James Fraser - EdTech Specialist

Happy Friday everyone!

I’m home from my second day this March of delivering Computing CPD for The PTI.

On the 6th, I travelled to the very tip of the country and delivered 3 sessions to delegates in Truro, Cornwall.

We looked at:
🎙️ Accessibilty Tools to support Inclusion
🧠 AI Digital Literacy for the Classroom
🎨 Digital Creaivity across the Curriculum

Great to also catch up with Jacob Woolcock who showed me around the peninsula and his incredible Computing Suite at his school.

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Today, I visited Norfolk, ah-ha, and worked with wonderful leads from Synergy Multi-Academy Trust.

We looked at:
👩‍💻 Leading Computing with Confidence
🖥️ Intro to the Teach Computing Curriculum
🤖 Pedagogy & Progression in Programming

Thanks to everyone at The PTI for always looking after me so well and for these great oppotunities and all the hub leads. Kate Atkins Alice Neate.

One more left for this year in May up in Manchester. Manchester contacts, let me know if you wanna meet up! 🙂

Delivered a brilliant INSET this week on Pedagogy and Progression in Programming to a group of eager teachers looking at improving their subject knowledge and confidence in the classroom.

One of the highlights of the session was giving them time to explore this array of fantastic unplugged and physical computing resources to support .

What else would you add to this?

Barefoot Computing Unplugged Tots Robotical intelino TTS Resources Sphero

It was an honour once again to be part of the Pioneer Educational Trust Summit Day. 🏔️

🗣️Themed around ‘Voice’, I presented a session on ‘Finding Your Voice through Inclusive Technology.’

I showcased innovative tools including:
📢 Microsoft Speaker Coach.
🎙️ Dictation tools across various devices.
🖥️ Teleprompting in the Pages app and on cueprompter.io.

Next door, Tim Barette presented on ‘Storytelling through Creative Resources’.

He shared a range of ideas including:
🎥 Stop Motion animation using the Cloud Stop Motion website.
📖 Book Creator to capture multi-media stories.
😸 Adobe Animated Characters to bring learning to life.

We had great feedback from attendees and had great discussions on the importance of speaking & presenting skills, expression, confidence and creativity in learning.

Wow! What a week to end Spring 1 on! The whole team were busy delivering Online Safety workshops for children, parents and staff for .

I did double days of workshops at 2 wonderful schools where I’ve previously delivered Robotics workshops. It was great to return to Bromley High School GDST and work with all the girls across the school and deliver to parents. Read the article here: https://www.bromleyhigh.gdst.net/news-events/news/learning-to-navigate-the-digital-world/ Thanks to Samantha Shallcross for inviting me back.

I then ended the week returning to Elmgrove Primary School in Harrow to deliver 2 sessions on Adaptive Teaching in Computing and then a hands-on introduction to Micro:bits and Crumble kits for all staff.

This feedback made it for me: “The training session was really informative and interactive. Even on a Friday afternoon, and the end of term, James still made it interesting and fun! Thank you.”

Looking forward to half term now and sometime to recharge my batteries for Spring 2. Wishing everyone some well deserved R&R. 😌

Happy Safer Internet Day everyone! Hope you’ve been marking the occasion this week. I’ve been busy with workshops and CPD for children, staff and parents across 2 brilliant schools.

Looking forward to the eduthing SID26 webinar this evening. Hoping for a high turn out of parents and carers.

Link to our Parent & Carer webinar this evening 👉 https://eduthi.ng/SIDW-2026

So after a Saturday morning 5:15am wake up, followed by 4️⃣ trains and 2️⃣ buses to get across to Kent, it was wonderful to partner up with my EdTech bro, Allen Tsui, to deliver a workshop to children attending the inspiring Maritime Academy Trust Skills Academy.

It was a truly inclusive session that gave these children the chance to get hands-on with physical computing kit that they wouldn’t normally have access too. This included Robosen Europe K1, Sphero Indi & Mini, Ohbot, intelino and Tooby the Robot Dog! 🤖🐶

We got great feedback from the kids who said they can’t wait for us to come back! 🙌

Looking forward to delivering a repeat and a follow up session for this Eduthingltd trust over the next 4 months.

Another brilliant day presenting Primary Computing CPD for The PTI hub in the beautiful Lake District.

A packed day saw 24 delegates come together from small rural schools in the local area. This made networking, collaboration and sharing good practice all the more relevant and important.

On the menu today was:

🖥️ Leading Computing with Confidence
- Why we teach Computing
- Roles & Responsibilites
- Intent, Implementation & Impact

🤖 Transforming Teaching & Learning with AI
- Effective and Appropriate Use
- Workload Reduction ft. Notebook LM
- Engaging Prompts for the Classroom

🎵 Getting Creative with Generative AI
- Image, Music & Video Generation ft. Suno
- Canva Magic Studio
- Vibe Coding ft. Canva & Claude

😲 Blown away by these feedback comments:

“James was really knowledgeable and gave lots of resources and ideas as well as ways to implement this.”

“The best PTI yet! Leaving feeling so inspired and can’t wait to share with colleagues back at school. Great opportunity to network with other schools and James was a very knowledgeable and engaging speaker.”

“A fantastic day. Lots of food for thought, plus lots of practical tips to take away. Plenty of links to free tools and software to use.”

“This is one of the best workshops I've attended. The content was interactive with plenty of time to explore. Usable resources and ideas were provided.”

Looking forward to my next two in March.
Get in touch if you’d like your staff to benefit from sessions like these!

➡️ [email protected]

Spent Friday delivering my EKO STEM Careers Workshop in the awesome STEAM Cabin at Stoke Poges School in Slough.

Wonderful engagement from the Year 6 children and fantastic collaboration, creativity and innovation during the role-play project tasks! Thanks for inviting me in Stephen Follant.

This workshop is fully-funded and I’m delivering it to schools in and .

Send me a DM if you’d like to book it in. Available for Years 4-8.

🔔 FREE Safer Internet Day webinar for parents and carers… 💻

Eduthingltd is hosting a free webinar for parents and carers in partnership with ScreenSafe on Tuesday 10th February 7pm - 8pm.

Share the poster with your families here:
https://eduthi.ng/SID2026

Parents/Carers can register directly here:
https://eduthi.ng/SIDW-2026

Link is also on the poster.
Please share far and wide.

Such a insightful couple of days with the team and amazing guest speakers delivering from our Surrey HQ. Great buzz around the room on both days with important conversations and questions being asked about .

Safer Internet Day: Online Webinar for your school's parent and carer community!

We know that parents and carers often look to schools for guidance on navigating the constantly changing digital landscape. To support you in supporting them, eduthing is teaming up with ScreenSafe to host a FREE virtual webinar designed specifically for parents and carers.

Hosted by eduthing's expert team and Anna Sarjantson (ScreenSafe), this session gives parents and carers the practical tools they need, covering:

🤖 AI: What families need to know.
💡 Top Tips: Resources for open discussions at home
📱 Apps: Critical features to be aware of right now
❓ Live Q&A: Expert answers to their questions
How to share with your parents and carers:

📥 Download to share with your school's parents and carers: https://eduthi.ng/SaferInternetDay26

🔗 Or share the sign-up link directly: https://eduthi.ng/SIDW-2026

Let's work together to keep children safe online.