If you are concerned about how to start teaching your pupils about AI & responsible use of digital skills, the
@AppsforGood
courses (which cover AI, Climate Change and Social Action) are FREE to schools & also link your learners with tech industry experts
Very little in life impresses my 15 year old son, but
@OceanOnStage
@BristolHipp
managed it this afternoon.
@NationalTheatre
@neilhimself
, that was genuinely one of the most intense, spellbinding and moving shows I think I’ve ever seen. Perfect way to end our holiday in Somerset.
These famous steps
@DenbighHigh
have welcomed so many visitors over the years and today and tomorrow will welcome OfSTED. I could not be more proud to be part of the team at this incredible school - the staff and students are amazing
@ChilternLT
So, I have absolutely no idea who nominated me(!!!), but I am totally thrilled to be a finalist in the
@global_edtech
Awards in the "Most impactful senior member of staff" category. Sending best wishes and good luck to all the finalists!!! 😊😊😊
@DenbighHigh
@ChilternLT
Amazing evening in London celebrating 25 Years of the
@TeachingAwards
. Inspiring to hear from founder
@DPuttnam
, catch up with lots of other incredible gold award winners and meet the legend that is Larry The Cat!
@ChilternLT
@DenbighHigh
This is Pete. Pete has come to live with us to fill the greyhound shaped hole we’ve had in our lives since last October. Pete is not here for your tweets about EdTech. Pete is here for tweets about squirrels and sofas. Squirrels actually on sofas is even better… 😊😊😊
I only got to be at last night’s wonderful
@TeachingAwards
because this incredible lady nominated me in the first place. Thank you
@CorderMrs
for everything you have done for me over the past challenging year and for always being available 😊❤️
@DenbighHigh
@ChilternLT
Delighted to welcome
@Mr_S_James
to his first day as the new
@ChilternLT
Technology for Learning Lead. Really looking forward to working with Simon on all things digital strategy and tech for learning related as our brilliant Trust grows and develops! 😊😊😊
Been very hard not to share this before today, but so proud and delighted that
@DenbighHigh
has been named one of the top 50 schools in the country for exceptional use of education technology!
@ChilternLT
#edtech50
My 14 year old son has a bunch of his teenage mates round this evening for a Hallowe'en Movie Night. As a result, I decided to carve the most truly terrifying image I could think of onto my pumpkin... 😊🎃😊
After a back to school shopping trip, I'm not totally convinced by Tech for Learning Barbie, but she is made in Luton & Bedfordshire & is fully A.I. compatible. Accessories include a Chromebook &
#ctshtotebagtravels
bag. Available from 4 Sep from
@ChilternLT
&
@DenbighHigh
...😊
I have a guilty confession to make… I didn’t watch the football. I knew everyone in Bedfordshire would be, so instead I went to the Retail Park and did all my Christmas shopping and the car park looked like this… 😬😬😬
Travelled back to Luton on the
@DenbighHigh
minibus with seven award winning & very over excited students this evening. Thank you
@Bett_show
@EvoHannan
@NikWilliamson_
for the incredible opportunity you gave our girls today. An experience never to be forgotten 😊😊😊
@ChilternLT
Please RT! Would you like to work with me across sixteen amazing schools in Luton and Bedfordshire, supporting technology for learning & digital transformation?
@ChilternLT
needs a Deputy Director of Technology for Learning - come and join the team! 😊
Look what
@probert_c
@LancotSchool
got me to say thank you for all the technology for learning support this year! 😊😊😊 Festive jumper, chocolatey snacks and a puppy... best Christmas and
@ChilternLT
school ever... 🤣🤣🤣 (
@ReallyschoolK
this pic is specially for you... ❄️🎄🎁)
Absolute honour to be presenting at
@ChilternTSH
ECT Conference today and sharing the same stage as the phenomenal
@msybibi
. (Also delighted to get my hands on one of the brand new tote bags! 😊😊😊)
Amazing to see
@AJRAllModCons
@NeelyHayes
on
@BBCNews
this morning talking about results
@DenbighHigh
@ChilternLT
and to see students discussing their plans for the future after the challenges of the past 2 years. So proud to work for this incredibly aspirational school & Trust.
