The Department for Education has today released guidance on the use of mobile phones in schools. It is something which has been a hot topic for as long as mobile phones have been available to young people. The DfE have shared four key documents: Mobile phones in school: guidance Creating... The post Ten takeaways from the DfE’s Mobile phones in schools guidance first appeared on ICTEvangelist ..read more

I’ll of course start with the same message I’ve been sharing for many, many years, that every day should be a safer internet day. It’s been a personal pleasure to see more people take on and share this mantra over the years. The truth of the matter is though that... The post Free assembly / lesson presentation to support Safer Internet Day 2024 #SID2024 first appeared on ICTEvangelist ..read more

With Bett starting tomorrow I was reflecting on why people attend the event in their droves every single year – of course, the obvious answer is the networking, but often it’s more to do with the CPD, to learn about new technologies and to speak with the companies that produce... The post Ninety questions to ask vendors at #Bett2024 @bett_show based on the frustrations, desires and fears educators have around #EdTech first appeared on ICTEvangelist ..read more

Welcome to Day 24 of #24DaysOfAI, our Appvent calendar for 2023. It’s been a labour of love sharing alternate days writing the posts between Ronan McNicholl and myself (Mark Anderson).  Choosing each day has been tough. There are lots of tools we could have included, especially those with lots of... The post It’s the final day of #24DaysOfAI and if you want to find out what’s behind door number 24, you’ll have to read the post that accompanies this entry… first appeared on ICTEvangelist ..read more

Welcome to the penultimate day of the 2023 Appvent calendar where today we will focus on Perplexity. AI tool of the day: Perplexity AI is a conversational AI tool similar to ChatGPT, which uses natural language processing and is also built upon GPT-4. Whilst both have similar origins, Perplexity differs... The post On Day 23, the penultimate day of #24DaysOfAI, we share a #GenerativeAI tool on the #Appvent calendar worth exploring for a variety of reasons. Read on to learn more… first appeared on ICTEvangelist ..read more

Welcome to day twenty-two of the 2023 Appvent calendar where today we will focus on YouTube Summary (with ChatGPT extension). AI tool of the day: YouTube Summary makes it incredibly easy to produce a concise summary of any content within YouTube videos.   Educational Benefits:  This tool could be very useful... The post With only two more days of the #24DaysOfAI #Appvent calendar, day 22 reveals a great Chrome extension that helps make the most of video content on YouTube first appeared on ICTEvangelist ..read more

Welcome to day nineteen of the 2023 Appvent calendar, where today’s focus is on the innovative tool, TLDRthis. For those who might jest that TLDR (Too Long; Didn’t Read) has become de rigeur on social media as an essential add-on for every blog post, TLDRthis is a tool that turns... The post On Day 19 we open the door of the #24DaysOfAI #Appvent calendar to reveal a great tool for text summarisation which can do so much more… first appeared on ICTEvangelist ..read more

Welcome to day eighteen of the 2023 Appvent calendar where today we will focus on Teachable Machine by Google. AI tool of the day: Developed by Google, Teachable Machine can be used to train a computer to recognise images, sounds, and poses.   Educational Benefits:  Teachable Machine can be used to... The post On day 18 of the #24DaysOfAI #Appvent calendar, we offer up a great tool for teaching STEM, Computational Thinking and more; Teachable Machine by Google first appeared on ICTEvangelist ..read more

Welcome to day seventeen of our #24DaysOfAI Appvent calendar where today we will focus on AudioPen.ai. AudioPen.ai is designed to provide efficient voice-to-text conversion and summarisation, making it a valuable asset in educational settings across the UK. AI tool of the day: AudioPen.ai uses AI to offer voice note transcription... The post Today on #24DaysOfAI we discover a super audio to text tool with some great features to help teachers and leaders alike… first appeared on ICTEvangelist ..read more

Welcome to day sixteen of the 2023 Appvent calendar where today we will focus on Eduaide. Created by two teachers, Eduaide can be used to produce a whole range of educational resources to support teaching and learning.   AI tool of the day: Eduaide uses a customised Large Language Model (LLM)... The post Welcome to day sixteen of the #24DaysOfAI #Appvent calendar where today we explore the superb, time-saving… first appeared on ICTEvangelist ..read more