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The latest news, analysis and advice on the use of technology in the classroom, including new trends, policy and best-practice tips and techniques

Monday

5th Feb 2024

Esports qualification is ‘stepping stone’ to lucrative industry
Esports course is ‘first of its kind’ in Scottish schools and aims to tap into the fast-growing gaming scene
esports stepping stone

Thursday

1st Feb 2024

Schools wanted for ChatGPT teacher workload trial
EEF kicks off trial to see if ChatGPT can cut teachers’ working hours but heads’ leaders question focus on just one generative AI tool
Schools wanted for ChatGPT teacher workload trial

Wednesday

24th Jan 2024

Teachers need guidance on AI, says DfE report
Report calls for funding to develop AI content detectors to help teachers spot when pupils have used artificial intelligence
Chatgpt magnifying glass digital

Monday

22nd Jan 2024

Digital guidance: what schools need to know
New guidance documents set out more tech standards for schools – from creating digital leads within the SLT to minimum screen sizes for tablets and ideal warranty lengths
Device Guidance Map reading chip maze

Tuesday

9th Jan 2024

‘Schools need help to protect pupils online’
Here are five recommendations from experts speaking to an MPs’ committee today about how schools could be better supported to teach digital literacy and online safety
Online harm
Quarter of overseas schools teach ‘responsible’ AI use
Cobis report also reveals increased recruitment competition and a shifting curriculum focus towards life skills such as oracy and wellbeing
Quarter of international schools now teaching ‘responsible’ AI use

Monday

8th Jan 2024

Will Scotland lag behind England on digital exams?
Exam boards in England have concrete plans for making the move to on-screen exams but in Scotland, indecision over education reform is stymieing progress, writes Emma Seith
Will Scotland lag behind as England pushes on with digital exams?

Friday

5th Jan 2024

How can computing be saved in Scottish schools?
Computing science uptake has been on a downward spiral for years – but if the right action is taken, the situation can be reversed, finds Emma Seith
Sinking laptop computer

Monday

18th Dec 2023

Where should a teacher start with ChatGPT?
AI will not make you a better teacher but it will reduce your workload, freeing up time to focus on teaching and learning, explains Alasdair Monteith
ChatGPT as a geography teacher - where to start and what to ask?

Thursday

14th Dec 2023

AI chatbots are a fact for pupils - so how do teachers respond?
Artificial intelligence has huge potential to ease teacher workload, but already pupils are using chatbots to cheat and government guidance is desperately needed, MSPs told
AI chatbots

Tuesday

12th Dec 2023

The carbon footprint of a GCSE exam
An Ofqual reports says a single GCSE has the same carbon footprint as a 1.8km journey in a petrol car. Ofqual chief Dr Jo Saxton explains what this means for pen-and-paper exams
The carbon footprint of a single GCSE exam

Sunday

10th Dec 2023

AI and Scotland’s assessment reform
Artificial intelligence could have huge implications for qualifications, assessment and more, say Richard Holme and Rick Grammatica
Digital library