Teaching is in full swing, which means my brain is a delightful blend of lesson plans, notes, and the eternal question of where is the project propsal!
Well, it’s been a week of upgrading, though you might not know it looking at the results.
Well summer is done. Teaching materials prepared, bible studies arranged and now a final weekend before back to delivery. Let us see what fall 2025 brings.
As I sit here at the tail end of August, I can’t help but reflect on what’s been a truly brilliant summer. With September lurking just around the corner and the inevitable return to the weekly schedule, it feels like the perfect moment to capture a few thoughts about the past few months.
Summer slow down is in full effect, but I have decided to continues my attention on the Good News series in John, Haggai for minor books main things (for summer 2026) and Matthew 9 for the DBS series.
Last week Gemini completed a multistage task perfectly multiple times for a multi hour time saving, impressive.
We’ve just wrapped up recording the final episode of this season’s Edge of Education podcast, and there’s always a bittersweet quality to these moments. After months of engaging conversations, pressing that final ‘stop recording’ button feels like closing the cover on a good book. The podcast has been such a rewarding journey this year, exploring the ever-evolving landscape of education.
Moving house is exhausting and exciting at the same time. As I write this, surrounded by boxes and watching the Tour de France, I’m thinking about how these past few weeks have come together.
This week I presented at the Unlocking Potential Conference as another collabration with Ben Hennessy-Garside on the title, Two colleagues, one Podcast: Reflecting on the Edges of Education using AI. I had the opportunity to speak about the intersection of artificial intelligence, podcasting, and teacher development—three areas that are increasingly intertwined in fascinating ways. The audience was brilliant, full of educators who are genuinely excited about how AI might transform professional development and classroom practice.
This week it was a delight to once again collaborate with Ben Hennessey-Garside on a presentation entitled, Scott and Ben started an Education Podcast as part of the Luminate HE Research Festival 2025 in Leeds UK.
First things first, it’s that time of year again! The legendary Glastonbury festival is all over the telly, which means a good chunk of my weekend is officially committed to some sofa-based festival-going. It’s brilliant to be able to soak up the atmosphere and catch so many amazing acts, all with the luxury of a kettle nearby and wellies remaining firmly optional.
The marking season has finally wrapped up, and my focus has fully shifted back to Project GG. We’re diving deep into content development and some intriguing naming experiments – exciting times ahead!
As I get to the end of marketing season, there are a lot of things that are about to change. In the next couple of months, I anticipate changing church and moving house, but there is of course lots to get done first.
Congratulation to Simon Yates on winning the Giro, it was spectacular to watch even on highlights only.
At this time of the year, my attention often turns to happenings on Mount Everest as the climbing season starts and also ends.
The transformation of computing technology over the past three decades has been nothing short of extraordinary. Cast your mind back to the 1990s, when owning a basic calculator was considered quite practical, and mobile phones were bulky devices used primarily for making calls. Today, we carry supercomputers in our pockets that would have been the stuff of science fiction just a generation ago.
This week marking madness is underway and going well.
Just wrapped up the first block of student marking - always a highlight of my semester. Seeing students showcase their audio plugin work brings such great energy! Big congrats to everyone who passed!
Just wanted to drop a quick update on what’s been happening in my world lately. It’s been a busy week, but in the best possible way.
Been a right busy week, but I’ve finally got a moment to jot down some thoughts. Sometimes it’s the little victories and small pleasures that make all the difference, isn’t it?
The Easter break is always a welcome pause come teaching before the final dash and marking madness which follows.
Congratulations to Leo Laporte and TWIT on achieving 20 years of This Week in Tech. I have always enjoyed watching TWIT and it would be inappropriate for me not to acknowledge the influence that a weekly tech podcast had on my own projects.
This week an AI wrote me a bash script that did exactly what I wanted, it should have been an opportunity to learn but instead I just accepted the soloution. What does this say about me? What does this say about discovery based learning?
Have enjoyed some time in the north east this week as the end of term for teaching has got a week closer.
This week, one of the most exciting things that’s happened recently is an unexpected collaboration focused on professional development for educators. It’s amazing how sometimes the most fruitful partnerships come from the most unexpected places. Even submitted an abstract to a conference.
A new collaboration commenced this week and proved to be a success. I am hopeful that it will pave the way for further opportunities in the future even if I can say little more about it for now.
Firstly, I must confess that I’ve been a little under the weather. Nothing too serious, thankfully, but enough to remind me of the importance of taking care of one’s health. It’s in these moments of slight discomfort that we often appreciate the simple joy of feeling well and the resilience of our bodies. A gentle nudge to slow down and listen to what our bodies need.
Something that has puzzled me for a while how to pass variables into a where_exp in liquid,
Dawson’s Creek is back on Amazon. I have viewed it many, many times but perhaps this time round I am on team Pacey/Joey. We shall see still early in season one this time through so looking forward to seeing some old friends as the show goes on. I remember watching the first four seasons as they came out, well actually recording them on VCR to watch later. I am certain I will remain a fan.
The mountain of Everest has always fascinated me. In my younger years I enjoyed hill walking in the Lake district and perhaps would have ambitions to ascend it however, I do not believe that is the case now, but maybe I would still like to go see it?
You know that peculiar January slowness? The one where everything feels like it’s moving through treacle, and your inbox becomes a wasteland of “let’s catch up in the new year” promises? Well, I’ve finally shaken off that particular fog. There’s something deeply satisfying about watching the calendar pages turn and feeling the familiar hum of activity return. Projects that were dormerly hibernating have suddenly sprung back to life, and my diary is filling up with the kind of meetings I actually want to attend. The best part? This feels natural and sustainable, I’m genuinely looking forward to being busy again.
The darling of the moment is Deepseek and while the work looks impressive it is intrinsically removed from reality and hence less useful then it could be. This method of implementation will be further refined and prove to be yet more useful in the coming months.
Someting I learned this week is that you can set a user wide git ignore file.
It has been horrifying watching the LA fires these past few weeks. I did this of course via YouTube.
January always seems to take a while to get going, and this year is no different. It’s been a slow start, but I’m gradually getting back into the routine. The festive season feels like a distant memory now, and it’s time to focus on the year ahead.
The turning of the calendar year always feels like a peculiar moment in academia. While much of the world celebrates endings and beginnings in December, those of us in education find ourselves firmly in the middle of our journey. January isn’t our fresh start–it’s our midpoint, a time for reflection.