Pip Sanderson
@pipsanderson.bsky.social
Past life of Advertising Exec, English teacher, Vice Principal for Teaching and Learning, Research Lead, School Improvement Lead and now Director of Teacher Development at the National Institute of Teaching in England. https://niot.org.uk/ #UKTeaching
#UKTeaching niot.org.uk/careers/prog... We’re looking for a Programme Lead to drive forward a bold, nationally significant initiative designed to support educators in responding to issues that affect how students form beliefs, navigate digital spaces, and make sense of the world.
Recruiting: Programme Lead - The National Institute of Teaching
We’re looking for a Programme Lead to drive forward a bold, nationally significant initiative designed to support educators in responding to one of the most complex and urgent challenges facing young ...
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July 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
#UKTeaching niot.org.uk/careers/prog... We’re looking for a Programme Lead to drive forward a bold, nationally significant initiative designed to support educators in responding to issues that affect how students form beliefs, navigate digital spaces, and make sense of the world.
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In April of this year I gave a speech at a major conference in San Diego wherein I argued that AI would soon be poured like gasoline onto the fire of American fascism.
That speech is pinned to my profile, if you're curious.
That speech is pinned to my profile, if you're curious.
President Trump shared a fake video of Barack Obama being detained in the Oval Office that appeared to be made by A.I. It comes as Trump seeks to redirect conversation from the Epstein files.
Trump Posts Fake Video Showing Obama Arrest
President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video of former President Barack Obama being detained in the Oval Office.
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July 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In April of this year I gave a speech at a major conference in San Diego wherein I argued that AI would soon be poured like gasoline onto the fire of American fascism.
That speech is pinned to my profile, if you're curious.
That speech is pinned to my profile, if you're curious.
@adambecker.bsky.social thank you so much for writing More Everything Forever. It's one of the most important books I've ever read and has been critical in shaping what we want to make sure 1000s of teachers and leaders on our programmes know and understand about AI.
July 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
@adambecker.bsky.social thank you so much for writing More Everything Forever. It's one of the most important books I've ever read and has been critical in shaping what we want to make sure 1000s of teachers and leaders on our programmes know and understand about AI.
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‘Laila had given ten years of her life to fighting for her son, and now, in what she decided would be the final act of the fight, she put her life on the line.’
Ahdaf Soueif on her sister Laila’s struggle for the release of her son, Alaa Abd el-Fattah: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Ahdaf Soueif on her sister Laila’s struggle for the release of her son, Alaa Abd el-Fattah: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Ahdaf Soueif | Day 250
Laila Soueif never normalised her son’s incarceration. Through three arrests and three trials she fought for him in...
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June 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
‘Laila had given ten years of her life to fighting for her son, and now, in what she decided would be the final act of the fight, she put her life on the line.’
Ahdaf Soueif on her sister Laila’s struggle for the release of her son, Alaa Abd el-Fattah: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Ahdaf Soueif on her sister Laila’s struggle for the release of her son, Alaa Abd el-Fattah: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
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Ok now we rally at the state capitol in Austin. Massive turnout here, at least 10,000 I'd say, possibly quite a bit more. We are sweating our asses off for democracy.
June 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Ok now we rally at the state capitol in Austin. Massive turnout here, at least 10,000 I'd say, possibly quite a bit more. We are sweating our asses off for democracy.
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Protesters filled plazas, streets and parks across the U.S. on Saturday, gathering at demonstrations to call for protecting American democracy from President Trump. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4e3BIzD
June 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Protesters filled plazas, streets and parks across the U.S. on Saturday, gathering at demonstrations to call for protecting American democracy from President Trump. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4e3BIzD
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Meet the speakers kicking off the Great Teaching Strand at @educationfest.bsky.social
Reuben Moore & @pipsanderson.bsky.social session on their insights to explore how exemplars of "Great Teaching", self-study and deliberate practice can energise and support new teachers,fuelling a lifelong career
Reuben Moore & @pipsanderson.bsky.social session on their insights to explore how exemplars of "Great Teaching", self-study and deliberate practice can energise and support new teachers,fuelling a lifelong career
June 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Meet the speakers kicking off the Great Teaching Strand at @educationfest.bsky.social
Reuben Moore & @pipsanderson.bsky.social session on their insights to explore how exemplars of "Great Teaching", self-study and deliberate practice can energise and support new teachers,fuelling a lifelong career
Reuben Moore & @pipsanderson.bsky.social session on their insights to explore how exemplars of "Great Teaching", self-study and deliberate practice can energise and support new teachers,fuelling a lifelong career
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Let's have some fun. In this NYT story, we see a picture of an OpenAI billboard on a college campus, suggesting the following prompt: "Give me a guide for mastering this Calc 101 syllabus. In two weeks. Small steps please."
What happens when we actually use ChatGPT to do this? THREAD!
