What's New in AI
Keep up to date with our latest Resources, Events, and News highlights for AI:
Latest Resources
- AI in Education: An Educators Handbook
- AI Adventure - This resource contains two teaching units designed to introduce pupils to the world of AI
- Top 10 free AI tools for CompSci Techers & Students
Upcoming Events
- Enhance your teaching with Brisk (free tools) - Create using the Brisk extension in Google Chrome - 23rd Jun 4-5pm
- Navigating the EU AI Act - what does it mean for educators - 30th June 4-5pm
Latest News & Blogs
- Preparing students for a career in software engineering with AI - how do we change how we teach them?
- Tommy's made some more tools using AI
- Ben's summary of the Alan Turing Institute's recent report
Join the CAS AI Community
Curious about how artificial intelligence is shaping the future of education? Whether you're just starting out or already using AI in your classroom, the CAS AI Community is the perfect place to connect with like-minded educators.
This community is a space to explore the role of AI in teaching and learning, share classroom experiences, access trusted resources, and take part in thoughtful discussion about the opportunities and challenges AI presents. From practical tools to policy implications, we cover it all.
Videos to highlight how to get the best out of AI as a teacher
How to write a prompt
Lesson Planning with AI
Stunning schemes of work with ChatGPT
Writing a lesson plan
Using YouTube and Generative AI
Misconception Support
Lesson Planning with AI
Creating homework tasks
Engaging lesson ideas
Student Support using AI
Using CoPilot as a tutor
Creating a revision page using Perplexity Pro
Creating revision presentations using Gamma
Assessment with AI, Supporting Subject Knowledge
Managing past paper with NotebookLM
Staying up to date with your subject
Other
Using ChatGPT to check spelling and grammar
Reflecting on your lesson with chatGPT as a coach
Using ChatGPT for hot seating in Primary schools
Student use of AI
Here are some resources that can be used to teach students how to use AI
Resources for AI in Schools
Use of AI Policy Template for Schools & Colleges
click here to view the policy templateTop 10 free AI tools for CompSci teachers & students
click here to access the resourceHow the teacher standards can be supported by AI
click here to access the resourceAI Case Studies
City of Wolverhampton College
City of Wolverhampton College discuss how the institution integrates AI into its curriculum to enhance teaching and learning. Staff have received training on responsible AI use, and students are encouraged to use AI effectively while adhering to strict guidelines for academic integrity.
The college emphasizes alternative assessment methods to ensure work authenticity and has developed a comprehensive AI policy approved by staff and student representatives.
Stonar School
This case study describes Stonar School's AI chatbot project, designed to teach students—especially those with SEND—coding and AI skills by developing a practical chatbot tool.
The project supports diverse learning needs while promoting digital competency.
Merchant Taylor's school
Merchant Taylors’ School used Co-pilot Studio to create a custom AI chatbot for computer science students.
The chatbot provides reliable, topic-specific answers from trusted resources, supporting students’ learning while allowing teachers to monitor usage. It effectively guides students through coding concepts, definitions, and resources with controlled generative responses.
Barton Peveril Sixth Form College
Barton Peveril Sixth Form College (BPSFC) began its journey to explore the integration of Artificial
Intelligence (AI) into its educational practices in January 2024.
The college's experience provides insights into the ethical, practical, and pedagogical
considerations relevant to other educational institutions considering adopting AI technologies
Cornerstone C of E Primary
Cornerstone C of E Primary in Hampshire is a Microsoft Showcase School and a partner in Hampshire EdTech Hub.
An aspect of both of these roles is to explore different ways of using technology and to provide examples as case studies – particularly from a primary school perspective – to share with other staff and schools.
Lord Grey Academy
Lord Grey Academy is a comprehensive 11-19 coeducational secondary academy and sixth form in West Bletchley, Milton Keynes.
By utilizing AI tools, Tommy developed resources that streamline lesson planning, automate administrative tasks, and provide personalized learning experiences.
External resources
Use the links below to access AI resources developed by our supporters:
Common Sense Education's AI Literacy lessons
Common Sense Education's self guided AI foundation courses for teachers 1
Common Sense Education's self guided AI foundation courses for teachers 2
Raspberry Pi Computational Thinking summary
Raspberry PI: The Effects of anthropomorphisation on students' mental model of AU
Past events
Please see info below
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Developing and Implementing an AI Strategy in Schools
A recap of the 'Developing and Implementing an AI Strategy in Schools' meeting, covering key discussions on AI literacy, governance, and strategic implementation for schools.
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VEX Robotics
Catch up on our VEX Robotics primary meeting, exploring for programmable robots and free online tools can enhance primary computing through hands-on and virtual learning
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Can LLMs reliably mark responses to exam questions?
