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Addressing the Challenges and Opportunities of AI in Education AI in educationAI

Addressing the Challenges and Opportunities of AI in Education

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the educational landscape, presenting both challenges and opportunities for teachers.…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston3 November 2025
AI Slide Generators: Benefits to Teachers AI slide generatorsAIEducational Technology

AI Slide Generators: Benefits to Teachers

They say change is the only constant, and in the world of educational technology, this…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston16 October 2025
Pedagogical Innovation: Harnessing Technology in the Classroom pedagogical innovation through e-learningEducational Technology

Pedagogical Innovation: Harnessing Technology in the Classroom

Pedagogical innovation. The term just rolls of the tongue, doesn't it? In today’s rapidly evolving…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston26 September 2025
Digital Skills That All Teachers Should Have Digital LiteracyEducational TechnologyGetting Started

Digital Skills That All Teachers Should Have

Hello there! With exam season last year, internal interviews and a summer of redecorating as…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston18 September 2025
Personalised Learning and Individual Approaches digital learningEducational Technology

Personalised Learning and Individual Approaches

Welcome to exam season for our post-primary teachers! You are nearly at the finishing line!…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston11 April 2025
Digital Literacy: The Basics Digital Literacy

Digital Literacy: The Basics

In todays' post I want to look again at digital literacy. But like all good…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston5 March 2025
Socio-Emotional Learning and the EdTech Tools that can Promote it Socio-Emotional LearningEducational Technology

Socio-Emotional Learning and the EdTech Tools that can Promote it

In today’s educational landscape, the importance of social-emotional learning (SEL) cannot be overstated. SEL helps…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston24 February 2025
Social and Emotional Learning in Schools: How Can EdTech Help? social and emotional learningEducational Technology

Social and Emotional Learning in Schools: How Can EdTech Help?

In today's rapidly evolving educational landscape, the integration of technology has become a cornerstone of…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston30 January 2025
Digital Citizenship and Online Safety AI writing assistantDigital Literacy

Digital Citizenship and Online Safety

In today’s digital age, teaching students about digital citizenship and online safety is as important…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston27 January 2025
Using Podcasts to Enhance Learning podcastsEducational Technology

Using Podcasts to Enhance Learning

Podcasts have become an increasingly popular medium for sharing information and stories, and their potential…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston21 January 2025
Using an AI Writing Assistant for Enhanced Learning AI writing assistantAI

Using an AI Writing Assistant for Enhanced Learning

In the digital age, artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming various sectors, including education. One of…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston13 January 2025
How can we innovate with AI in the Post-Primary Classroom? Innovate with AIAI

How can we innovate with AI in the Post-Primary Classroom?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising various sectors, and education is no exception. In Northern Ireland,…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston4 December 2024
Digital Leaders: How We Can Empower Students Digital Strategy

Digital Leaders: How We Can Empower Students

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the role of a digital leader is more crucial…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston25 November 2024
Techno-pedagogy: Can we Unite Technology and Pedagogy? Pedagogy

Techno-pedagogy: Can we Unite Technology and Pedagogy?

In todays' post I want to explore the point where technology meets pedagogy, and what…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston15 October 2024
AI: The Ultimate Writing Assistant for Teachers AIAI

AI: The Ultimate Writing Assistant for Teachers

By now, most teachers know what AI is (or at least have an idea) and…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston10 October 2024
Recording Lessons: 6 Reasons to Start Doing This recording lessonsEducational Technology

Recording Lessons: 6 Reasons to Start Doing This

When anyone mentions recording lessons to a teacher, there is an almost immediate recoil of…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston7 October 2024
Gamification in Learning gamification in learningGamified Learning

Gamification in Learning

I’ve been reading a lot on the gamification of learning in education. And more importantly,…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston2 October 2024
Using Technology with Strategies to Support Mental Health EdTech Tools

Using Technology with Strategies to Support Mental Health

Schools. Who would work in them? I have been on quite a rollercoaster of late…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston21 September 2024
ChatGPT for Beginners: How to Master Prompting AI

ChatGPT for Beginners: How to Master Prompting

This guide is designed to show you how to master prompting with ChatGPT. I originally…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston29 May 2024
Developing Digital Strategy in Your School digital strategyDigital Strategy

Developing Digital Strategy in Your School

Developing a digital strategy in your school can be a stressful topic. Simply because of…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston8 March 2024
Defining Digital Literacy digital literacyDigital Literacy

Defining Digital Literacy

Digital literacy and how we define it is an important but often overlooked topic in…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston23 January 2024
AI: Revolutionising Education for Teachers and Students AI in educationAI

AI: Revolutionising Education for Teachers and Students

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a buzzword across industries, and its impact on education is…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston8 December 2023
Computer Science and Computational Thinking computer scienceGeneral

Computer Science and Computational Thinking

This post is close to my heart as a Computer Science teacher and Digital Technology…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston23 November 2023
AI Image Creation AI Image CreationAI

AI Image Creation

In the last year or two, a rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has seen…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston22 November 2023
Esports Harnessing its Power and How to Set up in Schools esports arenaGeneral

Esports Harnessing its Power and How to Set up in Schools

Esports, or electronic sports, have experienced a rapid rise in popularity over the past decade.…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston15 November 2023
Continuous Learning in the Digital Age image of a laptop with the word learning on the screenOnline Learning

Continuous Learning in the Digital Age

In today's fast-paced digital age, the need for continuous learning has never been more crucial.…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston8 November 2023
Why We Need to Evaluate EdTech Use evaluate for costEducational Technology

Why We Need to Evaluate EdTech Use

In this post, we're going to look at the reasons why we need to evaluate…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston25 October 2023
How Are We Using AI In Education? AI in educationAI

How Are We Using AI In Education?

As an ICT/Digital Technology teacher in a post-primary academic selective grammar school, the idea of…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston19 October 2023
A Post on Teacher Expertise Pedagogy

A Post on Teacher Expertise

As part of my own CPD this year, I am completing a course with the…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston14 September 2023
EdTechist Featured in Feedspot Top 25 UK EdTech Blogs! General

EdTechist Featured in Feedspot Top 25 UK EdTech Blogs!

A short post today, and not one I was planning to make, but FeedSpot has…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston10 September 2023
What is Gamification and Game-Based Learning? gamificationGamified LearningGetting Started

What is Gamification and Game-Based Learning?

I know you definitely won't want to be reminded of this, but we have now…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston4 September 2023
USING AI TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS using AIAI

USING AI TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS

I don't know where you are reading this, but for me it's the end of…
Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston20 August 2023
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