What happens when we actually use ChatGPT to do this? THREAD!
June 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Let's have some fun. In this NYT story, we see a picture of an OpenAI billboard on a college campus, suggesting the following prompt: "Give me a guide for mastering this Calc 101 syllabus. In two weeks. Small steps please."
What happens when we actually use ChatGPT to do this? THREAD!
What happens when we actually use ChatGPT to do this? THREAD!
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We’re so excited to be co-hosting the upcoming British Science Festival with our friends @ljmuofficial.bsky.social in September! 🙌
Join us 10–14 September for free events, workshops, and performances across the city. Stay tuned for more details soon! 💙
@britsciassoc.bsky.social
Join us 10–14 September for free events, workshops, and performances across the city. Stay tuned for more details soon! 💙
@britsciassoc.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
We’re so excited to be co-hosting the upcoming British Science Festival with our friends @ljmuofficial.bsky.social in September! 🙌
Join us 10–14 September for free events, workshops, and performances across the city. Stay tuned for more details soon! 💙
@britsciassoc.bsky.social
Join us 10–14 September for free events, workshops, and performances across the city. Stay tuned for more details soon! 💙
@britsciassoc.bsky.social
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Our first report tells us that 33% of our Black students feel their identity isn’t recognised in their curriculum.
Are you ready to see what inclusion REALLY looks👀 like in schools?
Visit: thegec.education/the-research for our FREE headline report today.
#Inclusion #EduSky #UKTeacher #UKEd
Are you ready to see what inclusion REALLY looks👀 like in schools?
Visit: thegec.education/the-research for our FREE headline report today.
#Inclusion #EduSky #UKTeacher #UKEd
June 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Our first report tells us that 33% of our Black students feel their identity isn’t recognised in their curriculum.
Are you ready to see what inclusion REALLY looks👀 like in schools?
Visit: thegec.education/the-research for our FREE headline report today.
#Inclusion #EduSky #UKTeacher #UKEd
Are you ready to see what inclusion REALLY looks👀 like in schools?
Visit: thegec.education/the-research for our FREE headline report today.
#Inclusion #EduSky #UKTeacher #UKEd
An essential pre-read for any debate about the role of AI lnkd.in/eRZprgj5
Finding out that, "Some studios, such as the animation company Studio Ghibli, have sworn off using AI" brought much comfort. The wonderful 'My Neighbour Totoro' felt like a co-parent during the covid lockdowns.
Finding out that, "Some studios, such as the animation company Studio Ghibli, have sworn off using AI" brought much comfort. The wonderful 'My Neighbour Totoro' felt like a co-parent during the covid lockdowns.
LinkedIn
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June 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
An essential pre-read for any debate about the role of AI lnkd.in/eRZprgj5
Finding out that, "Some studios, such as the animation company Studio Ghibli, have sworn off using AI" brought much comfort. The wonderful 'My Neighbour Totoro' felt like a co-parent during the covid lockdowns.
Finding out that, "Some studios, such as the animation company Studio Ghibli, have sworn off using AI" brought much comfort. The wonderful 'My Neighbour Totoro' felt like a co-parent during the covid lockdowns.
Exploration of AI in education from a faith/belief perspective is important.
'A special conference examining the potential threats and opportunities of Artificial Intelligence for education and building on ‘Solarity’ and children’s education in Religion and Worldviews.'
lnkd.in/eQvfuBMu
'A special conference examining the potential threats and opportunities of Artificial Intelligence for education and building on ‘Solarity’ and children’s education in Religion and Worldviews.'
lnkd.in/eQvfuBMu
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
June 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Exploration of AI in education from a faith/belief perspective is important.
'A special conference examining the potential threats and opportunities of Artificial Intelligence for education and building on ‘Solarity’ and children’s education in Religion and Worldviews.'
lnkd.in/eQvfuBMu
'A special conference examining the potential threats and opportunities of Artificial Intelligence for education and building on ‘Solarity’ and children’s education in Religion and Worldviews.'
lnkd.in/eQvfuBMu
This is a thorough, thoughtful and hugely interesting report and we'll certainly be doing what we can to make sure the next generation of maths teachers and their mentors are aware of it. www.mathshorizons.uk/reports #UKEducation
REPORTS | Maths Horizons
Maths Horizons was launched in September 2024 to develop evidence, analysis and recommendations about the future of maths curriculum and assessment in England. As an independent initiative, our work i...
www.mathshorizons.uk
June 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This is a thorough, thoughtful and hugely interesting report and we'll certainly be doing what we can to make sure the next generation of maths teachers and their mentors are aware of it. www.mathshorizons.uk/reports #UKEducation
I am so proud of the incredible hard work and brilliance the team put into making this happen. Being able to wake up everyday and work in organisation truly focused on supporting the best profession in the world is such a joy and privilege.
