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Will AI deskill teachers - and if it does, is that a problem? If AI means teachers never have to create another resource, I think that's great. If it means teachers never read another essay, I think that's terrible. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/the-ethics-o…

🚀 Just launched: plan any lesson with AI. One prompt. Any subject. Any year group. Abel AI Lesson Planner on @Gumroad @NotionHQ athhub.gumroad.com/l/gpcsj

🚨 NEW POST 🚨 'What should we do about 'reading for pleasure'?' "Reading really matters. In the final miles of secondary school, after years of failure, promoting reading for pleasure is not likely to be the place to start with Rebecca." alexquigley.co.uk/what-should-we…

The sources of understanding

Most PhD supervisors will never tell you this. The real reason PhD students fail is not methodology. It's not data. It's that they never clearly identified a research gap

When I trained to teach, the focus was on teaching the different purposes of writing. Writing to persuade, to explain, to describe. By contrast, The Writing Revolution teach writing as a means of advancing thinking. I think it's the latter approach that is more important in a world with AI. See this comment from @natwexler on our latest Substack. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-is-the-…

✨ What an incredible night at the @EducateAwards✨ Huge thanks to our amazing guests! It was a pleasure celebrating with such passionate educators & friends of EdenFiftyOne. ♥️ #EducateAwards team, you're the best!🌟 #CreativeLiteracy #ProudSponsor

ChatGPT generates fake references to papers that don't exist. So, researchers at Stanford built Storm. It's an AI-powered app that generates well-researched articles with references to published sources. Here's how to use it:

We are thrilled to announce the first Keynote Speaker of our International Conference 2025... FRANK COTTRELL-BOYCE Children's Laureate 2024-26, he is a renowned scriptwriter and children's novelist. We are overjoyed he will be joining us. #uklaliverpool2025 @frankcottrell_b

ChatGPT can now create presentations. Stop wasting hundreds of hours creating PowerPoint presentations. Here’s how to do it in a few minutes:

Ask lots of questions before choosing your provider: Where exactly will my training programme take place? How much of my programme is on line? How much of the course is subject specific? Will I study in a group? Who awards my PGCE? What can I expect in my placement school?

🚨Breaking : CANVA got upgraded! Canva Create is officially here and it's INSANE Here're 12 Canva features you should not miss:

A reminder of the verb to 'spuddle' (17th century): to work feebly or ineffectively, or to spend a lot of time getting absolutely nowhere.

Hello teachers and parents: on National Poetry Day this year, we will premiere a show, that I did for the Children's Bookshow. @ChildrensBkShow You can see a taster here, but it will come live on Oct 3. You could watch it in school, on the day perhaps? youtube.com/watch?v=yJfeIX…

I'm writing today about kennings in Old English. Essentially these are two word-metaphors that were used instead of concrete nouns, and they are exquisite. A ship was a 'wave-horse', the sea was a 'whale-road', the mind was a 'thought-chamber', and the sun was a 'sky-candle'.

Following a few requests from teachers and school leaders, I've made short video on the key ideas that I think teachers (and parents/carers) need to know about reading development, based on my reading concept map. The Reading Map - A Primer youtu.be/JvtUxB5WM1k?si… via @YouTube

14 different literature review types categorized by method used

I really like the Norwegian word ‘gruglede’. It means, essentially, to be excited about something whilst dreading it at the same time. greatbigstory.com/susie-dents-to…

Having been the Centre for Educational Research (CERES) for around two decades at LJMU, we're happy to announce that we've become the "Liverpool Institute for Research in Education" (LIFE) and look forward to the next stage in our journey!