Currently over full on hummus, pitta and falafel.

I understand how pen & paper exams can look like anachronisms in an age of AI. Recent comments by the new education secretary indicate as much. But we shouldn't mistake adult ways of working with how children learn. Writing by hand has countless benefits: alexquigley.co.uk/learning-by-...

Learning by hand

What if the brave new world of AI and assistive technology means that we stop learning by hand? Would we lose any learning it the translating from handwriting screen tapping, or from note-taking by ha...

alexquigley.co.uk

Today was contemporary. Minimal saint spotting, but I did do a slightly too audible squeak when I rounded a corner and saw a surprise Kiefer. And the it turned out there were TWO surprise Kiefers 🥰

America has never been more America. Cheerleaders recreate 9/11

CSketch@csketch.bsky.social · yesterday

Oh my god I think I found the video.

(tbf, I think a lot actually has to do with how much structured vs unstructured time kids have. If you're on holiday you want to do things with them, and if they're in a kids club when you work: activities)

Beth G-G@bethgg.bsky.social · 21h ago

This morning on Sky News, parents concerned about drops in their children reading during the summer as screens take over. If only there was something in their control...?

This morning on Sky News, parents concerned about drops in their children reading during the summer as screens take over. If only there was something in their control...?

Big twinning celebration is on Saturday. Currently wondering if we can buy matching berets to be delivered in time...

Beth G-G@bethgg.bsky.social · last wk.

Nottinghamshire have to suffer the decking of union flags across the county due to our reform-left council. Our village is about to celebrate an anniversary of twinning with a French town and the new high street furniture feels a bit fingers-up to it all 😁

Today there was more saint spotting and we've ended the day with beer and biscuits in bed 😊

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Looking for something specific? Search by Periods, Cultures, Styles smarthistory.org/period-cultu... Artwork Types smarthistory.org/artwork-type/ Techniques e.g. collage smarthistory.org/artwork-type/

One of the strongest AI-in-education studies so far asks a better question: not whether teachers save time, but whether students actually benefit. The answer is more nuanced than many headlines will suggest. wp.me/p2nWPo-64z

Today included a boat tour and some saint spotting. On having a close peer at a carving of some Franciscan monks being thoroughly dispatched, a passing woman loudly announced "That's a bit gruesome for a church" - failing to acknowledge the abundance of a man being crucified in full colour...

Ministers have no plans to reopen the previous government’s curriculum and assessment review as part of education reforms announced by the prime minister, Schools Week understands schoolsweek.co.uk/government-d...

Burnham government won't reopen curriculum review

Education secretary Lucy Powell also understood to be committed to existing reform timetable

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This September, Professors @profcoe.bsky.social and @profkime.bsky.social will publish a new paper calling for a revolution in professional learning. It explores changes that could help schools make professional learning more impactful. Stay tuned to find out what those changes are.

Every school wants to improve outcomes for their students But professional learning is often the first thing to be squeezed when time is short. It's expected to drive lasting improvement, yet it's rarely given the time, design or evaluation that meaningful learning requires.

If I wanted to protect the most prestigious and highly paid jobs for the social groups who usually hold them I'd probably design an education system that discouraged poorer children from studying the entry qualifications for these jobs as early as possible..

Hotel rooms often provide the best advert for the BBC you can get. Currently have Sky News as the only available English channel and, aside from the fact it's just given us a minimal push-back Reform interview, it's really, really bad.

the hot bartender at every punk/metal venue

Also, I'm not usually one for this sort of sculpture, but check the back of this dress. Not even the front. That's some carving skillz right there.

Also, I'm not usually one for this sort of sculpture, but check the back of this dress. Not even the front. That's some carving skillz right there.

Today was art and a sunset.

Definitely the case here. In two weeks we find which 9 of 12 in my group will be gone. The other 3 will then have a month to prepare and find hourly-paid replacements for all the classes across two degrees. And supervise 25 PhDs. Plus admin and pastoral care and research. Management doesn’t care.

Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 4d ago

If you're arriving at uni this autumn, or maybe dropping your kids, remember that there could be a ghostly phalanx of absent redundant staff, lost modules and degraded degrees making it a very unhappy place. It may *look* the same, but it won't *be* the same. www.ft.com/content/e5b0...

After months thinking I need to start a separate blog for my Art History writing, I've ended up building a whole website... Without wanting to sound all LinkedIn, I really am quite excited to actually share it with people, so welcome to ArtHistoryEtc.co.uk 🥳

Art History Etc

Art History Etc. is a space for art historical thinking in progress. It moves between observation and interpretation; between the classroom and the gallery; between what is seen and what is said.

arthistoryetc.co.uk

Ok so I started blue-sky last summer when lots were boycotting X, but when term time started I struggled to keep up both and moved back to X. However a year later and I barely post on X any more so hopefully can start this up again and keep it going in September. Who is still here posting? Say Hi

STOP. HOLDING. YOUR. LAVALIER. MIC. BETWEEN. YOUR. FUCKING. FINGERTIPS. LIKE. A. DAINTY. LITTLE. TEACUP.

Schools are normally thought of as machines to optimise but it might be more helpful to imagine them as ecosystems to cultivate. Healthy schools renew the conditions that make future success possible. open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

The ecology of schools

An ecological perspective explains why relationships, feedback and adaptation matter more than isolated interventions

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Mini 🧵 on C17th artist Mary Beale who was pretty cool. She was one of the first female professional artists in London and the breadwinner of her family, with her husband Charles quitting his civil service job to mange the studio.

#NightTour

Mini 🧵 on C17th artist Mary Beale who was pretty cool. She was one of the first female professional artists in London and the breadwinner of her family, with her husband Charles quitting his civil service job to mange the studio.

Google Earth has launched a new AI tool which allows users to create fake satellite images. A collapsed Eiffel Tower, a sinkhole swallowing the Great Pyramid of Giza and Russian tanks in Kyiv were among the fake images BBC Verify created when testing the feature. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New Google Earth AI tool could fuel misinformation, experts say

Experts tell BBC Verify Google's new feature which lets people generate fake satellite images could be misused.

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