It’s Friday and Pete the recently retired greyhound wants you to know he is excited about that. Pete loves Fridays. In fact, Pete loves every day of the week, as well as everyone and everything. Be more Pete. 😊😊😊
This was such a lovely surprise this morning! Delighted to be finishing my 10th year at
@ChilternLT
having finally achieved the dream triple - a
@TeachingAwards
,
@global_edtech
Award and now the Mug of Champions!!! Thank you
@LorraineHughe20
- you have made me very happy! 😁❤️😁
Congratulations to our Employee of the Month for June, our Director of Technology for Learning , Emma Darcy!
Emma provides excellent support for our schools, engaged pupils & advised on panels at BETT and constantly evolves our Tech for Learning strategy! She is truly fantastic!
"Don't patronise staff by telling them what they need for their own wellbeing - what will make them feel better is personal to each person. Wellbeing is not a tick box for schools."
@SaysMiss
#LDeduchat
@ChilternLT
It’s been so busy this term, but I got the loveliest present from my family yesterday for Mother’s Day. Not going to lie, I cried like a baby when I opened this one…😭❤️☺️
My entry for the
@DenbighHigh
@ChilternLT
Staff Pumpkin Carving Competition. I decided to keep it topical and go with the technology for learning theme of "What currently seems to frighten people the most?!"
Happy Hallowe'en! 🎃🎃🎃
This year all 16 of our
@ChilternLT
schools took part in
@AppsforGood
. 8 schools made it to the National Showcase and 3 of those were today announced as the Judge's Favourite in their categories. I could not be more proud of every single one of our staff and student trailblazers!
Honoured to speak to
@WomensInstitute
this evening about what it has been like working as a woman in tech for the past 20 years. Proud to celebrate so many other incredible women in this field, the amazing female leaders I have worked for and my own inspirational Mum and Gran! 🫶
“Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.” = Bob Kerrey.
Today,
#edukindnessblog
is an absolute belter by
@darcyprior
If you would like to write an entry please send me a DM.
#edutwitter
Went to my frozen car after the
@DenbighHigh
SLT meeting and a man leapt out of the darkness and de-iced my windscreen for me. This is
@SLE_Denbigh_MFL
. I showed him last week how to manage his
@Google
Classroom email notifications - he said this was him returning the favour…🤣
Unfortunately, I missed
@abid_patel
's session yesterday at
@TightBudgetSumm
as we were presenting at the same time. It was a similar story at
@Bett_show
last week. Thankfully, Abid has now invented the escalator selfie for when life doesn't stop and you two can't either...😁😁😁
First puppy training class today. Total disaster. One of us was over-excited, refused to listen to direct instruction and was consistently off task.
The other one was the puppy...
I've had the absolute pleasure of working with this incredible lady
@karabhadra
on
@AppsforGood
for over eight years now
@ChallneyBoys
@ChilternLT
. Loved spending the morning with her today - I am all of 5ft 4, which gives you a good idea of what an absolute pocket dynamo she is!
First meeting of the new
@ChilternLT
Technology for Learning/ ICT Contract Support Team. Proud to be working alongside
@Mr_S_James
@EmmaEmmd8
. Very excited about the opportunities for our schools this year - lots to be getting on with!!! (Photo from a drone, obviously... 😉😊)
WHAT A MONDAY!!! First a visit from
@AETAcademies
and now this announcement from
@EduFuturists
. I could not be more proud of all the amazing staff
@DenbighHigh
- they are bold, brave and brilliant in their use of technology for learning and this is so well deserved!
@ChilternLT
We would like to introduce our highly commended entrants for the
@NetSupportGroup
Secondary School of the Year Award 2023.
The winner will be awarded at The Uprising event in Leeds on May 4th.
Find out more about them 🧵👇
#TheUprising23
#FutureofEducation
Today at
@DenbighHigh
we launched the
@AppsforGood
Innovate for Climate Change course to every student in Y7 as part of the Period 6 curriculum. Digital character & the responsible use of A.I. will be interwoven through all sessions & every team will enter the National Showcase.
Can’t believe today is the last day I get to work
@DenbighHigh
with this awesome woman
@CorderMrs
. She is off on amazing new adventures, but thankfully I’m only saying farewell to her as a colleague and not as a friend. It’s going to be emosh…!!!
