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AI must fit education’s needs, not the other way round Oak’s interim CEO outlines why AI must be used within the context of three core pillars of learning - but, if used correctly, can have huge benefits

👀 That includes developers creating AI education products. So that will help keep AI output accurate, safe, grounded and human. 

Interested? Read more: https://oaknat.uk/483G8FN and if you've got questions or thoughts, feel free to reply here 🤔

This autumn we will see the final resources go live across our total of more than 13,000 new lessons, covering every national curriculum subject. Because we're publicly funded, all content is available on an open government licence so everyone has access to it for free.

In today’s TES, John writes that as access to information becomes easier and knowledge appears abundant, there is pressing need for broad agreement on what we want children to learn, developed into a well-designed curriculum, grounded in the best evidence on learning.

👋 That's where we can help.

John has led digital innovation for years, so his starting point in the AI debate is perhaps surprising. He thinks that when it comes to AI it’s vital to focus on the things that won’t change as much as those that will, and chief among them is a strong curriculum.

AI must fit education’s needs, not the other way round Oak’s interim CEO outlines why AI must be used within the context of three core pillars of learning - but, if used correctly, can have huge benefits

📚❇️ Curriculum must be at the heart of AI innovation - thoughts from our interim CEO John Roberts 📚❇️

Read in @tes, and check out 🧵 for a preview:

🌞 School's out for summer! Hope you're proud of everything you've achieved this year (including just getting to the end of it!).

Time for a well-deserved break 🫶

💻 💭 From incel ideology to influencer culture, online safety includes topics that can be tough to teach. 

Our new, free resources across KS1 to KS4 provide you with a starting point to open vital conversations with your pupils. 

Explore online safety resources: https://oaknat.uk/3THU1RU

Tough topics, made teachable: introducing our new online safety resources: https://oaknat.uk/3THU1RU

💻 Covering vital topics from incel ideology to influencer culture, sensitively, clearly, and safely
💻 Reflect the latest RSHE statutory guidance 
💻 Age-appropriate, from KS1 to KS4

In June, we released enough brand new resources to help you plan 832 lessons across the whole national curriculum. 

Chances are we’ve got something in there you could use… only one way to find out 👀  Explore resources: https://oaknat.uk/4ju7yrJ

Bring your pupils’ computing skills to life by hosting your own hackathon | Oak National Academy How are you using and adapting Oak’s free teaching resources in your classroom? Here’s an example of how one Academy used our computing resources as inspiration to set up a hackathon, allowing pupils to tackle real-world problems, sharpen their programming skills, and work creatively.

Want to know how you could set up your own? Check out our blog:

💡 We love hearing about the different ways you have customised our resources and used them to spark creativity. 

Here’s one brilliant example from Tom Rye, Deputy Headteacher at Bolingbroke Academy, who used our computing resources to set up a hackathon.

👋🎪 Thanks to everyone who's come and said hello over the last two days at the Festival of Education! 

Whether you joined us at a talk, had a chat, or even had a go with Aila, our AI-powered lesson assistant, it was great to meet lots of people who love education as much as we do 🤩

Looking for inspiration for your science curriculum planning?

Here are some of the threads that run through ours. Download and adapt to suit your classroom: https://oaknat.uk/44HhmJz

We're back at the Festival of Education today! #EducationFest 

If you're around, do head over to Venue 1 at 11.45 to hear from Toby all about navigating AI in the classroom 👀

Otherwise, come and say hello at stand C17 to have a go putting Aila, our AI lesson assistant, to work! 👋

Thanks to everyone who said hello at day 1 of the Festival of Education! We'll be back tomorrow, stand C17 😎 #EducationFest

🤩 Fantastic to see so many of you at Toby and Alex's talk today, on navigating AI in the classroom! 

Didn't get in this time? Don't worry, they'll be speaking again tomorrow, 11.45 in Venue 1 👀 and they're about at Stand C17 for the whole festival.

🌞🎪 It's a beautiful day, and we're on site at the Festival of Education! 

Come and say hello at Stand C17, have a go at using Aila, our AI-powered lesson assistant, to create a lesson plan in minutes, and grab some goodies.

👀 Get ahead and get what you need for next year - in one click! 

You can now download every slide deck, worksheet, quiz and any additional material for a whole unit in one go, rather than going into each lesson individually 🙌

📅 Planning ahead and looking for ways to best support your SEND pupils next year? 

Here are a couple of ways teachers have found our resources useful…

Free, time-saving teacher resources | Oak National Academy Explore our free, time-saving teacher resources from Oak National Academy. Browse and download worksheets, quizzes and slides from KS1 to KS4.

And you can search by key stage, keyword, or for specific units or topics. 

Get your resources:

🤔 Last minute planning doesn't have to mean last minute stressing!

Whatever you've got to plan for this week, we’ve got thousands of brand-new, high-quality resources designed for you to use in your classroom. Grab a handful of slides, quiz, activity, or worksheet, or borrow the whole lot.

🎉Congratulations to all pupils finishing their GCSEs today - and congratulations to you, for getting them through!

📚Saved anything to your brand new library yet? 

We know sometimes you find a resource that might be handy next week, next term, or even the one after... Well, now you can come back to it whenever you’re ready. Here’s how 🤩

⛅ Want to make the most of the sun while it's out? Aila can help you adapt your existing lesson plans, so you and your pupils can head outside to learn. 

Here’s a few prompts to try! https://oaknat.uk/3E5GcYO

👀 You've been asking for a simpler way to download entire units for longer-term planning… Well, here you go!

You can now download every slide deck, worksheet, quiz and any additional material for a whole unit in one go, rather than going into each lesson individually 🙌

Looking for inspiration for your maths curriculum planning?

Here are some of the threads that run through ours. Download and adapt to suit your classroom: https://oaknat.uk/3FKd36J

Free, time-saving teacher resources | Oak National Academy Explore our free, time-saving teacher resources from Oak National Academy. Browse and download worksheets, quizzes and slides from KS1 to KS4.

Whether you're preparing for tomorrow or planning for the term ahead, my library keeps everything in one easy-to-find place, so you can spend less time searching, and have more time for the planning, adapting and thinking that really supports your pupils. 

Get started:

📚 Say hello to your library – your personal space on Oak to save and organise the content that matters most to you.

With my library, you can:
✨ Save units and content you want to revisit
✨ Quickly access lessons you use often
✨ Access anytime, anywhere – from any device

🎬 Weekend watch! Here's how primary teacher George is saving time by using our English curriculum.

💡 Planning your English curriculum 💡

Looking for inspiration for your KS3 and KS4 English curriculum planning? 

Here are some of the threads that run through ours. Download and adapt to suit your classroom: https://oaknat.uk/3Hkv9g5