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Has AI Made the Lazy Research Lesson Even Lazier?
Google versus DuckDuckGo is an interesting battle. But for educators, the real question isn’t which search engine wins. It’s what students actually learn when they use them. I’ll admit something. Google’s AI summaries often slow me down. When I’m looking for reliable information, I usually want to read the original source. Instead, Google increasingly presents
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Google Apps Script: Powerful Tool or Unnecessary Complication?
Why you should explore Google Sheets and Data Studio before writing custom scripts. There is a temptation, particularly now that AI can generate code in seconds, to solve every problem by writing a script. Need a report? Write a script. Want to analyse some data? Write a script. Need a dashboard? Ask AI to generate
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AI Isn’t Killing Learning. It’s Changing the Arrangement: A Conversation with Lee Crockett
What happens when artificial intelligence challenges the very foundations of education? In a thought-provoking Q&A, educational thinker Lee Crockett explored independent learning, human connection, the future of universities and why schools must be prepared to change. We have been here before. When calculators arrived, educators worried that students would forget how to calculate. When Google
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When the Future Arrived: Why Human Capacity Matters More Than Ever
Reflections on Lee Crockett’s keynote at the AI & Future of Education Conference, Bangkok, 31 October 2026. What happens to education when knowledge is everywhere, artificial intelligence can answer almost anything, and the future we have been preparing students for has already arrived? This was the challenge posed by Lee Crockett in his thought-provoking keynote,
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Sir Patrick Stewart: The Captain Who Helped Us Imagine the Future
1940-2026 | Remembering Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the science fiction that became science fact. Suggested featured image: Sir Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard aboard the Enterprise. When I was growing up, one of my favourite television programmes was Star Trek: The Next Generation. Every week, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the USS
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Beyond Screen Time: What Are Children Actually Doing?
An hour spent making an animation, an hour researching a history project and an hour scrolling through social media might all appear under the same heading: screen time. Yet the activities, demands and experiences can be very different. That distinction deserves more attention in conversations about children and technology. Time matters, particularly when devices interrupt
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What is Rust?
The programming language finding a new audience through vibe coding Ask an AI to build an application and you may find yourself working with a programming language you have never learnt. For a website, that might be JavaScript or TypeScript. For a desktop application, developer tool or project involving demanding calculations, Rust may enter the
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Google Chrome is Rated 16+ on Apple’s App Store – Should Schools Block It?
Why Safari may be the safer choice for children using iPads, and why Google’s silence over Apple’s new Ask to Browse feature raises important safeguarding questions. If you open Apple’s App Store and search for Google Chrome, you might be surprised to discover that one of the world’s most popular browsers carries a 16+ age
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ChatGPT Parental Controls and Teen Safety: Audit Findings and Expert Guidance
TL;DR: An empirical audit by RAND, Harvard, and MIT revealed that ChatGPT’s parental controls sent safety alerts in only 5% of high-risk teen conversations—triggering almost exclusively on direct suicide inquiries while missing severe scenarios like sexual abuse, bomb threats, and weapon access. Teen accounts barely differed from adult accounts in blocking messages or providing crisis
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Why AI Won’t Kill Software Companies” (Even if You Can Clone Photoshop)
The home-cooked app! Here we go again! Every few months, the tech world collectively loses its mind over a brand-new apocalyptic headline. This week’s contender? “Software is over.” Again! First SAAS was dead, now Adobe is done! It came courtesy of a developer named Brandon Thomas, who got so thoroughly fed up with Adobe’s cancellation
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Can You Really “Vibe Code” an App to Beat Subscription Bloat?
The tech internet caught fire recently when an ambitious developer took aim at Adobe, attempting to “clean-room” rebuild the entire Creative Cloud suite in pure Rust using AI agents. While taking down three decades of Photoshop’s rendering engines and color pipelines over a weekend is an uphill battle, the viral hype tapped directly into a
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Zoom vs Google Meet vs Microsoft Teams in 2026: Which Is Best for Education?
An education-focused comparison of features, age groups, artificial intelligence, safeguarding and pricing. 9 October 2026 Introduction: When schools suddenly close Today, Friday 9 October 2026, schools across Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Johor, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan and the Rompin district of Pahang have been ordered to close because of worsening haze. The announcement is a reminder
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From First Blocks to Professional Apps: A Student Guide to Mobile Coding
Students can begin creating on a phone or tablet with a few blocks, move into Python or Swift, and eventually develop complete Android and iOS apps. The challenge for teachers is choosing a starting point that gives students enough support while leaving room to think for themselves. This guide moves from the simplest starting points
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The Pendulum Is Swinging
I think the pendulum is swinging again. And not just a little! And honestly, I think it probably needs to. For years, those of us working in and with educational technology have spent a lot of time making the case for technology in schools. We have talked about digital skills, creativity, collaboration, coding, digital literacy,
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Early Years Coding That Works: A Teacher’s Deep Dive into CodeMonkey Jr. and Beaver Achiever
Teaching young learners to code often sparks two very valid concerns for educators and parents alike: screen time quality and cognitive overload. When children aged 4 to 8 sit in front of a screen, the difference between passive, ad-filled digital consumption and structured computational thinking comes down to interface design and intentional pedagogy. Many free
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