Simon Baddeley

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For the non-English teachers the quotes are hallucinated (except one). We have extensive expert created revision materials that we provide both internally and externally created. This student had handed off the thinking to AI to create these nonsense cards & sat learning them.

I confiscated these cards this morning from a Year 11 student revising prior to their first Literature exam.

Can you see the problem? #SnapChatAI

Surely those that successfully applied to draft the new national curriculum can consult outside their group to gather voices/evidence of what works well. Many subjects have organisations named as part of the draft team that you would hope bring their own diversity to the table.

1997. Communal IT room in halls of residence. My flatmate had to teach me this super secret way of searching for things by loading up yahoo. I then emailed a mate in a completely different university using the same email formula my uni used. I thought I was a hacker.

That is York Minster in all its 8am glory.

True story. I sacrificed one Year 9 lesson to use 6-7 19 times. Year 9 didn't do it again. Ever.

What is this blue stuff? 😲

It was a non uniform day at school today. As there always is there was a handful of students in uniform. The looks of relief and gratitude on their faces when they saw my suit was heartbreaking.

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What movie moment made you exclaim…

"THIS IS CINEMA!"

Mind = blown by this thread. I mean... I can't say I've spent much time actively thinking about ice dancing but I just assumed they picked a random song and made up a different routine for each competition. 🤯

The iPad and Chromebook were touted as the paperless future of education. (Typed as I stand beside a rhythmic photocopier)

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I love the ##WinterOlympics. That's it. That's the post. 😆

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Excellent summary of where the expertise of academic researchers vs classroom-based practitioners lies, and why it can be hard to bring together.

How much "surplus" do you have to have invested to earn £4million from it?!? 😲

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My fears with oracy were always:
- promotes deficit narratives, especially around race and class
- is really about debunked approaches like enforced group work and 21st century skills

This seems to enthusiastically double down on both, plus makes some wild claims about the attainment gap, and AI.

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I've had to start pushing back when asked to do things.

"What would you like me to stop doing so I can do that?", is now a default answer. It's surprising how often the "new thing" becomes a "non thing" when you push back.

We can't start to tackle workload until we accept that we are at 100%.

"Every adult is being used for every minute of the day" is an excellent thing to consider for anyone who wants change in schools. The pace and intensity of work in schools is remarkable. It shocks people when they first experience it.

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Hearing BBC Breakfast presenters cringe and contort over their pronunciation of 'Schitt's Creek' this morning is making me smile.

It's ok. I'm sure the DfE will come up with an AI reading parent that children can read to instead. Then parents can stay at work even longer and not worry about silly things like reading. Yay!

Absolutely. Which then gets passed down to teacher level with dashboards for the numbers of sanctions a teacher uses. The suggestion being that weaker teachers issue more sanctions and must therefore need "support".

This is a great thread...only thing I would add is that there is a removal of parental responsibility in some parts of proposal. If young people are gaming or online during suspension it is, surely, parents role to stop this. Likewise, support learning during off site exclusion. Or am I being crazy?

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