routines might be adapted to AI-connected classrooms, through Creating A Culture Of Thinking. Continue reading
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A quick post to share some ideas on getting going in prompting, using MidJourney as an example. Prompting is a new literacy, and already prompt engineering is becoming a sought-after skill. Continue reading
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AI Feedback with CoPilot
How can the GPT tools be used to give feedback on student writing samples against written descriptors? Continue reading
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Three Years
A personal post, three years into Covid-19 in China, and three years in this role. Some highs, some lows, some “I don’t knows” and some “where to gos?”. I wish I’d written more of this down along the way, but… Continue reading
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AI Tools for Inclusion & Multilingual Learners
Some AI tools have potential to save teachers a lot of time in supporting their learners, through making content more accessible and working across languages. Some affordances of new AI tools in the multilingual classroom can include: Here is a… Continue reading
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We Don’t Need an “AI Policy”
Schools that maintain a focus on building a culture of academic integrity through knowing our learners, iterating and evolving will be better-adapted to the opportunities and challenges of AI in education. The ripples of AI tools have been present in… Continue reading














