James Abela

Great to see new leadership at #Microsoft See the article here: readysetcompute.com/ashasharma/

YouTube video by James Abela Binary DMZ Game #gaming #space #rocket

I can't believe that you can make #Hollywood quality short animations these days to advertise my #OpenSource game! www.youtube.com/shorts/wMZca...

You can play the game at:
jamesabela.github.io/binarydmz/

I’ve been quiet, because I’ve coding, vibing and writing! Check out my latest book.

a.co/d/02d52ZAC

Added touch support for manipulative. So teachers can use iPads or Android jamesabela.github.io/icemaze/ let me know how you get on.

Ice Maze makes sentence building visual and playful using Colourful Semantics (Who, What doing, What, Where, How, When). Great for early writers and EAL learners.
jamesabela.github.io/icemaze/

I'm a little bit surprised at how little I use my #Macbook #GPU during day to day life. I normally get nearly a full day's battery life out of it, but now when using a local #LLM that drains to about 2 hours. Shows how hard they are on GPUs.

🚨 Privacy alert for Lovable users
Projects many educators believed were private may now be public unless they upgrade.
This affects student work, safeguarding, and intellectual property.
readysetcompute.com/lovablealert...

#PrivacyAlert #EdTech #DigitalSafeguarding #AIinEducation #DataProtection

Enjoy an advent calendar full of #edusky treats! readysetcompute.com/advent25/

This is a classic, any 3 which is most important jamesabela.github.io/jsfun/triang... you’ll be surprised at the depth of some of the discussions.

I got a crazy idea, why not take the group photos at the beginning of the conference? When everyone is fresh!

#Netflix just discovered leaving soon also applies to #games too! Why does this feel like a gut punch and why am I surprised???

Too often we talk of vast numbers and greedy #AI servers, but how much electricity is needed for a #gpt query? readysetcompute.com/aienergy/

Drinks bottles painted and reused to make the Malaysian flag.

Incredible to see the reuse of all these bottles to celebrate #Deepavali Going to be a big celebration! Truly light conquering dark!

Wishing everyone a Happy World Teachers day!

#WorldTeachersDay

It’s not quite world peace! But playing #Microsoft games on #PS4 feels very cool!

Salespeople are trained to persuade. Our job is to protect budgets + get real value for schools. I shared my approach here 👉 readysetcompute.com/purchasingbe...

#EdTech #TechLeadership #Procurement #SchoolTech #ValueDriven

Gen Z is entering the job market full of ambition, but running into barriers: rising costs, and age bias.

There are solutions — from career guidance to flexible work and stronger support networks.

Read more: readysetcompute.com/genzjobhunt/

#GenZ #YouthEmployment #FutureOfWork

This is a thoughtful analysis of how the #future will be in the age of #ai

readysetcompute.com/po-shen/

Hats off to #Daiso! #Equity in shavers at last! (I checked quantity and price)

YouTube video by James Abela Gemini in Classroom in 5 minutes

🚀 Just released: a new video showing the best #Gemini for Classroom features every teacher should know!

✨ Study Mode
📝 Quiz Generator
📖 Relevel Text
❓ Text-Based Questions
🌍 Translation

These are real time savers that make lessons engaging and accessible.

📺 Watch here: youtu.be/tZ0tbx-m2NE?...

At the ASEAN #AI Conference, our panel explored whether #English is a bridge or barrier for #ASEAN AI. 🌏🤖 We dug into the digital divide, local-language AI, & Malaysia’s AI Nation 2030 vision.

Full post: readysetcompute.com/aifriendenemy/

#EDUsky

AI is shaping the future of education in ASEAN.
We must close the AI divide. Read the briefing ahead of my talk tomorrow at #AIMalaysiaSummit2025 👉 readysetcompute.com/asean2025bri...

#AIForAll #Education #ASEAN #ResponsibleAI #DigitalDivide #AIinEducation

Love the thought leadership here, I’ll mention this article when I chat to the Malaysian ministry tomorrow.

GPT-5 vs GPT-4: I tested both on 7 real-world challenges — one dominated The results weren't even close

With all the noise around #GPT5, this Tom’s Hardware piece comparing it to the old model is a breath of fresh perspective. Sometimes side-by-side is the only way to cut through the hype.

www.tomsguide.com/ai...

Today, @jabela.bsky.social shared with me his STAGE framework for prompting Storybooks with Google Gemini, designed to support language teachers and learners.
readysetcompute.com/stage

Went my own way in the end.

Oh right! Well I made a simple prompt system to help people and put together an article.

readysetcompute.com/stage/

⏳ Create illustrated, level-appropriate stories in under a minute with the STAGE Method + #Gemini Storybook. #AI writes, matches #CEFR, and illustrates.

readysetcompute.com/stage/

#AIinEducation #EdTech #edusky

Has @jenolanguages.bsky.social published their story prompt guide anywhere?

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? I don't know why that title came to mind, perhaps Doug Johnson's post, "Why be afraid of AI?" coaxed it out of me. With the launch of ChatGPT 5, the not-quite AGI, I find myself re-reading Doug's points: I suppose I should keep a closer eye on the developments regarding AI. But here in my recliner, sipping coffee bought with pension money, and required to produce absolutely nothing, I feel little threat, let alone terror, about these new systems and more optimism than is probably warranted.

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

I don't know why that title came to mind, perhaps Doug Johnson's post, "Why be afraid of AI?" coaxed it out of me. With the launch of ChatGPT 5, the not-quite AGI, I find myself re-reading Doug's points: I suppose I should keep a closer eye on the developments…