Tom Parkinson
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Tom Parkinson
@tomjparkinson.bsky.social
🧐 Researching how tech can assist Primary school teachers when assessing Writing. https://air-ed.com

🎸 Love playing and listening to music.

🌇 I live in York, UK. Favourite city in the World is NYC.

⚽ @evertonfc.com & @prescotcables.bsky.social
Meet AIR, your personal Writing Assessment assistant. It takes the hassle out of writing assessments so you can focus on teaching, not ticking boxes.

#EduSky #EduSkyUK #PrimarySchools
August 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
End-of-term assessments done weeks ago. Holiday book finished on day two. Now what?

That’s the beauty of AIR... less stress at the end of term means more headspace now. Enjoy it.

www.air-ed.com

#EduSkyUK #EduSky
July 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄?

Accessibility, Oracy, AI, Sustainability, DEI: big themes that are shaping how learning materials are created & used. But are these the right priorities? What’s missing?

Here's a visual summary of a great article (link below).

#EduSky #EduSkyUK
February 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I’m so made up with the blues I’ve decided on tonight’s TV event! #EFC vs Bayern - 1985!

Dig deep lads. You’ll turn these over!

#UTFT
February 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Yep. It’s a belter. I’d give it 9.275 out of 10! 👍🍻
January 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
#DryJanuaryFail. My quick trip to Tesco to get rice for the curry I'm making tonight went very (very wrong).
January 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Last week, I posted (I think it was last week! Slowly getting back to work mode) about the EPI's report on how #phonics screening hasn’t improved KS1 or KS2 outcomes or narrowed gaps. I was messing with Canva and thought I'd create a diagram representing the report. I hope this helps. 🩵
January 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I've been doing the final round of #UserResearch that I've done with #Teachers on our latest project; the final bit is the Thematic Analysis of the calls I’ve done. This one (see image) was the only 'praise' theme 🤣! The rest are things we will develop to make our solution even better for schools!
December 19, 2024 at 7:58 PM
After loads (and loads) of research calls, I've collated a list of feedback methods #PrimarySchool #Teachers use with their pupils. I've cross-referenced them with published research and created this (hopefully) useful graphic. 👍
December 18, 2024 at 8:18 PM
So, we're here! The autumn term rush is in full swing!

Here's to all the #teachers juggling nativity planning, assessments, and the festive chaos! 🎅🎄

Not too long now!

#TeacherLife #EndOfTerm
December 6, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Another busy day doing Lexplore reading assessments with David Surfleet and more amazing people at St. Bart’s Multi Academy Trust 📚

Had a funny conversation with David on the drive home about the joys of parenting teenage boys! 🧺 🩲 🤣
November 19, 2024 at 3:30 AM
I’m not a teacher, but a thing I hear a lot is how time-sucking writing assessments are. Deciphering creative spelling, hunting for commas, giving feedback!

Not the funniest topic, but teachers have marking mishap stories. Do you? Give another teacher a laugh! 😅

#LiftingLiteracy #UKEduSky #EduSky
November 17, 2024 at 10:07 AM