@ChilternLT
As the evenings draw in over the next term and you feel the need for a quiet beach and a sunset, please feel free to use this one. I fully intend to have this on repeat until Christmas…😊😊😊
There is always so much to take away from
@Bett_show
. Thank you
@Google
for letting me take this back to
@DenbighHigh
- after 3 days of learning, it sums up better than anything why we all do what we do. Not because it is easy, but because it is just too important not to do it.
When you haven’t even made it to your office in the morning
@DenbighHigh
before someone pinches your copy of
#theaiclassroom
… glad you were inspired after the PDD
@HannahEdgeworth
and at least you returned it as promised later! (FYI, I wouldn’t trust
@IanHayden8
with it… 😁)
As 2023 comes to a close, sending big, blessed, grateful thanks to everyone who has been there for me this year. Your friendship, kindness, belief, support and humour has meant more than I can ever say. Wishing you all health, happiness and the best of everything for 2024! 😊😊😊
More schools and colleges have been added to the EdTech Demonstrator programme, to support others to use technology to deliver remote education.
#EdTechDemos
#EdTech
💻
👉
I love visiting all of our
@ChilternLT
schools, but on a cold Autumn morning, the drive through Woburn and Old Linslade to
@Cedars_Upper
@linsladeschool
is particularly special… (and yes, did stop car to take photo - was early for a change! 😊😊😊)
Can you guess the most popular names for attendees at Bett UK 2023? We would love to see all of you on 29 - 31 March at ExCeL, London, no matter what your name is.
Get your free ticket by 17 March 🔗
#BettUK
#BestBettEver
#Bett2023
My hardworking headteacher husband was 50 today. For his b'day he got an Ofsted Inspection(!) so we got him a garden smoker, the best burger in Beds, dessert from
@SteveChefB
a huge cake and, as he's a big Star Trek TNG fan, a message from the lovely
@jonathansfrakes
. A good day!
"Miss, I was so nervous, but now I'm so happy!!!" These incredible
@DenbighHigh
students are just 11 and 12 years old, but today they presented "Bamboozle Me!" the climate change app idea they created to a panel of judges from
@Spotify
. Could not be more proud!😊
@AppsforGood
These aren’t just doughnuts. These are homemade doughnuts from The Whole Hog in Lyme Regis. Such as this one. Salted caramel with homemade honeycomb. Homemade honeycomb for goodness sake!!! This tweet needs an obscene content warning… 😁😁😁
When one of your lovely
@ChilternLT
headteachers stops by the
@venue_360
#CCADIS
event first thing in the morning to give you flowers and say thank you for the opportunities you are giving their learners (and no, I promise it didn’t influence the voting as I didn’t vote!!! 😁)
Just so humbled by the incredible effort that my colleagues put in to surprise me last week. An unforgettable day, with the t-shirts, bags and cupcakes from the amazing Admin Team one of many absolute highlights! 😃
@denbighhigh
@ChilternLT
@NeelyHayes
@CorderMrs
@AJRAllModCons
Silver Winner of The Award for Digital Innovator of the Year, Emma Darcy (
@DenbighHigh
) reflects on what it meant to win her Silver Award, and looks back at her school's Silver Winners Day celebrations.🎉
Had dinner and dessert with the terrible influence that is
@ErinStewart99
this evening. Not sure why we’re smiling, I am now utterly disgusted with myself… (but not so disgusted that we didn’t finish it… 😉😁)
When it’s the first day back in your office after the break and the helium balloons that the fantastic admin team surprised you with at the end of November after the
@TeachingAwards
are still up there on your ceiling… 😁😁😁 I’m hoping they last until half term!!!
@DenbighHigh
So many highlights from this half term, but this is my favourite... our
#CCADIS
event with children from every school in
@ChilternLT
showcasing their climate change app ideas to tech industry experts. What does a family of schools look like? Hopefully, a little bit like this...😊
Today we needed to prepare our
@DenbighHigh
Y8 girls to present on stage in the 800 seat
@Bett_show
Main Arena as part of Design4SDGs. There was only one person we knew with the talent, experience & ego to fill a stage that size - step forward (literally!)
@unleashing_me
😊😊😊
30 wonderful staff attended the annual
#REND
networking. We arrived as a group of 30 friends and left with 30+ new friends.
What a brilliant evening 🌟
#FriendshipIsEverything
🙏