Teaching annotating skills IS teaching writing. When students learn to track tone, emotion, and intent with precision, they’re actually learning how to think like writers. Start with clear annotation guidance - watch their analysis soar. @edutopia.org

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"...who don’t fully understand all our school communications." www.tes.com/magazine/lea... A great piece in @tesmagazine.bsky.social from @teachrankin.bsky.social 2/2

Committing to learning the language of your host country if you're an international teacher: "It’s helped me to become even more sensitive to the needs of our students who are English language learners & our parents from many countries..." www.tes.com/magazine/lea... @teachrankin.bsky.social 1/2

It was a joy watching our cross-country runners this morning in Waterloo, BE. Love being part of our St. John's International School community! Go Lions!🦁 Thank you, AD Ian Hanavan and Coach Peter for making this all happen 🌳

Love this quote by @ann-palmer20.bsky.social

Maslow for holidays 😆

Last month we released training materials developed with Chiltern Learning Trust and Department for Education to help teachers and leaders understand and use AI tools safely and effectively, exploring both opportunities and ethical considerations. 🤖📚 :https://chartered.pulse.ly/nrmdbu6qtj

‘AI is not going to remove the bias from your hiring processes at this point. AI doesn’t think’. Completely unsurprising results on a study below looking at AI recruitment, with women and Global Majority data-profiles being advised to ask for a lower salary. AI is built on biases and bad advice 1/

Summer break has found us in Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota. Here, cousins are taking a dip in Flathead Lake, MT - bliss!

Teacher @cathleenbeachbd.bsky.social shares 4 ways to put the science of slow into practice: edut.to/4nUtVZM #EduSky

A parent sent me news about how schools in Estonia are progressively using #AI. This, combined with my team's continued work on AI Policy at St. John's International School and my own teaching experience, sparked this article; feedback welcome!

#Estonia schools to equip 10th and 11th grade students with AI accounts 💻 🤖🤯https://buff.ly/cx7PORE "But there are concerns about potential pitfalls, such as algorithmic bias, compromising student agency and reliance on unreliable AI detection tools." @teachrankin.bsky.social @edutopia.org

AI poses a large benefit to schools, @teachrankin.bsky.social says—but educators must be mindful of the pitfalls that come with well-meaning AI use. 🤖 Here’s how. #EduSkyAI #EduAI #EdTech #EduSky

School’s out for summer! Just a few of the many highlights for me in the last days of term at our wonderful St. John's International School were… 🧵

Hoping this week - with the combination of Gareth Southgate's talk and "Adolescence" - is the "Mr Bates vs The Post Office" moment for the Manosphere. Teenage boys deserves SO much more joy and optimism than Andrew Tate.

Got these great #IB Learner Profile posters from the MYP Coordinators and MYP Teachers FB group; thanks, Chris Jordan!

Top take-aways from the @collegeofteaching.bsky.social annual lecture on #AI in education, in no particular order: - Open with what you want to END with; what problems do you want to solve? frame it. - Write a really good AI policy and expect to rewrite it soon …🧵

“Would you put AI back in the box?” - opening question from @catscutt.bsky.social at the annual @collegeofteaching.bsky.social lecture on #AI in education. So glad to be here all the way from Brussels!

Fascinating; I’ll be giving this a try! #feedback #AI #edusky

Another wonderful gift from @evidencebasededu.bsky.social , on memory and learning

With live modeling as well! From @c_hendrick: A great example of explicit instruction: ✅ Clear, structured explanations ✅ Skill broken down into parts ✅Constant checking for understanding ✅ Scaffolded support + Faded guidance ✅ High success rate before independent practice youtu.be/E8f-giFxN8Q

Our librarian’s book displays always make me smile 😁

Love a good “excellent work” board! Descriptors are taken from @iborganization.bsky.social MYP and DP rubrics.

There's an unfortunate gap between what the researcher and the classroom teacher. I started this series to try and close that gap. Ask A Researcher #1 – Dr. Robert Bjork theeffortfuleducator.com/2020/06/09/d... A link to the entire series: theeffortfuleducator.com/ask-a-resear... #edusky

💡 Students are less likely to take significant intellectual risks if they feel threatened by grades. Less grading, more conversation and feedback. #LeadInclusion #EduSky #UDL #InclusiveEd #EdLeaders

This is why teachers are such wonderful humans!

“Too often on Twitter we hear the words ‘Knowledge, good. Inquiry, bad’ as though there is only ever one way to skin a cat.” - a great blog (with a lesson example!) on balanced teaching & learning

The ultimate aim of Calm Leadership… developing leaders that last! See my article below in this week’s Schools Week! 😊

It’s still about 2 months away, but I’m looking forward to the @collegeofteaching.bsky.social’s annual lecture on #AI in education. my.chartered.college/event/annual...

Headed to London and to recruit for my wonderful school, St John’s International School in Waterloo, BE. It’s a career fair weekend 🌱🌳

“While dramatic transformations can be compelling and make for an exciting story, it is often the steady, systematic work and collective efficacy of many that sustains long-term improvements.“ Great blog by @saysmiss.Baku.social saysmiss.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/s...

I continue to believe that frantic, panicked interventions at year 11, in the last term before exam season are not where schools should be directing their intervention efforts.

What a joy to be published in @edutopia.bsky.social, this time on how to help our students submit their best work! Aim to: - Model excellence - Make it authentic - Scaffold to avoid procrastination - Maintain high expectations www.edutopia.org/article/how-...

I have been having a play on BlueSky as prompted by @beckycarlzon.bsky.social I hate doing lists as I always miss someone off and inadvertently hurt them - but I have pinned a list of the #DiverseEd team of associates to my profile. I have then attempted a Starter Pack here: go.bsky.app/8o53HzA

"Leaders: To what extent do you see your role as creating a positive culture where staff connect?" Interesting question from @pnjfoster.bsky.social in 'The Long Game: Sustaining a Successful Career in Teaching'. Out from Routledge today: www.routledge.com/The-Long-Gam...

Successful school leadership requires keen emotional intelligence, and this graphic from Dr Carolyn Frost provides excellent ways to respond when things are challenging. What a great resource. #EQ #joyfulleaders #schoolleadership #edleaders #SLT