niot.org.uk/news-events/... @melanierenowden.bsky.social
niot.org.uk/news-events/... @melanierenowden.bsky.social
National Institute of Teaching gains new degree awarding powers
The powers, granted by the Office for Students, mean the NIoT will award its own PGCE from September.
niot.org.uk
June 5, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I am so proud of the incredible hard work and brilliance the team put into making this happen. Being able to wake up everyday and work in organisation truly focused on supporting the best profession in the world is such a joy and privilege.
niot.org.uk/news-events/... @melanierenowden.bsky.social
niot.org.uk/news-events/... @melanierenowden.bsky.social
Looking for teachers who want to share their approach to using AI or intentionally not using their AI in their classrooms. Creating a short series of 'talking head' films to use in the development of our programmes at the National Institute of Teaching. Please get in touch. Paid work. #UKTeaching
June 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Looking for teachers who want to share their approach to using AI or intentionally not using their AI in their classrooms. Creating a short series of 'talking head' films to use in the development of our programmes at the National Institute of Teaching. Please get in touch. Paid work. #UKTeaching
Looking for teachers from around the world who want to share their approach to using AI or intentionally not using their AI in their classrooms. Creating a short series of 'talking heads' to use in the development of our programmes at the National Institute of Teaching (England).
June 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Looking for teachers from around the world who want to share their approach to using AI or intentionally not using their AI in their classrooms. Creating a short series of 'talking heads' to use in the development of our programmes at the National Institute of Teaching (England).
Do you know a brilliant teacher or leader who deploys digital tools expertly to increase impact when they deliver professional development online? We really want to shine a light on the wonderful practice that is going on but maybe doesn't get the attention it deserves.
June 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Do you know a brilliant teacher or leader who deploys digital tools expertly to increase impact when they deliver professional development online? We really want to shine a light on the wonderful practice that is going on but maybe doesn't get the attention it deserves.
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‘He uses his talent for seeming inconspicuous and harmless to make people talk. They tell him tragic and lurid anecdotes. But they also speak about poverty and injustice and, above all, about endemic rural violence.’
Neal Ascherson on the travel writer Norman Lewis: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Neal Ascherson on the travel writer Norman Lewis: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Neal Ascherson · Hotsdoogs: Travels with Norman Lewis
‘Norman Lewis wrote about himself that “travel came before writing. There was a time when I felt that all I...
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June 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
‘He uses his talent for seeming inconspicuous and harmless to make people talk. They tell him tragic and lurid anecdotes. But they also speak about poverty and injustice and, above all, about endemic rural violence.’
Neal Ascherson on the travel writer Norman Lewis: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Neal Ascherson on the travel writer Norman Lewis: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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This takes my breath away with its truth.
June 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This takes my breath away with its truth.
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"Outsourcing learning, commodifying education, and deskilling humanness is not progress. The answer is easy and short: we must say no and truly mean it. These are times of Luddite pedagogy," argue Dagmar Monett and Gilbert Paquet. Read the open access article at:
Against the Commodification of Education — if harms then not AI
| Journal of Open, Distance, and Digital Education
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May 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"Outsourcing learning, commodifying education, and deskilling humanness is not progress. The answer is easy and short: we must say no and truly mean it. These are times of Luddite pedagogy," argue Dagmar Monett and Gilbert Paquet. Read the open access article at:
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‘Never think you’re too old’: Meet the world’s fastest 75-year-old woman
‘Never think you’re too old’: Meet the world’s fastest 75-year-old woman
Sarah Roberts is a grandmother and global record holder but only took up the sport after a parkrun eight years ago
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May 31, 2025 at 8:18 AM
‘Never think you’re too old’: Meet the world’s fastest 75-year-old woman
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Alison Gopnik describes AI as "Stone Soup" and anytime you can reference a vaguely socialist folktale from Eastern Europe and apply it to Silicon Valley technology I am here for it.
buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/ai-is-ston...
buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/ai-is-ston...
May 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Alison Gopnik describes AI as "Stone Soup" and anytime you can reference a vaguely socialist folktale from Eastern Europe and apply it to Silicon Valley technology I am here for it.
buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/ai-is-ston...
buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/ai-is-ston...
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Long Live Dandelions!!
May 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Long Live Dandelions!!
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"With Silicon Valley in full AI hype mode, we need independent studies of AI in education that we can trust to fairly evaluate this technology’s impact, positive or negative. We’re not getting that right now and it’s a problem."
open.substack.com/pub/buildcog...
open.substack.com/pub/buildcog...
Something rotten in AI research
Why so many shady studies?
open.substack.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"With Silicon Valley in full AI hype mode, we need independent studies of AI in education that we can trust to fairly evaluate this technology’s impact, positive or negative. We’re not getting that right now and it’s a problem."
open.substack.com/pub/buildcog...
open.substack.com/pub/buildcog...