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Digital Strategy & AI

14 April, 2026

The Blacksmith’s Wooden Knife: On Building a Tool I Could Believe In

There is a Spanish proverb I grew up with: en casa del herrero, cuchillo de palo. In the blacksmith's house, a wooden knife. The village blacksmith spends his days forging…

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Digital Strategy & AI

1 April, 2026

The Notes Between the Notes: What AI Is Actually For

Angine de Poitrine is a band from Saguenay, Quebec, that has recently taken the internet by storm, and I must admit I am mildly obsessed with their music and general…

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Teaching & Learning

5 March, 2026

Student Engagement and EdTech: What Does the Evidence Actually Say?

Large-scale studies on the impact of EdTech are rare in education. Large-scale international studies rarer still. So when Engaged Teaching: Engaged Learning, an empirical study of teaching, learning and student…

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Digital Strategy & AI

2 January, 2026

Five Things AI Does Well And Five Things It Does Not

I am now well into my second decade of leading technology implementation in schools. Much of that work has focused less on devices themselves and more on the leadership judgement…

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Digital Strategy & AI

11 November, 2025

From Screen Time to AI: How Every New Technology Becomes a Moral Crisis

Each generation meets new technology with a pang of moral anxiety. From writing to the printing press, from television to mobile devices, and now AI, we see the same pattern…

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Teaching & Learning

30 September, 2025

Rethinking Pedagogy First?

The phrase “pedagogy first” has long been a go-to in discussions about technology in the classroom. It reminds us that the real engine of learning lies not in the devices…

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