Stephen

  • “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

    “Send Evidence of Exceptional Ability”
  • 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

    Thinking Routines for an AI Classroom
  • /imagine

    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

    /imagine
  • AI Feedback with CoPilot

    How can the GPT tools be used to give feedback on student writing samples against written descriptors? Continue reading

    AI Feedback with CoPilot
  • 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

    Three Years
  • 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

    AI Tools for Inclusion & Multilingual Learners
  • 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

    We Don’t Need an “AI Policy”
  • (If You) USEME-AI – A Draft Model For Adapting To AI in Schools

    What can schools do to adapt to rapidly developing AI technologies and their potential implications for teaching, learning and assessment? (If You) USEME-AI is a draft structure to support conversations and actions. If you are visiting this post from a… Continue reading

    (If You) USEME-AI – A Draft Model For Adapting To AI in Schools
  • This Post Was Also Written By AI

    Implications & Opportunities for Teaching & Learning In the two months since my last post on this topic, the AI-powered world has gone WILD. Large Language Model (LLM’s) like GPT3 are freely available and easily accessible, and example outputs from… Continue reading

    This Post Was Also Written By AI
  • Is Your ‘In-Person’ Conference Inclusive?

    As most – but not all – of the world transitions to a ‘post-covid’ era, more and more conferences are switching back to in-person only events. But are we losing great opportunities with this to be more intentionally inclusive of… Continue reading

    Is Your ‘In-Person’ Conference Inclusive?
  • This Post Was Written By AI

    [Edit: This post was written in October 2022. I don’t think any of us expected ChatGPT to come along less than two months later and flip everything on its head. Interesting times…] The AI text below was likely GPT-2 level.… Continue reading

    This Post Was Written By AI
  • Recording A DJ Mix Using A Virtual Cable

    A bit of a departure from education posts… over the summer here in Beijing, I got back into mixing and relearned some old skills. I also picked up some new technical skills, including the complexity of recording sets on a… Continue reading

    Recording A DJ Mix Using A Virtual Cable
  • Visualising The New MYP Interdisciplinary Learning Objectives

    A quick post to share a graphic (made in Canva) to visualise the objectives for the new MYP Interdisciplinary Learning Guide (link to source, MyIB login needed)*. I’ve also updated my MYP overview MegaSheet to include the new rubrics, though… Continue reading

    Visualising The New MYP Interdisciplinary Learning Objectives
  • ATL Tracking Ideas

    Back in 2015 I started building an MYP Megasheet of rubrics, subject-area overviews and other resources. Newly-added: some ATL tracking visualisations. There are some ideas for overall ATL development, as well as targeting a few specific skills and/or skills within… Continue reading

    ATL Tracking Ideas
  • The Posts Unblogged & A Life Less Ordinary

    It has been tough to blog over the past year or so. My list of unfinished drafts is a post in itself. Continue reading

    The Posts Unblogged & A Life Less Ordinary