In this workshop, we'll investigate how Large Language Models (LLMs) can support teachers in providing rapid, detailed feedback on student examination responses. Through live demonstrations across multiple subjects and question types, we'll evaluate the reliability, consistency and usefulness of AI-generated assessments. Key Focus Areas: Examining AI's ability to accurately mark responses to examination questions of varying complexity Analysing the quality and actionability of AI-generated feedback Exploring practical ways teachers can leverage LLMs to increase opportunities for knowledge application and practice We will use a mix of AI tools and AI chatbots like ChatGPT as interfaces to LLMs.
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Google NotebookLM: practical applications for educators and school leaders
Key Features We'll Cover Smart Document Analysis: Transform how you review and update internal policies, curricula, and teaching materials. NotebookLM helps analyse and interact with complex documents. Resource Development: Create comprehensive study materials, from lesson plans to assessment guides. Learn to generate clear summaries, FAQs, and key concept explanations from your existing documents. Collaborative Planning: Discover how to share notebooks with colleagues, enabling efficient team review of policies and collaborative curriculum development. Enhanced Learning Support: Explore features like audio summaries that make complex topics more accessible to students. What You'll Gain Practical strategies for implementing NotebookLM in your daily workflow Time-saving techniques for document review and content creation Methods for fostering collaborative planning and resource sharing
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Introducing AI to Primary Education and KS3 - CAS TC Meeting
Henry Penfold, Ben Davies
Introduction to our exciting new resource, AI Adventure: Explore, Create, Innovate.
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Teaching programming with LLMs
Victoria Cucuiat, Raspberry Pi Foundation
An online session exploring the use of LLMs for teaching text-based programming. Specifically, we explore the use of LLMs to explain programming error messages. Veronica Cucuiat, a Research Scientist at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, describes the findings from a research project on secondary school educators' views of using LLM to explain programming error messages in classrooms.
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Can AI be used to mark accurately, fairly and consistently?
Harriet Page & Diane Dowling , Raspberry Pi Foundation
Explore the use of Large Language Models for evaluating free-text responses to questions. Can an LLM be effectively deployed to achieve the level of assessment provided by an experienced teacher?
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Mastering AI Chatbots: How to Write an Effective Prompt
Mark Pesce
To get the most out of a chatbot, you need a strong foundation in 'prompting' skills. Anyone can pose questions to ChatGPT - but much of the power of AI chatbots lies in their ability to take direction. Adding well-chosen examples turns a 'zero-shot' question into a 'few-shot' prompt, improving the accuracy of the response, while decreasing the probability a chatbot 'hallucinates' its reply. Storytelling techniques - character, context and challenge - help a chatbot generate a richly detailed reply on almost any topic, in almost any tone, from almost any point of view. 'Chain-of-thought' prompts employ a step-by-step instruction process - familiar to all educators - 'teaching' a chatbot how to solve complex problems. But the use of AI chatbots comes with two new responsibilities: first, to protect data, privacy and security; and second, to learn how to discern the difference between 'truthiness' and truth chatbot responses.
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What does excellence look like in an AI-enhanced school?
Laura Knight , Sapio
In this session, Laura Knight will explore the opportunities and challenges of using artificial intelligence (AI) in education. It will showcase examples of innovative AI applications in schools and provide practical inputs and takeaways about policy and practice. We will also discuss the ethical and social implications of AI, such as privacy, bias, and accountability, and the challenges posed around academic integrity. Participants will learn how to evaluate and implement AI solutions in their own educational contexts, and how to foster a culture of excellence and good practice in an AI-enhanced school.
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Hands on AI Masterclass from a former CTO
Dr James Kuht MBE , Inversity
In this session James will do a quick run-through the basics of AI, before getting hands-on. You’ll switch over to your favourite Large Language Model (Gemini, chatGPT, Claude or Bing recommended) to run through some hands-on applications of AI - learning some handy tips and tricks for getting the most out of these tools.
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AI to enhance assessment and integrity
Jonathan O'Donnell and Hazel Hatch , Harris Federation
They shall cover: Current AI tools Harris Federation approach to effective prompts Exploring the following use cases (the pros and cons) Creating MCQ Create exam questions and mark scheme Model answers Marking student work Identify misconceptions Create questions in lessons Use of AI in NEA Ways to identify AI use How to mitigate the risk
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Using AI tools for productivity
Tig Williams -Educational Consultant
Tig Williams will be joining us to talk about how to use AI for productivity. How can it help with planning lessons/assessments? Which AI tool is best to use? What to watch out for
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Teaching AI at KS3
Jane Waite and Ben Garside , Raspberry Pi Foundatioin
In this AI community launch event, Jane Waite and Ben Garside will present the work they have been doing over the past 18 months in developing their understanding of AI education and some of the research and design principles that went into the design of an introductory unit of work on AI for KS3 called Experience AI. Specifically, the session will cover a framework called SEAME, looking at progression across the key stages, research into practice on anthropomorphisation and semantic waves and the key concept of data-driven vs rule-based approaches to program design.